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I believe the Afghans, Persians and Turks all refer to it as Qaymak, but the Turks say it with a softer ‘k’. I think the Lebanese call it ‘ashta’. Good luck with your search :-)

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 23h

You should be able to find fresh clotted cream in Afghan, Persian and Turkish corner stores or dessert shops, as well as Lebanese bakeries. Happy hunting!

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 02/10/2026

Love this idea! It would be great if the colour of the green support buttons could be customised per account. People would still know that a solid block-colour button means special supported link.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 02/10/2026

Welcome back Saladin! Down south, we’ve launched Australia’s First Muslim Literary Journal 🎉 We’re showcasing the incredible talent of writers from Australia and abroad, featuring emerging talent alongside the well-travelled. Our third issue comes out in November via @conduitmp.com

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 26/09/2026

That’s beautiful! Is it an illustrated novel?

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 26/09/2026

I reckon Murderbot would be proud of you

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 18/09/2026

Congrats Jake! Shortlisted for the Richell last year and now to be published by a great indie publisher - you're on a roll! Onwards and upwards brother 💪🏼

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 17/09/2026

war ever, and a community of people who've been in Australia for almost 200 years but we still have zero engagement and understanding of Afghans? And you don't even notice. Why? Because your causes and champions reek of privilege. We see it. Smell it. From the bottom, everything is clear. #auspol

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 17/09/2026

25 years on from the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and where are the afghan voices in the Australian media or arts landscape? Where are the plays, novels, stories, op-eds? Australia's longest invasion and occupation (second to that of Aboriginal Australia, still ongoing), our longest

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 03/09/2026

“Recent history hasn’t seen a return movement on this scale.”

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 01/09/2026

We wouldn’t know it from the reporting, but most of these ‘teenagers’ are children. According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, anyone under the age of 18 is a child. Be they assaulted or murdered by police or the ADF, these are children. But Blak and brown kids don’t get to be kids.

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Conduit Muslim Perspectives @conduitmp.com · 30/08/2026

We are proud to present you with the second edition of Australia’s First Muslim Literary Journal 🎉 In this online edition we feature a comic by Safdar Ahmed, a short story by Raidah Shah Idil and poetry Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore. Happy reading! #Auslit Read here: www.conduitmp.com/journal/volu...

The purple winter cover of the second issue of the Conduit Muslim Literary Journal

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 27/08/2026

Congrats! They’re doing some great work

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 24/08/2026

Being both an uncle and a casual teacher (supply / sub.) means that every now and then you get to ask your niece if she has school the next day and then laugh in her face when you reveal that you don't. Last night, I told her I'll be enjoying chocolate croissants (her fav) while she'll be in class 👹

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 22/08/2026

This looks great Usman! Congrats 🎉

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 21/08/2026

“True justice requires the West to look into the mirror, acknowledge the generational trauma it inflicted, end its punitive sanctions, and allow these liberated nations the space to breathe, rebuild and determine their own destinies.” Brilliant piece by Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay prisoner.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 21/08/2026

The design changes look great! I didn't realise it until I saw this, but the current system can be quite stressful if a post blows up or gets heavy engagement. This one is beautiful and breezy. Also, that section up the top may be a great space to include a dedicated @standard.site section

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 21/08/2026

Holy moly! I hope it all goes well and that you're out and back to good health soon mate. If you want good tv / movie recs while resting and recovering, let us know and we'll give you suggestions :-)

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 18/08/2026

Dude, #swordtember is one of my favourite art challenges. I don't usually participate, but I never fail to look through all the pretty swords and be inspired by everyone's creativity year-after-year. Keen! ⚔️

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 17/08/2026

We’ve launched Australia’s First Muslim Literary Journal 🎉 We’re hoping to showcase the incredible talent of writers from down under and abroad, and our first issue featured some emerging talent alongside the well-travelled. Our second issue comes out at the end of August via @conduitmp.com

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 14/08/2026

I loved the comic and have been waiting for it to come out on streaming, but are you telling me they moved away from Bilquis Evelyn's atmospheric and ethereal art (one of that main reasons I picked it up in the first place) out of... laziness? That would be deeply disappointing

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 13/08/2026

Knowing that there’d be ‘racial qualifiers’ had the young men a) come from other parts of Sydney and b) belonged to non-white communities is surprisingly enraging.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 09/08/2026

Spider-man BND was good fun and my favourite of the Tom Holland series. I can’t help but notice that the villain (!!!) will have had more screen time going into their next MCU film than Doctor Doom will have had by the time he features in Doomsday. This does not spark joy. #SpidermanBrandNewDay

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 06/08/2026

Loved it. Classic fantasy, beautiful prose, and a badass magic system. The last 100 pages had me staying up late, reading the night away like I used to when I was a kid. Currently looking to buy books 2 and 3, but want the lovely original covers. Thank you @garthnix.bsky.social!

The cover of Sabriel by Garth Nix featuring the titular character in a blue garb with a sword in hand.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 02/08/2026

What kind of dark wizardry is this? My eyes see a skull in a black cloak, but my mind registers it as “handsome”. How can a skeleton be handsome? And why am I reading it as male? It’s a skull. In a black cloak. What the. Some real magic at play here! (Beautiful work)

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 02/08/2026

Hold onto that acceptance and never let it go. It might take some time finding the right therapist, but letting your realisation and acceptance guide you into becoming a person unencumbered by whatever is weighing you down is, perhaps, one of the best things you can do in your life. You can do it 💪🏼

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 02/08/2026

Such a let down. However, I do love it when the opposite happens, where I read a novel for the story alone, but I’m met with surprisingly elevated and poetic prose. Ps. Generally speaking, I believe the Auslit industry is suffering from an overly fluid definition of the term ‘literary merit’.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 30/07/2026

Fascinating. Meanwhile I've taught at a Muslim school in Sydney, where they've had an old, retired soldier come in to speak about WW1 and Australia's military engagements (already a contentious topic for these kids), on behalf of the ADF, with this sticker on his laptop, to a group of CALD students:

A laptop from a retired ADF presenter with a sticker featuring an image of the Australian flag next to the phrase "If you don't love it, LEAVE!".

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 27/07/2026

You forget Husic and his people have experienced genocide first-hand in Bosnia. He's demonstrating what 'never again' should actually look like. Fatima Payman also moved alone at one point. Eventually that emboldened Husic. Way leads to way, the good and the bad. Every action matters.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 27/07/2026

A quarter of the way through Sabriel by Garth Nix and I'm really enjoying it. It's got that classic fantasy feel, and the prose appears simple but is elevated and poetic. The magic and necromancy is surprisingly beautiful. Teen-me would've loved it, but adult-me is enjoying it just as much.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 20/07/2026

Great writing AND beautiful illustrations? I'd read this in a heartbeat!

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 20/07/2026

Total number of rejections from literary journals and comps now approaching... 40 🎉 Not included: rejections from scholarships, mentorship schemes and opportunities (incl. initiatives for 'diverse' writers, which I also can't land even though Afghan writers in Australia are almost non-existent 🫠).

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 20/07/2026

Agreed! What an embarrassing way to lose the final, and what a poor performance by the man they wanted to crown 'king'. Spain was all class

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 17/07/2026

The urge to quit the world and move to the mountains, painting all day and reading all night.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 15/07/2026

Winter in Wentforth Falls

A picture of a lilac sky, capturing the colours of the sky during sunset in Wentworth Falls, New South Wales. There is a wallaby in the grass.

A picture of the Milky Way at night, captured by an iPhone 12, in Wentworth Falls, New South Wales.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 13/07/2026

Getting a story accepted is a big win! Onwards and upwards 🙌🏼

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 13/07/2026

'Rat Daniels' by Alex Sawyer is a solid debut, raw and sincere like the characters it brings to life. A tender exploration of the beautiful beast that is male friendship, it navigates the currents of brotherhood – light and dark – with confronting vulnerability. Great work @alexsawyer.bsky.social

The cover image of 'Rat Daniels' a book of fiction by Alex Sawyer. There is a silhouette of a boy with a bird on his shoulder, inverted against a black backdrop, while the silhouette is painted sky blue and features white clouds.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 05/07/2026

Finished Hill House. Jackson’s mastery of horror is delightful, her protagonist tragic. Nell’s slow descent into madness and loosening grip on reality is just as terrifying as scenes of explicit, ghostly horror. Her loneliness echoes and aches; haunting and heartbreaking like Hill House itself.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 05/07/2026

For those playing at home, that’s Bingo.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 03/07/2026

Contenders for the UFC title some of them!

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 03/07/2026

The Socceroos did us proud. What a performance. A bloody valiant effort. Hold your heads high boys! 🟩🟨

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 03/07/2026

Our boys did so well. So proud. What a game

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 03/07/2026

Oooh I noticed his sword in the intro song! One of the things I love about this show is the harmony of the 'character design language', if that's a thing? Every time we see something new, it fits perfectly into the world – that triangular, straight-edged kryptonian aesthetic. Just lovely man

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 01/07/2026

It was a terrible idea to read ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ at midnight, while staying by myself in a cabin in the Blue Mountains. The wind is howling, the house is creaking and my nerves are completely on edge. I’m going to watch children’s cartoons to calm myself down. Everything feels alive.

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 29/06/2026

The writing in the second season is good. It manages to stay true to the heart of the original series, while making changes that allow it to be more character focussed. That results in a grounded, stronger story and more nuanced character arcs. Zuko’s arc alone is a masterclass in adaptation.

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