Till the day I die, I will never forget this scene. From the procession of the late Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral, on May 12, 2022, in Ramallah, one day after her assistantion by IDF forced in Jenin Camp.
Addressing the audience via video conferencing, at the Harvard Memorial Church, Dr.
@GhassanAbuSitt1
, a UK citizen, denied entry to the US to attend the Arab Conference at
@Harvard
(ACH). Dr. Abu Sitta spoke extensively about the devastating & lasting impact on children in Gaza.
📢 Today, on the second anniversary of Sarah Hegazi's passing in exile, a website containing her diaries, facts about her, and much more is being launched. Rest in peace Sarah 🕊️
#SarahHegazi
#سارة_حجازي
انتم مندهشين ليه من شريف منير يا جماعه، ما ده بيحصل كتير. مش عاوز اقولكم إن في مهرجان الجونة السنة اللي قبل اللي فاتت، كان في فيلم بيتعرض و كان فيه مشهد واحد صادق عن ٢٥ يناير، و قدام عيني في ممثلة مشهوره جداً طلعت برة و اتصلت على الشخص المختص و بلغت عن الفيلم ... خلونا ساكتين
📢Truly heartbreaking to hear that the death of peace activist Vivian Silver has been confirmed. Vivian was a brave and unwavering voice for peace and humanity, who unapologetically saw Palestinians as humans, something many fail at. May she rest in peace
Palestinian Evangelical Lutheran Pastor, Munther Isaac, on the difference between "praying for peace" vs "acting for peace," and the difference between real help vs giving to charity to feel absolved from inaction. As a Christian, I am grateful he said it
You already know him, you already love him:
Meet Abdallah "Shehta" Abdel Gawad, who drove that now world-famous lone digger on the bank of the
#SuezCanal
.
Of course he drives in his shebsheb because MAVERICKS DO WHAT THEY WANT 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
El Gouna FC is honored to announce that El Gouna Stadium has been officially renamed to “Khaled Bichara Stadium”.
يفخر نادي الجونة بالإعلان عن تغيير اسم ملعبه رسميا ليصبح «ستاد خالد بشارة»
#YourtownYourteam
📢 Happening now - Amman, Jordan 🇯🇴: For the third day in a row, masses are out protesting the situation in Gaza, in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy. The protests are increasingly intense, and the numbers are growing.
🚨 A beloved Texas children's doctor,
Dr Talat Khan, 52, had only moved to Texas from Seattle in July 'for the weather.' Witness said 17 residents came out with guns after hearing the doctor scream. She was stabbed to death while sitting at a picnic table outside her apartment.
Dr Talat Khan, a Muslim woman & pediatrician of 52, stabbed to death in a hate crime by a white supremacist, Miles Fridrich, outside her home in Texas, USA.
A mother of two who moved from Seattle to Texas in July.
Islamophobic incidents on rise amid Israel's attacks on Gaza.
These are people's homes, memories, being forcefully taken/floated away. Truly can't believe my eyes. This little neighborhood on the banks of the Nile, a staple of Cairo, being erased.
📢 The man could easily be a Coptic Christian Egyptian fruit vendor. What drives the unwavering support of counties in the MENA region to the struggle of the Palestinian people isn't just a shared faith, but a shared language, struggles, geographic proximity, basic humanity, etc
An Egyptian man realizes these aid trucks are heading to Gaza, so he throws his produce onto them.
Never confuse the abandonment of some Muslim rulers with the Ummah as a whole. Our hearts beat with Gaza.
📢 Two members (Rania & Tarek) of the North Gaza-based, Palestinian-Christian Tarazi family highlight how Israel's campaign in Gaza has affected all communities equally, and more importantly, how Palestinians are united regardless of faith.
#CeasefireNOW
📢Happening now: spontaneous protests taking place in Amman, Jordan 🇯🇴 in the vicinity of the Israeli embassy. Allegations of sexual violence committed by Israeli forces in Gaza against women who were in Shifa hospital have been circulating widely in MENA
📢 There were doubts echoed by the administration regarding the numbers of Palestinians killed, so the protesters printed out the names and brought it hand delivered to Pennsylvania Ave.
#CeasefireForGazaNOW
#CeasefireNOW
ناهيك طبعاً إن المشهد اتحذف من النسخة اللي تم عرضها في سينمات مصر، و ناهيك عن كم المفاوضات اللي حصلت علشان الفيلم ينزل اصلا. شكراً مهرجان الجونة لتفصيل الفن فوق اشياء اخرى.
ببالغ الحزن و الأسى، اليوم كان لي شرف حضور جنازة و دفنة سارة حجازي في مدينة تورنتو بكندا. الحضور كان محدود بسبب جائحة الكورونا. الجنازة كانت مؤلمة جدا جدا. ربنا يرحمك يا سارة و يريحك من الظلم اللي شفتيه في محبسك.
#SarahHegazy
#ساره_حجازي
#SarahHegazi
📢 The level of coordination, diversity, and solidarity being shown towards Palestine in Washington, DC today is unprecedented. The Biden administration has a real domestic problem on its hands.
#CeasefireForGazaNOW
#CeasefireNOW
Less than two hours ago,
@Monasosh
, sister of British-Egyptian activist
@alaa
, during a protest at the gates of
@FCDOGovUK
, calling on
@trussliz
to act and work on his release from Egyptian prisons. Alaa is on his 82nd day of hunge rstrike
#FreeAlaa
#SaveAlaa
This video by
@thefreedomi
really triggered so many feelings. This is what got me the most: "Ten years later, the Egyptian revolution lives on, in exile, behind bars, and in the hearts and minds of millions.”
#Jan25
بكمالة المهزلة اللي احنا عايشين فيها. شابة في مقتبل العمر، بتعدي الشارع. جت عربية نقل قمامة، ماشية بدون فرامل، دهستها و ماتت. تقوم النيابة تفرج عن السائق في أقل من أربعة ساعات، قبل ما تصريح الدفن حتى يطلع. رجاء ريتويت و النشر.
As this is being tweeted, it has been almost 34 hours since British-Egyptian activist
@alaa
had his last drink of water, marking the start of his dry hunger-strike. He needs all the support he can get now. The time to
#SaveAlaa
is running out PM
@RishiSunak
!⌛️
#FreeAlaa
#COP27
Today I will join leaders from across the world at
@COP27P
.
For our children and grandchildren, we must deliver on the legacy of Glasgow and protect the future of the planet.
📢 The photo in the quoted tweet (🇬🇪2024, via
@reshetz
), reminds me of photos of Macedonian 🇲🇰 women protestors in 2015. Made respect to all the Women are on the front lines ✊
Source:
📢 This is Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania ave. an hour ago, and thousands more are pouring into the protest(s). The crowds that turned up for Gaza and Palestine today in DC are massive
#CeasefireNOW
#CeasefireNOW
🥁 Some very exciting personal professional news: this week I will be joining
@OpenSociety
to be a part of its
@OpenSocietyMENA
team.
🙏 Truly grateful to play a part in supporting the brilliant minds of the MENA region in their quest for a better future.
📺:
@patrickzaki1
explains why he declined the Italian state flight: "As a human rights defender, I must be independent, transparent, and must not take sides with any party. I couldn't accept the Italian taxpayers' money, I don't want to be a burden".
Egypt's Amb. to the
@UN
, Mohamed Edrees, addressing the General Assembly earlier today ended his speech with: "And I conclude by the African wisdom, forward ever, backward never, Hakuna Matata, no worries. Thank you very much"
#MicDrop
Thanks to
@SherineT
for alerting all of us!
📢 This is what courage looks like: you show up to work everyday, you try your damn best, and you protest when you know that your bosses are doing the wrong thing. ✊ Much respect to those Biden administration staffers. ⤵️
📽️Egyptian MP Amr Darwish being escorted out of the
#COP27
where he persistently heckled
@sana2
as she advocated for
@alaa
's release. Such tactics are regularly used by Egyptian state affiliates to disrupt/silence critics & dissidents
#FreeAlaa
#SaveAlaa
Russian TikTokers practicing their English to avoid getting arrested during Navalny protests.
“If they try to throw you into the paddy wagon, you say, ‘You are violating my human rights!’”
📖"في سجون النساء التعامل مبني على الاضطهاد المضاعف، والقمع المضاعف على أساس الجندر، ما تم سرده هنا في هذا المقال يعد جانب من معاناة النساء السجينات"
@solafasallam
⬇️
Lebanese civil society and human rights defenders have always held a special place in my heart, but today, even though I won't name names, I want to express my gratitude to you all. We are all utterly grateful for your existence, you are making a difference. Thank you ♥️🙏🇱🇧
Since it is 2020 and all, I was wondering: Is there not a single Egyptian actress that can play the role of the most famous Egyptian queen in history?
#Cleopatra
على راي هشام منصور، الله يمسيه بالخير، شعب اوفار... ايه يا جدعان ده؟ هو لازم بتحبس طبعاً بس ليه نكلف الدولة و نتعب الاستاذ تامر مرسي و پيتر ميمي و احنا على ابواب رمضان و إنتاج المسلسلات شغال؟ امين شرطه واحد بكرش و سوجارة و كاميرة موبايل كان لم الليلة ديه كلها
Just imagine, for a brief moment of a Middle/Near Esstern ruler, walked over to a mosque and held the Quran like that during nation wide protests for justice. Let that image sink in
#DC
#GeorgeFloydProtests
📢The wave solidarity with the Palestinian people and Gaza exhibited by aboriginal and indigenous peoples in North America is truly remarkable.
📽️At the rally for ceasefire and solidarity with Palestine in Toronto earlier today ⤵️
As we are all quarantined globally, and some of us are quarantined alone, please spare a prayer and thought for individuals who spend time in solitary confinement. One can only imagine what they go through ...
📢 Ok. It's
@MadaMasr
confirmed now. My dear friend
@patrickzaki1
, and human rights lawyer Mohamed Al Baqr have both been issued presidential pardons, many details are still missing. But this is such wonderful news 🎉🎉🎉
#FreePatrickZaki
أكد المحامي، خالد علي، صدور قرار رئاسي بالعفو عن كل من الباحث باتريك جورج زكي، والمحامي محمد الباقر.
وقال علي لـ«مدى مصر»: «هذه خطوة إيجابية جدًا، تحاول أن تعالج احتقان أمس الناتج عن صدور حكم محكمة أمن الدولة طوارئ بحبس زكي»، مضيفًا: «نتطلع لخطوات سريعة في اتجاه الإفراج عن علاء
This video is beyond insulting. While I wish what it is projecting is true, any amateur journalist can find tons of information on how Egypt has been cutting down trees, by the thousands, in Cairo's various neighborhoods, including my neighborhood Heliopolis. Same on you
@CNN
The Egyptian state is using several channels to call on Egyptians abroad to return home safely. Yet, activists who are still inside Egypt are being rearrested, people like
@alaa
and others are languishing and dying in prison, and academics who have been released are on travel ban
Activist Sherif El-Rouby - released from prison in May after receiving a presidential pardon - has been rearrested in
#Egypt
.
Sherif's detention comes days after the
@StateDept
certified Egypt had made "clear and consistent progress" on human rights.
This isn't progress.
🚨 Breaking: Academic researcher
@patrickzaki1
was sentenced to 3 years, and has been taken into custody at court in preparations to transfer him back to prison. The verdict is unappealable. Patrick was sentenced because of an op-ed he wrote about Christians in Egypt
عاجل: حكم بالسجن ثلاث سنوات على باتريك جورج زكي الباحث بالمبادرة المصرية للحقوق الشخصية من محكمة أمن الدولة الطوارىء على خلفية مقال رأي منشور عام ٢٠٢٠ والحكم غير قبل للاستئناف أو النقض . تم القبض على باتريك في المحكمة تمهيدا لنقله إلى قسم شرطة جمصة
I was sexually assaulted twice during Hajj in 1982. I was 15 years old. I started
#MosqueMeToo
in 2018 after a Pakistani Muslim woman called Sabica Khan said she'd been in sexually assaulted during pilgrimage.
So very painful. Lawyers who knew his mother say that she would constantly sob in silence, wishing to see her son, and only getting the chance to see him during the rare occasion in court. Mohamed Oxygen should be released to tend to his mother's funeral.
#Egypt
#FreeOxygen
Moh Oxygen, a young journalist in the same case as
@alaa
, suffering the same dire conditions in
#ToraMax2
but worse: completely deprived of family visits for over 2 years. Last year he tried to take his own life and was saved by his cellmate
Today, his mom passed away ..
Those moments make all the difference. Power to the brave people of
#Sudan
, who want their democratically elected government back in power. May you find strength and resolve to carry on with your struggle for freedom. Solidarity ✊ with
#SudanProtests
against the
#SudanCoup
A more clear shot of army retreating as they fire at protesters. Dozens have been injured in Eastern Nile. Protesters say they don’t want a return to the previous power-sharing agreement after Monday’s coup.
#SudanCoup
#الردة_مستحيلة
والدة محمد ابراهيم (اكسجين) توفت وهو في السجن.
المطلب الملح دلوقتي أنه يخرج يودع والدته ويستقبل عزاها.
لكن بكل أمانة، اكسجين مش المفروض يخرج يوم ويدفنها ويرجع للسجن البشع ده، اكسجين لازم يخرج ويبقى وسط اهله
#الحرية_لمحمد_أكسجين
#خرجوا_اكسجين_يدفن_امه
Honored to meet Egyptian human rights activist
@sana2
.
Sanaa has been jailed three times by
@AlsisiOfficial
.
Her brother
@alaa
has spent most of the past decade behind bars and is now on hunger strike.
These are not criminals — they are heroes.
#SaveAlaa
#FreeAlaa
Tears of joy? Egyptian activist Ramy Kamel has been released from pre-trial detention, after spending over two years, much of which spent in solitary confinement. Ramy is the founder or The Maspero Youth org.
In light of today's
@UN
Sec Council emergency meeting on
#GERD
, check out
@TimepDC
's "Crisis on the Nile" Project, featuring seven experts, including
@stevenacook
, Mirette Mabrouk (
@MiddleEastInst
),
@tekaldas
, who explain the roots & details of the crisis
From January 1st, 1952: Letter from Patrick Smith,
@bbc
's correspondent in Egypt, complaining about media censorship, and obstruction of phones and telegraphs.
Some things don't change I suppose . . .
Finally got the chance to speak w/ the awesome
@marwasf
about the Pegasus spyware and hacks. We discuss the need for transparency and a moratorium on the sale, transfer, and use of these surveillance technologies, and much more
Listen to the full
@ConvSix
NEW Biden administration puts hold on Egyptian request for immunity for former prime minister Hamez El-Beblawi in torture lawsuit brought by U.S. citizen Mohamed Soltan. background here:
أنا فعلا مش مصدق إللي بيحصل مع الشباب الصغير ده. هل يعقل أنا طلبة اولى ثانوي، اعمار تتراوح ما بين ١٣-١٥ سنة يضربوا و يعتقلوا علشان خايفين على نتائج امتحانتهم. هل يعقل اننا نعمل كده في الشباب إللي هيكون مستقبل مصر؟!
"Egyptians working abroad have helped keep the country afloat: In 2021 their remittances were worth more than tourism, foreign direct investment, and Suez Canal revenue, combined." By
@tekaldas
, via
@TimepDC
Happy Orthodox Easter to all of us who celebrate, and especially to the ones who are brave enough to celebrate under oppression whether in the holy land or oppressed elsewhere
Amidst the celebration of Holy Saturday by thousands of Christians, Israeli occupation authorities brutally arrest the Greek Consul's guard at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in occupied Jerusalem.