Layal Shakir
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Migration program manager @ukinerbil | fmr in comms | Words at @afp , @rudawenglish , @nesarrecord | Following Iraq & KRI | Views are mine | RT/L ≠ endorsement
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guys lets be clear. this girl is not my daughter. i am not married. i don't have kids. please don't message me about how funny my 'daughter' is. and when i wrote 'the mother is me' i meant the future and if i get to be one then i will def laugh at my kids this way.
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Since the blowup is on going maybe you can all show my poetry some love (if you care about poetry) and follow my Instagram account!
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"The war will end, the leaders will shake hands, and the old woman will keep waiting for her son. I do not know who sold our homeland, but I saw who paid the price."
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A 22 years old young Kurdish girl is the latest victim of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mahsa Amini, her actual name Jina, meaning “life” in Kurdish. Remember her name.
Rest in power, Jina.🌹
#Iran
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this is for my english teacher that made fun of something that i had written in front of the whole class back when i was sixteen and i ended up crying for a whole day.
look, i was on tv reading a poem of mine a few months ago.
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A mass funeral (AFP photos) was held today for Sadr supporters who were killed during the clashes in Baghdad ... Sadr ordered their withdrawal hours after these photos were taken and this reminds me of nothing but Mohammed Darwish's poem:
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I finished grade 12 four years ago. I got 86.7, the lowest grade among my siblings. I cried the whole night and my dad didn't speak to me for a while.
I finished Medical Analysis as one of the top students, and I am now a reporter.
You matter, your grade doesn't.
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شەرەفی پیاو لە جلی بەر ئافرەت نییه، لە جگەرەکەی دەست خوشکەکەی نییە و لە پێستی قاچ و دەست و سنگی خێزانەکەی نییە.
ماری، قوربانییەکی تری ئەم کۆمەڵگایە.
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I carry your blood in my veins, your eyes on my face and you in my heart.
You let go, it's okay. The pain was too much. It's okay.
Rest easy kak dktor. Rest easy baba gyan.
♡
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my heart is with my hometown. my heart is with baghdad. my heart is with the people of baghdad and everyone that is out on the streets.
#save_the_iraqi_people
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HRH the Duchess of Edinburgh, Sophie, visited Iraq and the Kurdistan Region to learn of the challenges facing women and girls.
Yesterday I had the great opportunity to converse about GBV and women issues with her - including my work in the field.
#TwitterKurds
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Good afternoon, blessing your tl with this cute video of my mom saying a few of the Kurdish words that she knows to my brother followed by 'gu bxo' in Arabic. These few words are words that she heard from our relatives when we first moved here and they stayed in her head.
🥺
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After almost two years, I quit my job at
@RudawEnglish
! Its been a hell of a journey, full of great opportunities and greater people. I am leaving with a new experience gained and a few friends who are family now. Great things are ahead and I need to catch up!
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I don’t like the adult life. I want to be a five year old.
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Such a bad choice for a quote to be a headline in a case of sexual assault - so what if the woman knew the man? He sexually violated her and took videos of it. This is what we need to talk about.
سەرکەوت ئەحمەد، گوتەبێژی پۆلیسی سلێمانی بۆ رووداو: ئەو کچەی لە گۆیژەی سلێمانی دەستدرێژیی کرایەسەر، لەگەڵ کوڕەکە یەک دەناسن
وردەکاریی رووداوەکە لەم لینکەیە:
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Erbil is hit, souls were brutally taken, and our hearts weigh heavy tonight … again.
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The arrest of a number of these so-called “men” is not enough. The public needs to be informed of how will the law deal with them after their arrest. Perpetrators of women attacks/killings are often arrested and then matters are settled tribally behind closed doors.
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distracting myself from studying but look at us and say mashallah
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Somewhere along the way, you do end up being a mom to your baby brothers .. today I realized.
Congratulations to one of the lights of my heart.💜
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how it started how it's going
May 2020 was when Bayal started making totes in my room. We'd spend a whole day designing the bags on the floor and it was a little chaotic but we loved it.
TODAY we officially moved to OUR studio in Hawler!!!!!🥰🥰🥰
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ئەم ڤیدیۆیە دڵ ئارام دەکاتەوە.
کاردۆ ڕەزازی لەگەڵ دایکی مەرزیە فەریقی دوو ساڵ پێش کۆچکردنی.
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Hi! This morning's hustle was a tv interview all about Bayal's pretty totes.🥰
This is the link to the interview (20:20) if you're interested;
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بۆ چی ئەم خەڵکە دەمی خۆی کردۆتەوە و ئەڵێ ئەم کچانە جلی ڕووتیان لەبەرە بۆیە دەست درێژییان کراوەتەوە سەر؟ خۆ ژن لێرە بە عەبا و جووبە و لەچک و بە سفووری هەر وەک گورگ هێرشی سێکسی دەکەنە سەر!
کێشەکە لە جلی من و ئەو نییه، کێشەکە لە مێشکی تۆیە!
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Just days after 14 people died in a gas leak exploded in Suli, tonight 4 people have died and over 20 injured in a gas explosion at a students’ dorm in Duhok.
#TwitterKurds
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حەزم ئەکرد شیعر بنووسم بۆ باوکم و بۆی بخوێنمەوە ئەمیش بە زەردەخەنەیەکی جوان سەیرم کات و لە باوەشی بمگرێ .. بەس قەدەر وابوو شیعرەکەم بۆ سەر گۆڕەکەی بێ.
ماڵی تازەت ڕووناک و ئارام بێت ئازیزی دڵ.
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Driving in Hawler has given me anger issues like are YOU actually driving like that?
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The death toll has now surpassed 20,000!
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In the loving memory of the man who raised me to be, but did not stay to see me flourish.
My heart has not known peace since you took your last breath a year ago.
Always and forever in my heart.
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Hello Twitter fam. With how horrible our lives have been, we need a catch of fresh air. This Friday Bayal will participate in her first bazar at Classic Rock Cafe - Ankawa. Stop by and say hi! You can give me a hug if you saw me crying.
We are excited to see you!💖
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“Nothing ends poetically. It ends and we turn it to poetry.”
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We would have celebrated 65 years of you today.
I think of you every moment, speak of you often and miss you every second.
Happy 65 baba. I hope this year treats you well up there.
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In the Middle East, you either get killed by your family for marrying someone you love or you get killed by a man because you rejected him.
#ايمان_ارشيد
#نيرة_أشرف
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Photos of seven of the nine victims that died in Iran’s missile and drone strikes on the Kurdistan Region today.
Source: Rudaw
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Latest death tally of Iran’s strikes on Kurdistan Region according to KRG health ministry:
- nine dead
- 32 injured (3 in critical condition, 2 undergoing surgery)
Toll is expected to rise.
#TwitterKurds
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We are here! Visit us at Classic Rock Cafe - Erbil. The bazar ends at 8 pm!🥰
Hello Twitter fam. With how horrible our lives have been, we need a catch of fresh air. This Friday Bayal will participate in her first bazar at Classic Rock Cafe - Ankawa. Stop by and say hi! You can give me a hug if you saw me crying.
We are excited to see you!💖
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everyday look vs once in a month look
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“My daughter, 24, and my son’s daughter … I want my daughter.”
With coal-like tears, this mother received the dead body of her daughter and grandchild who were killed in Zakho’s bombardment. Tragic. Absolutely tragic.
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My father visited me in my dream last night, smiling.
Have a lovely day.
♡
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Three different taxi drivers insisted I don't pay for my ride when they realized I am from Hawler in Suleymaniyah today morning saying "this is how we treat our guests, please don't pay." Simple gestures that are commonly seen in both cities.
#TwitterKurds
#BeautifulMoments
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We are not tweeting/posting for Trump or Erdogan to see. We are raising awareness, sharing the news of what's happening to our people with the rest of the world. Stop saying that this is useless. It's not. All the demonstrations around the world? How did that spread? Social -
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Somewhere between wearing my first jli kurdi (missing the kras because of the excitement) and my graduation's kras.❣
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you really think the world is on pause when something tragic happens to you but then you step outside and realize that the world never stopped while you were collapsing
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good afternoon, trust your mama when she doesn't like someone, moms are never wrong.
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One year old Zahra Khayri Mohammed is the youngest victim of today’s Turkish bombardment that hit a resort in Zakho.
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WHAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ASLEEP
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Hawler Medical University students/ College of Pharmacy/Health Science are protesting from inside the campus as Asayish surround the university, blocking the main gate and not allowing students out - a student from the campus tells me.
#KurdistanProtests
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بابم جارەک گۆتی کە ماڵ و منداڵی خۆت هەبوو، لە چاوی من و داکت هەر کچە گچکەکەی خۆمان دەبی و قەت گەورە نابی برایەکانیشت هەروا.
بەس بابم باسی وەی نەکرد کە ئەگەر ئەو بڕوا و بەجێمان بهێلی، ئەمە بە یەک شەو ٣٠ ساڵ گەورە دەبین.
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disrespecting a lecturer that is very old in age makes you a shitty human being don’t @ me
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arabic poetry is the one thing that no translation could ever do any justice to.
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ئەمڕۆ لە هەموو رۆژێک زیاتر بیر و دڵم لای ئەو خێزان و کەسانەیە کە بەیانی کاتێ کە خۆرئاوا بوو و هەموو لەسەر سفرەکە کۆ بوونەوە تا رۆژووەکەیان بشکێنن چاویان ناچار دەکەوێتە سەر شوێنێکی بەتاڵی سفرەکە کە رۆژێک شوێنی ئازیزێکیان بوو کە مەرگ باوەشی لێکرد.
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Just came across this photo and it triggered a childhood memory that was completely erased from my mind. If you know, you know.
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Kurdish families early Sunday received the bodies of their loved ones who drowned in the English Channel on November 24, marking another tragic morning for Kurds.
📷: Rudaw
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do you ever text someone and they answer you in a way that makes you hate yourself for texting them?
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Do restaurants ever look at the special request section? Genuinely asking
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my dms are full of messages from people that have lost a parent to covid while some of you are out there not wearing a mask because it doesn't match the outfit.
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I stopped attending my boxing classes - which I really enjoyed - because my trainer gave himself the right to flirt/ask me out when I just wanted to learn how to punch properly. Why is it so hard to separate your professional and personal life? Disturbing.
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