Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
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Writer, Asst. Prof, Historian of MiddleEast & Islam: politics, gender, Islamic esotericism, astrology & science. Host of #HeadOnHistory Podcast / UCI alum
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Joined November 2012
A master thread organizing all the threads I've done- On angels in Islam- https://t.co/qvOvRJkEYi On dreams and their interpretation in Islam and Middle Eastern folklore- https://t.co/n0ZNhDfwM0 On the Zodiac in Islamic astrology- https://t.co/YBqB0TOlIp
Islamic astrology shares a lot of commonalities and influence with European medieval astrology. For example how they interpret the different signs of the zodiac, or dairat al buruj A thread on the signs in Islamic astrology:
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امنا الغولة طقطقى الفولة :) The Egyptian folklore calls her Mother Ghola, and we had this old song to go with a hide and seek game like "أمنا الغولة طقطقي الفولة بتعملي ايه؟ بحمي السكينة" or in English "Mother Ghola, crack the bean — what are you doing? I'm heating the knife."
Halloween is a time of ghouls & goblins, but there are many forgotten monsters in middle eastern folklore. None as terrifying as the demon queen, Ghola. She was mother of the ghul jinn, carnivorous shapeshifters who lurked in cemeteries ghul is where westerners get “ghoul” from
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@aaolomi which jinn is this?
I don’t believe in certain coincidences bc that’s two rare animal sightings in a short time.
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there are many predatory jinn, but the ghul are one of the most dangerous but they can be tamed if you learn how to get Ghola, their queen, to accept you…
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Ghola was described as the mother of the ghul and the most dangerous of them. She had a giant size and monstrous appearance and could only defeated by iron and other specific methods Special Halloween episode!
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Halloween is a time of ghouls & goblins, but there are many forgotten monsters in middle eastern folklore. None as terrifying as the demon queen, Ghola. She was mother of the ghul jinn, carnivorous shapeshifters who lurked in cemeteries ghul is where westerners get “ghoul” from
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they are one of the oldest continously inhabited maroon communities in jamaica. if anyone wants to donate to their gofundme: https://t.co/9XxP6W7y2r
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Help Rebuild Accompong Town: Help Jamaica's Indigenous People… State of Accompong needs your support for Help Rebuild Accompong Town, Cockpit Country After Hurricane
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Island nations in the Caribbean worked on Thursday on rescue and recovery operations in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. The storm tore through Jamaica, leveling some communities entirely. It also left a trail of destruction in Cuba and Haiti. At least 30 are reported dead so far.
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Thats…. a jinn
A photographer in southern Spain captured what is believed to be the first-ever white Iberian lynx, a leucistic big cat so rare it seems almost mythical. Already one of the world’s rarest cats, the Iberian lynx was pulled back from the brink of extinction after its population
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@aaolomi — what kind of jinn is this?
A photographer in southern Spain captured what is believed to be the first-ever white Iberian lynx, a leucistic big cat so rare it seems almost mythical. Already one of the world’s rarest cats, the Iberian lynx was pulled back from the brink of extinction after its population
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@aaolomi A Jinn.
A photographer in southern Spain captured what is believed to be the first-ever white Iberian lynx, a leucistic big cat so rare it seems almost mythical. Already one of the world’s rarest cats, the Iberian lynx was pulled back from the brink of extinction after its population
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Is this a djinn @aaolomi?
A photographer in southern Spain captured what is believed to be the first-ever white Iberian lynx, a leucistic big cat so rare it seems almost mythical. Already one of the world’s rarest cats, the Iberian lynx was pulled back from the brink of extinction after its population
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Believe it or not, I actually WANT my taxes to fund SNAP & Medicaid, not golf trips for millionaires & military tanks for war
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Every one of these victims thought they had survived the genocide only to be killed in a “ceasefire”
Death toll from overnight’s Israeli bombardment has risen to 104, including 46 children and 20 women. The photo is that of a baby bottle belonging to a 1 year old boy killed when Israel targeted the “Ard al-Insan” camp, designated for kidney dialysis & cancer patients and orphans
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they also appear in different locations. the carnivorous ghul frequent cemeteries and ruins while the seductive silah comes upon humans in the wilderness In a special Halloween episode I cover all the types of jinn in a new video
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In the Middle East, the jinn are hidden shapeshifters who live alongside humans. And like humans they have a lot of variety! Some have wings and can fly, some take animal form, some have many heads or arms. The most famous are marid, ifrit, qarin, shaiytan, ghul…
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@aaolomi one day I will meet you and ask you how your posts are so well timed to destroy my sleep. 😂😂😂
In the Middle East, the jinn are hidden shapeshifters who live alongside humans. And like humans they have a lot of variety! Some have wings and can fly, some take animal form, some have many heads or arms. The most famous are marid, ifrit, qarin, shaiytan, ghul…
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since jinn are ambiguous, some can be good and some bad, we also see how other cultures would adapt the jinn to their local beliefs regarding spirits and entities it’s all incredibly cool
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what’s so fascinating is how the jinn not only form an orthodox part of Islam but the lore is expanded by later commentators and scholars
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