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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you know of any Syrian queer/trans mutual aids, please let me know and I will spread the word about them. 3/3

غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

But I can ask you to support queer mutual aids from my part of the world and spread the word so we can protect more of our sibling and honor the memory of those we have lost. 2/3 linktr.ee/qmaleb

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Queer Mutual Aid Lebanon | Linktree

creating mutual aid for the queer community in Lebanon

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I cannot describe to you how difficult it is to be queer/trans, arab/swana and an immigrant like Leila, to be right at the intersection of these different identities always out of place. 1/3

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Leila’s death has made that struggle painfully concrete.” 8/8

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Alojaili describes this as a struggle involving state sovereignty through documents and law, family sovereignty through blood kinship and legal claims over the body, religious sovereignty through ritual and recognition, and social sovereignty through dominant norms of belonging.“ 7/8

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“At the moment of death, the trans body does not exit relations of power; it enters another form of them.”6/8

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“The death of Syrian trans women is not the end of the violence enacted upon their bodies. Rather, it may mark the beginning of a new stage of negotiation and struggle over who has the right to define the body, name it, mourn it, bury it, and remember it.” 5/8

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“She built communities wherever she went. She helped other refugees find work, helped trans people access financial services, and spent years making other people feel less alone. She loved Syria enough to return to it.” 4/8

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Like Sarah Hegazi, Leila’s life cannot be separated from the violence which shaped her life and her struggle.Leila survived displacement, family rejection, institutional abuse, and illness. But, also like Sarah, I want to remember Leila for the life she built, not only for what happened to her.”3/8

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“I recently replayed some of the hundreds of voice notes we used to send each other. In one of them, she said: “If I’m walking in the street and I see someone in need and I do not help them, I have no dignity. It reflects on me.” That was Leila.” 2/8

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh my heart… I did not know Leila, but I am devastated all the same. Rest in power sister 🏳️‍⚧️💜🧵1/8

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

hah I watched it just a few weeks ago! Its excellent!

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Whatever happened to Molly Shah’s bsky account?… Seems that its been deactivated.. Molly was actively helping in fundraising for Gazans…

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Seeing her reclaim what happened to her (& really her pleasure) through the lens and fluidity of the little death and seeing her as a queer elder guide Chris through similar trauma was therapeutic.

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I recognized that look & what that dissociation meant. I recognized how Billy’s character was out of place in the entire original movies. [Trying to keep this spoiler free]

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I know that this wasn’t the intent of the film, but I cried a lot. I cried when we were shown the scene from the movie that led to ”the look”, i cried during Billy’s monologue by the campfire describing that look to Chris, and I cried when Billy places a blanket on Chris.

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Again and again go, checkout & support @aymanmak.bsky.social’s fantastic and well though of work ✨✨

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I visited south Lebanon today for the first time in a few months. Our trip took us to four villages along the so-called 'yellow-line' where we heard regular explosions. Locals said these were Israeli military demolitions of homes & other buildings on the other side of the yellow-line.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

lebensraum

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

2 schools already demolished, and Israel is planning to demolish 14 more schools in the West Bank

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Al Jazeera, owned by the extremely rich Qatar, just dumped 25 of the most at-risk journalists in the world during a genocide that has directly targeted more journalists than most states since WWII combined.

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Mazen Kerbaj is one of the comic artists that I look up to.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Aight folks there are still 3 spots left for the class on modern Lebanese history and politics, with a new focus on regional dynamics. This will be my 4th class this year. If you’re interested reach out directly or just follow the link below

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ive donated 25$ to this campaign. Will you match my donation?

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We are now past the event horizon of replicating dystopian fiction and have entered the era of mimicking Bond villains in this dumb timeline..

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Elmo's Long Exasperated Sigh

ALT: Elmo's Long Exasperated Sigh

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

“… the true purpose of the Icarus satellite: to cut a path through the Korean Demilitarised Zone with concentrated sunlight, allowing the KPA to invade South Korea and unite the peninsula.“ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Ano...

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Die Another Day - Wikipedia

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

“At his ice palace in Iceland, Graves unveils a new orbital mirror satellite, Icarus, which is able to focus solar energy on a small area and provide year-round sunshine for agriculture.[…]” [wiki]

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Not a Bond fan, but this is literally what the villain does in James Bond’s Die Another Day, except in this case its the US and not North Korea. You can’t make this shit up.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Some select clips from my latest video essay: a 🧵 youtu.be/k4DzjWKEaNg

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Political Burnout: What are we gonna do about it?

YouTube video by Politically Depressed

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

And finally, beautiful sentiments by one of the most profound and grounded thinkers and writers I know today: Margaret Killjoy ( @margaret.bsky.social )

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Queer spaces & people in South Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank etc. pose a narrative problem to Israel & their allies that would rather we all be seen as monolithic & “barbaric”. They are targeted & erased. Thanks @mattxiv.bsky.social for sharing Mona’s story.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Israel is still bombing Lebanon The latest “ceasefire” was yesterday

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s most well-known sea turtle conservationist, died of her wounds today after being injured by an Israeli strike I feel sick

MARINE ECOLOGIST MONA
KHALIL HAS PASSED AWAY
AFTER SUSTAINING INJURIES IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

First time we see Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the doctor kidnapped by the Israelis in Gaza, in months. They’re ‘trying’ him in their kangaroo courts for the crime of being a medic. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

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First image in months emerges of Dr. Hussam Abu Safia

The first image in months of Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safia has been released.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Good reporting from Israeli-occupied south Lebanon. Israel is killing medics, disappearing agricultural workers, letting livestock starve to death and levelling entire buildings. Pregnant women travel increasingly longer and more dangerous roads to find hospitals. www.972mag.com/israeli-occu...

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Inside Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon

During the nearly two-month 'ceasefire,' Israel has continued besieging villages, razing farmland, attacking journalists and rescue workers, and disappearing civilians. Those who remain describe their...

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Israel killed 8 people in Tyre, damaged ancient sites and is forcibly evacuating the Christian quarter I will continue saying this: the goal is not to defeat Hezbollah. The goal is to destroy Lebanon itself. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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Israeli attack on Tyre in Lebanon kills eight as evacuation ordered for Christian quarter

People flee historic district of ancient city after airstrikes hit residential areas and damage archaeological sites

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 05/06/2026

On Friday, Israel threatened eight towns in the Saida district, in a clear move to displace wider areas of South Lebanon.

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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 03/06/2026

Israel escalated its targeting of rescue teams and the Lebanese Army in the South on Wednesday. The Army Command announced the death of conscript Omar Khodor, who was targeted in an Israeli strike while traveling on the Nabatieh–Kfar Tebnit road. 1/🧵

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Israel just hit an apartment in Beirut's suburbs for the first time in a few weeks. Just the second time since the alleged ceasefire went into effect.

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Images out of Gaza and Lebanon are horrific. Last night a Palestinian family living in south Lebanon told me they can’t keep living like this -war, displacement, death of neighbors or community members. One woman said she’d reached the point where “Death is better than life.”

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Today marks 500 days of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya’s cruel arbitrary detention by Israeli authorities. He was arrested after approaching an Israeli tank that was storming Kamal Adwan Hospital - which at the time was the last functioning hospital in North Gaza & the hospital Dr Safiya is the director of.

A photo of Dr Safiya with the words: Detained by Israeli authorities for 500 days. Free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya.

A photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya walking towards a tank

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

If you appreciate my videos, please become a member of my Patreon. You'll help me make more videos, hire some ppl to help me with them, and get some perks (ad free viewing, name shoutout, and exclusive short vids). Sign up today! www.patreon.com/AymanMak?utm...

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Ayman Makarem — Video essays and Podcast Interviews

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غراب غريب عجيب @strangecrow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Ayman’s recent video is fantastic ✨ and very informative! If you have been curious about the long history of the Israeli war on Lebanon, look no further! Spread the word and amplify local Lebanese voices. And consider supporting Ayman’s work!

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I put a lot into this video essay cause I've got a lot at stake. Israel is trying to destroy my country, where all my family and friends live. In fact, I left home because of Israel, because I saw all of this coming. Its obvious if you know where to look. I explain all here: youtu.be/Dkcwc0XfvTk

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Israel's Long War on Lebanon

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Glad to see that Megaphone News is finally on Bluesky! Most of the video reports you’ve seen me share from Lebanon have been by them. If you want solid, independent and leftwing news and analysis from Lebanon, give them a follow. @megaphonenews.bsky.social

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