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Freelance journalist. @MedillSchool ’03 Published on @HuffingtonPost @Salon @ChicagoTribune @AlterNet @Patheos Muslim/Palestinian/American
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<Muslim woman exits the house>
"Wow you go girl shattering those stereotypes."
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Remember when Trump said this about Ghazala Khan: "If you look at [her] she was standing there. She had nothing to say...maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say." Now the Lord has blessed him with
@IlhanMN
and
@RashidaTlaib
who are Muslim women with plenty to say 😏😏😏
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How is someone being forcibly ripped from their home described as a “clash”? How are worshippers praying in a mosque “clashing” with soldiers? Such language conditions your brain to think these are two groups of people who simply can’t get along. We reject this false narrative.
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75.8% of Palestinians killed are under 18 according to this analysis.
Average age is 21.7
Median is 14
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I’ve spent too much of my breath in my 20s trying to convince people we’re not terrorists. I’m done with the apologetic rhetoric, as a Muslim and as a Palestinian.
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Some academics want to decolonize everything except the actual colonies....
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Our imam had all attendees take a pledge in front of God to never use the word 3abeed (a racial slur) or ever allow it to be said in their presence.
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Please share. Jinan is a former student of mine and an amazing young woman. We will not be silenced.
🚨 BREAKING: Georgetown Law graduate Jinan speaks out for the first time after her job offer from prominent law firm Foley & Lardner LLP was rescinded over her support for Palestinian rights on social media, reported by
@democracynow
during today’s daily show.
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Everyone is always clamoring to ~save~ Muslim women except when they...actually... need....some support.
#IStandWithIlhan
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We call this the halal gap
the phenomenon of “crown shyness,” where trees avoid touching
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This is not racism? Not apartheid? How else can you explain it?
Jewish passengers refused to ride a bus with 50 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and made the Israeli driver kick them off, Haaretz reports.
The bus line connects to one of Israel's illegal settlements, where some Palestinians work due to the impacts of the occupation.
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Criticism👏🏼of👏🏼Israel👏🏼isn’t👏🏼anti-Semitism👏🏼Do👏🏼we👏🏼call👏🏼criticism👏🏼of👏🏼Saudi Arabia👏🏼Islamophobia?👏🏼No👏🏼we👏🏼do👏🏼not👏🏼
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The absolute worst takes. We never enjoyed that “decency & kindness” we sought. But suddenly it’s our responsibility to be kind to racist, xenophobic, anti-science, selfish people who wanted us either dead or out of this country?
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I knew it would happen before January 20. The Honda Accord is an interesting choice though.
Photo from
@oalrawi
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Samuel L. Jackson describing “Little Women” as “Four white girls standing on the cusp of Karenhood” in “Death to 2020” was possibly the best line ever.
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4:26 am to 7:46 pm feels like 23 hours
7:47 pm to 4:25 am feels like 5 min
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I was supposed to meet him when I was in Gaza. He said hopefully next time.
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Muslims who are white don’t get to use the “Islam doesn’t see race” argument. Yes, Islam doesn’t see race, but Muslims do. You’re still white. You still live in a country that props up white privilege. You are still propped up by the Muslim community for being white and Muslim.
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Hypocrisy is declaring a genocide and denouncing multiculturalism all in the same day.
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There is an occupier and the occupied. The transgressor and the oppressed. The settler colonizer and the indigenous. The ideology preserving these dichotomies is not grounded in religion. It is not a “civilizational clash.” It is a concerted effort to maintain power.
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When you want people to click while also evoking orientalist imagery, use a ridiculous headline.
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Arabs, this is our time to shine. We all keep 20 lbs of rice, flour, sugar, an entire frozen lamb and a tanaka of olive oil on hand at all times.
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I guess it really isn't that shocking that a group of white people took over an area and planned to stay indefinitely....
#OregonUnderAttack
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#MyPalestinianSitty
is beyond words 😭😭😭 She has Alzheimer’s now, but in her prime she was tough, hard-working, generous, inspiring and independent. A true powerhouse.
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The existence of Palestinians is a threat to this power. The myth “but if Palestinians were peaceful..” is meaningless. For the Zionist, it doesn’t matter if the Palestinian is peaceful. If the Palestinian exists, they are inherently a threat to the survival of an apartheid state
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But how many did he kill tho?
Humanitarian group reveals George HW Bush secretly sponsored child for 10 years
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Americans will whine about the Second Amendment and their God-given right to own assault rifles, but will demonize and malign Palestinians confronting their occupier with a literal rock.
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Who could have foreseen this???? (everyone)
An NPR analysis finds that nearly 20 percent of the people charged in connection with the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol have served or are currently serving in the military.
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Thank you
@johnlegend
! We appreciate your comments and hope to hear more and more people speak up in support of human rights for Palestinians.
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Rashida is subverting the stereotype of the voiceless, meek Muslim/Arab woman and this is the real problem the haters have with her.
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Man, Biden must have dropped more inshaAllahs than we thought....
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Riz Ahmed's Star Wars Celebration Chicago Appearance Was Canceled Because Homeland Security Wouldn't Let Him Board His Flight via
@io9
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No one:
Not one Muslim:
Not a single soul:
Neil deGrasse Tyson:
The Qur’an says plainly that daytime fasting during Ramadan ends at “Dark” not at sunset. “Dark” is a good match for the end of twilight. This time of year: up to 15 mins later in equatorial latitudes. 30 mins at middle latitudes. And 45 mins at higher latitudes. I’m just saying.
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Random dude to my daughter: “I like your hajeeb. I thought you could use the support.”
Now I keep saying hajeeb.
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@jbrous41
@TinyMuslimah
Black Americans and minorities aren’t anti-vaxxers. They’re mistrustful of systems that always did them wrong based on experience. White people are anti-vaxxers. To me, the term anti-vaxxer implies an illogical reason for rejecting vaccines. That’s how I interpret the term.
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That awkward moment when you’re not allowed to have a Twitter account but you’re allowed to be president.
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“I love your Arab American accent. Say it again.”
“My mom is صلي-ing”
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@radbrowndads
I just opened IG and this was the first post on my feed. I’ll stick with the hijabi fetus.
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I think this is one of the largest protests for Palestine ever in Chicago.
#GazaUnderAttack
#SheikhJarah
#HandsoffAlAqsa
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How do you justify the murder of teenager Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki?
Real question for the timeline: If you could ask President
@barackobama
ONE question, what would YOU ask?👇🏽😉
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Wow, imagine having the foresight to realize this in 1999.
He was brilliant.
This was in 1999, just 5 years after the first web browser was released. Napster launched within months.
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White people are mad at a black mermaid but ridicule and throw hatred at Muslims who do not want Prophet Muhammad ﷺ portrayed in a cartoon, often proclaiming “IT’S JUST A CARTOON GET OVER IT.”
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#IMarchWithLinda
because she epitomizes the essence of the Palestinian spirit.
@lsarsour
we got you!
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Umm,
@rachaelray
these foods are not Israeli. They are Palestinian, Lebanese & Syrian foods that Israel has appropriated and branded as their own.
Holiday Feast Highlights - Israeli nite, meze stuffed grape leaves, hummus, beet dip, eggplant and sun dried tomato dip, walnut and red pepper dip, and tabouli
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“If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress.” Malcolm X
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You do know Baghdad & Kabul were in those situations because of America? Stop this repulsive Orientalism. The West is the progenitor of violent colonialism.
@VanJones68
also likened it to Syria. Violence is not endemic to these nations. It is a reaction to colonialism & despotism
.
@MarthaRaddatz
: "It is so horrible to know, we are in America where this is happening, on Capitol Hill. I'm not in Baghdad. I'm not in Kabul. I'm not in a dangerous situation overseas. We are in America."
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May she rest in peace. She leaves behind a life of noble work covering the injustices many journalists in this country seek to obscure. Tragically, she has become another devastating headline in the narrative she devoted herself to telling.
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I’m sad about the downfall of Twitter esp while being in Gaza. Twitter really opened my eyes to so much about the ppl of Gaza, in the OG days of Twitter. I thought of many of those ppl while here & I’m saddened to think that we’ve lost the forum that brought us those connections.
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I don’t mean this in a snarky way, but if people want schools to open, why aren’t teachers at the top of the vaccine list after healthcare workers?
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No, actually. Confederate flags and Nazi symbols should not be costumes.
At the very least we have a whole cornucopia of new Halloween costume ideas culled from yesterdays menagerie of tongue-chewing domestic terrorists.
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Thank you
@RepMarieNewman
for joining us today in solidarity with Palestinians. Rep. Newman called out Israeli home theft. We appreciate the support.
@AMPalestine
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I appreciate how this was written by a Muslim (
@KindaHagi
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Funny because this crowd says the exact OPPOSITE when it comes to other choices...
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I don’t know how we are supposed to watch our people be murdered or starved to death and continue on with life. How many times can we say this?
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Why is
#DallasPoliceShooting
being called the worst attack on law enforcement since 9/11? 9/11 wasn't directed toward law enforcement.
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The
@AP
had their offices blown up by Israel and yet they have the audacity to use the phrase “war-won lands sought by Palestinians.” Absolutely spineless, reckless and infuriating to see.
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If a woman wears hijab and no one comments on it, does she even really wear it? 🤔😏
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Why do people shop for Ramadan like it’s the only month that requires groceries? You’re supposed to eat less not more.
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Why is it fine for
@CNN
to employ AIPAC’s champ Wolf Blitzer, while censoring and silencing MLH for standing for Palestinian human rights?
#IStandWithMLH
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One of the biggest lies I was ever sold on was to believe that the epitome of success as a journalist was to work for a paper like the NYT.
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Samuel L. Jackson describing “Little Women” as “Four white girls standing on the cusp of Karenhood” in “Death to 2020” was possibly the best line ever.
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The
@womensmarch
has proven that there is no space for Muslim women in their so-called movement unless they are willing to sell out their support for Palestinian human rights.
#IMarchWithZahra
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It’s like clash is the only verb media has ever heard of....
Jerusalem Police clash with Palestinians at Temple Mount, dozens wounded; Jews barred from compound
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She should challenge him to a spelling test.
Donald Trump challenges Hillary Clinton to drug test
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This is the absolute lowest of the low. I thought I’d see it all from their ridiculous accounts, but this is just beyond. And I’m not explaining it because I’m tired.
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A leather-bound CVS receipt
Name the book Biden was sworn in on. Wrong answers only.
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Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman to stream all his films for free
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You apologize for taking fruit, but not for taking land and lives?
Today, during operational activity in Hebron, an IDF commander took fruit from a Palestinian's stand. The IDF does not condone this behavior. The incident was investigated and the commander was suspended from duty and punished
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Is the “person of interest” in this “intentional” bombing white? I’d assume so, bc if they weren’t, we’d already know their name, have their pic, their address, elementary school report card, SSN...
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And meanwhile nothing on the journalists murdered in Gaza by Israel.
The front page of the Wall Street Journal, left blank to represent the missing reporting from Evan Gershkovich. It's now been a year since he was arrested in Russia. He remains in Russian custody.
Journalism is not a crime.
#FreeEvan
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InshaAllah I will pray as hard as I can that you leave office and 3ammo Bernie takes over.
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Ummm,
@chrissyteigen
chances are they’ll hook you up with stolen ingredients. Stick to ingredients you’ve bought lawfully.
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Thank you!
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib Again Break With Democratic Leaders Over Latest Gaza Attack
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Been trying to get an op/ed published on this and no one is interested. If this story reversed and the professor made pro-Palestinian comments, we all know the reaction would be different.
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My son saw the phrase “One-hour photo” on a Walgreens and said, “Why on earth would you wait one hour for a photo??”
I had to explain how once upon time, getting a photo in an hour was considered fast.
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Finally heard from my BIL after more than 24 hours. Thank God.
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Criticism of Israel is valid. Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism. Standing for Palestinian human rights should not be a liability in our society.
#IMarchWithZahra
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Note she won’t even use the word “Palestinian”
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