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Fiza Pirani

@fiza.bsky.social
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fza like SZA. indie reporter, writer & editor. audience mgmt @285southatl.bsky.social. heartwork @refaatlibrary.bsky.social / refaatlibrary.com.

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Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
And if you're in Atlanta, support the many people swept up in the state's RICO on May 14th. Criminalizing protest is a huge part of the fascist playbook, but we fight it (in part) by showing up for our comrades:
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Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A forest defender was killed by police, acres of land were buried under concrete, so much public money was wasted. But the fight against Cop City also lifted the veil on what policing actually is to so many people, not just in Atlanta but across the world. That is so incredibly valuable
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Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
the construction of Cop City hinged on a compliant media that repeated false police claims and framing, private funders who see expanded policing as a safeguard for their capital, and state actors willing to serve those interests without question. none of that is unique to Atlanta!
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Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Cop City is officially "opening" today. The movement against it carries so many lessons for people everywhere, because the issues are everywhere today: the un-democratic militarization and expansion of policing and state violence, backed by dark money private funding.
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
A Portland movement journalist is going to trial for her coverage of a pro-Palestine protest prismreports.org/2025/01/14/a... @prismreports.bsky.social
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Alissa Azar is going to trial for covering a pro-Palestine protest
The recent arrest of movement journalist Alissa Azar is part of a larger pattern of escalating intimidation and harassment by Portland police
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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Also on SUNDAY, Dec. 15th, join @refaatlibrary.bsky.social organizers for a workshop on how to start your own mobile library! You'll receive practical advice on gathering volunteers to collaborating with bookstores and publishers, holding events and more: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/how...
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How To Start Your Own Mobile Liberation Library — Workshops 4 Gaza
Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (suggested donation $60 USD). Step 2: Register for “How to Start Your Own Mobile Liberation Library” here . In this workshop, volunteers from the ...
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Please spend time with the new collected edition of Alareer’s writing IF I MUST DIE, curated by his former student Yousef Aljamal. It paints a rich portrait of a beloved man and teacher gone far too soon—whose legacy will live on despite Israel’s attempt to silence it. orbooks.com/catalog/if-i...
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If I Must Die
This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics,...
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Refaat Mobile Library - Atlanta @refaatlibrary.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
ATLANTA: Please join us Sunday 12/15 in Decatur for an afternoon commemorating one year since the martyrdom of Gaza’s Storyteller, educator, activist, & beloved friend to many, #RefaatAlareer. We'll have the library of course & will be fundraising for GZ.
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DeepSouth161 @deepsouth161.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Just got some new literature from the @refaatlibrary.bsky.social today!
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285 South News @285southatl.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Weeks after 285 South contacted GA Dept of Human Services for comment regarding mysteriously stolen food stamp funds, the Afghan American Alliance says some families were finally reimbursed.
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Afghan families get their money back after theft of food stamps
Mirza Mohammed’s family was one of more than two dozen Afghan families in Metro Atlanta whose food stamp benefits appeared to be stolen.
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Refaat Mobile Library - Atlanta @refaatlibrary.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Today, Dec. 6, marks one year since our library's namesake — Gaza's Storyteller — the Palestinian academic and poet Dr. Refaat Alareer, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. How will you honor his legacy?
A tribute poster for Refaat Alareer, showing a man with a beard in a suit holding a crate of strawberries. Text honors him as a storyteller and poet from Gaza who was assassinated by Israel on Dec. 6,
2023. Red poppy flowers decorate the border, as do strawberries in honor of Gaza City, where Alareer was born.
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🚨 Hey Bluesky fam, I still need $75 for a $100 match campaign for The Sameer Project to get urgent tents, cash aid and medical assistance to Gaza — esp now as it’s been raining. DM me a receipt screenshot or Venmo Fiza-Pirani by midnight EST and I’ll match up to $100. chuffed.org/project/1132...
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South Gaza: Tents, Cash Aid, & Medical
***UPDATE REGARDING TENTS: there is a shortage of tents readily available for purchase due to traders withholding inventory. This is a combination of multiple factors including merchants wanting to dr...
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285 South News @285southatl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The contribution of Georgia’s Latino communities to the state GDP is comparable to the entire economic output of some US states. But while the power of this bloc is growing, many of its members still struggle to get by. New from @285southatl.bsky.social: 285south.com/latinos-are-...
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Latinos are a fast-growing population in Georgia - 285 South
The contribution of Georgia’s Latino communities to the state GDP is comparable to the entire economic output of some American states.
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Refaat Mobile Library - Atlanta @refaatlibrary.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Want to start a mobile liberation library in your town to make Palestinian literature more accessible but don't know where to start? Come take our virtual workshop on 12/15!! Ticket sales benefit Sameer Project’s Refaat Alareer Camp! @workshops4gaza.bsky.social www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/hif...
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How To Start Your Own Mobile Liberation Library — Workshops 4 Gaza
Register for “How to Start Your Own Mobile Liberation Library” here . Donate to Sameer Project here (suggested donation $60 USD). In this workshop, volunteers from the Refaat Alareer mobi...
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Following my friend’s lead, hi! I’m Fiza, an indie writer/editor now w/ Atlanta’s only English-language outlet dedicated to our immigrant/refugee communities @285southatl.bsky.social + building mobile liberation library @refaatlibrary.bsky.social w/ wonderful volunteers. Pictured: my Lady & Billie 🐾
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Have you been thinking of starting a mobile liberation library in your city/state? @refaatlibrary.bsky.social Atlanta volunteers are holding a virtual workshop 7-9pm EST Sunday, Dec. 15! All ticket proceeds benefit The Sameer Project’s Refaat Alareer Camp 🍉 www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/hif...
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How To Start Your Own Mobile Liberation Library — Workshops 4 Gaza
Register for “How to Start Your Own Mobile Liberation Library” here . Donate to Sameer Project here (suggested donation $60 USD). In this workshop, volunteers from the Refaat Alareer mobi...
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hi friends, please follow @refaatlibrary.bsky.social, Atlanta’s mobile liberation library. Our goal is to increase access to Palestinian literature and political eduction + raise funds for Palestinians.
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
can’t believe I birthed them
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Talia Kolluri @taliakolluri.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
So happy to see @refaatlibrary.bsky.social here! Please support them!
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hi friends, please follow @refaatlibrary.bsky.social, Atlanta’s mobile liberation library. Our goal is to increase access to Palestinian literature and political eduction + raise funds for Palestinians.
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285 South News @285southatl.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
As the only English-language publication dedicated to Atlanta's immigrant & refugee communities, we’ve been thinking about what the incoming presidential administration might mean for us, our neighbors, and our work. A letter from our founder: 285south.com/note-from-th...
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Note from the Founder: We're in a New Era. – 285 South
And as the only English language media publication dedicated to immigrants in Atlanta, we're asking for your support.
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Kaitlyn Arford @kmarford.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This is a game changer for journalists. www.axios.com/2024/11/14/b...
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Newsletter platform beehiiv launches multi-million dollar journalism fund
Journalists will receive a monthly health insurance stipend and legal support.
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
hanging out with this conehead tonight (tumor benign, she’s doing brilliantly well)
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Refaat Mobile Library - Atlanta @refaatlibrary.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This weekend in #ATLANTA: - 🛑 SAT 11/16: #StopCopCity Mass Meeting @ Park Ave Baptist Church (12-3p) - ☀️ SUN 11/17: Solidarity Play Day at Candler Park (2-5p) The library will be on site with books, zines, & our Gaza Funds table raising money for The Sameer Project. ✊🏾🇵🇸📚
Flyer for "Stop Cop City" mass meeting at Park Ave Baptist Church on Sat, Nov 16, 12-3 PM. Includes a group with protest signs, a book library image, and text urging attendees to wear masks. RSVP link: bit.ly/CopCityMeeting.Flyer for "Stop Cop City" mass meeting at Park Ave Baptist Church on Sat, Nov 16, 12-3 PM. Includes a group with protest signs, a book library image, and text urging attendees to wear masks. RSVP link: bit.ly/CopCityMeeting.
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
X has become so essential to Palestinian liberation work and information sharing and I really hope we can replicate the movement here. Who should I follow to stay connected? 🍉
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Refaat Mobile Library - Atlanta @refaatlibrary.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We are Atlanta’s mobile liberation library created in honor of martyred Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer. Follow along! www.refaatlibrary.com
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Refaat Mobile Library
A traveling volunteer-run mobile library in Atlanta created in honor of martyred Palestinian poet and professor Refaat Alareer
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Follow @refaatlibrary.bsky.social — X backup account.
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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Still figuring out who I want to be on here. But hello, new friends. I have a book out—essays on the failure of institutions to live up to stated progressive values, topical maybe???—and another on the way; a memoir of mentorship, desire, and discipline. bookshop.org/p/books/some...
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Some of My Best Friends: And Other White Lies I've Been Told a book by Tajja Isen
A fearless, "funny, poignant, and super-smart" (Ms. magazine) essay collection about race, justice, and the limits of good intentions. In this "inspiring, determined work of personal narrative and cul...
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An Oganizers' Economist @economistaatl.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Me! I wrote next week's essay! Subscribe! Read it!
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
reflections from the vigil in atlanta, plus an audio recording of our remarks with the reading of 64 journalists killed in gaza, israel and lebanon since oct. 7 foreignbodies.substack.com/p/monday-mat...
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Reflections from a vigil
Your biweekly Foreign Bodies roundup (public)
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
Had the pleasure of contributing to @austinlouisray.bsky.social’s How I’d Fix Atlanta series. I hope you’ll read: tinyletter.com/GeorgiaBrews...
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How Fiza Pirani Would Fix Atlanta
Well, well, well...if it isn't the final How I'd Fix Atlanta of 2024. The Season Two finale, as it were. Thanks for supporting this project, y'all. These first couple years have been fun and we've ...
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Listened to a dispatch from a dad in Gaza on NPR this week. He said they were rationing food and trying creatively to explain this to his small children. One day he saw his child gulping water but couldn’t bring himself to say stop, bc he didn’t want that to be the last thing he said to his child.
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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
i feel so anxious calling my reps. Like I'm stumbling over words. But it doesn't take very long and there's a script you can look at it. www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/urg...
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URGENT: Stop genocide against Palestinians in Gaza (call now) - JVP
The U.S. must work to immediately de-escalate to prevent the further loss of life, and not fuel and exacerbate the violence by sending more weapons to Israel.
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
#Atlanta marching for Palestine today.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
“These regulations would allow him to direct police to arrest civilians, remove them from their homes, or seize their property if he believes they have spread information that could harm national morale or served as the basis for enemy propaganda.”
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Likud minister formulates regulations to imprison citizens who 'harm national morale'
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 18/09/2023
cat on bed
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 18/09/2023
cat on walking pad
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
"The union is asking for a 'pathway to a livable wage' to cover out-of-pocket costs after Powell's put forth a new health care plan with higher deductibles for employees since starting negotiations in February." Powell's workers are striking on Monday, 9/4
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Powell's Books workers to strike on Labor Day
It'll be the first strike for Powell's in two decades.
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 29/08/2023
one of the most pernicious developments of the last 15 years or so is the subscription model for literally everything
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 24/08/2023
instead of watching the debate I took an edible got in bed and have been listening to meryl streep narrate the latest patchett novel
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Fiza Pirani @fiza.bsky.social · 11/08/2023
oof I love a rainy morning
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 09/08/2023
Novelist Madeline Miller on her experience with Long Covid: "the truth is that however immortal we feel, we are all just one infection away from a new life." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202…
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Opinion | Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too.
No matter how immortal we feel, we are all — still — at risk of developing crushing, life-altering symptoms.
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Janine Joseph @j9joseph.bsky.social · 08/08/2023
Sign the Open Letter: www.undocupoets.org
“Dear Pulitzer Prizes: It’s Time to Recognize Literature by Noncitizens”“We, the undersigned, believe that we have a duty to ask what constitutes the literature of a nation, and in asking this question, we believe it is essential to veer away from the definitions the State provides as to what it thinks constitutes U.S. selfhood.”
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