Middle Eastern Studies
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(Houthis 101 for dummies) This is an attempt to dive into the wild world of the Houthis without getting lost in the complexities, especially for a Western audience that has tried...
I’m encouraged to see more people taking an interest in the Houthis following their targeting of vessels in the Red Sea. Regardless of how you feel about the Houthis, they deserve...
It was a great honour to organise, along with Mohammed Abbasi, Shaykh Paul Salahuddin Armstrong, and Dr Elizabeth Philips, a new approach to Jewish-Muslim dialogue/relations at the...
Jizyah in light of the Bible and Islām [🧵] https://t.co/Ja2zr7LEJm
🧵 Positions of the Sunni armed resistance groups in Iraq against the American occupation towards Ba'athism and Saddam Hussein
(26): When we were in the mountains, the community was requested to report any Syrian or Palestinian soldiers who might be in the area. One day, we saw a soldier hiding in the bush...
What's happening today is a reason why Muslim scholarship has always been critical of territorial nationalism which creates ideological boundaries, not just physical ones that reli...
Half the reason I want to get premium is so I can have long form to explain how Arabs didn't "colonize the region" in a manner that is in the same universe as the zionists. Suffice...
The "border" between Egypt & Palestine was once a mere sign (circa 1939). Before then and before the British mandate, there was no sign. You knew you were in Egypt or Palestine upo...
On 3 Nov 1956, Israeli forces entered Khan Yunis (in Gaza Strip) to eradicate fighters. They rounded up all men 15+, lined them against a wall, & executed them. An 8-year boy, A...
Who are the original inhabitants of Palestine? If one of the lying Israelis said to you one day: This land originally belongs to us, how would you respond to him? It is better th...
As the war is continuing, I'd like to scribble down a few thoughts here about the extent and limitations of Israel's power, inspired by disputes with @novussubsole, @BaruchKogan (w...
The story of an Afghan mujahid refreshing the memories of Hanzala رضي الله عنه During the Soviet war in 1980s, there was an Afghan mujahid who was young and handsome in his early...
For those of us who are writers and readers, I noticed that a lot of folks aren't familiar with the rich canon of Palestinian literature and don't know where to begin reading. In r...
Many news outlets were reporting about the “inspiring” story of a 95 year old “Israeli” reservist, Ezra Yachin, returning for duty. But who is Yachin, and what is he known for? Let...
I’ll post excerpts from Ilan Pappé’s The Forgotten Palestinians in this thread (and those to come), thus summarizing the entire book or the most important parts, In Shā’ Allah. Thi...
Gaza (Thread) Many people supporting and many opposing Israel action on Gaza but Gaza is not entire Palestine Palestine is a one country but it acts like two separate countries...
Noor Al-Dīn Zangī, who had a dream to take Bayt al-Maqdis back from Crusaders. 1. Ibn Al-Athīr wrote, “I have read the biographies of the Muslim commanders, and I have not found a...
What are the actual causes of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict and why do Muslims worldwide rally to the Palestinian cause? Often there is a lot of obfuscation around this topic,...
Why does Egypt keep the border with Gaza closed? Why are there more Palestinian refugees in Jordan than in Palestine? Why doesn't Lebanon grant citizenship to Palestinian refugees?...
In the 1860s, Palestine, like much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa, had been under the control of the Turkish (Ottoman Empire) for a few hundred years. At th...
The Ottoman archives are full of documents that attest to the fact that Jews were not permitted to own land in Palestine. This ban was particularly enforced during the time of Sult...
Malcolm X on Zionism: "Did the Zionists have the legal or moral right to invade Arab Palestine, uproot its Arab citizens from their homes and seize all Arab property for themselves...
I am receiving messages from people asking for book recommendations on Palestine. I made a thread a while ago but I can't find it after changes of this platform, so here is another...
