#North iran

[rubyafton]

Drew myself in traditional clothing, took some creative liberties and am not quite ok with the outcome but it's fine ig

[butterfly-95]

I think people need to realize that it was sheer luck that they have been born in developed countries with decent living conditions, away from the threat of war or civil conflicts. It is by pure coincidence at times that you end up being a citizen of a developed country, rather than one with an impoverished population experiencing man-made (because it is man-made in this day and age) famine, diseases that have been long eradicated or war (be it a civil conflict or due to selfish interests of developed nations who profit from these, at the cost of civilian lives). You could have been born into these conditions.

The point is: NO ONE should ever be made to witness the horrors of war, famine, poverty, disease or any other trauma inducing situation in which they have no free will or say about its outcome.

[safdarrizvi]

Iran travel guide

https://instagram.com/travel_uniqueshots?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[troythecatfish]

[bfpnola]

a story about conflict kitchen, a restaurant that used to serve ONLY food from places the united states was in “conflict” with. a story about art as a form of resistance. resource mentioned at the end to read through interviews with real Palestinian children.

[felucians]

MENA people can say the US is bad and both political parties are bad and a white liberal will hop on and say how actually one genocide is better than the other because then if the "lesser of two evils" is in power, it happens in a mythical faraway land of Agrabah but if it's the "worser of two evils" it happens in their own backyard and they can't have that *gasp of horror*

Y'all don't give a fuck about genocide being bad, y'all care when it affects you. Leave MENA folks alone when we say fuck the US and US imperialism in our homes!!!

[notyourtoday]

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[ernestbruce]

Ukraine, destroy ALL Russian oil refineries, please

i give you my permission to fuck with the Russian economy all you want

FUCK RUSSIA

[storm-of-feathers]

There aren't only three genocides happening. By the way. There's been at least ten ongoing. None of you cared about them until you could hate jews about it, though.

[kemetic-dreams]

What made Arabisation so successful in the Levant and North Africa, whereas it failed in Iran, India, and the Caucasus?

Arabisation's success in the Levant and North Africa can be attributed to various historical, cultural, and geopolitical factors. The Arab invaders in these regions established centralized rule, which facilitated the spread of Arabic language and culture, I$|@m forced to them and played a crucial role as a unifying force, encouraging adoption of Arabic for religious purposes.

On the other hand, in regions like Iran, India, and the Caucasus, Arabisation faced challenges due to pre-existing rich and established civilizations with their own distinct languages and cultures, which was so much greater than arabs culture, In these areas, the local populations were more resistant to adopting Arabic, and their societies were not as readily assimilated into the Arab-dominated political structures.

in Iran, the Persian language had deep-rooted cultural significance, and Persian dynasties maintained their own identity and resisted Arabisation. In India, the vast and diverse society made it challenging for Arabic to become the dominant language. The Caucasus, with its diverse linguistic landscape and mountainous terrain, also hindered widespread Arabisation.

**Resistance and Nationalism**: In places like Iran, there was a strong sense of Persian identity and nationalism till today that resisted Arabisation. Persian language and culture have a long-standing and deeply rooted history that predates Abrahamic religions and the Arab conquests. The same applies to India, where there is a rich tapestry of local languages and cultures, and the Caucasus, where local nationalisms played a role in resisting Arabisation.

the success of Arabisation in the Levant and North Africa was facilitated by factors like centralized rule, religious influence, and a more receptive environment, whereas in Iran, India, and the Caucasus, the pre-existing cultural and linguistic diversity posed significant barriers to its adoption.

[seohyun0306]

China isn’t the problem

Russia isn’t the problem

Iran isn’t the problem

India isn’t the problem

Pakistan isn’t the problem

South Africa is not the problem

North Korea

99% of the world’s problems would disappear with the USA.

[acomradea]

[canichangemyblogname]

Israel ignoring Egypt's warnings, Israel's chaotic "recovery" (a.k.a. their explicit non-recovery and bombing of hostages), and the IOF's chaotic engagement with Hamas fighters on Oct. 7th and 8th that caught hostages and civilians in crossfire should be proof enough that Israel cannot and will consistently fail to provide for the security and welfare of Jewish people. It should also be proof enough that Netanyahu's government doesn't give a shit about Israeli lives unless they can be weaponized to serve his political and regional goals.

The argument that the only way for Jewish people to have safety and comfort is through a Jewish ethnostate ignores how the violence necessary to establish an ethnostate breeds extremism and a cycle of violence. It ignores how Israel consistently fails to protect and provide for its citizens, how vulnerable the Israeli state would be without US support, and how politically and numerically insecure settler-colonial populations are without ethnic and genocidal violence to reproduce their position in the social hierarchy. This argument also allows countries in the Global North to wipe their hands of their own country's antisemitism. For them, Israel is the solution to their country's "Jewish Question."

Some of Zionism's basic assumptions about Jewish people and the need for a Jewish state come from antisemitic assumptions. Advocates for a Jewish state frequently invoke antisemitic stereotypes to make their case. Like... literal fucking fascists in the US support Zionism because they want to empty their country of Jewish people and then watch them die in Israel.

The largest group of Zionists in the US are Evangelical Christians. Not just in sheer numbers, but as a percentage of their population. And you know what they believe? They believe that all Jews need to return to the Holy Land to be massacred and raptured so Jesus can return. The majority of Zionists in the US are Zonists because they're antisemitic. Their antisemitism informs their support for Zionism, and their belief in Zionism informs their antisemitism.

It boggles me how the US government, literal fascists, and Evangelicals have so many of you legitimately believing that critiquing a man and a government that throws their lot in with Holocaust deniers is antisemitic.

There are experts out there who attest that Zionism encourages and spreads antisemitism around the globe and that it is a contributing factor to increases in antisemitism in the Global North. Some have gone so far as to say it is a literal threat to the well-being of Jews worldwide and a roadblock in the fight against antisemitism.

[shotofstress]

Is so fuck up that the most things say about the genocide in Palestine is "cease fire" like would stop them from been under colonization. The most thing say should and must be "elimination of Israel and colonization ". They have no right to be in Palestine, Congo or any other Global South territory, as USA, UK, Germany, France, Canada, China, Russia, etc have zero right to be in Palestine or any other country that is not their countries. No colonies, no apartheid, no invasion, no imperialism. Remember when ppl was totally on board of go guerrilla mode to Ukraine to fight against Russia? Why u all so ok with go to fight to defend a racist xenophobic neo nazi state (which don't deserve colonization either, but hear this) and then u "remember" that Palestine and (Africa really) has been under invasion and colonialist for decades and centuries even, but hey, now rising in arms is bad and no a single person has speak about it?

We know that most of u will not have the knowledge to do a shit in Palestine territory, but where is the spirit? Where is all that which make dudes want to go to ukraine? Gone huh? So is only valid and important when is about fascist europeam white ppl, but not when is Global South ppl. Where are all the tankies huh? All the so called guerrilleros now? Ppl love to full their mouth with past or recent history of, for example, how ppl from all over the world went to fight in the Spanish civil war and how they were real leftists and all that. Now? Now u can't even boycott shit properly. Do u even know how many invasions, dictatorships and colonizations are right now?

So is not just cease fire, is get the fuck out of other ppls land. Is not just about Palestine, and at the same time everything's is about Palestine bc it has become more than clear that western countries have seen now that they can openly do whatever they want, plain sight, shown in every media, and ppl will not fight them, will not bomb their war companies and factories, will not fight the normality of daily life. The far right is openly taking the world, and ppl behave like is normal. We can't even join all the oppressed groups to demand fucking housing or having water, even less fight for other causes. The puppet of Europe and USA is killing Palestinians and neighbours countries. Congo, Sudan, Siria, Chad, Gabon, Burkina Faso, etc etc do u know what's going on in this places??? Did u know that USA has established 16 military bases invading South America this 2023? That is supporting the dictatorship in Argentina? (Yes, they are no longer under democracy). That Operacion Condor 2.0 is in process? That when in 2019 Chile dictatorships under Piñera the weapons, tactics and methods of mutilating where learn at hands of USA /israeli training and their intelligence apparatus? That every weapon has been "tested " on Palestine?

Every single bullet against Global South, every single tactic, every single technology of war, has been and is currently been used in Palestine.

Every attack made against Global South is has been and is an attack to Palestine, as every attack against Palestine is an attack that has reach or will gonna reach South America, Asia, Africa.

[zestingbloodorange]

Misogyny happens in the swana region and it's a real issue just like everywhere in the world. and in some of the countries in the region it's worse than other places in the world. and the experiences in the swana could get similar but it's different we are not all under an Islamic regime since zionists/racists/Islamophobes/redfems want so badly to push this propaganda of women in gaza suffer under hamas just like iran. Misogyny is a real issue in the swana region but i know damn well the world doesn't care about the victims of it and I know damn well it's just a tool to demonize all the men so they become another tool to dehumanize the people so people can kill us in the name of freedom and to make stereotypes and to demand our countries to be abandoned and left behind when we do events or business and to haunt us about it when we speak about our countries or our cultures in general or in a good light...etc.

everytime we know if we speak out it's going to be held against us because just like almost every issue we suffer under it's going to be used against us. and our suffering and our trauma from an issue that exists everywhere in the world is used against us. feminist activists especially the western ones abandon us when we actually need them and that is like something we know and have accepted a long time ago and we know these feminists use us. you people have put us in such a disgusting situation for decades.

maybe if the world wasn't coming at us from every fucking crack we could solve or lessen the misogyny and other issues like homophobia.

when America invaded Iraq one of the "reasons" was to "free the women" then they raped and killed the women and little girls. stfu you don't care and now this is literally 9/11 all over again I keep seeing people under girls from the swana posting about their struggle from misogyny or about the girls that got killed because of it and people under their comments saying oh this just western propaganda or telling them to support "Israel" then if they care about women which is not new but now it's spreading like wild fire I've seen these type of comments even under news of actual crimes against women.