#plomegrantalk

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wayyyyyy too many of yall are forgetting that forced relocation is a form of ethnic cleansing

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it's good that we finally got some kind of ceasefire resolution passed, but what was passed is not NEARLY enough.

the language implies equal power between parties, the ceasefire is not permanent, US still is no longer funding UNRWA, etc etc etc. PYM's recent post sums it up well.

do not lose momentum just because you saw an article titled "UN CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION". keep talking, keep fundraising, keep boycotting, keep protesting. its not over until palestine is free

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UC DAVIS HAS DIVESTED FROM ISRAELI APARTHEID!

keep up the momentum and pressure! from the PYM/SJP post:

"Now that we know real divestment from genocidal companies is possible, we urge you all to follow suit in creating a domino effect of divestment nationwide. We are watching the ongoing genocide, ethnic cleansing, and military occupation against Palestine unfold before our very eyes. It is our responsibility as a collective liberation movement to do our part in ending monetary complicity within our Zionist universities. The time to take action is NOW!"

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ive loved witch hat atelier since last year and it makes me so happy to see the creator actively posting in support of palestine on her twitter 😭

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to truly honor this arab american heritage month, joe biden should disappear off the face of the earth

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i love palestinian and arab culture so much.

my grandma wearing thobes around the house and making us tamriyeh. my cousins wedding when we all wore thobes and keffiyehs and took photos downtown and we danced with someone playing the guitar on the street and this lady stopping us to tell us we all looked so beautiful. walking the graduation stage in a thobe. the girl who liked to guess arab peoples ethnicities telling me "you're wearing tatreez... do you want me to write 'palestinian' on your forehead?" the keffiyeh my brother keeps on the drivers seat of his car.

my dad sending me off to my last semester of college with 2 pomegranates and a jar of palestinian olive oil. my cousins wife coming up with new ways to make zaatar and cheese pastries. me and my grandma sitting on the floor and making waraq 3neb- my job was to separate the leaves so she could roll them easier. my mom sending me and my brother to school with eid cookies for my teachers and tasking us with delivering some to the neighbors. my aunt glaring at me and piling more food on my plate and then asking if i was still hungry (i wasnt). my mom always telling me to invite my friends and cousins over for dinner and asking me what they like to eat. my family getting my dad knafeh instead of cake for his birthday. the man who told me i made the "best fetteh in the western hemisphere".

the man in the shawarma shop who gave me my fries for free and baklava i didnt order because we spoke about being palestinian while he took my order. the person on tumblr who i bonded with because we are from the same palestinian city. the girl i met on campus who exclaimed "youre palestinian? me too!" because i was wearing my keffiyeh. the girl in my class that showed me the artwork about palestine her dad made and donated for fundraising. the couple in the grocery store who noticed my palestinian shirt and talked with me for 20 minutes and ended up being a family friend. the silly palestinian kids i tutored sighing in disappointment when i told them i was born in america because they were hoping that id have been born "somewhere cooler". my friends family who bought me dinner despite me being there by chance and having met me for the first time the day before.

the boys starting uncoordinated dabke lines in my high school's hallways. the songs about the longing and love for our land. the festivals and parties and gatherings where everything smells like shisha and oud. memories of waiting in the car for an hour as my parents talked at the doorway of their friends homes. my cousins and i showing up at each others homes with cake or fruit or games as if it was the first time we ever visited even though we always say "you dont have to".

kids stubbornly helping to clean and make tea after a meal while being told to go sit down because they are guests. the necklaces in the shape of our home countries. people hugging and laughing and acting as if theyve known each other for years because they come from the same city or know people with the same last name. the day i finally got to bully my friends into letting me pay the bill because i had a job and they were still students. my moms friend who calls us every time she's at the grocery store to see if we need something

palestinian people are so resilient and hardworking and charitable. they love their culture and their community and are so quick to share and welcome anyone in. everyday i am so thankful and proud to be part of such a warm and lovely culture

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i am getting really tired of people putting so much focus on what celebrity supports what. these are human lives on the line and trying to pull up a single liked tweet or whatever as concrete evidence that your fav is good actually is so ridiculous and insensitive.

i am not talking about when people are like "dont support this persons work, they have harmful ideologies" or being happy that someone you admire is OUTWARDLY spoken (regularly advocating and participating) in support of whatever movement. im talking about you all being like "this pop star supports palestine guys she wore a pin once!!!" "this celebrity went to that one charity event so theyre good!!!1!1" "this youtuber retweeted something once!!" people are dying. why are you focusing on this. its so clear that you are more worried about whether or not you can still publicly like xyz celebrity without looking like "a bad person".

it can be disappointing that a celebrity you like with a lot of reach doesnt say anything and a little exciting when one you do makes a (vague and bare minimum) social media post, but stop putting so much attention on that. its not important!

this post is talking about palestine, but i see this happening in all sorts of human rights movements. stop wasting time defending some guy that doesnt know you exist and do something effective. spend your energy keeping up with news, researching the movement, and ways you can help

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what are your favorite things / aspects about both your Palestinian and your Lebanese culture / identity ?

oh man thats hard... id probably have to say the hospitality and giving and just community-ness. im definitely not as connected to lebanese culture as i am palestinian but thats something i just really really love about both cultures.

my mom is always telling me to invite my friends over and asking what they like to eat. when i was visiting my aunt for the first time, i needed to borrow some blush and my aunt just like straight up gave me hers without any second thought. once i visited my cousin to help her with homework and she served me dinner and tea before even opening her laptop. ive started taking homemade desserts to the office just cause i really enjoy to feed people like my mom. once my teenage cousin was visiting us and every single time i took her out my dad would whisper "dont let her pay for anything", but then my uncle would try to hand me cash once we were back.

its not just with objects or money either. need help moving? want to learn how to cook something? tips for getting a job? dont have a ride?

i know this isnt a specifically palestinian or lebanese thing, or even an exclusively arab thing, but it really is one of my favorite things about my culture <3

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the grad cap from a year ago ❤️🖤🤍💚

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its so hard being an arab person that hates pistachios

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"Mind against tense nerves, "I" against "we", human needs and political obligations. The conflicts of these terms raged on in his life for the first few months." [chapter 2, page 56]

"The experience has to be lived from the beginning to the end, like a novel which one enjoys reading. Years of experience cannot be skipped over; one cannot tear through its stages. Can one ask a child to grow a mustache?" [chapter 2, page 58]

"Should we open the door for those who come to steal our freedom and lead us to the dungeons of torture? Should we open it for those who have come to tear the son away from the embrace of his mother, the father his children, and the woman from her newborn? He always thought of that as a form of "Arab generosity," reflecting the awe and fear that ought to be rooted out to plant the values of resistance and rebellion in their place." [chapter 3, page 68]

"He could not help smiling in view of his happiness with her and amusement at the insistent "interrogation" technique she had perfected. She was his mother, whose interrogations, insistence, and reprimands he had missed." [chapter 3, page 81]

Some of my favorite parts from The Trinity of Fundamentals by Wisam Rafeedie (translated by Dr. Muhammed Tutunji with the Palestinian Youth Movement) so far.

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does anyone know sticker companies that are good and reasonably priced? ive been meaning to make some palestine stickers, i have some designs already prepared

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im so glad im palestinian

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love when ppl tag my digital art with traditional art. like yes my goal was to make it look ambiguous... i did good

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i love blocking ppl