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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト

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⭐they/them ⭐ www.mdabaie.com ⭐🇵🇸🇺🇲 comix creator in 🇯🇵 ⭐Drew LEGENDS IN THE HEIGHTS (publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/l…) & THE HOOKAH GIRL ⭐️Rep: Shena Wolf at KO Media ⭐English OK, 日本語 OK (Regional Janglish champion)

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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I handmade these with kimono fabric. They're my own creation.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My online store is now open on my site! I'm going to add some more things, but so far there are listed two handmade kimono kuffiyehs, postcards, handmade tiny watercolor books, and handmade pouches. (One of the kuffiyehs already sold, but will make more!) kirakirataalaq.stores.jp
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Timothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026
They tortured her. This is legalized torture The death penalty is always wrong Always Yes even for THOSE crimes You cannot trust any state with the death penalty. Once you allow the state to openly kill people for specific crimes, you give them incentive to charge their critics with those crimes
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A lot of the "AI artists" do not understand, AT ALL, the drive for other people to experience your perfect imperfection. I told a curator yesterday that I can die happy b/c my work has touched people. I wholeheartedly mean that. Fewer things mean more to me.
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Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you're planning to spend money on a trip to see this (hotels etc) beware...
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stfu
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My little guy here is dying of heart failure. He's comfortable on the meds, but it's what will do him in. Selfishly on my part, he feels like the last connection I have to NYC, so it feels like another big shift in my life, besides the shittiness of losing a little friend I've known for 16 years.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
@ChrisStephensMD

CNN ANCHOR: this is NOT the america any of us signed up for. we’ll be right back.

(five ads designed to trick old poor people into going bankrupt play)

CNN ANCHOR: and we’re back
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Who wants to buy me an early Christmas present and ship it to Japan?????
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星 暁雄 (Akio Hoshi) @akiohoshi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
イスラエルのパレスチナ占領地の報道が、なぜずっと及び腰だったのか。その構造が当事者の手で解き明かされます。 英国人ジャーナリストのジョナサン・クック氏のBlog翻訳。 (前振りは後回しで、本題から読んでもだいじょうぶだと思います) 短くいうと、構造の大きな部分が、党派性と洗脳です。このBlogでは、文字通り「洗脳が解ける」プロセスの苦痛が語られています。 例えば、パレスチナ占領地に「アパルトヘイト」の用語を用いるようになったのはここ数年。近年の関係者の努力で、少しずつ構造が言語化されて暴かれ、洗脳が解かれている段階です。 note.com/nyakuso5601/...
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ジョナサンクック氏にご許可いただいた記事を全文翻訳してお届け☆ なんで西側報道がイスラエルに関わる件をまともに報道できないのか、の謎が解けます     ( ;∀;)コワイヨ…|にゃくそ
ジョナサン・クック氏、みなさんご存じですか? お名前を聞いたことのある人は多いと思います。 ブログのプロフィールより 彼は、20年間という長きにわたってイスラエルのナザレを拠点に活動していた、著名なイギリス人ジャーナリストです。 ガザ情勢に関して有益なつぶやきをたくさんしてくれているので、自分もTwitterもといⅩで、しっかりフォローさせていただいていました。 皆さんもぜひフォローを。 今回翻訳...
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Strongly considering going all the way to Gifu to visit a left-handed store (and I guess to see other things in Gifu 😅) hidari-kiki.jp
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左ききの道具店
左ききの道具店は、左利きの方向けの商品を中心に、文房具、キッチン用品といった日用品や毎日がちょっとうれしくなるアイテムを私たちなりのセレクトで取り揃えたお店です。左利きの方の日常使いとしてはもちろん、大切な人へのギフトにもぜひご利用ください。
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reminder of what's it's like to be Palestinian on the internet
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
4. 正直、この漫画を描くことさえ辛い。大好きだったもののために、受け入れてもらおうと何年も必死に頑張ってきたことを思い出すから。 私が言いたいのは…… 5. 今では、多くの漫画家がパレスチナのために声を上げている。それは良いこと。でも、抑圧されている人たちが最初に声を上げたときに、その言葉を信じてほしい。私たちを排除しないでほしい。 6. 私の中には、今も強い苦しさと憤りが残っている。本当に必死に頑張ってきたから。避けられないジェノサイドが起きる前に、みんなに心を開いてほしかった。
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
パレスチナ系アメリカ人の漫画家から、米国のコミック・コミュニティへ 1. こんにちは、漫画家のみなさん。また私です。昔、自分は漫画コミュニティの嫌われ者だってよく冗談を言ってたよね。 2. ごめん、「冗談」ね。カギ括弧をつけるのを忘れてた。それから、💩にたかる🪰みたいに、しぶとくコミュニティにしがみついてるっていう「冗談」も言ってた。 3. このコミュニティがどれだけ誰でも歓迎してくれる場所か、多くの人が語っていた。私も、それが本当になるように必死に頑張ってきたつもり。でも、パレスチナについて話すと、その「歓迎」はそこで終わるんだと知った。私は孤立した異端者になった。
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Japanese translation below/日本語翻訳は下 From a Palestinian American cartoonist to the US comics community.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I freakin wish lol. Putting pumpkin spice in things has not really happened yet
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Halloween is definitely becoming a Bigger Thing here and I will fully embrace it by buying cookies shaped like pumpkins at Kaldi
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Social media wants to feed on my anger and despair, and I am in no mood to give that to it. So, here is my joy. Palestine in everything I do. That is my truth.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have been really depressed lately, honestly, because my heart keeps breaking and I have a simple mind. I just want unity and it seems like an impossible ask sometimes. I don't know where I would be without art. It has been my constant.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It is!!!
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I noticed that bus and train drivers here point at... Something? outside the window but no idea what, or for whom. It seems done with solemnity and purpose. I don't know if this is an actual driving tactic or something to do that looks cool.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One of these days, I would love to grasp print sizes here and not have to print out everything at least twice
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Anyone who happens to be in Kyoto tomorrow: I'm selling stuff at the Kyoto Art Center, via a solidarity art event. Come by?? 明日は京都芸術センターで、手作りのクラフト作品をいくつか販売します!
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I don't think there's much PDA amongst lesbians (not much PDA at all, minus hand-holding, which--I've seen a lot of women do that here). I'd say it's not as loud as in SF for example, but it's not hard to find and it's here.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good question! Caveat: I have not frequented queer spaces here, though I lived in SF/NY and am quite familiar ✌️ From what I've heard form friends, I would say yes, at least in Osaka/Kyoto, where I'm based. There's actually a pretty hoppin' lesbian scene in Osaka.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
HEY. I LIVE IN JAPAN. AMA ABOUT LIVING HERE. I'm serious. Pls. Whatever question. I see a lot of incorrect stuff online about Japan and I wanna do my part to debunk them.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Watercoloring Touji Temple/東寺
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I am so goddamned tired of pseudointellectuals talking ad nauseum about my genetic history that they clearly know nothing about (semitic peoples, anyone???? We're the same fuckin' people???) Also, hey hi, we're still here, don't talk to us like we're a sociology experiment
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I forgot to post this here... Takarazukaed hard the other day.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I have a long way to go before I can even think about applying for PR. I get the impression that people here are starting to feel that Takaichi is full of shit. I really, really want to make this my permanent home and am watching and seeing what happens.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm not expecting them to renew my visa for more than a year at a time anytime soon. It's frustrating because I often hear the straight-up lie from Japanese people that we're paying less/no taxes. Like, hey man, actually I WANT to pay the taxes here, can you get off my back?
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Honestly, immigration is expensive. I make an average wage in Japan. I am paying the exact same taxes as a citizen, which are quite high, NOT TO COMPLAIN because I feel like the infrastructure justifies it. On top, I am paying immigration lawyer fees and now the high visa fees, probably once a year.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Re: PR in Japan I came here to eventally get permanent residency, and it's becoming a mess here. Imo, the current pm is trying to be Trumplike in her policies. They raised the visa fees like tenfold now, immigrants must have paid 30 years' worth of pensions. I'm already midaged, so, that's a lot.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This house near me always has the most beautiful flowers.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
People tend to jaywalk less here, especially in Kyoto and compared to Osaka, but uhhhhhh yeah people gonna people
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
You know, every time I see some self-imposed expert on Japan on the internet say that Japanese ppl would never cross a street on a red light ever, I see a woman literally dart across a whole-ass highway lol
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Aw, thank you! I appreciate that! 🙏
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
To save my hands and wrists while still being creative, I'm trying to practice sewing. This is my first attempt at a handbag. It's not perfect, but I made it ❤️
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I also suspect a lot of the people who so quickly want to boycott just found out what Palestine was three years ago. I do not disparage people for that. But I also hope that we learn to be more generous. To have a serious conversation about people being mortal like us all.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It's unsustainable to only allow people who we align with 100% as worthy of being remembered or integrated into our lives. At the very least, we would be very lonely people. It's like the Egyptian weighing of one's heart against a feather. Has a person contributed to the world in a positive way?
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I've come across countless people who I respected but found socially or politically lacking. Maybe it's because of my own struggles being seen and heard in Palestinian and art spaces, but I learned early that respecting one's work and their own, personal alignments are two very different things.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What I find disturbing are people who learn this and then immediately vow to never look at a Kusama piece or listen to a Parton song again. There are so many artists who I think were fantastic artists, but had no desire to meet in person or get to know better because I know they were assholes.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A lot of notable deaths this week, and now we have lot of social media reminders that they weren't perfect people. Yes, Yayoi Kusama has sais racist diatribes. Yes, Dolly Parton has never supported Palestinians/was heavily into supporting US troops. And they're things that should be talked about.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Suleiman Monsour, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and now Yayoi Kusama??? Come on!
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Hellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Wow! Gee! Why is that????
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Exactly! The imperfection and the journey are the beauty of creating. It is such a joy.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
CAN YOU EXPERIENCE A CAT SITTING ALL OVER YOUR ART PROJECT IF IT'S ALL THROUGH AI??? NO!!!
Waffle being an asshole.
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Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イ マルガリ-ト @mrrg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Humanity is fooling itself into thinking that the finished product is all there is, just churn out crap like a fucking factory. Humanity is so fucking stupid sometimes.
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