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Mostafa Hussein Omar

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Consultant psychiatrist from #Egypt. I usually post or boost posts about: 🧠 #MentalHealth #Psychiatry ✊ #Jan25 #FreePalestine 🖥️ #Linux #FreeSoftware 🛠️ #DIY […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.online/@moftasa, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19h
Cairo now has a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. I tried it this past week a couple of times and I was impressed by some of its features but I am not sure I am going to take it again. The good: - It is inexpensive, a 10 stations ticket costs 10 EGP (0.19 USDs) […] [Original post on mastodon.online]
A Bus Rapid Transit station pictured from above. A white electric fullsized bus is waiting for passengers.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
This surveillance state is in serious need of cable management.
Traffic lights and a light pole with cameras attached on both. Dangling between them in the air is a mess of wires, extension cords, chargers and a tiny ethernet switch (I think).
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SellaTheChemist @sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
Beware. If you are looking for Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's film "Naza" based on interviews with 24 Israeli soldiers, that is currently in film festivals and cinemas, you won't find it online. Instead you will find the IDF's "Naza - The True Story" that presents a very different picture of […]
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
#Egypt arrests 6 independent journalists belonging to a fact-checking platform. The authorities accuses them of belonging to a 'terrorist' organisation […]
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
I went to see the original Deluxe Paint.
Tutankhamen's funerary gold mask.
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Gharbeia, Ⓐ @gharbeia.org · 12/09/2026
@podlibre At the #fediday2026 , many speakers who are users (fedinauts, podcasters, atc), implementrs and administrators remark that while the they may have more followers on Bluesky, when they are present there, they always have more interactions on The Fediverse.
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Kick Off World :commodore: @kickoffworld.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026
Ghostbusters (1984) con un Commodore 64! :commodore: Seguici nel gruppo @giochi #ghostbusters #commodore #commodore64 #C64
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026
Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgwy1k42… This is becoming rediculous. If a pharmaceutical company says that a drug has a 10% chance of killing patients the drug would be immediately banned. Instead AI companies […]
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
"تخضير القاهرة" في مواجهة حملة القطع.. هل تعوض الشتلات الجديدة أشجارًا عمرها عقود؟ | المنصة manassa.news/news/33800 لا شيء يقف أمام الكثافات المرورية للسيارات...
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"تخضير القاهرة" في مواجهة حملة القطع.. هل تعوض الشتلات الجديدة أشجارًا عمرها عقود؟
أثارت أعمال إزالة الأشجار في عدد من مناطق القاهرة والجيزة خلال الأسبوع الماضي، انتقادات بين مواطنين وبرلمانيين ومهتمين بالشأن البيئي، خاصة مع ظهور أعمال قطع لأشجار قديمة في شارع جامعة الدول العربية وميدان مصطفى محمود بالمهندسين، بالتزامن مع أعمال تطوير الطريق.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Joined this year Galala Challenge. Couldn't go last year due to family emergency. Anyway I signed up for the 150km course which includes a 10km timed climb. galalachallenge.com/event/galala-ch… #BikeTooter #GalalaChallenge #Egypt #cycling
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Galala Challenge 10th Edition: A Milestone Worth Riding For - galalachallenge.com
Date: November 6, 2026
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
Three Persimmons, 2008. All the pixels, none of the seeds, at www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/220… #photography
Still life of three persimmons, arranged diagonally in the frame, on a blank white surface under hard light.
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Daniel Gultsch @daniel.gultsch.social · 31/08/2026
The Italian email, XMPP, and blog hosting provider Autistici/Inventati has been designated a “global terrorist” and put on a sanctions list by the US regime, which, among other things, will severely limit their access to financial systems. www.inventati.org/campaign/press #Jabber #XMPP […]
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
In a Heat Wave, Schizophrenia Is So Much Deadlier Than Any Other Medical Condition | WIRED www.wired.com/story/heat-wave-schiz… #psychiatry #mentalhealth #schizophrenia #climatechange
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In a Heat Wave, Schizophrenia Is So Much Deadlier Than Any Other Medical Condition
People with schizophrenia face a perfect storm of dangers on a hotter planet.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Hey Mastodon, you have peer pressured me into buying a #gravel bike. It was so hard to find one but I've finally managed to get one and it is a pretty fancy too. Took it for a spin this morning and its the best thing ever! #Biketooter #Fennec
Yellow and blue gravel bike pointing to the right. Background of rocks and vegetation.A Canyon gravel bike overlooking a canyon in the desert. A fennec crossing a path in the desert. It is ochre brown colored with a fluffy tail and long ears.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026
Nepal flash flood nightmare: What caused it? earthsky.org/earth/nepal-flash-floo…
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Nepal flash flood nightmare: What caused it?
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Jumbles @jumbles.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
'It's a Jurassic Park print! I know this!' One of the earliest and greatest films I saw as a youngster on the big screen, and now an amazing opportunity to handle and project it 33 years later. Playing at Showroom Cinema Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
A short sequence of 35mm frames from a classic '90s Jurassic Park print in which a clever girl, Lex (Ariana Richards) soon realises the computer in front of her (running an early 3D graphical user interface) is a Unix system. She knows this.Close up of a complete print of Jurassic Park on 35mm, ready for playback from a platter system. The print label reads "Jurassic Park / Flat / SR / 7 reels / pulsed" denoting the film title, projection ratio, sound type, reel number, and automation markers respectivelyClose up of a 35mm film can of an original Jurassic Park print from Rank Film Laboratories from over 30 years ago. The worn and faded label informs us this is a colour print with Dolby sound and has a copyright and distribution warning in small red text beneathA short sequence of 35mm frames showing much of the main cast gather around a giant steaming pile of dinosaur excrement that sits atop a grassy plain. From left to right surrounding the merde mound is: Grant (played by the late Sam Neil), Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), a park ranger (uncredited?), and Ellie (Laura Dern) as they all look on with varying degrees of interest in the faecal profundity before them.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
It is incredibly difficult to find gravel bikes here. I have been looking for one for months and basically no one imports them. There are loads of road bikes and mountain bikes on offer. Given the economical situation. Almost all new bikes are cheap Chinese (BSOs) with very low quality […]
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026
إسرائيل دمّرت حتى الآن 82% من منشآت ومباني غزّة: قراءة في مسح «يونوسات» alsifr.org/israel-distruction-gaza #غزة
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إسرائيل دمّرت حتى الآن 82% من منشآت ومباني غزّة: قراءة في مسح «يونوسات»
في 16 حزيران/يونيو 2026، رصدت أقمار الأمم المتحدة الاصطناعية من الفضاء ما فعلته إسرائيل بغزّة: 82% من منشآت ومباني القطاع مدمّرة أو متضررة، وثلثا هذه المنشآت لم يعد قائماً. أكثر من 1.8 مليون فلسطيني فقدوا مساكنهم. هذه ليست أضرار حرب. هذا محو مكان بأكمله، ومعه إمكان العودة إليه.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026
#Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8enj8p1x…
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Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty
The new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment.
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Fabio Manganiello @fabio.manganiello.eu.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026
My periodic reminder to blogs and news outlets that, if you have #RSS or Atom feeds, you should remember to exclude those URLs from your frontend-based verifications. If you want to control traffic on machine-to-machine endpoints, use standard throttling and rate limiting - not CAPTCHAs nor […]
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026
Real Psychiatry: The MAGA GOP Against Anthony Fauci, MD... real-psychiatry.blogspot.com/2026/0… #COVID19
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The MAGA GOP Against Anthony Fauci, MD...
**The Lie** | **The Facts** ---|--- **Lie 1: "Fauci lied about masks."** _The Claim:_ repeatedly asserts Fauci intentionally lied to the public to manipulate them or that his changing guidance proved he was deceptive. | In March 2020 (the early weeks of the pandemic), public health officials—including Fauci—advised the general public against buying N95 surgical masks to prevent a severe shortage for front-line healthcare workers, given the initial belief that COVID-19 spread primarily through large droplets and surfaces. As airborne transmission and asymptomatic spread became clear in April 2020, guidance shifted to universal cloth mask-wearing. Scientific adaptation to new data was re-framed by critics as a malicious "lie." **Lie 2: "Fauci created/funded COVID-19 in Wuhan."** _The Claim_ : Repeated claims state that Fauci personally authorized "gain-of-function" research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology that directly created the SARS-CoV-2 virus. | While the National Institutes of Health (NIH) did fund grants to EcoHealth Alliance for bat coronavirus research in China, independent scientific panels, the NIH, and intelligence reviews clarified that the specific bat coronaviruses studied under those sub-grants were genetically distinct from SARS-CoV-2 and could not have evolved into the pandemic virus. The political rhetoric, however, repeats the "Fauci created the virus" line to frame a public servant as a criminal perpetrator. Some circles suggest there was homicidal intent. **Lie 3: "Fauci personally forced lockdowns and school closures."** _The Claim:_ characterizes lockdowns, school closures, and business restrictions as unilateral mandates handed down personally by "Dictator Fauci." | Under the U.S. federal system, public health mandates (closing schools, restricting indoor dining, stay-at-home orders) were legally enacted by state governors and local public health departments—not federal advisory scientists. Fauci served as an advisor whose task force issued recommendations, but he lacked any statutory executive power to pass laws or order closures. **Lie 4: "Fauci lied when he said vaccines stop 100% of transmission."** _The Claim:_ Asserts that public health officials promised the original COVID-19 vaccines would permanently block all infection and transmission, calling subsequent variant breakthrough cases "proof of a lie." | Clinical trials in late 2020 measured efficacy against symptomatic disease (which was ~95% for original strains). While early real-world data showed significant reduction in transmission against original variants, the emergence of mutated variants (like Delta and Omicron) eroded protection against infection while maintaining strong protection against severe illness and death. The shift in viral evolution was reframed as a deliberate institutional falsehood. **Lie 5: “Fauci made millions of dollars directly off the COVID-19 pandemic.”** _The Claim_ : made millions __ through secret royalty checks paid by pharmaceutical companies for COVID-19 vaccines. The claim frames him not as an independent public health scientist, but as a compromised figure using federal authority to enrich himself and corporate allies. In this hearing there was a comments that he was “enriching himself through the use of federal employees.” There has also been a longstanding complain that Dr. Fauci is the “highest paid federal employee and he makes more than the President.” That is true but it is full disclosure and according to federal regulations. | -Dr. Fauci holds no patents and receives no royalties related to any COVID-19 vaccines or treatments (including the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccines). -FOIA disclosures obtained by watchdog groups showed that the NIH and its scientists received third-party royalties for older, pre-pandemic medical innovations (such as early HIV/AIDS research from decades prior). However, sensationalist headlines falsely claimed that these past, unrelated payments were "COVID-19 vaccine profits." -Dr. Fauci has repeatedly stated—dating back to interviews with the Associated Press and BMJ in 2004/2005—that he attempted to refuse statutory royalty payments from earlier research (such as an interleukin-2 treatment developed for HIV/AIDS) because he felt it posed a potential conflict of interest. Because federal law required the agency to issue the funds, Fauci pledged to donate 100% of his royalty payments to charity. -Federal Salary: As the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief Medical Advisor, Dr. Fauci was one of the highest-paid federal civil servants, earning a fixed annual government salary (~$480,000 before his retirement in late 2022). This salary was set by federal civil service pay scales, completely independent of vaccine sales or corporate profits. - Public Filings: Under the Ethics in Government Act, Fauci’s financial disclosures—including his investments, stock holdings, and outside income—are subject to strict federal conflict-of-interest audits and are a matter of public record. His filings show no stock holdings in individual pharmaceutical companies; his personal investments are held in broad mutual funds, municipal bonds, and standard retirement accounts. income—are subject to strict federal conflict-of-interest audits and are a matter of public record. His filings show no stock holdings in individual pharmaceutical companies; his personal investments are held in broad mutual funds, municipal bonds, and standard retirement accounts. -In February 2021, Tel Aviv University awarded Dr. Fauci the Dan David Prize for lifetime achievement in public health and his leadership during the HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 crises. After tax withholdings and administrative fees, the direct deposit received by Fauci totaled $899,960. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) ethics office has long-standing regulations (5 C.F.R. § 2635.204(g)) that allow federal researchers and doctors to accept bona fide, prestigious awards for scientific achievement from non-profit or educational institutions, provided the award is approved by an agency ethics officer. Before accepting the Dan David Prize (and other academic honors throughout his 50-year career), Fauci submitted the award for official NIH ethics review, which formally authorized him to accept the cash prize. I saw the various clips but don’t have to watch the entire debacle. It was the usual exercise in rhetoric as I watched the US slide farther and farther from reality. After all this was a debate about the COVID pandemic that officially ran from March 11, 2020 to May 5, 2023. It has been over for more than 3 years. The argument can easily be made there are more pressing public health and safety problems at this point ( foodborne illness outbreaks, vaccine preventable disease outbreaks (measles, pertussis), toxicology emergencies (lead poisoning), wildfires, that are direct products of the policies of this administration and currently endanger thousands of Americans. In addition, the elimination of Medicaid and SNAP benefits endanger millions more. Medicaid is the nation's largest payer of mental health and substance use disorder care, and the primary funding vehicle for addressing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) (housing, food security, and transportation). Medicaid is also the single largest payer of maternity care in the US covering 40% of all births. In the midst of those problems the HHS Secretary has decided that he knows something about mental health and has decided he knows more about what medications and treatments people with those disorders need to take. So why is the pandemic being relitigated while this administration is ironically making American unhealthy again? The most straightforward answer is because they can. Trump and his allies have tapped in to strong anti-science, anti-knowledge, and anti-expert biases in the US and used them to their advantage. They routinely scapegoat and vilify anyone who they consider to be an enemy or outsider and that is a very low bar. To end up in the enemy camp – all you have to do is disagree with them. Disagreement is easy when they have produced so many ideological decisions that have no rational basis. The list of those irrational decisions can fill volumes at this point. I will focus on the dynamics of the Fauci hearing. This hearing was clearly a set up by Paul, and Fauci made that point in his opening statement – specifically that Paul had an unhealthy obsession with him and had threatened to jail him. This is apparently because of Paul’s conspiracy theory that the COVID virus (SARS-CoV-2) was a virus modified in a Chinese lab and accidentally released. He claims that Fauci knew something about this despite Fauci’s diary entry of 2021 documenting that the latest genetic information made manufacture in a lab an impossibility. The remainder of the hearing was essentially Fauci taking the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination. Anyone who knows how the government works would be foolish to start any discussion in such a biased proceeding. That is especially true in the case of Fauci who has a pardon from former President Biden. In this setting it is easy to suggest perjury incidents and file those charges in the absence of any real evidence for the original charge. At least some of the impetus for these hearings was the personal diary of Dr. Fauci. Paul apparently was given this access by HHS Secretary Kennedy who discovered it on their servers. At this point I do not know if it was Dr. Fauci’s naiveté about recording personal notes on a government server or something else. I do know that it is common sense that diaries are not written for public disclosure. To publish this as Paul has done shows that it is all part of a general smear campaign and an attempt to suggest that the things nobody says out loud are really “lies”. Like almost all of the current governments tactics this all comes down to rhetoric at several levels. The first is just the usual scapegoating and rage-bating. Fauci is an intellectual, an elite, etc. He is not like the rest of us but he likes to tell us all what to do. This is our chance to rise up and throw him in jail. Of course, the rage baiting caused more problems than that for Dr. Fauci and his family. He has been threatened with harm and many of those threats were considered serious. He had a government security detail from 2022 until it was terminated by Trump on January 24, 2025. It has not prevented further public threats in some cases by public figures who have no idea who Dr. Fauci is or what he has accomplished. They are generally focused on one of the lies in the above table. I thought about adding a section here on the academic references to the various rhetorical devices used by autocrats and fascists. But I will keep it simple. Trump and his administration use them all to distort reality, provoke anger in his base, and further divide the country. One of his advisors was very clear about it and called it “flooding the zone.” There is plenty written about that process in academic references, but you can see how it works in real time just by watching the news every day. Trump promotes the lie that the 2020 election was “stolen” and none of his cabinet nominees will answer that question in Congressional hearings. Suddenly we have unconstitutional interference with local elections and pending federal legislation that will eliminate tens of thousands of eligible voters. The pattern is clear. Initiate a divisive issue, never admit it is false or involves any wrongdoing, and keep repeating it. Ignore the fallout even if that includes casualties on the streets of Minnesota or in an unnecessary war. Blame everyone else and never acknowledge mistakes even when they are obvious to everyone else. Academic references about logical fallacies are unnecessary in these scenarios. This is where the lies about Anthony Fauci come from. When he was coming up with solutions to the horror of the pandemic, Trump and his cohort were suggesting bleach, ivermectin, and hydroxychloroquine – all completely ineffective and in some cases dangerous. In fact with the “pile on” effect from this hearing one of those cabinet members took to social media to claim he had stockpiles of hydroxychloroquine that would have saved thousands of people. That is another completely inaccurate claim. In the final analysis. It all comes down to whether or not you are a rational person. You may feel encapsulated by a Democrat or Republican label. That clearly does not insulate you from unnecessary wars, the erosion of civil rights, the dismantling of the public health infrastructure, a deteriorating climate and environment, a worsening health care system, diversion of most economic resources to the wealthy, enabling convicted criminals and fraudsters to commit further crimes and trying to reimburse them for jail time, and using government resources to attack innocent American citizens. It does not insulate you from the fact that we have an administration that has appointed people to serve in the cabinet who have no qualifications. None of this passes muster as politics as usual much less rational decision-making. So – be a rational person. Respond to facts and not rhetoric. Notice when there is an appeal to your emotion rather than your decision-making. Recognize the obvious fallacies when you see them – like the frequent name-calling and witch hunts. Get the USA back on track again… George Dawson, MD, DFAPA _Supplementary 1:_ The American Public Health Association (APHA) has come out on social media in support of Dr. Fauci. Several medical organizations have done this in the past related to COVID and HIV controversies. It is time that every physician organization does the same thing and does it now. I have been an elected official in physician organizations and there is always a “big-tent” concern. In this case that would mean supporting Dr. Fauci would alienate any dues paying Republicans. As I hope to have pointed out in the above post – this is larger than political labels. In the above table you can choose to be in column 1 or column 2. Column 2 is the rational choice. _Supplementary 2:_ If you want to see how some of these lies played out in real time - I have a post here that recorded some of what football star Aaron Rodgers had to say about Dr. Fauci back in 2024. Mercifully the video has been taken down but the lies and distortions are still all there. He goes even further suggesting that both the HIV and COVID pandemics were created to respond to only specific drugs and enrich Dr. Fauci and Pharma. I am not saying that Rodgers is lying but he certainly is repeating them almost exactly as outlined in the above table. The information to refute his assertions was widely available at the time and in the case of HIV for decades earlier. _Supplementary 3:_ Commentators on this issue always soft pedal any direct confrontation of the lie. For exam on Lie #2 - Fauci funded the creation of the pathological COVID virus (already walked back by Sen. Paul to GOF and not the pandemic virus) it is common to hear: "Well I don't agree with that but I do disagree with the way the pandemic was handled." First off what part do you disagree with? Fauci's job was keeping up with the research and trying to change guidance on the fly while hospitals were overwhelmed and tens of thousands of people were dying. Anyone in that situation is going to make what they consider to be the most conservative recommendation to save the most people. Secondly, by making that hedging statement you are endorsing Lie #3. Fauci did not personally close down anything. That was all local officials. _Supplementary 4:_ I have a great interest in airborne viruses. Because of that interest I documented the transition in thinking about COVID transmission from droplet nuclei to airborne on this blog. The date was April 8, 2020. This confirms row 1 in the table. _Supplementary 5:_ Highly recommend the nonpartisan Annenberg Foundation's FactCheck.org to fact check anything this party or administration has to say about Dr. Fauci or the COVID pandemic. _Supplementary 6:_ Since I posted this around noon on August 1, 2026 I have heard the following in the media: "Fauci is responsible for 8 or 9 millions deaths." "Fauci is worse than Joseph Mengele." And from a national comedian: "Of course Fauci lied about gain of function." No he did not. All of these statements confirm what is said in the body of my post and will probably be repeated every day if you are paying attention. To be a rational person you have to be intentional. All of these inaccurate statements cannot be brushed off or in the case of comedians - laughed at. Pick a column and stay there. _References:_ 1: Robertson L. The Wuhan Lab and the Gain-of-Function Disagreement. FactCheck.org. Posted on May 21, 2021 | Updated on July 1, 2021 https://www.factcheck.org/2021/05/the-wuhan-lab-and-the-gain-of-function-disagreement/ 2: Robertson J, MacDonlad J. Fauci and Paul, Round 2. FactCheck.org Posted on August 11, 2023 | Updated on August 23, 2024 Posted on July 22, 2021 | Updated on August 19, 2021 https://www.factcheck.org/2021/07/scicheck-fauci-and-paul-round-2/ “ _There’s no evidence that Fauci lied to Congress, as Paul asserted in the July 20 hearing, given that the NIH unequivocally backs up Fauci’s statement that the grant-backed research “was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain-of-function.”_ _In a May 19 statement, NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins said that “neither NIH nor NIAID have ever approved any grant that would have supported ‘gain-of-function’ research on coronaviruses that would have increased their transmissibility or lethality for humans.”_ “ 3: Jaramillio C, and Yandell K. RFK Jr.’s COVID-19 Deceptions. FactCheck.org Posted on August 11, 2023 | Updated on August 23, 2024 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/scicheck-rfk-jr-s-covid-19-deceptions/ 4: Kaiser J. Under fire from Republican senators, Fauci takes the Fifth at COVID-19 hearing. Science July 29, 2026: https://www.science.org/content/article/under-fire-republican-senators-fauci-takes-fifth-covid-19-hearing 5: American Society of Microbiology Letter in Support of Dr. Fauci. July 28, 2026: https://asm.org/articles/policy/2026/july/asm-letter-to-senate-committee-in-support-of-fauci
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026
تزيد هوامش ربح الصيدليات.. "هيئة الدواء" تضع آلية جديدة لرفع أسعار الأدوية | المنصة manassa.news/news/33094 "وفي خطوة تقنية تهدف للقضاء على ظاهرة تعدد أسعار العبوة الواحدة في الأسواق، أوضح المصدر النقابي ذاته أنه سيجري استكمال تطبيق منظومة التتبع الدوائي والتي سيلغى بموجبها طباعة السعر […]
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
When #Egypt tried to build its own missile program | MadaMasr www.madamasr.com/en/2026/07/23/opin…
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عمو حسام @barracks.substack.com · 22/07/2026
My longtime friend and comrade Ashraf Omar still languishes in jail
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CPJ,  partners demand release of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar on arrest anniversary - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined partner organizations on Wednesday to mark Ashraf Omar’s second arrest anniversary by calling for his immediate release. In the letter, the signatories voic...
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
😢 رحيل المُجدّد: هاني شنودة | Hany Shenouda: Farewell to the innovator youtube.com/watch?v=-z5xyEPtO7w&si=…
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026
🚴 40°C 🥵
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Ahmed Raafat @theahmedraafat.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hello #PortfolioDay! Ahmed Raafat here, UK based Egyptian comic book artist. Looking for cover/pin-up work in the short/long term and comic interiors work in the long term Still hoping to work on some licenses this year! More samples in my portfolio here: ahmedraafathussein.myportfolio.com/work
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026
Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of night www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly9r54e5… I wonder if it will ever be returned.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026
حبس أمنية سويدان 6 أشهر وغرامة 20 ألف جنيه في "انتهاكات مستشفى الشاطبي"* | المنصة manassa.news/news/32729 #مصر
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حبس أمنية سويدان 6 أشهر وغرامة 20 ألف جنيه في "انتهاكات مستشفى الشاطبي"*
قضت محكمة الجنح الاقتصادية، المنعقدة بمقر محكمة الدخيلة الجزئية في الإسكندرية، اليوم السبت، بحبس الطبيبة والمخرجة أمنية سويدان ستة أشهر مع وقف التنفيذ لمدة 3 سنوات، مع غرامة 20 ألف جنيه، بعد إدانتها في اتهامين يتعلقان بـ"نشر أخبار وبيانات كاذبة عبر الإنترنت بشأن مستشفى الشاطبي الجامعي"، فيما برأتها من تهمة "الاعتداء على قيم الأسرة المصرية"، حسبما قال المحامي الحقوقي خالد علي لـ المنصة.*
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026
I gave up and downloaded the gym's app 😔
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The coach flew a Palestinian flag
Coach with a Palestinian flag on the pitch
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026
Yesterday, I sent a friend who works in a hospital in Scotland the Egyptian Ministry of Health's guidelines for managing psychiatric inpatients during heatwaves. These guidelines were developed and circulated following the deaths of 10 patients from heat-related complications in 2015. Climate […]
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026
فصل من تاريخ مجموعات لينُكس في مصر www.reddit.com/r/unixegypt/comments… #eglug #Linux #Egypt #Jan25 #لينكس
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026
إخلاء سبيل أمنية سويدان بكفالة 20 ألف جنيه بعد نشر شهادتها عن مستشفى الشاطبي | المنصة manassa.news/news/32486
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إخلاء سبيل أمنية سويدان بكفالة 20 ألف جنيه بعد نشر شهادتها عن مستشفى الشاطبي
قررت نيابة شرق الإسكندرية الكلية، اليوم الأربعاء، إخلاء سبيل مُخرجة الأفلام التسجيلية والطبيبة أمنية سويدان، بكفالة 20 ألف جنيه، وذلك على خلفية نشرها بوستًا على فيسبوك دونت به شهادتها عن انتهاكات تحدث في قسم النساء والتوليد في مستشفى الشاطبي الذي كانت تعمل به. ووجهت النيابة لأمنية سويدان اتهامات بـ"نشر أخبار كاذبة عن طريق فيسبوك، وإساءة استخدام حساب الفيسبوك"، وذلك حسبما أوضح المحامي الحقوقي محمد رمضان في بوست على فيسبوك، عقب انتهاء التحقيق معها، مشيرًا إلى أن البلاغ ضدها مقدم من محامي مستشفيات جامعة الإسكندرية.
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Benjamin Geer @benjamingeer.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
RE: tldr.nettime.org/@tante/11673667161… "Benjamin owns a farm. He employs 100 workers plowing his fields.... One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10 percent productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules […]
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Benjamin Geer @benjamingeer.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
RE: fedi.lawngno.me/@a/1167330791914927… A beautiful blog post about language, history, and technology. “Everything in this story that actually works was paid for by almost nobody…. The whole stack stands on a small number of people who decided, against the grain of every incentive […]
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026
An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt | La Vita Nouva lr0.org/blog/p/arabic #Arabic #Linux
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026
خبائث نظام ”الطيبات“ تتسلل إلى المرضى في تونس – Nawaat nawaat.org/2026/06/06/%d8%ae%d8%a8%…
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خبائث نظام ”الطيبات“ تتسلل إلى المرضى في تونس
__صحة ”كل الأطفال الذين تناولوا لحم الدجاج الذين أرضعتهم أمهاتهم اللاتي تناولن بدورهن لحم الدجاج، رأوا في أحلامهم أنه يوجد عفريت وراء الستارة“. لم تكن هذه الجملة مزحة في غير محلها، بل هي إحدى الفتاوي الطبية ضمن ما عرف بنظام الطيبات، التي أطلقها الطبيب المصري ضياء العوضي والذي أثار جدلا واسعا بسبب نظام حمية أطلقه ولقي رواجا كبير في مصر قبل أن يصل تأثيره إلى التونسيين. في أفريل الماضي، تُوفي استشاري التغذية العلاجية الطبيب ضياء العوضي في الإمارات، وأشار تقرير الطب الشرعي في الإمارات إلى وفاة طبيعية نتيجة أزمة قلبية. هنا، انطلقت شائعات من متابعي نظام الطيبات تقول إنّه تم اغتياله بسبب مهاجمته لشركات صناعة الأدوية. ## أطعمة وفق الشريعة تستند الحمية الغذائية المعروفة بنظام الطيبات على آيات من القرآن أهمها: > يا أَيّهَا الذين آمنوا كُلوا من طيّبات ما رزقناكم > وإذ قلتم يا موسى لن نصبر على طعام واحد فادع لنا ربك يخرج لنا مما تنبت الأرض من بقلها وقثائها وفومها وعدسها وبصلها قال أتستبدلون الذي هو أدنى بالذي هو خير اهبطوا مصرا فإن لكم ما سألتم وضربت عليهم الذلة والمسكنة وباءوا بغضب من الله ذلك بأنهم كانوا يكفرون بآيات الله فسّر العوضي الآيتين بأن القرآن دعا إلى الأكل من الطيبات أي الأطعمة غير الضارة والتي تناسب الفطرة الإنسانية، ودعا إلى تناول الحد الأدنى من الطعام، استنادا إلى الآية 61 من سورة البقرة. يقول أستاذ علم الاجتماع فؤاد الغربالي في تصريح لنواة إنّ النظام الذي أطلقه ضياء العوضي قائم وفق منظومة الحلال والحرام وبالتالي فالمسألة دينية بالأساس، ضمن سلسلة اقتصاد الحلال والذي يؤدي إلى أسلمة الغذاء والصحة. بالتالي، لقي هذا النظام الغذائي المغلّف بالدين، رواجا كبيرا لدى الفئات الأكثر هشاشة والتي تستهلك هذا النوع من الخطاب دون تفكير. صورة لضياء العوضي نشرها على صفحته الرسمية كرد ساخر على قرار شطبه من جدول الأطباء بمصر في مارس 2026 وضع الطبيب المصري قائمة للأكل الممنوع وأخرى للأكل المسموح به ضمن نظام الطيبات، حيث يمنع أكل الخبز والخضر الورقية والطماطم والجبن الأبيض والألبان والدواجن، في حين يبيح هذا النظام أكل الأطعمة الدسمة مثل السمن وبعض الأنواع من الأجبان والسكريات. لم تكن قائمتا المحظورات والمباحات في نظام الطيبات المشكل الرئيسي الذي أثار جدلا واسعا في العالم العربي وفي مصر بالأساس، بل فيديوهات الطبيب ضياء العوضي التي قال فيها إنّه ممنوع تناول أية مواد كيميائية بما في ذلك الأدوية، واستدلّ على قوله بالآية 80 من سورة الشعراء التي تقول ”وإذا مرضت فهو يشفين“. يضيف العوضي إنه على أي شخص يتناول الأدوية ألّا يتبع نظام الطيبات، داعيا إلى عدم تناول أدوية ضغط الدم لأنها تؤدي إلى الوفاة وأن حقن الانسولين التي توصف لمرضى السكري قاتلة، رغم أنه أباح تناول السكريات والأطعمة الدسمة، كما أباح تدخين السجائر الذي قال عنه إنه غير مضر بالصحة، في المقابل دعا إلى عدم اللجوء إلى العلاج الكيميائي لمرضى السرطان. على خلفية ترويجه لنظامه الغذائي، قامت نقابة الأطباء في مصر، شهر مارس 2026، بشطب ضياء العوضي من جدول الأطباء وسُحبت منه رخصته المهنية، وأعقب ذلك صدور قرار من وزارة الصحة المصرية بإغلاق عيادته معللّة ذلك القرار ب”نشره معلومات علاجية مضللة قد تعرّض المرضى لمخاطر صحية جسيمة، من بينها دعوة مرضى السكري إلى التوقف عن استخدام الأنسولين، بالمخالفة للأسس العلمية المعتمدة“. ### أزمة الأدوية: مرآة لانهيار الحق في الصحة 25/02/2026 ## نظام يؤدي إلى القبور حسب منظمة الصحة العالمية، يرتكز النظام الغذائي الصحي للإنسان على تناول الأطعمة التي تحتوي على الكربوهيدرات المتوفر في الحبوب الكاملة والبقول والأرز البني إضافة إلى الخضر والغلال. تقول منظمة الصحة العالمية إنه ”ينبغي لجميع الأشخاص الذين تتجاوز أعمارهم 10 سنوات أن يتناولوا ما لا يقل عن 400 غرام من الفواكه والخضراوات يوميا“. ويحتوي النظام الغذائي الصحي، حسب منظمة الصحة العالمية على البروتينات المتأتية من مصادر نباتية وحيوانية، إضافة إلى الفيتامينات والمعادن التي تحتوي عليها الأطعمة الحيوانية الخالية من الدهون والخضر وخاصة الخضر الورقية والفواكه والبقول. في المقابل، حُذفت من قائمة محظورات نظام الطيبات أطعمة أساسية مثل الخضر والبقول والبيض التي يستمد منها الإنسان حاجته من فيتامينات متنوعة. تقول الطبيبة المختصة في التغذية سندة حالي لراديو ماد إنه يوجد أشخاص كثيرون احتدت أمراضهم بسبب اتباع حمية ما يسمى بنظام الطيبات، وهو أمر أكده الطبيب التونسي أسامة الحناشي عبر تدوينة على صفحته الرسمية ذكر فيها أن مريضة تبلغ من العمر 34 سنة مصابة بالسكري، نُقلت فجرا إلى القسم الاستعجالي، وكانت تعاني من شلل في ساقيها وقيئ متكرّر. وبعد فحصها تبيّن أنها تعاني من ضربات قلب قوية وارتفاع في ضغط الدم والسكري. ويضيف الطبيب ”انقطعت المريضة عن تناول الدواء تماما بسبب تأثرها بنظريات حمية الطيبات وبخطابات زائفة ل”طبيب“ متوفى وأوقفت حقن الأنسولين.“ وتجدر الإشارة إلى أن حالتها كان من الممكن أن تنتج عنها وفاتها. الاتصال بمتابعيه عبر البث المباشر على الفيسبوك واعتماد لغة شعبية مبسطة جعلته يتجاوز 2 مليون متابع رغم تحذيرات نقابة الأطباء في مصر – الصفحة الرسمية لضياء العوضي على فيسبوك. تبنى عدد كبير من التونسيين نظام الطيبات ووصل الأمر حدّ الترويج له من بعض الوجوه التي ترى في نفسها القدرة على التأثير فيمن يتابعها. يقول زياد في تصريح لموقع نواة إنّ والده المصاب بمرض السكري وضغط الدم والغدة الدرقية، تابع فيديوهات كثيرة على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي التي تتحدث عن نظام الطيبات وأنه تأثر بتلك الفيديوهات فقرّر اتباع تلك الحمية. ويضيف: > أبي يعاني من مرض السكري وضغط الدم ومشاكل في الغدة الدرقية ووصف له الأطباء أدوية لهذه الأمراض. قبل أكثر من شهر من اتباع تلك الحمية، عانى من انتفاخ في البطن وقلق جسدي لم يعرف الأطباء مصدره ونقص وزنه، ثم زار طبيبا متخصصا في أمراض المعدة، ووصف له دواء لكنه انقطع عن تناوله بعد ثلاثة أيام وأخبر والدتي أنه قرر اتباع نظام الطيبات. كان يأكل كميات قليلة من الطعام وتكون طبقه أساسا من البطاطا وقطعة صغيرة من اللحم دون توابل. في الأثناء، لم تكن والدتي تعلم أنه انقطع عن حقن الأنسولين وعن تناول بقية أدويته. ظلّ والد زياد دون أنسولين أو دواء ضغط الدم والغدة الدرقية لمدة أسبوع، ولم يخبر أي فرد من العائلة بذلك، قبل أن تكتشف زوجته ذلك فأصرت على تناول أدويته وحذرته من نتائج عدم حقن الأنسولين، واستجاب لها وامتنع سرا عن تناول بقية أدويته، وظلّ على ذلك الحال مدة أسبوعين أو أكثر. يقول زياد ”تدهورت حالة والدي ونقص وزنه كثيرا، وأدخل ذلك عائلتنا في دوامة من الرعب خشية تعكّر صحته. كان والدي عنيدا جدا رغم أنه متعلم، وأعتقد أنّ تأثره بالأوهام التي نشرها ذلك الطبيب، هو بسبب عدم توصل الأطباء إلى سبب القلق الذي يشعر به داخل جسمه، وهو ما دفعه إلى أن يكون فريسة سهلة لخطاب الطبيب المصري. حين علمت بمسألة اتباع والدي نظام الطيبات، تحدثت معه وعلمت أنه يعاني من قلق نفسي بسبب عدم تبيّن أسباب مرضه، وتبيّن أن ذلك ما قاده إلى اتباع تلك الحمية. تحدثت إليه لإقناعه بعد بحث عن النظام لكنه لم يقتنع وتهيأ له ان الاعلام يستهدف العوضي“. ### التربية على الميديا: هل تتحقق الفكرة ربع قرن بعد اطلاقها؟ 17/07/2025 بدأ والد زياد بمراجعة قراره اتباع نظام الطيبات بعد أن فهم أن تعكّر صحته لن يتحمله وحده بل سيأثر في عائلته أيضا وقرر العودة إلى زيارة الطبيب وتناول أدويته وبدأ بالعودة إلى تناول الممنوعات في نظام الطيبات. يقول المثل، ”الكذبة تطوف نصف العالم، قبل أن تلبس الحقيقة حذاءها“، وحدث هذا الأمر في خطابات الطبيب المصري ضياء العوضي التي غزت مطابخ آلاف الأشخاص من دول عربية بما في ذلك تونس، فرغم تحذير الأطباء من اتباع نظام الطيبات، إضافة إلى شهادات عن خطر الوفاة نتيجة الامتناع عن تناول الأدوية، ما تزال ظلال العوضي تحجب تلك الحقائق، والسبب اهتزاز ثقة الجمهور في كل ما هو رسمي والبحث عن مخارج سحرية، خاصة أذا اعتمدت خطابا مغلفا بالدين حتى وإن تعارض مع توصيات هياكل الطب الدولية. __ Coran Médicaments Monde Arabe
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026
We went #birdwatching on the Nile this morning with an NGO called Dayma. We saw plenty of birds .. some of them are migratory. Just 100 meters away from #Cairo's busy streets you can see a fascinating variety of birds. We saw: - Mallard ducks - Moorhens - […] [Original post on mastodon.online]
A night Heron standing on a tree branch. White bird with grey wings and a black cap. It has a long thin white feather at the back for mating.Wide angle shot. Above the horizon a yellow pink sun rising in a clear sky. Blue grey skyline and a small green island. All of this is reflected on the surface of the water below. Egrets and glossy ibises on a tree.A mallard with its babies swimming.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
حبس دومة سنة مع الشغل في «الدولة داخل السجن» | مدى مصر www.madamasr.com/2026/06/03/news/u/… #مصر #الحرية_لأحمد_دومة
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026
Nearby bank has set up the ATM beeps to very loud. I can't sleep from the continuous beep beep beep when clients operate the machine and when I call the hotline to complain they ask me unreasonable questions related to my personal information. Just send someone to fix your machine!
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Gharbeia, Ⓐ @gharbeia.org · 21/05/2026
وصفات للتحرر الحاسوبي Recipes for digital liberation di.day #diday
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026
النهاردة عيد ميلاد أشرف عمر، أشرف محبوس بقاله سنتين واتحول للمحاكمة من شهر تقريبا، أشرف رسام كاريكاتير ومترجم وشخصية لطيفة جداً وإتهامه بالانضمام إلى جماعة إرهابية ظلم رهيب. moftasa.net/ashraf-omar-ar #الحرية_لأشرف_عمر
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رسم بواسطة جيانلوكا كوستانتيني، تم تعديله قليلاً لتقليل حجم الملف. تحديث في 2026-01-29: لازال أشرف محبوساً 😓 تحديث في 2024-08-18: تجديد حبس أشرف ١٥ يوم. تحديث في 2024-08-05: تطورات مفزعة في قضية أشرف عمر رسام الكاريكاتير والمترجم، أولا، تم تجديد حبسة ١٥ يوم آخرين، ثانيا، المحامي قال للمنصة
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026
الناشط الفلسطيني رامي شعث يواجه الترحيل من فرنسا بدعوى "تهديده الأمن العام" | المنصة manassa.news/news/31945 Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath faces deportation from France manassa.news/en/news/31943
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الناشط الفلسطيني رامي شعث يواجه الترحيل من فرنسا بدعوى "تهديده الأمن العام"
يواجه الناشط الفلسطيني رامي شعث احتمال ترحيله من فرنسا بدعوى "تهديده الأمنَ العام"، وفقًا لما نشرته وكالة أسوشيتد برس أمس السبت، في وقتٍ اتهم شعث السلطات، في بيان نشره على فيسبوك، باستهدافه بسبب موقفه ونشاطه المؤيد للقضية الفلسطينية وإسكات أصوات المنتقدين لحرب إسرائيل على غزة.
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stfn @stfn.fedi.stfn.pl.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026
My internet browser only shows content created before 1 BC. I have the perfect AD blocker.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2026
كيف صنع محمود سعد أسطورة ضياء العوضي و"قتل" الثقة في الطبّ! daraj.media/كيف-صنع-محمود-سعد-أسطور… "إذا كان سعد قد عرف بعد التصوير أن ضيفه يُجري تجاربه على بشر، ولا يقدّم أدلّة علمية، فلماذا أذاع الحلقة؟ ولماذا تركها تحقّق ملايين المشاهدات لما يقرب من عامين ونصف العام؟ […]
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Gharbeia, Ⓐ @gharbeia.org · 09/05/2026
Last night, I was having a call with my friend Zeinab ElGhonimy who lives in Gaza, an explosion could be heard, caused by an Israeli rocket. Israel's aggression on Gaza, most of which it has already obliterated and starved, is still on going. The crime continues.
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Mostafa Hussein Omar @moftasa.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026
أعتذر عن نشر خبر يحتوي على صورة مولدة بالAI .. مسحت التوتة.
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