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Ayan
@ayan1187.bsky.social
· Mar 22
So uh... how exactly is America going to host the World Cup next year with all these travel and immigration restrictions?
Will there be detailed news cycles and discussions about the human rights violations committed by the US, both domestically and aboard, in relation to them hosting the World Cup, asking for a friend.
open.substack.com/pub/johnaziz...
“The irony is that the PA’s rejection simply signals that Palestinian diplomacy is reactive: if Israel recognises something, we oppose it—regardless of the underlying merits. That is less of a strategy, and more of a reflex”.
“The irony is that the PA’s rejection simply signals that Palestinian diplomacy is reactive: if Israel recognises something, we oppose it—regardless of the underlying merits. That is less of a strategy, and more of a reflex”.
Somaliland, Palestine, & Self-Determination
Self-determination is a principled stance
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
open.substack.com/pub/johnaziz...
“The irony is that the PA’s rejection simply signals that Palestinian diplomacy is reactive: if Israel recognises something, we oppose it—regardless of the underlying merits. That is less of a strategy, and more of a reflex”.
“The irony is that the PA’s rejection simply signals that Palestinian diplomacy is reactive: if Israel recognises something, we oppose it—regardless of the underlying merits. That is less of a strategy, and more of a reflex”.
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The UK government "urged us not to go Pakistan. And they said if we do go there, we won't have any kind of protection from their side if we get arrested."
A pretty shocking revelation from Kasim Khan, Imran Khan's son, about the Labour government.
Watch my full interview: zeteo.com/p/imran-khan...
A pretty shocking revelation from Kasim Khan, Imran Khan's son, about the Labour government.
Watch my full interview: zeteo.com/p/imran-khan...
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The UK government "urged us not to go Pakistan. And they said if we do go there, we won't have any kind of protection from their side if we get arrested."
A pretty shocking revelation from Kasim Khan, Imran Khan's son, about the Labour government.
Watch my full interview: zeteo.com/p/imran-khan...
A pretty shocking revelation from Kasim Khan, Imran Khan's son, about the Labour government.
Watch my full interview: zeteo.com/p/imran-khan...
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Heng Guan (Simplified Chinese: 关恒; Traditional Chinese: 關恆), a courageous whistleblower who exposed the Chinese government’s genocide against Uyghurs, is currently being unjustly detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
www.change.org/p/free-heng-...
www.change.org/p/free-heng-...
Sign the Petition
Free Heng Guan and End ICE’s Illegal Detention of Asylum Seekers
www.change.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Heng Guan (Simplified Chinese: 关恒; Traditional Chinese: 關恆), a courageous whistleblower who exposed the Chinese government’s genocide against Uyghurs, is currently being unjustly detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
www.change.org/p/free-heng-...
www.change.org/p/free-heng-...
As long as I have my people and Allah, I’m goooooood.
a red white and green flag with arabic writing on it
ALT: a red white and green flag with arabic writing on it
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
As long as I have my people and Allah, I’m goooooood.
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I think the case for Somaliland recognition has been strong for a decade (though I’m suspicious of Netanyahu’s intentions)
December 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I think the case for Somaliland recognition has been strong for a decade (though I’m suspicious of Netanyahu’s intentions)
Making hijra to nyc is wildd but that city is still gona see me
a woman in a floral dress is eating a piece of cake with her finger .
ALT: a woman in a floral dress is eating a piece of cake with her finger .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Making hijra to nyc is wildd but that city is still gona see me
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You live long enough to see America elect a white supremacist criminal President and then follow it up with a Muslim American mayor of NYC.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
You live long enough to see America elect a white supremacist criminal President and then follow it up with a Muslim American mayor of NYC.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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A New Yorker cover shouldn’t make me feel like this, but here it is, making me feel like this
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A New Yorker cover shouldn’t make me feel like this, but here it is, making me feel like this
“And your Lord is never forgetful”. [19:64] 🌒
Dick Cheney, widely regarded as the most powerful vice president in American history, has died at 84. Holding the No. 2 job under President George W. Bush, he was an architect of policies in an era of war and economic change. nyti.ms/4oWNLDn
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation’s No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an architect of policies in an era of war and economic change.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“And your Lord is never forgetful”. [19:64] 🌒
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In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
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Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City
Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.
bit.ly
August 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Al-Sharif killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.
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Palestinians in West Bank are unable to mourn 31-year-old Awdah, while the Israeli settler who shot him walks free.
Palestinian women on hunger strike to demand body of slain activist
Palestinians in West Bank are unable to mourn 31-year-old Awdah, while the Israeli settler who shot him walks free.
bit.ly
August 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Palestinians in West Bank are unable to mourn 31-year-old Awdah, while the Israeli settler who shot him walks free.
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We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales.
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
“a deliberate, systematic starvation of an entire population”
A statement by Doctors Against Genocide.
#Gaza
A statement by Doctors Against Genocide.
#Gaza
July 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales.
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
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Muslim groups in Florida are pressing for an investigation of a Florida-born man who was killed in the West Bank, reportedly in a clash with Israeli settlers.
Muslim groups call for Florida officials to investigate killing of Tampa man in West Bank
Muslim groups in Florida are pressing for an investigation of a Florida-born man who was killed in the West Bank, reportedly in a clash with Israeli settlers.
bit.ly
July 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Muslim groups in Florida are pressing for an investigation of a Florida-born man who was killed in the West Bank, reportedly in a clash with Israeli settlers.
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Wait until NYT finds out there are people from India who grew up in the Carribbean / South America
July 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Wait until NYT finds out there are people from India who grew up in the Carribbean / South America
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Correct.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
They pulled that on Obama too, or tried too.
July 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Correct.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
The common tactic we can see in the last ten years is that mixed-race politicians who claim Black international/ or African heritage are "not really Black" -- so as to dissuade Black Americans from supporting them.
See Obama, Harris, Mamdani.
Clockwork. Nasty work.
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For the record! A lot of us first-generation people dont fit into those dumb racial category boxes!
I identify as Black *and* West-African, and Nigerian/Ghanaian-American!
I identify as Black *and* West-African, and Nigerian/Ghanaian-American!
July 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
For the record! A lot of us first-generation people dont fit into those dumb racial category boxes!
I identify as Black *and* West-African, and Nigerian/Ghanaian-American!
I identify as Black *and* West-African, and Nigerian/Ghanaian-American!
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And if you don't know who in your community is working to help your immigrant neighbors, today is the day to learn.
July 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
And if you don't know who in your community is working to help your immigrant neighbors, today is the day to learn.
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US Treasury says it removed 518 Syrian individuals and entities from its list of sanctions after president’s decree.
Trump formally orders lifting of Syria sanctions
US Treasury says it removed 518 Syrian individuals and entities from its list of sanctions after president’s decree.
bit.ly
June 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
US Treasury says it removed 518 Syrian individuals and entities from its list of sanctions after president’s decree.
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We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.
www.axios.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
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MURPHY: Do you think it was right to deploy Nat Guard to defend the Capitol on J6?
HEGSETH: All I know is it's the right decision to be deploying the NG in LA
M: So you do not support the decision to send NG to defend the Capitol. That speaks to the worry many have that there's a double standard
HEGSETH: All I know is it's the right decision to be deploying the NG in LA
M: So you do not support the decision to send NG to defend the Capitol. That speaks to the worry many have that there's a double standard
June 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
MURPHY: Do you think it was right to deploy Nat Guard to defend the Capitol on J6?
HEGSETH: All I know is it's the right decision to be deploying the NG in LA
M: So you do not support the decision to send NG to defend the Capitol. That speaks to the worry many have that there's a double standard
HEGSETH: All I know is it's the right decision to be deploying the NG in LA
M: So you do not support the decision to send NG to defend the Capitol. That speaks to the worry many have that there's a double standard
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"Trump has claimed — though he has no authority to do so — to have repealed birthright citizenship, which was embedded in the Constitution at the end of slavery to guarantee Black Americans citizenship by birthright and grants automatic citizenship to all people born on American soil."
June 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Trump has claimed — though he has no authority to do so — to have repealed birthright citizenship, which was embedded in the Constitution at the end of slavery to guarantee Black Americans citizenship by birthright and grants automatic citizenship to all people born on American soil."