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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

Sara would have turned 32 today.

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@husseinch96

8 months

I refuse to let go of the memory of decomposed Palestinian bodies in open air. Or that of a Gazan father, his hands pressing against his daughter's abdomen, preventing her organs from collapsing to the ground. What more can we say or do? So much rage, so much heartache

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

5 years

Before dad passed away, he used to wake up at 5 am every day to prepare breakfast for my siblings and i. Even when he was on chemotherapy, he did that. I dont know why I had this flashback out of no where but it feels good to be able to remember those details after all this time.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

9 months

We told you Israel is waging a war on South Lebanon, which had included eco-terrorism affecting hundreds of low-income agricultural workers and agrarian families. Diana has provided narrative evidence to this effect, in the thread below:

Diana Salloum

@DianaSalloum10

9 months

🧵I spoke with the son of a farmer in South Lebanon, in areas that face Israeli airstrikes. Here is what he had to say:

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

12 days

No this is an INSANE headline. What

BBC Breaking News

@BBCBreaking

12 days

Explosion hits Beirut suburb as Israel says it carries out strike

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

7 months

Today, my family woke up to the news that Israel bombed Al-Tiri town cemetery in South 🇱🇧 — close to where my own father was buried. I have so much rage and heartbreak mounting inside of me & more so as I realize how the world will likely move on from such atrocities very soon

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

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American University of Beirut

@AUB_Lebanon

3 years

Happy Labor Day to everyone who works to keep #AUB always shining bright! Your service is highly appreciated. يعطيكن العافية ليوم وكل يوم

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

I woke up with a tightened chest & expansive sadness tdy— a feeling that has has resurfaced around this time for the past 3 years. We speak about queer joy often. But queer grief, such as the one we collectively felt when #SarahHegazy left us, comes with otherworldly pain.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

7 months

Every day on this app I realize more and more that western ‘analysts’ do not view Arabs— such as Palestinian & Lebanese citizens— as humans worthy of protection and dignified life I don’t think we’re mere numbers to them. They recognize the lives we lead, but still want us dead

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

Ah yes…the homophobia of tectonic plates 🚨

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

Say a Lebanese person earns a bit > the min. wage: $100/month = 1,200,000 LBP. $14,000 (168000000 LL) were recently donated to The Grand Factory, in a few days. This can in fact feed 140 families, whose head earns 100$ on average per month. Make of that what you will.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

5 months

Some personal news :) 🗞️😊 I will be moving to Geneva this fall for my PhD in (Economic) Sociology at the @GVAGrad . I will be studying how debt is relationally negotiated in Lebanon’s Queer community amidst financial crisis. I’d love to connect to folks based there!

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

10 months

The reaction of Western officials to the genocide happening in Gaza has radicalized me in ways which I can not ever put into proper, well-packaged words. American and European leaders do not see us as humans, they do not value our lives, and would surely be on board to erase us.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

4 years

Sara’s solidarity with Lebanon’s protests/uprising. ❤️

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

9 months

As an alumnus, I feel so disheartened and terribly offended by your statement. Our friend Maisara was KILLED by UK-and-US orchestrated Israeli-executed bombing. Maisara's dreams were sky high. How are you going to draft such a passive-cold statement amidst unfolding genocide?

Chevening Awards🇬🇧

@CheveningFCDO

9 months

We are devastated to learn about the death of Chevening Alumnus Dr Maisara Al Rayyes and members of his family. We send our deepest condolences to his surviving family. Our thoughts, and the thoughts of the Chevening Alumni community are with you.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 months

I learnt that Sara took her life away on the morning of my 24th birthday. It was that morning when I experienced my first Queer heartbreak, heartache. When I first experienced rage so uncontainable & loud that it paralyzed every bit of me. You took Sara away from us. Unforgivable

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

Waddah Sadek, who has been confirmed as an opposition MP in Parliament, has expressed (& encouraged) heterosexist, anti-queer views on TV. How do you think this makes queer residents of Lebanon feel today? I, for one, am terrified of what’s to come. More aggression, more erasure.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

4 years

The thought of Sara Hijazi taking her life away after yrs of struggle incl. prison, torture, & emigration is making my heart ache. Her last moments on earth must‘ve been surreal. This is why queer activism is crucial &why we should get involved. Sorry we couldn’t do better.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

5 years

me whenever my crush posts a story

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

6 months

I live in #Beirut . Today, Israel bombed Ghazieh, near Saida— where I grew up/spent 20 yrs of my life. We go visit sometimes. Today could have easily been one of those times. Right now, our home is filled with glass shards. Whole families are leaving in masses. No words

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

This is really, *REALLY* scary. Please protect your queer friends, colleagues, and family members. Stand by their side and amplify their voice.This IS an outrageous attack on our freedom. I have no words.

Salman Andary

@salmanonline

2 years

كتاب من وزير الداخلية في حكومة تصريف الاعمال بسام مولوي الى كل من المديرية العامة لقوى الامن الداخلي والمديرية العامة للأمن العام حول منع تجمعات تهدف الى الترويج للشذوذ الجنسي، وذلك بعد تلقي الوزارة اتصالات من المراجع الدينية الرافضة لانتشار هذه الظاهرة. دولة حقوق والله!!…

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

10 months

Last night, a group of men attacked a gathering in ‘Cloud59’ bar in Tyre, bashing people & trashing the place. And though it was not an event specifically catering for LGBTQ+ folk, the attack still happened. Gun shots, terror, & sporadic violence filled every inch of the place.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

The disbanding of Mashrou Leila means different things to different groups. But to queer people in the MENA region, it sends a horrifying message of nonidentity. Lifelines we’ve created for ourselves, via art and otherwise, are being severed. We are being left behind.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

8 months

One of the morbid aspects of the genocide unfolding in real-time in Gaza is the painful realization that Arab bodies will always be regarded as disposable, valued only for their material worth in the imperial core. Your silence is inexcusable; they will come for your body next

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

4 years

****URGENT*** If you’re in Lebanon: a big group of Ethiopian domestic workers (some w/ children) have been laid off and were dropped off by the embassy. The embassy is not willing to support those women. If you can offer monetary support or shelter, please HEAD there. RETWEET.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

Re-opening of Sursock Museum in Beirut. During almost three years of forced closure, the Museum had to undergo a series of rehabilitations after the Beirut Port explosion. Last might was an ultimate example of restored urban joy.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

Describing Yuri and Pierre Rabbat as "closeted gay" is more harmful to the queer community than you think. There is absolutely no shame and nothing at all wrong with this sexual preference. For tolerance to be felt, those terms need to be less associated with shame/degrade.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

7 months

Israel bombs #Beirut , the capital city of Lebanon, for the first time since the 2006 war. While Israel has been bombing South Lebanon for a while now murdering and displacing many, this attack marks a major escalation.

Arwa Ibrahim

@arwaib

7 months

BREAKING: Lebanese Al-Mayadeen channel confirms that deputy Hamas leader has been killed in an Israeli drone attack on Dahiyeh south of Beirut.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

Egypt and Lebanon trying to secure IMF funding. Both countries currently reeling from debilitating debt crises Twitter discourse:

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

9 months

The rainbow flag — once classified as radical & narrative-shifting—is now being weaponized against us queer Arabs in ways that imperil our collective identity. It is being instrumentalised to sanctify the shedding of our blood, erasing our voices from all emancipation discourses.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

11 months

Hi :) I recently joined Arab Watch Coalition @AWC_Mena as their Equitable Economic Recovery Programme Coordinator. I will be researching and working on the IMF and economic-debt justice in the MENA region. If you're someone specializing in these areas, I would love to connect.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

A wholly dangerous discourse to be popularized in scenarios of economic collapse and political demise. Blaming the people for a corrupt system they’ve been forced into economically, politically, and socially. This is not the time to redistribute blame away from politicians.

قناة الحرة

@alhurranews

3 years

#المشهد_اللبناني - الناشطة سارة اليافي: معركتنا في لبنان أخلاقية وليست سياسية شاهد الحلقة كاملة عبر الرابط: #شاهد_الحرة @SaraYafi @layal_alekhtiar

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

6 years

Beirut municipality plans to pay $1,000,000 for Christmas decorations at a time when : - no solid waste management has been put in place - 33% of the Lebanese population lives at less than $1.8/day. - income gaps has become so large, also in Beirut.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

4 years

The best thing ive watched on Remie Akl

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

More horrible news from #Lebanon : On Friday July 1st, a lecture titled "Homosexuality risks and treatment" is taking place in Saida. Speakers include a clinical psychologist. This comes after MoIM released a letter calling for crackdown on pride events.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

Natural disasters can’t be controlled. But the associated human costs surely can be. We are witnessing in real-time the exorbitant price of ignored/trivialized vulnerabilities & the hyper-romanticization of disaster resilience in MENA.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

4 years

Pseudoactivists such as Gino Raidy and Dima Sadek, branded as ones situated at the forefront of our fight against establishment groups, are also part of the problem. It becomes more of an issue when misconceptions are popularized and normalized by them.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

I have never been this frustrated about living in miserable Beirut. I have been trying for far too long to disregard how I feel about my life here, a place that does not want me in any shape or form. A city that feeds on the erasure of people like me.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

10 months

This is such a tired, worn out, useless argument that does nothing to the queer liberation movement but push it backwards. The colonial project of Israel is queerphobic, transphobic, and racist. Period.

cameron

@hellohimate

10 months

all these gays defending hamas as if hamas wouldn’t behead them just for existing

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

2 years. Sarah taught me that there is space for our words & our hearts. The way Sarah left us pains me to my deepest core. She deserved so much better than what the world had offered her. Sarah taught me that our fight must not stop. Queer liberation today and every day.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

I’m a simple man. Sometimes I just want to live somewhere with a president, a functioning government with a budget, a real economy, w/ one time zone⏰

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

The recent news from Lebanon on police members setting up LGBTQ+ people via dating apps etc., is one of the regime’s novel attempts at further ostracizing the community by eradicating our sense of safety or comfort.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

Psychological warfare against queer people in #Lebanon in real time. I am so, so terrified. No words

Sally Abou AlJoud | سالي

@JoudSally

1 year

Members of the Christian group “Jnoud al-Rab” ambushed Om Barroom pub in Mar Mikhael, Beirut, amid a drag show it was hosting this evening. The members could be heard threatening, “Promoting homosexuality is forbidden,” “this is just the beginning.”

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

For the first time in 30 years, Lebanon has been ranked by @WorldBank as a lower middle income country (LMIC). The classification is based on annual GNI per capita figures. This comes after the Lebanese lira has lost> 90% of its value amid skyrocketing inflation and unemployment.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

Beirut is not a safe city and will likely never be one. Not for me, and surely not for people like me.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

More gay cake for us thank you Odette

Odette Sawaya

@sawayaodette

1 year

Pain d'or عم بيروج لعلم المثلية انا رح قاطعوا من هللق ورايح مين معي ؟ انا مع حرية الشخص الفردية يصطفل بس ما فيك تجي تفرضها على مجتمعنا ،رح نحاربك ونقاطعك لنحافظ على مسيحيتنا وتقاليدنا وعاداتنا ومجتمعنا #boycottpaindor

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

My friend told me this today. "As a gay person, living in Lebanon today now feels like my life doesn't matter. Loneliness, lovelessness, increased fear of assault and harassment-- this is my life now. Mounting fear and anxiety. I'm left here to rot."

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

10 months

“Landed” They’re getting creative

CBC News

@CBCNews

10 months

Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah was killed and six others were injured Friday when an Israeli shell landed among a group of international journalists near south Lebanon.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

This is my sister @ShaytoRana . She flew from London yesterday as a surprise. Suddenly…Beirut doesn’t feel to heavy. Last time I saw her was ~1 year ago. 🫶🏻

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

Today, as Lebanese supermarkets and (most) restaurants have rolled out dollarized menus, I can't but think of the workers getting paid LBP salaries NOT indexed to hyperinflation- close to 70-80% of the pop & those housed in disadvantaged socio-economic structures/'households'.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

9 months

So… Lebanon?

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

4 years

Today is a special day. I’m happy to share with Twitter I’m officially joining my university’s Department of Economics as a Teaching Assistant of Economics. I’m thrilled to kick off my career in Academia even if it’s just small steps. Excited for what’s to come.❤️

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

If your response to social injustice is solely rooted in humanitarianism, it’s likely going to be insufficient. Address economic & political structures that birth those injustices. Short-term remedies (i.e. humanitarian aid or media exposure) are ineffective in isolation.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

Prison rape jokes are not free from moral critique. This humor is deeply rooted in patriarchal & homophobic ideas. It is a blatant expression of masculine dominance, by which the person “dropping the soap” is framed as effeminate. Level A misogyny. And the joke is not funny.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

I am so sorry but "live and let live"// "respect their sexual choices" is far from the activism that Lebanese queer people expect. What is at stake is our right to exist under a system that will do everything possible to erase us and deplete our social and economic rights.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

10 months

Issam was killed in broad daylight. The whole world knows Israeli shelling killed one of @Reuters and #Lebanon ’s brilliant, talented, empathetic videographers. But @Reuters has not even uttered the name of those who killed Issam— Israel. There is only so much rage one can hold

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

Earlier today, I spoke with Al Jazeera on what the massive devaluation of the LBP means for the average family in #Lebanon today, possible ways out of crisis, while debunking some theories around the “innovation” produced by the current crisis. @TPI_lebanon

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

4 years

In other news, I received my official graduation certificate today all the way from 🇬🇧. Completing this degree in 2020 is an accomplishment that I will cherish for years to come. Officially, a graduate of Development Economics. 👨‍🎓

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

Queer people left homeless following the deadly Beirut Blast should not be forgotten. A yr after their safe spaces and homes were shattered, many LGBTQ+ people had to move into conservative households where they endured domestic violence. This has not stopped. Fight for them too

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

Today, we woke up to the news of an Arab trans person taking their life away after being forced into de-transitioning. Not long ago, Sarah Hegazy took her life away in exile. Support the @TimepDC Sarah Hegazy Non-Resident Fellowship so that queer voices are heard loud and clear

Mai El-Sadany

@maitelsadany

1 year

🌈 For raising a rainbow flag, Sarah Hegazi was arrested, tortured, fired from her job, and made to leave her loved ones for a life in exile. In the time since she left this world, more and more advocates from MENA have similarly found themselves in exile.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

I don’t claim to fully grasp the complexity of the Lebanese political system. In fact, I believe that even the most well-rounded of us still struggle to connect some dots. But, I wouldn’t call what we’ve witnessed today complex. It’s quite clear: Status quo or blood.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

He’s a 10 but he claims federalism is the solution to Lebanon’s economic woes🥀

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

For #Lebanon observers, internationally and regionally: The Lebanese state & its multiple organs incl. judiciary, financial oligarchies, and its oppressive police body are waging a psycho-cultural-economic + class war against the #LGBTQ + community. Queer people are unsafe.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

7 months

Just a typical day in a cafe in Beirut: Israeli fighter jets at v low altitude w/ very loud sounds. This woman looked at my frightened face and said "collective trauma". And we carried on with our day, as if our lives and bodies are not under constant threat of aggression

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

Some personal news: I have been selected to take part in the 2023 @IAFFE Feminist Economics summer school + Annual Conference in Capetown, South Africa this July. Truly looking forward to engaging in feminist/queer economic analysis relevant for #Lebanon , #MENA , and beyond.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

7 months

You will not spread your filthy, genocidal, blooded hands on the bodies of queer people. We must break out from Queer liberation frameworks rooted in cultural discourses & visibility politics— there is no other way. The fight between our bodies & blood-thirsty capital is here

Younis Tirawi | يونس

@ytirawi

7 months

Gaza | You can’t pinkwash blood. Israeli soldiers holding a LGBT+ parade on the beaches of Beit Lahia.

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@husseinch96

5 years

I GOT THE SCHOLARSHIP FOR MY MASTERS 3AM SARRIKHHHHH

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@husseinch96

3 years

Please, please, please be kind to young people in Lebanon. Many of us are actually freaking the HELL out because we’re trapped in every sense. Surviving day to day is NOT exactly ideal. Just don’t question personal processes. Support in any way, only if you can.

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1 year

1/6 Hassan Nasrallah's hate speech, while terrorizing, is NOT SURPRISING but incredibly threatening. Here's why.

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@husseinch96

1 year

Amidst all the gloom in #Beirut , another @TimepDC reunion is upon us. Caught up up with friends / ex- colleagues — former editorial intern @Michelle3id , editorial manager @michatobia , current NRFs @omar_N_taleb @MostafaAlasar who are doing brilliant work from media to rule of law

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@husseinch96

10 months

I am absolutely shocked and heartbroken. Fellow @CheveningFCDO alumnus Ahmad Alnaouq lost 30 of his family members, who were killed by Israeli airstrikes. Ahmad is currently pursuing his graduate studies in London. How is the British government going to respond? more silence?

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@husseinch96

2 years

Breaking: Lebanese men triggered by flowers

ضوميط القزي دريبي | Doumit Azzi Draiby

@Doumit_Azzi

2 years

مجموعة من المتطرفين يطلقون التهديدات ويبثون الكراهية ضد مجتمع الميم عين ويحطمون حديقة معلقة من الورود في الأشرفية.

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@husseinch96

4 years

A british family seated on a table facing mine are talking about their travel plans, one of which includes Beirut. The father goes on to say “it’s extremely cheap right now it’ll be idiotic not to go” and I don’t think I’ve hated myself more in my life 💜

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@husseinch96

2 years

My whole house was shaking for at least 2 minutes. My heart was literally pulled out of my chest

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@husseinch96

4 months

A former classmate of mine -- who now works in 'development'-- just shared her first and only post on Gaza since October 7. It is about the three foreign aid workers who were killed in an IDF strike. Shame is too miniscule of a depiction

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@husseinch96

2 years

This graph comes straight from a not-to-do list on a Data visualization 101 course. @GraphCrimes

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

5 years

So....... its official! ive been awarded a fully funded joint Saïd Foundation, British Lebanese Association and @cheveningfco scholarship to study for an MSc Development Economics in the UK this September. 💫💫💫💫💫💫 So so so grateful❤️

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

We haven’t forgotten

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

12 days

Western media manufactured consent for #Israel to bomb Beirut. Minutes ago, one of the most residential areas in Beirut in Haret Hreik, next to a hospital, was bombed by Israeli airstrike killing at least two people and injuring several. This is a massive escalation

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

🧵 In a matter of two weeks, the value of the Lebanese pound reached around 36,000 LBP against the USD, ⬇️ from 27,000 LBP. Meanwhile, Lebanese policymakers have yet to reach a clear stance on economic reforms that could contain the shock & curtail some of its deep effects. 1/7

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

7 months

Every org. “advocating” for Arab LGBTQ+ rights should be ready for major shifts this year. It cannot be business as usual. We all bear witness to Israel weaponizing our bodies to justify the killing of Palestinians. We need transnational queer lobbies vs. colonial violence, now.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 months

In presence of the eloquent Arundhati Roy in Beirut, at this moment of capitalist-colonial violence, felt like a dream. Her words, filled with so much ease, vulnerability, love, and warmth, offered us all much-needed hope as heartache envelops our region, bodies, minds.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

What we’re witnessing in Lebanon today is nothing but the result of textbook disastrous rentier capitalism. What we’re living through is outright destruction of the country’s human capital base by either neutralizing productivity, formalizing burnout, or literally...mass murder.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

10 months

In my recent analysis for @The_NewArab I discuss the need for a ‘queer’ political economy of crisis for #Lebanon , as we face unabated homophobic and transphobic violence amid unprecedented debt crisis. Read more below:

The New Arab

@The_NewArab

10 months

To understand the wave of violent attacks on Lebanon's LGBTQ+ community, we must look at how deeply embedded patriarchy is in the state and society, and the threat queerness presents to the country's political system, writes @husseinch96

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

4 years

Just received my final marks and I officially graduated with a High Merit MSc in Development Economics. Exciting times🤍.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

4 years

7 years ago today, my father passed away. Years later, I still don’t understand how this happened. I always avoided bringing him up in conversation, because it’s the only topic that shuts me up and down completely. I hope I’ll get to process it healthily one day. 💜

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

There’s something absolutely enraging about being the subject of an 🏳️‍🌈 economic boycott in a setting like #Lebanon , a country that continues to witness one of the largest schemes of wealth transfer away from public & in favor of loan sharks, oligarchs, & greedy politicians

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

My father religiously loved farming— his hobby. He used to ask for my help during summer & that involved lots of stamina. I never was masculine presenting - at least not in the traditional sense. He never stopped asking for my help, even though I used to waste his time..1/2

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

this is terrifying

Rita Chemaly

@Ritachemaly

1 year

Conservative actors are reinforcing #patriarchy ’s while preparing laws with 10 years of imprisonment for LGBTIQ+ people & criminalization of "actors" who promote LGBTIQ "Ideologies".And since the #BeirutBlast no one is in prison. long live impunity in my #Lebanon

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

Interview during which MP Waddah Sadek expresses his intent to absolutely fight any attempt at lobbying for “queer visibility” or “same-sex marriage” in-parliament.

Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

Waddah Sadek, who has been confirmed as an opposition MP in Parliament, has expressed (& encouraged) heterosexist, anti-queer views on TV. How do you think this makes queer residents of Lebanon feel today? I, for one, am terrified of what’s to come. More aggression, more erasure.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

7 months

The grieving on the morning after a loved one passes / is murdered is arguably the most alienating & paralyzing. It is so dreadful and unbelievably painful. How can one even begin to imagine the extent of grief experienced by Gazan families with every sunrise for >90 days?

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 years

Honestly, if someone wants to romanticize the October 17 revolution, just let them. Everything is collapsing all around us so if holding on to a memory in this manner means they get to keep pushing then that’s good enough.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

2 years

From “Treat Me Like Your Mother” — exhibition in Beirut offering a historical perspective on transness in #Lebanon , going back to the grim days of the Civil War. Trans women have fought so much for the country’s queer community to rise up today and for years to come. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

9 months

Powerful statement by queer folk in #Palestine : no for homonationalism, no for pink-washing. From the queers of Palestine to the global imperialist, hetero-sexist, capitalist propaganda machine: No queer liberation can be achieved under settler-colonialism. It is this simple.

Yasmine (ياسمين)

@yasmine_hafez

9 months

Queers in Palestine released one of the strongest statement I have read.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

11 months

Solidarity with LGBTQ+ folk in Iraq. May your anxieties and fears come to an end. You deserve love, safety, and joy. Better days are inevitable.

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

3 months

Queer love and queer grief and queer loss and the violation of queer bodies are no louder than they are in Gaza today, right now, as Israel continues to operationalize its genocidal campaign 6 months on

inqilāb

@tastefullysaucy

3 months

checking the queeringthemap entries from gaza kills me

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

5 years

Today was my last working day post two years of fulltime work. I was also hosted by the British Embassy in 🇱🇧 being one of the 7 Lebanese scholars awarded the @cheveningfco scholarship to study in UK in exactly 2 wks. Overwhelmed,excited and so grateful💕

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

5 years

i mean yeah i dont have blue/green eyes nor am i a body builder but i have a heart of gold and can and will make you the happiest person on earth 🥺

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Hussein Cheaito حسين شعيتو

@husseinch96

1 year

If you watch anything today, let it be this. Wafa’s words cut so deep: Normalization feels like the end of everything, of hope. So many forcibly disappeared, killed, tortured. But justice must prevail. Otherwise, what is the point of any of the work we do? It loses meaning.

Wafa Ali Mustafa

@WafaMustafa9

1 year

Normalization feels like the end of everything that began 12 ago: the hopes, the dreams & the sacrifices. For 3612 nights, I've prayed for my dad's survival in #assad prisons. 135,000 lives are caught between life & death while the world embraces Assad. Normalization s a Crime!

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