Yahia Lababidi

🇵🇸 Writer of Palestinian background. Author of 12 books: aphorisms, poetry, essays & conversations.

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New book, #Palestine Wail : https://darajapress.com/publication/palestin-wail-poems?srsltid=AfmBOoovW5sIJnd1KgTQBsbAp6Wsw49ckALDRHjGq2yUHZWWuh9hCuBk
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#Gaza #ceasefire #genocide
#fedi22 #wisdom #inspiration #books #writing #poetry #Egypt #Art #Islam #spirituality #faith #activism #meditation #politics #photography #Nature #quotes

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2024-10-22 20:15:02

Short poem from The Second O of Sorrow by Sean Thomas Dougherty :
https://youtube.com/shorts/1g6zSkwyAQI?si=4t_kQ71r5tw34iJO
#poetry #life
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2024-10-12 09:16:49

There is a historical link between #YomKippur and Islamic tradition.
Early in Islamic history, before Ramadan was established as the primary month of fasting, the Prophet Muhammad observed the fast on the Jewish Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), known in Arabic as “Ashura.”
I choose to fast this Yom Kippur, for the first time, as an expression of solidarity with my Jewish brothers/sisters & in hopes for peace in our world 🤲🏼
#jewish #faith #peace #love #Islam
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2024-08-28 15:50:16

Statue of 'David' by Michelangelo - wrapped In bricks to prevent bomb damage in World War 2
#art #history #War
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2024-08-03 14:46:28

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@npub1r3v…p4tu Grateful for your support. There are good people out there, who saw this book through. Despite corrupt governments & compromised media, people are waking up.
I hope you find book rewarding ✌🏼

2024-08-03 14:16:41

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@npub1r3v…p4tu Thank you 🙏🏼

2024-06-14 15:47:58

Not thinking exactly, but touching the thought of thought, as one would touch the tender, buzzing edges of a wound.
John Banville

2024-06-13 13:33:13

‘Thus it is #love and fecundity or it is nothing at all.
At the end of this tunnel of darkness, however, there is inevitably a #light, which we already divine and for which we only have to fight to ensure its coming.
All of us, among the ruins, are preparing a renaissance beyond the limits of nihilism.
But few of us know it.’
— Albert Camus, The Rebel
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2024-06-12 12:15:29

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@npub1set…xfnn Fix it how?

2024-06-10 21:23:13

Appalled to learn of the moral depravity of Michel Foucault:
“He would make love there on the gravestones with young boys [8-10 years old] The question of consent wasn’t even raised.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/16/reckoning-with-foucaults-sexual-abuse-of-boys-in-tunisia
#philosophy #sex #lgbtq #news #tunisia

2024-06-09 18:25:32

A lesson to bullies, big & small:
Controlling others is a spiritual impossibility.
Those who try, must exist in a state of agitated insecurity.

2024-06-08 20:55:29

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At what cost…
#hostages #israel
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2024-06-08 20:36:38

About the 4 #hostages in #israel …
#palestine #Gaza #news
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2024-06-07 20:30:11

Cruel Sexual Torture By Israeli Army ❗️
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-detention-base.html
#israel #Gaza #warcrimes
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2024-06-07 19:13:53

The #art of Egon Schiele
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2024-06-07 14:56:17

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@npub1uud…4kdc That, too :)

2024-06-07 14:33:32

Poets are prophets

2024-06-07 13:38:03

Close-up of a 10 minute sketch —
by talented friend, Sanjay Monie 🙏🏽
#art #artist #drawing #illustration
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2024-06-07 11:34:18

Courage, Faith, Hope
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2024-06-04 17:05:15

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@npub1hz7…26xr Thank you, for listening, with an open heart 🙏🏼

2024-06-04 16:40:15

Sigh
Mother tongue of the soul
a sigh needs no translation
universal breath
Past words
over their heads
quietly heard
noble air
Melancholy music
played by the spirit
on the harp strings
of the heart
Sighs escape
unguarded
Proofs of endurance
evidence of excess luggage
plaintive protests
wrapped in acceptance
wistful winds on wings
From the depths
to the heights
https://youtube.com/shorts/ltoo5jpMZYc?si=Ebtfdl1cn-t1DSy3
#poetry #writing #WritingCommunity

2024-06-01 15:19:02

🤍 Hearts 💔
We must not play with hearts
for who can calculate
what they are capable of,
or what they might become
How they slip, change shape
practice forgetfulness and purge, surrendering pleasure with pain
as unsteady burdens of memory
Or how they grow wayward, wild
the wounded become wounding
and, in order to keep alive,
treacherous in the trenches…
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZIxC0RBLFZY?si=--3YDxTnWKOM5XHj
#love #poetry #writing #WritingCommunity

2024-05-31 01:14:20

#IDF the most moral army in the world
https://youtube.com/shorts/w0BKHy5RkHo?si=7jY-jY7KtHxb1Nk0
#israel #warcrimes
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2024-05-30 15:32:41

Sculpture by Hiram Powers
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2024-05-29 15:45:53

The Egyptian
by Picasso
(1953)
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2024-05-28 12:29:59

Keep boycotting #israel
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2024-05-27 13:53:41

Palestinians search for food among burnt debris in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced people, in #Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
© Thomson Reuters
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2024-05-24 09:45:20

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@npub1ezn…5el5 a peek between the book covers : https://dawnmena.org/author/yahia-lababidi/
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2024-05-24 09:44:02

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@npub1ezn…5el5 You’re so right, brother. It does feel like a kind of soul violence & I believe I must walk away. If you can direct me to a more suitable publisher, I’d be grateful. Peace ✌🏼

2024-05-18 13:27:36

Perks of being a writer
#writing #WritingCommunity #humor #funny #life
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2024-04-30 14:26:01

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@npub1lut…jsj9 I, respectfully, disagree. Politics do. True faith heals.

2024-04-23 11:38:58

At #columbia #University 🇵🇸
https://youtu.be/_DbMYcfqCRc?si=8-I8OVsb6YiqHJ2G
#usa #palestine #Gaza #genocide #War #warcrimes #israel #ceasefirenow #news #politics
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2024-04-16 18:01:29

Things are not what they seem…
(Zoom in to see why)
https://youtu.be/_DbMYcfqCRc?si=Bu-fR0iWdAavRpfD
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2024-04-05 14:17:28

Palestinian artist Wadeei Khaled
https://youtu.be/_DbMYcfqCRc?si=6rQ-JSzssyYqF7qv
#Gaza #palestine #art #artist
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2024-03-29 19:44:36

Statuette of alabaster standing nude goddess, from Babylon, circa first century BCE-first century CE (with movable arms, and ruby eyes and navel).
#art #history
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2024-03-22 14:21:38

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@npub1e7t…p7kg Thank you, for reading. He’s a voice worth knowing 🙏🏼

2024-03-19 17:57:02

My new article about the role of #artists in times of #political crises took some time to find the right home...
Grateful to #Democracy for the #Arab World Now - DAWN journal for taking it on & all the important work they do.
I hope you find my piece on resistance #art inspiring & that you might share it with those who need to hear it 🇵🇸
https://dawnmena.org/the-art-of-palestinian-resistance/
#palestine #Gaza #israel #genocide #warcrimes #freepalestine #Rafah #news #poetry #politics #usa #ceasefirenow #peace #writing

2024-03-11 23:02:14

First of all, a poet must be a human being.
Second, he must be a human being.
Third, he must be a human being.
— Ishikawa Takuboku

2024-03-10 13:49:06

Thank you, Spain 🇪🇸
https://youtube.com/shorts/2FdSoN4pYs4?si=sy9sH20bCWnChnU8
#Israel #Spain #Palestine #Gaza #gazagenocide #genocide #peace #ceasefirenow #news
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2024-02-24 15:32:55

'I’m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world in which I live.
This is what everyone’s work should be...whether you dance or paint or sing.
It is a confession, a baring of your soul, your faults, those things you simply cannot or will not understand or accept.
You stumble forward, confused, and you share. If you’re lucky, you learn something.'
— Arthur Miller
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2024-02-18 22:56:00

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@npub1nay…m7sr Read philosophy, study history and have compassion. You would not wish upon your family to live as Palestinians do before, during or after October 7th.
Children are always innocent — half of 27000 murdered by Israel are children
Collective punishment is never the answer. No justice, no peace.

2024-02-18 22:19:10

The tyrant dies and his rule is over,
the martyr dies and his rule begins.
— Soren Kierkegaard
https://youtube.com/shorts/8dgPMLaVhU4?si=mWWBY64n8vWezyUP
#Gaza #Palestine #israel #genocide #ceasefirenow #quotes #philosophy #politics #spirituality
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2024-02-18 13:11:06

What’s with the #spam , lately?
Am I the only one flooded by it 👀

2024-02-15 04:02:55

‎The difference in Arabic language between word "war: حرب" and "love: حب" is only one letter."
https://youtube.com/shorts/osJeyLZTTv8?si=m2E9PcEURffKwY04
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2024-02-13 15:28:29

Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
— Zen Buddhist saying
#meditation
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2024-02-12 15:49:50

This Lent
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2024-02-12 14:15:51

In the midst of a genocide,
our Peace Lily began to bloom.
#bloomscrolling #peace
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2024-02-09 18:53:19

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@npub1ccn…czwu Peace. Here’s a peek at my work, if interested:
https://www.fomitepress.com/quarantine-notes.html
#books #bookstodon

2024-02-09 18:43:59

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@npub1ccn…czwu Glad to hear you can separate between the people & politics. I’m a big fan of Dostoevsky & think great literature is a window onto soul of the people 🙏🏼

2024-02-09 18:34:22

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@npub1ccn…czwu Know your enemy, know yourself. He’s not wrong about the Russian soul, even if his own is spiritually corrupt…

2024-02-09 18:28:13

Putin on the Russian Soul:
https://youtube.com/shorts/cRh3Eu2CEbw?si=2TUZXmiK2si44uUg
#russia #putin #literature #quote #soul
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2023-12-08 05:36:39

From a Palestinian musician friend:
#palestine #palestinians #genocide #israel #War #truth #news
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2023-11-28 13:56:15

A spiritual master is a vanishing mediator who gives you back to yourself ...
When we listen to a true leader, we discover what we want (or rather, what we always already wanted without knowing it).
A Master is needed because we cannot accede to our freedom directly – to gain access we have to be pushed from outside,
since our ‘natural state’ is one of inert hedonism.
— Slavoj Žižek
#spirituality #philosophy #politics #quote
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2023-11-22 02:00:34

Shocking!
Stuart M. Seldowitz, Deputy Director in #usa State Department's Office of #Israel & #Palestinian Affairs (1999 - 2003)
For weeks Seldowitz threatened & harassed a helpless Egyptian food vendor, calling him a terrorist, saying Quran is a toilet, Prophet Mohammed a rapist & finally:
'If we killed 4000 Palestinian kids, it was not enough'
Seldowitz served during 5 presidencies
Imagine such a vile creature shaping #MiddleEast policy...
https://youtube.com/shorts/jWM-bvDJbC0?si=AXv2fjodAa--xEyJ
#palestine #gaza

2023-11-19 17:32:09

Aleppo, 2017, AFP photographer: Joseph Eid.
Remarkable 70 year-old, Mohammed Mohiedin Anis, spoke of the necessity for Hope…
https://youtube.com/shorts/RIu9vaH91c8?si=3Q-307KgMZnob5OT
#palestine #palestinians #Gaza #israel #genocide #War #news #video #photography #warcrimes
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2023-11-10 14:04:53

#Art by #Egyptian modernist #artist Abdel Hadi al-Gazzar, (1925-1966)
#artwork
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2023-11-06 18:19:05

Double Standard
To secure the world’s sympathy
Palestinians must be saintly —
Yet, Israel has undying universal trust
despite continuing to act monstrous.
https://youtube.com/shorts/rW_5ViV6RaA?si=GGZA9UJFI2v6jlOT
#SocialMedia #media #politics #poetry #history #War #warcrimes #Gaza #genocide #israel #news
#writing #WritingCommunity #life #ceasefirenow
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2023-11-05 14:26:08

#Israeli Minister says dropping a nuclear bomb on #Gaza is an option:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-minister-says-dropping-nuclear-bomb-on-gaza-is-option-/3044272
#israel #war #warcrimes #palestine #news
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2023-11-05 02:46:02

I believe in the innate goodness of people & that love will triumph over hatred & life over death ✨
https://youtube.com/shorts/0iF2Se2AI-w?si=ToH1Mjhyg2LZB11m
Blessed are the peacemakers 🙏🏼
#peace #ceasefirenow #dc #usa #Gaza #palestine #israel #war #news
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2023-11-02 20:50:49

Despite everything… there’s still the splendor of #autumn in #Maryland, #usa
#nature #naturephotography #beauty #beautiful #bloomscrolling #trees #leaves #fall #photography #life #photo #family #travel #travelphotography
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2023-11-02 13:56:58

Vogue Arabia
#palestine #gaza #fashion #arab #news
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2023-11-01 23:12:50

Watching #Egyptian comedian & #activist, Bassem Youssef back on Piers Morgan Uncensored:
https://youtu.be/rqjO5Z9Lt_M?si=6R-kLph-WrzYjerO
#comedy #activism #comics #comic #politics #palestine #israel #usa #show #interview #Gaza #IsraelPalestineconflict

2023-10-31 18:20:53

After today's terrible #Israeli bombing of #refugees camp, #jadaliyya, I just heard from a #palestinian - American, #musician friend this horrific #news:
#israel #IsraelPalestineconflict #israelhamaswar #palestine #palestinians #palestina #Gaza #gazagenocide #gazaunderattack #War #warcrimes #IDF #Netanyahu
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2023-10-31 17:16:29

Breaking news: Israel strike on Jabalia Gaza refugee camp, targeting civilians
#BreakingNews #news #gaza #news #palestine #israel #war #warcrimes #Jabaliarefugeecamp #Jabalia #halloween
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2023-10-30 20:49:39

Maybe, crises are self-induced,
a last-ditch effort we gift ourselves to, finally, transform.
https://youtube.com/@Yahia.Lababidi?si=Xic6HoMScmUrCdic
#meditation #transformation
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2023-10-26 19:39:49

30 Year Old #Palestinian #Poet, Mosab Abu Toha, Will Break Your Heart:
https://youtube.com/shorts/vaNySQqc4oc?si=0eO844Zf0bVr9gQf
#poetry #palestine #writing #writingcommunity #Gaza #news

2023-10-26 17:44:42

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@npub1e3q…9ujj What dreadfully dangerous nonsense.

2023-10-26 17:07:50

‘Every #peace treaty in #history was based on compromise, not absolute #justice.
Justice is essential, but the pursuit of absolute justice can lead you to perpetuate conflict indefinitely, never reaching peace.’
— Yuval Noah Harari
Full #piersmorgan #interview :
bit.ly/YNHandPiers
#jews #palestine #Islam #israel #news

2023-10-26 15:22:09

Meantime, as the #MiddleEast is on fire & America is fanning the flames by providing military aid to #Israel, the worst #massshooting in the violent #USA in 2023:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lewiston-maine-shooting-robert-card-what-know-rcna122262
#palestine #IsraelPalestineconflict #news

2023-10-25 22:50:21

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@npub1a4d…v7ds Thank you, for the affirmation & light you share… I, too, am made uneasy by fire works 🙏🏼

2023-10-25 22:26:22

#Palestinian #poet, Naomi Shihab Nye:
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2023-10-24 19:36:48

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@npub14qt…4ml2 @npub14qt…4ml2 It’s right there, in the transcript of the link I shared:
YOCHEVED LIFSHITZ: [translated] They were gentle with us. Our needs were supplied.
SHARON LIFSHITZ: My mom is saying that they treated them kindly and provided for them.
Please, take time to read/research before asking so many questions…

2023-10-24 18:35:14

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@npub14qt…4ml2 It’s all over the internet, you just have to do a basic search: https://www.democracynow.org/2023/10/24/shalom_hamas_hostage_release_handshake_video

2023-10-24 17:41:36

Editors at #channel4news #skynews and #bbc omitted large passages from the statement made by #Israeli captive Yocheved Lifshitz, who was freed by #Hamas last night in which she humanized #Palestinian people.
Instead, they lead with headlines claiming only that “they went through hell", contradicting the publicly released statements by the Israeli captive that she was treated humanely
#israel #IsraelPalestineconflict #media #news #Hamas #hostages
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2023-10-23 22:10:09

Pity that the peacemakers are assassinated 🕊️
Yitzhak Rabin: #Israeli prime minister who was assassinated in 1995 by a gunman during a government rally.
Rabin was a peacemaker who worked to promote #peace between #Israel and #Palestine 🇮🇱 🇵🇸
#IsraelPalestineconflict #love #inspiration #history #news #war #warcrimes #hate #Gaza #palestinians
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2023-10-22 18:09:37

It's always been a multi-ethnic area. Here is a coin from the British Mandate era. Both languages are on it. Both groups wanted a state on the land.
#palestine #israel #history #war #peace #culture #ceasefirenow
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2023-10-22 16:04:00

Radical love understands
#freethehostages means
#Palestinians living under #occupation
2 million innocent souls in #gaza
1/2 of whom are children under the age of 18
collectively punished
— denied water, electricity, medicines & mercy —
in one
of the most densely populated places on earth
widely known as an open air prison.
#standwithisrael means denouncing 700,000 #israeli #settlers
#bringthemhome refers to the right of return of Palestinians, scattered throughout an indifferent world.
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2023-10-21 22:51:51

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@npub14qt…4ml2 @npub14qt…4ml2 I hold Sufism in very high regard & aspire to it :
https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/literature/essay-is-sufi-poetry-the-new-religion-yahia-lababidi-works-in-review/article66210255.ece/amp/

2023-10-21 21:58:53

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@npub14qt…4ml2 Thank you ✌🏼

2023-10-21 21:18:47

Live & Learn 🇵🇸
#palestine #palestinians #palestinian #MiddleEast
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2023-10-20 20:30:48

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@npub1ena…yyv4 Thanks, again, for your kindness. Wishing you a lovely weekend around the bend 😇

2023-10-20 18:25:11

🇵🇸Remarkable #Palestinian Women :
Educator, Activist, Social Worker
(& my Grandmother) Rabiha Dajani
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZjadSwzCjbg?si=ojK2e1tSQ4ASSgJ1
#boost #palestine #palestinians #Gaza #gazaunderattack #gazawar #history #women #humanrights #education #war #warcrimes #israel #IsraelPalestineconflict #inspiration

2023-10-20 18:07:04

‬New #painting, by
Safia Latif‬⁩ , a source of Hope & Inspiration:
‎“If the hour comes upon you when you are planting a tree, finish planting it.” 🌱
‎— Prophet Mohammed ﷺ
#art #artist #tree #hope #gaza #hope #palestine #israel #news #inspiration
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2023-09-30 05:03:36

Michelangelo Buonarotti was only 23 years old when he created the famous Pietà.
A French cardinal commissioned the work and it took Michelangelo only two years to complete (1498-1500).
It was made from a single block of Carrara marble and it's the only sculpture the artist ever signed.
Michelangelo carved the words on the sash running across Mary's chest. MICHÆLANGELVS BONAROTVS FLORENTINVS FACIEBAT (English: "Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Florentine made this"
#art #artist #history
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2023-09-29 15:38:04

One last birthday celebration this week… It’s sinking in, I’m 50 years young 🙃
#birthday #photo #photos #party #life
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2023-09-19 14:40:43

The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss -an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.
― Søren Kierkegaard
@npub1kt3…5004 #books #life #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #books #quotes
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2023-09-18 17:43:24

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@npub1ezn…5el5 I don’t see why… The feeding frenzy has begun.

2023-09-09 11:53:41

Unpopular opinions:
#Mastodon’s obsession with #ElonMusk is unbecoming. It’s time we grew out from beneath his shadow, stopped defining ourselves in contrast to him & weaned ourselves off feeding on anger/contempt towards him.
I feel much the same way about #donaldtrump, who also thrives on attention—positive or negative.

2023-08-18 15:22:25

#Today's #meditation :
Each day whispers,
to those who listen:
This, is what
is being asked
of you, now.
https://www.fomitepress.com/quarantine-notes.html
#poetry #spirituality #life
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2023-08-13 07:41:24

I’ve just heard from Wardah #Books that they ordered copies of my new #book, Quarantine Notes (Fomite, 2023).
Wardah Books is a fine #bookstore, located in #Singapore, that specializes in Sufism, Islamic History & #Philosophy.
Kindly, consider suggesting Quarantine Notes to your local bookstore or let me know if there’s one I should approach?
Many thanks, for your support 🪷
@npub1kt3…5004 #bookstodon #SilentSunday #reading #writing #WritingCommunity #poetry #inspiration #motivation
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2023-08-11 12:35:42

The large spirit is slow
to receive a compliment
the small spirit is quick
to misperceive an insult.
https://youtu.be/72SjsDhlnLM
#psychology #poetry #books
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2023-08-11 12:29:02

Between comedy and tragedy, a hairline—the depth of an abyss.
https://www.fomitepress.com/quarantine-notes.html
#comedy ##life
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2023-08-06 12:39:58

"We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us, that they may see... their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our quiet.”
— Yeats
#peace #meditation
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2023-08-04 15:08:45

#Today
The snow of old age falls, daily
while I stand before the mirror
using the razor as a shovel
to clear the walkway
to a face I remember.
#poetry #writing #time
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2023-08-03 02:44:05

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@npub1ym2…j72q It’s good but his mature letters are better & the poetry is where it’s at: Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus.

2023-07-14 14:00:05

'The whole socioeconomic apparatus which seems geared for nothing but global destruction...'
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2023-07-03 16:42:49

‘Come in the open, just let down all your guards, stand naked, not afraid of anything. You're free.
✨
While I'm #writing, I'm selfless, I'm balanced. Self-medicating is a good word for it.’
— Karl Ove Knausgaard
#literature #quotes #norway #motivation #WritingCommunity #Monday #life #freedom #psychology #mentalhealth #inspiration
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2023-07-01 03:56:16

Some midnight comic relief
#words #humor #goodnight
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2023-06-23 12:05:19

‘ #Titan & Adriana are 2 vessels recently lost at sea, 4 days and 4,000 miles apart.
The 5 men who lost their lives on the Titan have been getting wall-to-wall coverage in the media worldwide.
Meanwhile, the estimated 700 who died when the Adriana sank off the coast of #Greece, mostly women and children, have been essentially forgotten.’
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/22/a_titanic_disparity_in_how_the
#news #refugees #humanrights

2023-06-19 22:03:05

My 1st #garden -grown zucchini, from seed :)
Before and...
after!
(sautéed, with a sharp, nutty Wisconsin cheese)
#food #gardening #recipe #nature #photography
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2023-06-14 17:54:12

The discovery of a foot of a marble sculpture of Marcus Aurelius in Southern #Turkey provides a valuable piece of historical context.
The unearthed foot of his marble sculpture serves as a reminder of his role as both a military leader & scholar.
The sculpture is a testament to the artistry and craftsmanship of the time.
#art @npub1wdh…jxfv #history #rome
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