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@MKalousian

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Doctor๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€โš•๏ธ | PhD on #LebaneseCivilWar | Postdoc @warstudies by day, Arabic Literature by night | โ™ฅ๏ธ in Syria | Halawet el-jibin analyst | No views are my own

Damascus, also on a train ๐Ÿš‚๐Ÿ’จ
Joined September 2013
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
๐ŸŽ‰ ITโ€™S OUT ๐ŸŽ‰ My article โ€œBetween Invertible and Invertebrate Histories: The Evolution of Rachid Boudjedraโ€™s Snail-Manโ€ has been published by Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics. Huge thank you to @izzaziad who edited this special issue ๐Ÿ™Œ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Palestinian paramedic breaking down in tears as he tries his best to cheer up a baby theyโ€™ve just rescued.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Nobody intervened to help a boat at sea level. After hours of surveillance before it sank, somebody decided to let 750 people drown.
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Yes, itโ€™s called Iraq.
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White Lion II (NDDN) Wittoslav Lionovski
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Have you ever seen white people loot a truck?
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Cats fully understand Arabic and are, as evidenced in this video, more than capable of engaging with a sermon on Ramadan virtues. Humans, on the other hand, still copy ุฑู…ุถุงู† ูƒุฑูŠู… from Google Translate ๐Ÿคญ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Remembering Khaled Al-Asaad, #Syria โ€™s irreplaceable archaeologist, who was beheaded by ISIS on this day in 2015. He worked as head of #Palmyra โ€™s antiquities for over 50 years and chose to give up his life to protect the ancient city he loved.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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This orientalist cake ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Why do native speakers of Arabic get significantly less praise for writing whole PhDs in English than English speakers do for learning two hardly intelligible sentences in Arabic? ๐Ÿ˜’
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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So basically, they just sat there behind a screen and watched them all die.
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Vedat Yeler
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Frontex has released new images of the refugee ship that sank off the coast of Greece. The time frame in which the images of the ship were recorded shows that the ship was under Frontex surveillance hours before it sank. The Greek Coast Guard is also being informed. According toโ€ฆ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Yes, because Syria is an ugly country which deserves to be destroyed. France, on the other hand, is too pretty to suffer the same.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Just in case you missed the news, Israel attacked #Damascus again last night. (Photos from SANA)
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@rayngoldberg - โ€œRamadan is comingโ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ - โ€œmeowโ€
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@PocoLCMoore I canโ€™t stop thinking about him
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Baby girl and her brother are now out after 17 hours under the rubble of their home in #Idlib .
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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โ€œWe are doing everything we can to minimize civilian casualties.โ€
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
Arabic word of the day: ุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ุญููŠุท [an-naแธฅฤซแนญ] - when you cry on the inside, out of pain, but donโ€™t show it
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โ€œArmenians leave simply because they want to.โ€
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
Israeli forces are killing Palestinians with no accountability. Here are some of their names/photos. Thread ๐Ÿงต
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
This award winning journalist has just found out that humans outside America have eyes too. Congratulations on this groundbreaking discovery ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
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Shelly Kittleson
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Some Afghans do have blue eyes. For example, this local fighter from eastern #Afghanistan who wanted a selfie with me when reporting from his area in late July.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
ISIS seized Palmyra in May, earlier that year. They reduced thousands of years of history into rubble within seconds. Some of the sites they blew up include Temple of Bel, Temple of Baalshamin, Arc of Triumph, and the tetrapylon.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
When will people drop the โ€œthis is not Syriaโ€ line?? Why is โ€œthis is Franceโ€ such an incredibly shocking revelation??
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This is not Syria or Libya -This is France. Protests against Macronโ€™s pension reform have become widespread and violent.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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I want to do a thread on #Damascus courtyards one day, but for now do admire Beit Zafran, Beit Al-Wali, and Beit Rumman โ›ฒ๏ธ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Israel bombing #Tartus #Syria now. Again. Is anybody counting anymore??
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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The victim blaming in the community note is abhorrent: โ€œthey refused our help so we just let them drownโ€. The Sunday Times interviewed some of the survivors. This is what they had to say ๐Ÿ‘‡
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28000 lives later, Palestinians are still being found dead in worldโ€™s most mysterious fate.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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18 words to describe types of rain in Arabic โ˜”๏ธ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Photo of Syrian Thaer al-Rahal and his 4 year old son Khalid who was diagnosed with leukaemia last year and needed a bone-marrow transplant. Thaer drowned trying to get to Europe to earn money and save his sonโ€™s life. Beyond tragic!
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Lina Mounzer
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โ€œThe story of howโ€ฆ 750 migrants [ended] up in one of the Mediterraneanโ€™s deadliest shipwrecks is bigger than any one of the victims. But for everyone, it started somewhere, and for Thaer Khalid al-Rahal it started with cancer.โ€ Just incredible reporting
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There isnโ€™t a day when I donโ€™t think about this medic and the small baby and wonder whether theyโ€™ve survived the barbarity of the past six months.
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Palestinian paramedic breaking down in tears as he tries his best to cheer up a baby theyโ€™ve just rescued.
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I would love to know how this entire 18th century Damascene room - comprising six wall panels and four double doors - made it all the way from Syria to the UK.
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Beyond catastrophic scenes from #Latakia this morning. I am inconsolable ๐Ÿ’”
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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On Mloukhie: Stop mashing up your mloukhie leaves into liquid green sludge! Itโ€™s not a soup and itโ€™s not meant to look like one. This ๐Ÿ‘Œ This is nasty ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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This video of a Lebanese lady playing the piano in her destroyed home is more useful and more relevant than all of the hot take articles already published on #Beirut in the last 24 hours.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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There isnโ€™t a week when I donโ€™t find out about a new Iraqi artist. Look at these by Maisoon Al-Rubaโ€™i ๐ŸŽจ
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The beauty of traditional Palestinian clothing ๐Ÿ˜
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1 year
#Latakia in mourning. Entire families have died ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
Also Benny Gantz:
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ื‘ื ื™ ื’ื ืฅ - Benny Gantz
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As an Israeli, as a Jew and as a human being, my heart aches seeing the images of people going hungry on the streets of Lebanon.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Bringing back this Armenia-Palestine print ๐Ÿคโค๏ธ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
โ€œWe are writing to let you know that your GoFundMe account has been closed due to sanctions involving an unsupported country [ #Syria ] & a violation of the Prohibited Conduct section of our Terms of Service.โ€ Show this to whoever tells you sanctions donโ€™t affect ordinary Syrians.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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This orientalist fiasco of an article is about how American values have empowered the Middle East since 1866. This article was published... today.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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I have so much to say about โ€˜refugee artโ€™ and the refugee art industry.. so many places to begin.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Hereโ€™s a baklawa ice cream slice recipe. God help us ๐Ÿ˜ฃ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
2 months
Today is an excellent excuse to bring back this video of this man and his attentive audience of Ramadan cats ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š
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Bear with them for theyโ€™ve never held a pen and a piece of paper before ๐Ÿ‘ž๐Ÿ‘ž๐Ÿ‘ž
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Iโ€™ve been following the work of #Iraqi artists for quite a long time. Their work has an unparalleled elegance and a spirit I am in love with ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š So - every Saturday, Iโ€™ll grace your timeline with the art of a favourite ๐Ÿช„โœจ This will be an ongoing thread ๐Ÿ˜Š 1๏ธโƒฃ Wasmaa Al-Agha
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1 year
Lebanon is starting to look like one of those unstable police states in the west. Shocking scenes! One has to be reminded that this is not France or the US ๐Ÿ˜Œ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Happy birthday to the ultimate Scorpio โ™๏ธ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Israel attacked #Latakia port again last night. Mum sent me photos of the shattered glass windows of our house. I feel so broken ๐Ÿ˜ž
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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There - Iโ€™ve cut him out so we can all enjoy the photos in peace and quiet ๐Ÿ˜Œ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Nothing annoys #Syria experts more than a petition to remove the sanctions illegally punishing the Syrian people. Look at all those massive threads on why itโ€™s such a bad idea for Syrians to - god forbid - have electricity for 48 hours.. ุนู…ู‡ู„ูƒ ู…ุง ูŠุทู‚ู„ูƒ ุดูŠ ุนุฑู‚ ุฃู†ุช ูˆ ูŠุงู‡ุง
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Lilian Audeh and Assef Al-Mahmoud, pharmacist and cardiologist, are two of several Syrians Israel killed in #Damascus last night.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Iโ€™m writing an article on tea in popular #Iraqi culture, and itโ€™s been so much fun so far. Here are a few paintings by some of the Iraqi artists Iโ€™ve been writing about. If you know of any other examples I should include, let me know and I will ๐Ÿซ–๐Ÿงต
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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After zaatar, pistachio is the second best thing to ever happen to croissants. Also, there was this place in Latakia which made incredible pizza croissants, upsetting both the Italian and the French in one go ๐Ÿ˜ Third place goes to that!
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Your guide to eternity types in Arabic โ†”๏ธ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
This photo is now four years old. #Aleppo
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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๐Ÿ“ฃ๐Ÿ“ฃ Ghada Al-Samman is publishing the letters Nizar Qabbani wrote to her.
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I donโ€™t think enough people understand or appreciate the important role labne plays in our lives ๐Ÿ™Œ
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3 years
Foreign Policy is treating us all to a flourish of shameless orientalist buffoonery on #Tunisia .
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
While we are on the subject of Arabic-speaking cats, here are five Arabic novels and short story collections in which cats play - as they should - a central role. There are many more, but if you have any particular favourites, do add them ๐Ÿ˜Š #Thread ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿˆ
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Edward Said in neon ๐Ÿ’Ž
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Aleppo breaks my soul ๐Ÿ˜ž
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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โžก๏ธ Mahmoud Darwish, Mohammed Mahdi Al-Jawahiri, Samih Al-Qasim
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Italy: Coronavirus outbreak Iran: Coronavirus super-spreader
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Final farewells to Khaled Khalifa in Damascus.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
Elias Khoury, Mahmoud Darwish, Samir Kassir, and Marcel Khalife at the Sabra and Shatila monument in 1999 ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
2 years
Excuse me while I watch Israel attack my home town again. #Latakia
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
#Damascus doing its thing ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿชด
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
2 years
I made halawet el-jibin with 2ashta last night, my greatest achievement to date ๐Ÿคค๐Ÿ˜‹
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Edward Saidโ€™s face when he is introduced as โ€œsomebody with a towel on their head.. sand, maybe a camel and a pyramidโ€ ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
According to SANA, one of the three bodies found near #Palmyra today is believed to be of #Syrian archaeologist Khaled Al-Asaad who was beheaded by ISIS for refusing to betray the ancient city. The now destroyed 32AD Temple of Baal is one of his most famous restoration projects.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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Thereโ€™s a horrific video circulating of this child being brutally tortured as he lies on the ground screaming and begging his kidnappers to stop. 6 years old Fawaz was kidnapped in #Daraa and has reportedly been missing for months. ุบุงุจุฉ ูŠุง ุณูˆุฑูŠุง.. #ุงู„ุทูู„_ููˆุงุฒ #ุงู†ู‚ุฐูˆุง_ููˆุงุฒ_ู‚ุทูŠูุงู†
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
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I have a feeling many people donโ€™t understand the concept of a spokesperson, but I hope this thread helps your useless community note.
@KallergisK
๐™บ๐š˜๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐šœ ๐™บ๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐š’๐šœ
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๐Ÿšจ Breaking: Main @HCoastGuard narrative about the #Pylos #shipwreck refuted. Our investigation (with @Beaking_News ) shows that the migrant boat did NOT have a steady course to Italy before it capsized. #Greece #Kalamata #ฮ ฯ…ฮปฮฟฯ‚ #refugeesgr #osint
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
โ€œMy thoughts are with the people of Syria, as long as they donโ€™t attempt to come to the UK. We have blocked every possible immigration route so they now either drown in the Mediterranean or die of hypothermia in refugee camps. The UK stands ready to help in whatever way we can.โ€
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Rishi Sunak
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My thoughts are with the people of Tรผrkiye and Syria this morning, particularly with those first responders working so valiantly to save those trapped by the earthquake. The UK stands ready to help in whatever way we can.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
2 years
@SecBlinken Describing what Israeli occupation forces did to the Palestinian mourners as โ€œintrudingโ€ makes it sound like it was all no more than just a minor inconvenience.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
5 years
Ladies & gentlemen, I present to you Dr Madonna Kalousian. Passed viva today with no corrections ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿป๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿพ๐ŸŽŠ HUGE thank you to my supervisor Dr Lindsey Moore ( @PocoLCMoore ) and to my examiners Prof Ziad Elmarsafy ( @izzaziad ) and Prof Arthur Bradley for an amazing viva ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
6 months
If you see anybody sharing that famous photograph of Edward Said throwing a stone, please let me know. I would like to show them these three pages from Najla Saidโ€™s memoir in which she tells the real story behind the photo ๐Ÿ“–
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
Incomprehensible levels of devastation, despair, and suffering in #Aleppo . Itโ€™s -4ยฐc tonight and people are still under the rubble and still digging with their bare hands.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
Israel attacked #Damascus a few minutes ago.. missiles landing on peopleโ€™s homes in the middle of the night.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
In #Aleppo and #Idlib , the UN flag now flies upside down over the rubble in condemnation of its morally indefensible absence of effective humanitarian action. Seven days on and the UN continues to make up false narratives of โ€˜political complexityโ€™ and โ€˜logistical barriersโ€™.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
4 years
Devastating footage from Syria! My heart is breaking ๐Ÿ’” #ุญุฑุงุฆู‚_ุณูˆุฑูŠุง #ุณูˆุฑูŠุง_ุชุญุชุฑู‚
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
@ElixirSpice Thatโ€™s actually true ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
4 years
"Ode to My Non-Arabic Lover" ๐Ÿ“–
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
4 years
Deir Mar Musa by night โœจ #Syria
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
2 years
This afternoon, I would like to dedicate a flying ุดุญุงุทุฉ to academics who come here to announce how thrilled they are with their publications on #Palestine , but who choose to remain silent on Israeli land theft and real-time ethnic cleaning operations against the Palestinians.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
This is the most perfect thing I've watched in a long, long time โœจโœจ #PharaohsGoldenParade #ู…ูˆูƒุจ_ุงู„ู…ูˆู…ูŠุงูˆุงุช_ุงู„ู…ู„ูƒูŠุฉ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
The Arabic word โ€˜wastaโ€™ written in English, in italics, as though cronyism, favouritism, and nepotism are exotic wonders from somewhere else.
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Dr. Ian Garner
3 years
If you could banish one academic word for good, what would it be?
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
2 years
Arabic for written emails is a whole other language. You donโ€™t want to sound pretentious so you donโ€™t use fusha, and you donโ€™t want to sound too casual so you ditch your ditsy shami. The balance between the two is so artificial and cringy. Why are people normalising this? ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
Three more likes and Iโ€™ll do a thread on types of crying in Arabic.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
Arabic word of the day: ุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ุญููŠุท [an-naแธฅฤซแนญ] - when you cry on the inside, out of pain, but donโ€™t show it
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
Elias Khoury on teaching a seminar with Edward Said. __ From interview with Robyn Creswell for The Paris Review.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
2 years
#Latakia this morning after Israelโ€™s second attack on the port in three weeks.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
10 months
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
A tsunami warning has just been issued for Syria and Turkey following yet another 6.4 magnitude earthquake. How much can the people take?? ๐Ÿ˜ž
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
4 years
Drastically improving your timeline with this photo of Mahmoud Darwish, Samih Al-Qasem, and Tawfiq Zayyad ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
2 years
This photo of Krak des Chevaliers, #Syria
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
Very, very sad that Nawal El-Saadawi has just passed away ๐Ÿ’” What a loss! Photo of her in Tahrir Square in 2011.. She showed up with a pen and paper.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
1 year
Still practicing your Arabic ุนุฏุฏ and ู…ุนุฏูˆุฏ??? Hereโ€™s a little exercise which I hope makes you feel a little bit dizzy ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’ซ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
Our desserts:
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
Hereโ€™s a photo of young Mahmoud Darwish with Abed Abdi (1963) to upgrade your timeline ๐Ÿ“ธ
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
11 months
I believe the survivors & not the spokesperson of a complicit institution, but let me repeat this for the lies of the community note Twitter attached to my earlier tweet: ๐Ÿ“ฃ the Greek coastguard capsized the boat, moved away & watched for 20 minutes while people were drowning ๐Ÿ“ฃ
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Pavlos Roufos
11 months
Testimonies of the survivors of #Pylos appear to confirm the worse. Not only did the ropes of the coast guard capsize the boat but after, they moved away and observed for 20 min while people were drowning. This and more in a @WELTAMSONNTAG investigation.
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Madonna Kalousian ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿฅ„
3 years
LOOK AT #ALEPPO ๐Ÿ’– Video from yesterday's Palm Sunday celebrations at the Maronite Church of Mar Elias.
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