Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini
@karimwafa.bsky.social
Indigenous Writer. Historian. Lecturer & Poet.
PhD in Southern African American History.
I write about culture, identity, empire and books.
Author of: child of a stolen homeland
For more: https://linktr.ee/karimwafa
PhD in Southern African American History.
I write about culture, identity, empire and books.
Author of: child of a stolen homeland
For more: https://linktr.ee/karimwafa
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I HAVE BIG NEWS 🎉🎉
I am so happy to share with you all the release of my first book: a poetry collection dedicated to the heritage of indigenous people and the histories of our ancestors.
It is now available in Amazon stores across the world with worldwide shipping.
I am so happy to share with you all the release of my first book: a poetry collection dedicated to the heritage of indigenous people and the histories of our ancestors.
It is now available in Amazon stores across the world with worldwide shipping.
Most people say they love humanity. But the truth is that many of them only love humanity in theory. Not in actuality. They love the idea of justice, until the victims don’t look like them, speak their language, pray their prayers, or resist on their own terms.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Most people say they love humanity. But the truth is that many of them only love humanity in theory. Not in actuality. They love the idea of justice, until the victims don’t look like them, speak their language, pray their prayers, or resist on their own terms.
Every empire edits its memory before it collapses.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Every empire edits its memory before it collapses.
Empathy, the core of the humanities, is feared because it threatens the dehumanizing logic of empire. Empathy destabilizes the system’s hierarchies by forcing us to see the world through others’ pain and resilience.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Empathy, the core of the humanities, is feared because it threatens the dehumanizing logic of empire. Empathy destabilizes the system’s hierarchies by forcing us to see the world through others’ pain and resilience.
Protecting your peace is spiritual hygiene.
Not everything is yours to carry.
Not everything is yours to carry.
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Protecting your peace is spiritual hygiene.
Not everything is yours to carry.
Not everything is yours to carry.
Never lose hope.
Because a better world is possible.
Because a better world is possible.
November 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Never lose hope.
Because a better world is possible.
Because a better world is possible.
Privilege is not comfort. It is the absence of consequence for your comfort.
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Privilege is not comfort. It is the absence of consequence for your comfort.
Capitalism wants us productive. Art reminds us to be present. Capitalism wants content. Art wants meaning. Capitalism isolates. Art connects. Even when made in private, even when it never leaves your notebook, art is still a way back to yourself. Above all, art connects us to the spirit of creation.
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Capitalism wants us productive. Art reminds us to be present. Capitalism wants content. Art wants meaning. Capitalism isolates. Art connects. Even when made in private, even when it never leaves your notebook, art is still a way back to yourself. Above all, art connects us to the spirit of creation.
As a historian and writer, this is scary.
A society that replaces its thinkers, historians and writers with AI isn’t a society I want to be a part of.
A society that replaces its thinkers, historians and writers with AI isn’t a society I want to be a part of.
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
As a historian and writer, this is scary.
A society that replaces its thinkers, historians and writers with AI isn’t a society I want to be a part of.
A society that replaces its thinkers, historians and writers with AI isn’t a society I want to be a part of.
I am so tired of evil people being in charge of everything in this world.
November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I am so tired of evil people being in charge of everything in this world.
I don’t think people realise how bad it’s getting.
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I don’t think people realise how bad it’s getting.
Capitalism wants us productive. Art reminds us to be present. Capitalism wants content. Art wants meaning. Capitalism isolates. Art connects. Even when made in private, even when it never leaves your notebook, art is still a way back to yourself. Above all, art connects us to the spirit of creation.
November 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Capitalism wants us productive. Art reminds us to be present. Capitalism wants content. Art wants meaning. Capitalism isolates. Art connects. Even when made in private, even when it never leaves your notebook, art is still a way back to yourself. Above all, art connects us to the spirit of creation.
The most dangerous form of racism is the one that believes it has already ended.
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The most dangerous form of racism is the one that believes it has already ended.
Being a writer is mostly resisting the urge to start something new instead of finishing the thing that you’ve been putting off for most of your life.
October 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Being a writer is mostly resisting the urge to start something new instead of finishing the thing that you’ve been putting off for most of your life.
I’m tired of living through historical events. We could’ve all happily been living in nature eating fruits and swimming in the sea but no a small percentage of the world’s population wanted to see what life would look like if we were all stressed, angry, struggling and anxious.
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I’m tired of living through historical events. We could’ve all happily been living in nature eating fruits and swimming in the sea but no a small percentage of the world’s population wanted to see what life would look like if we were all stressed, angry, struggling and anxious.
Refusing to be numb is a radical act.
Caring about the earth while they drill it.
Caring about strangers while they deport them.
Caring about truth while they erase it.
You’re not ‘too sensitive.’ Don’t let them make you be ashamed of your empathy and humanity. You’re still human. Stay that way.
Caring about the earth while they drill it.
Caring about strangers while they deport them.
Caring about truth while they erase it.
You’re not ‘too sensitive.’ Don’t let them make you be ashamed of your empathy and humanity. You’re still human. Stay that way.
October 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Refusing to be numb is a radical act.
Caring about the earth while they drill it.
Caring about strangers while they deport them.
Caring about truth while they erase it.
You’re not ‘too sensitive.’ Don’t let them make you be ashamed of your empathy and humanity. You’re still human. Stay that way.
Caring about the earth while they drill it.
Caring about strangers while they deport them.
Caring about truth while they erase it.
You’re not ‘too sensitive.’ Don’t let them make you be ashamed of your empathy and humanity. You’re still human. Stay that way.
He’s going to invade Venezuela because of oil. Nothing else.
Don’t be fooled by the excuses and propaganda.
Don’t be fooled by the excuses and propaganda.
October 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
He’s going to invade Venezuela because of oil. Nothing else.
Don’t be fooled by the excuses and propaganda.
Don’t be fooled by the excuses and propaganda.
You cannot understand what the United States is doing in the Caribbean and especially in Venezuela without knowing the history of the American empire’s obsession with resource extractive capitalism of Indigenous Brown & Black nations under the guise of benevolent interventionism.
October 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
You cannot understand what the United States is doing in the Caribbean and especially in Venezuela without knowing the history of the American empire’s obsession with resource extractive capitalism of Indigenous Brown & Black nations under the guise of benevolent interventionism.
They say books won’t change the world.
Tell that to every colonizer who burned them.
To every enslaved person who was punished for reading.
Literacy is resistance.
Literacy is liberation.
The library is a battlefield.
Tell that to every colonizer who burned them.
To every enslaved person who was punished for reading.
Literacy is resistance.
Literacy is liberation.
The library is a battlefield.
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
They say books won’t change the world.
Tell that to every colonizer who burned them.
To every enslaved person who was punished for reading.
Literacy is resistance.
Literacy is liberation.
The library is a battlefield.
Tell that to every colonizer who burned them.
To every enslaved person who was punished for reading.
Literacy is resistance.
Literacy is liberation.
The library is a battlefield.
you know what’s cool?
empathy
empathy
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
you know what’s cool?
empathy
empathy
this is your daily reminder that reading books is the most powerful act of resistance in a fascist society that thrives on the normalisation of ignorance and anti-intellectualism.
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
this is your daily reminder that reading books is the most powerful act of resistance in a fascist society that thrives on the normalisation of ignorance and anti-intellectualism.
If your beliefs lead you to dehumanize others for who they are, because of their race, gender, religion, or where they’re from, then it’s not others who need saving.
It’s your definition of love that needs healing.
It’s your definition of love that needs healing.
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
If your beliefs lead you to dehumanize others for who they are, because of their race, gender, religion, or where they’re from, then it’s not others who need saving.
It’s your definition of love that needs healing.
It’s your definition of love that needs healing.
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future. You need a bookshelf. Every time this has happened before — the censorship, the fascism, the rewriting of history — books tried to warn us.
October 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future. You need a bookshelf. Every time this has happened before — the censorship, the fascism, the rewriting of history — books tried to warn us.
writing tip: if you’re stuck, take a walk. if that doesn’t work, read a poem. if that fails, place your manuscript gently in the freezer for 2-3 business days to let the spirits possess it
October 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
writing tip: if you’re stuck, take a walk. if that doesn’t work, read a poem. if that fails, place your manuscript gently in the freezer for 2-3 business days to let the spirits possess it
being a writer is wild like yeah i just invented a guy. now he’s crying in a church. i don’t know why exactly. we’re both figuring it out.
October 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
being a writer is wild like yeah i just invented a guy. now he’s crying in a church. i don’t know why exactly. we’re both figuring it out.