Arbella Bet-Shlimon
@abshlimon.bsky.social
Historian (Iraq + elsewhere), Assyrian, Seattle | author, City of Black Gold (sup.org/books/middle-east-studies/city-black-gold) | personal account | she/هي/ܗܝ
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Oh I bet they do, I’ve not yet met a 6yo who doesn’t know that joke
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Oh I bet they do, I’ve not yet met a 6yo who doesn’t know that joke
Dick Cheney dreamt of a unitary executive and now we all have to live in his nightmare.
We have a word for leaders who starve their own people to force unpopular political policies.
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Iraqi writer Riverbend, September 2003: “Iraq is being sold- piece by piece. People are outraged. The companies are going to start buying chunks of Iraq...[that] the Governing Council and CPA don’t reward to the ‘Supporters of Freedom’.“ riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2003/09/?m=1...
Baghdad Burning
Girl Blog from Iraq... let's talk war, politics and occupation.
riverbendblog.blogspot.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Iraqi writer Riverbend, September 2003: “Iraq is being sold- piece by piece. People are outraged. The companies are going to start buying chunks of Iraq...[that] the Governing Council and CPA don’t reward to the ‘Supporters of Freedom’.“ riverbendblog.blogspot.com/2003/09/?m=1...
“One by one...a blue minivan was fired on; three people were killed. An old man, walking with a cane on the side of the road, was shot and killed. It is unclear what he was doing there; perhaps he was confused and scared and just trying to get away from the city.” archive.ph/GOm0t
archive.ph
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“One by one...a blue minivan was fired on; three people were killed. An old man, walking with a cane on the side of the road, was shot and killed. It is unclear what he was doing there; perhaps he was confused and scared and just trying to get away from the city.” archive.ph/GOm0t
ASSYRIAN FAQ
Q: Are there Assyrian White Sox fans?
A: Yes, I met one once
Q: Are there Assyrian White Sox fans?
A: Yes, I met one once
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
ASSYRIAN FAQ
Q: Are there Assyrian White Sox fans?
A: Yes, I met one once
Q: Are there Assyrian White Sox fans?
A: Yes, I met one once
Good reminder to work a baseball metaphor into the final edits
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good reminder to work a baseball metaphor into the final edits
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM