Yara Elmjouie
@yelmjouie
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I make (mostly) food-adjacent docs and videos for @ajplus | @DaytimeEmmys , @BeardFoundation , and @TheWebbyAwards winner.
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My
@ajplus
show "Eat This with Yara" won a national Emmy Award at the
@DaytimeEmmys
on Saturday (we submitted an episode about the dark history of trespassing laws in the U.S. ft
@blackforager
)
Here's a recently published article that talks about it!
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Most Western video games about the Middle East involve killing, shooting, and war. This game from Iran, however, is about the beauty of Islamic art. And its core gameplay mechanic is wildly creative. Thanks
@bahrami_
for letting me interview you!
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Did you ever wonder why we don't we see Native restaurants on every street corner in the U.S.? We went on a road trip through the American southwest to learn why (and eat lots of Native American cuisine).
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I went to see
@hasanminhaj
in NYC and then had Iranian food with my friends afterwards.
Now
@Venmo
is blocking my transaction because of the word “Iranian” in my friend’s request.
Venmo wants detailed documents to before approving the transaction. This is fucking ridiculous.
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Bon Appetit failed to feature a single Iranian brand or voice in their saffron article (despite Iran producing 90% of the world’s saffron), so here’s a trusted Iranian brand you can support:
Sahar Khiz.
I’m cooking with it tomorrow.
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Iran is the world's fourth-largest *per capita* consumer of tea. But how'd that happen?
A fun piece I worked on in my spare time with a ragtag team of SUPER passionate, Tehran-based video producers
@KebritStudio
and
@iranuntoldproj
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I took this pic in July 2015 in Tehran after the nuclear deal had been signed. I will never forget that night—the celebrations it sparked, the hope it instilled, and the peace it heralded. And to think it would all come crashing down b/c of the caprice of a reality TV show host.
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Hamas "killed" Israelis but the Palestinians just "died"?
Who caused the Palestinians to "die,"
@nytimes
?
All my journalism professors told me write in the active voice, to identify the agent of the action. I guess when it comes Israel-Palestine, those rules don't pertain.
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Barbara Boxer says “Iranians are not good people, they are vicious.”
Hillary Clinton is “proud” to be enemies with “the Iranians.”
Trump calls Iran a “terrorist nation.”
As Iranian Americans, we, and ordinary folks in Iran, have for years been everyone’s favorite punching bag
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This touched me.
It’s a two-minute film by a 20-year-old Iranian filmmaker that won an award at the Luxor Film Festival in Egypt.
No language skills necessary to understand its heartfelt message.
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There's a double standard when it comes to MSG. When it's used in Western foods, it's no big deal. But when it's used in Chinese food, people freak out (and coin phrases like "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.") So what's the deal? I decided to investigate.
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@AtiehS
One of my favorite
#IranianCulturalSites
is the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Esfahan. Took this photo when I was living in Iran four years ago. The inner walls are truly breathtaking in their detailed tile-work.
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19-year-old Iranian chef Mershad Shahidi was killed by security forces while in custody.
He is one of hundreds of Iranians who’ve been killed in the brutal crackdown on nationwide protests calling for an end to Iran’s Islamic Republic regime.
CC:
@beardfoundation
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If this is not inhumanity, then I don't know what is.
At
#AIPAC2019
, the crowd sadistically cheers as State Department official Brian Hook boasts, "Iran is facing its worst economic crisis in its 40-year history"
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Before all this social distancing, I convinced the queen of Persian cooking to transform Iran's national dish into ... a pizza, in honor of
#Nowruz
.
Forgive me. 🙈
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So many millions of Iranians are ecstatic today.
You can imagine why: one of the candidates wanted to starve them.
That candidate lost.
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I have not been back to Iran in over 7 years because I've been afraid of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
You?
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Hong Kong
Lebanon
Iraq
Chile
Bolivia
Let us remember 2019 and be humbled by this mobilization to hold governments accountable around the world.
WATCH: 1 million people have taken to the streets of Santiago in what is believed to be Chile's largest-ever protest
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Farmworkers are like PRO athletes, keeping us fed amid a pandemic, wildfires & waves of deportations.
Pre-pandemic I traveled to Salinas, CA to experience firsthand why farm work is more difficult, complex and SKILLED than we can imagine. Our latest doc:
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I fasted for the first time in my life and learned that Ramadan is so, so much more than just not eating. (This is the first episode of
@ajplus
's new show, In Real Life)
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Your vote in the US presidential election could DRAMATICALLY change an Iranian’s life.
Here’s a little historical breakdown ft. the inimitable
@yarbatman
and a hilarious music video from
@DasandazBand
:
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A dozen white people drink an Iranian delicacy and proceed to decry how disgusting it is – vomiting, dry-heaving and all.
Great, I love reliving my childhood trauma.
What exactly does this video add to the conversation,
@barstoolsports
? H/t
@kimiyasho
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As war-crime-prone President Trump threatens to destroy Iran's cultural heritage, here's a reminder of how that very cultural heritage continues to inspire a new generation of Iranian creatives:
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The Iranian American community in LA is so much more than the stereotypes would have you believe:
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School girls in Karaj, Iran chasing their principal out of the building.
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‘Essential workers deserve the respect CEOs get.’
Here's why grocery store workers need hazard pay. A lot of it. Now.
@ajplus
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Did you know "No Trespassing" signs have racist origins?
I joined up with
@BlackForager
to explore that past – and how it all relates to the art of foraging:
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These days, as Iranian-Americans, it sometimes feels like we’re under attack for our ties to Iran. So I went back home to talk to my parents about their immigration story – and how they raised me to be a hyphenated American.
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When I repeatedly describe Iran’s regime as “fascist,” please understand that it’s not partisan language.
This is literally the definition of fascism.
After Islamic Republic security forces raided 14-yr-old
#ParmisHamnava
’s school, searched bags & found that she’d torn out the picture of the founder of the IRI Ayatollah Khomeini from her textbook, they beat her so badly that she died of her injuries the next day.
#MahsaAmini
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Happy
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
!
If you have a sec, watch our
@beardfoundation
-nominated documentary on Native American cuisine, the oldest cuisine of the land we today call "America."
You'll learn a lot – we promise!
@ajplus
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I ate America's trash – and cooked with it – to show you how much perfectly good food we throw away in this country, and what we can do to rescue it.
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I made highly enriched Iranian yellowcake last night.
(Aka saffron-cardamom banana bread with an orange blossom labneh frosting)
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Iranian friends:
Please circulate this video among your Iranian relatives on WhatsApp. Racist language, specifically toward Black people, is still prevalent in Iran—and in the diaspora.
This Kenyan man explains what’s up in fluent, ELEGANT, flawless Persian. (بارکالله)
حرف های (شوخی های) که نباید به یک فرد سیاه پوست زد.
با دوستان فارسی زبان خود به اشتراک بگذارید.
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“We won’t leave Iran”
“We will take Iran back from you”
Students at Amir Kabir University, Saturday, October 29. Via
@Vahid
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Iranians' fight for freedom dates back over 100 years!
Learn about modern Iran’s first major revolution — the "Constitutional Revolution" — and how a Christian missionary from NEBRASKA weirdly ended up becoming *second-in-command* to Iran’s revolutionary leader.
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Iranian, Japanese, and Korean flavors UNITE in a SINGLE dish. Behold my latest creation: Spicy Miso Lubia Polo. 🇮🇷🇯🇵🇰🇷
#QuarantineCuisine
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What do Donald Trump and ISIS have in common?
A shared desire to destroy a country’s cultural heritage.
....targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!
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Before 1979, Iran was a land of "joy," "peace," and “endless opportunity” for every Iranian, according to the U.S. State Department (
@StateDept
)
Lol.
Here's why that’s total BS:
Iran has a rich history of human rights from the time of Cyrus up until the 1979 revolution. The Iranian people have suffered from a regressive regime and deserve a brighter future.
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Hi. You forgot to write “after the US violates it.” Very important fact you omitted.
Let’s be truthful, not neutral, as a famous journalist once said.
Breaking News: Iran will stop complying with parts of the nuclear deal, the country's president said. The move escalates a confrontation with the United States.
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Adding insult to injury, Iran is again called "Eye-Ran."
You mispronounce our heritage, and say our food makes you vomit. This is how you light a xenophobic fire.
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Senator
@LindseyGrahamSC
, per your words about Iranians, may I suggest watching this
@ajplus
documentary on the anti-Iranian sentiment in the 80s? Just some insight into what our community has gone through, so you know just how hurtful your words can be.
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Hi
@PayPal
, here's how I interpret this:
Do not say Iran. It is a bad word. Any reference to your Iranian culture and heritage is bad, so please censor your identity so your payment can go through. Sorry, we don't have a moral compass of our own.
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"[Jared Kushner's] rhetoric about the Palestinians is dripping w/ contempt. He invited no Palestinians to the launch of this document; he involved no Palestinians in the negotiation of this document.
Anti-Palestinian racism is one of the last acceptable forms of racism in [DC]."
Me: Jared Kushner, for his Palestine plan, read "25 books? Yeah right? What kind of books? Colouring books? Comic books?"
Also me: "Anti-Palestinian racism is one of the last acceptable forms of racism in" Washington DC.
I was on
@MSNBC
w/
@alivelshi
on Sunday - do watch/share:
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Had dinner at
@Sofreh_Brooklyn
last night, my favorite Iranian restaurant in America (and home to some of the best Ghormeh Sabzi, Kashk-e Bademjan, and Persian braised lamb this side of the Atlantic).
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Having an American president openly, honestly, and candidly admit the ills of American foreign policy would make me infinitely prouder to be an American.
Props for acknowledging the U.S.-backed coup in Iran,
@BernieSanders
.
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“For 10 years, we will be invisible. To health research … small business loans, we will be invisible for another decade in our country."
The Trump admin is leaving the MENA category off the 2020 Census – and
@RashidaTlaib
reminds everyone just how messed up that is.
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Wondering if you need to wipe down all your groceries?
Here are 10 coronavirus safety tips to consider when grocery shopping in the age of
#coronavirus
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Look, it's fine if you don't like it. Some Iranians don't love it either. But this is juvenile – it celebrates ignorance & affirms people's prejudices.
If someone invited you to a family dinner and you ate something you didn't like, would you proceed to vomit,
@barstoolsports
?
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Nearly brought me to TEARS:
a short film about a young Iranian girl who immigrates to the US during the hostage crisis years and is incessantly mocked for her unibrow. A relatable story for many Middle Eastern Americans.
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I can't help but feel guilty sitting here in San Francisco as the hard-earned savings of my beloved relatives in Iran vanish into thin air because of the U.S. govt's decision to once again inflict collective punishment on ordinary Iranians over disagreements it has w/ their govt.
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Holy shit.
Meanwhile, 103 year old Iranian 'super granny' Khavar Ahmedi has fully recovered from
#COVID2019
, discharged from hospital and back home with family. She displays a paper that reads — "Thank God, I defeated corona."
Granny will turn 104 soon. Love and prayers for her.
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There are many schisms within the Iranian diaspora right now and I’m so saddened to see those schisms being exacerbated in a truly horrific, witch hunt-esque way.
So many schisms, in fact, that I’m certain someone will attack me just for tweeting this.
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The Iranian government is using AMBULANCES to abduct protesters.
Incredible journalism from the BBC, studying the protest footage, and arriving at some fascinating findings.
Highly recommend watching this.
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Um, hey
@Google
. Mohammad Mossadegh was not just an "author." He was Iran's popularly elected prime minister who was overthrown in a CIA-backed coup in 1953.
Can you fix?
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‘I wish my mom could be here … unfortunately, because she’s Syrian, she won’t be able to come.'
This is shameful, America. Shameful.
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Text Message Conversation with Iranian Father, Act 1 Scene 1:
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This has been covered AD INFINITUM by the media, at this point, and yet
@Venmo
hasn't budged.
Aka, you can send a payment for COCAINE and your payment will go through JUST FINE.
If you mention IRAN, you're screwed.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act.
Concentration camps.
The Patriot Act.
The Muslim Ban.
Now, this.
We can stop this vicious cycle of American history.
Go out and vote.
Please.
BREAKING: US CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION NATIONALLY HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO DETAIN & "REPORT" ALL IRANIANS ENTERING THE COUNTRY DEEMED POTENTIALLY SUSPICIOUS OR "ADVERSARIAL" REGARDLESS OF CITIZENSHIP STATUS. 60+ Iranis held last night at the US/Canada border for 11+ hrs / thread
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Today, by some accounts, is legendary Iranian feminist poet Forough Farrokhzad's birthday. *Some* say she's the most famous woman in the history of Persian literature.
A few days ago, I collab'd with
@justleyla
to make this short explainer on her:
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How to scare white people off the plane:
(Aka: me practicing my Persian handwriting eight years ago in college)
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A harsh reality for us Iranians and Iraqis in the diaspora:
If Iran retaliates majorly & things spiral out of control, there’s a chance we may never see our families in the homeland ever again.
Travel may be unsafe.
Phone lines, disrupted.
Our relatives? ..
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The Iranian people have become the proverbial punching bag of American politicians.
If you punish Iranians, you look "strong" in front of your constituents.
When will this garbage stop? It's been several decades now.
"When people can't afford even milk and dates, what are they supposed to eat?"
Ordinary Iranians share what it's like to celebrate Ramadan while struggling to make ends meet because of U.S. sanctions.
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Iran’s government has — literally — banned the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines as record numbers of people are dying due to the delta variant.
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A healthy dose of journalistic doubt is ... healthy.
Why would Iran attack ships carrying Japanese cargo AS the prime minister of Japan is visiting Iran?
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Ok, I am literally melting right now.
I just learned that our food-adjacent show "In Real Life" on
@ajplus
(now rebranded to "Eat This with Yara") has been nominated for two
@beardfoundation
awards this year – aka the "Oscars of the food world."
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Imagine Khoresht-e Gheymeh (خورش قیمه) without tomato paste or Ghormeh Sabzi (قرمه سبزی) without kidney beans. Many Asian, Middle Eastern, and European dishes wouldn’t exist as you know them had it not been for Native American cuisine:
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I FEEL ALIVE
What happens when your news anchor is Iranian... 💗
(Shally Zomorodi is Fox 5 San Diego’s morning news anchor.)
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@blondeintehran
And I'll end with this – Tehran's historic Vali-asr street, said to be the longest street in the Middle East, is known for plane trees SO colossal that, at points, they form a lush, green canopy overhead that obscures the sky from view.
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2nd generation Iranian Americana:
"When I was a kid ... I didn't want to be different, because there was no one around me that I could share my difference with ... I would try to downplay what made me unique ... But as I grew up, this started to change."
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"Where Black people lived, the law changed to harm them."
Our latest doc looks at a 10-year research project exposing how "No Trespassing" laws initially spread throughout the U.S. to restrict Black Americans' freedom after the end of slavery:
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Black Iranians are often erased from the picture – and denied representation. But this Black Iranian woman is trying to change that. Inspiring must-watch story by
@sara_salman
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🚨The Islamic Republic Republic of Iran has been removed from the UN Commission on the Status of Women🚨
Non-Western *and* Global South countries backed the move in big numbers: Peru, Colombia, Chile, Panama, Benin, Liberia, Libya, Korea, and Japan.
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If you have a conspiracy-minded relative who thinks coronavirus is a government-orchestrated hoax, ask them to watch this (heartbreaking) piece:
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Today I learned:
Iran is the most sanctioned country IN HISTORY.
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Two Iranians, a Pakistani, an Indian, and an Egyptian
@ajplus
wrote a love letter to Seattle's Asian American community ❤️ Hope you like it.
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Over 65% of the world's adults are lactose intolerant to some extent.
I'm one of them. So we made this video in their (our?) honor.
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The School Children's Revolution, Pt 4
(Young Iranian students singing what has become the protest movement's national anthem: a song known as "For" by Shervin Hajipour, who has been jailed).
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THIS IS AMAZING.
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Incredible to watch — after over 4 decades, Iranian women, forced to cover their hair by a ruthless morality police, are now burning their headscarves in defiance.
For so many years, such a scene would be unthinkable. And now it’s happening right before our eyes.
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"Coffee smells like sewage": this is "parosmia," the alarming COVID side effect no one is talking about. Our latest documentary:
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Just wanna re-up this beautiful video of some really gorgeous locales in Tehran, accessible to all strata of Iranian society for free.
Regardless of who you are and what you do, you can visit these all places free of charge.
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"There were no hotels for African Americans. We went to a Black funeral home and ... I spent my nights sleeping with the dead."
A stark reminder of America’s darker days from the 1st Black woman reporter at the
@washingtonpost
. Great work,
@aishagani
& co
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding — with Iranians! Make sure to keep an eye out for this RAD independent film starring
@MazJobrani
! Can’t wait to watch myself!
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Don't call yourself a "progressive" if you do not believe in acknowledging the humanity of the Palestinian people, who have been oppressed, expelled, and killed by a heavily armed settler-colonial state for 73 years.
As
@hrw
and
@btselem
have said, this is apartheid.
An Israeli officer dragged 26-year-old Palestinian Mariam Afifi by her hair. Her response? To smile in the face of occupation.
How has smiling become an act of resistance for young Palestinians?
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