Séamus Malekafzali
@seamus-malekafzali.com
Journalist and writer.
Writing about the Middle East at http://seamus-malekafzali.com and about film at http://burntnitrate.com.
Email: s.malekafzali@protonmail.com
Writing about the Middle East at http://seamus-malekafzali.com and about film at http://burntnitrate.com.
Email: s.malekafzali@protonmail.com
You know it's bad because The Free Press felt it needed to publish this.
January 26, 2026 at 8:16 PM
You know it's bad because The Free Press felt it needed to publish this.
Crazy that it's not this one!
January 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Crazy that it's not this one!
Trying as hard as I can and I just cannot imagine any one of these people actually putting up a fight against ICE in any meaningful way. The country is just speeding into a wall at the moment.
January 24, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Trying as hard as I can and I just cannot imagine any one of these people actually putting up a fight against ICE in any meaningful way. The country is just speeding into a wall at the moment.
looking up bars in the east village. go fuck yourself
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
looking up bars in the east village. go fuck yourself
Trying to find Lindsey Graham's memoir for an upcoming piece and I'm just shocked at how this thing just disappeared off the face of the Earth. No links on Amazon or eBay, no PDF on any pirate sites, not a damn person, even in passing, has thought about this book since 2015.
January 21, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Trying to find Lindsey Graham's memoir for an upcoming piece and I'm just shocked at how this thing just disappeared off the face of the Earth. No links on Amazon or eBay, no PDF on any pirate sites, not a damn person, even in passing, has thought about this book since 2015.
About to become more annoying than you people could possibly fathom
January 19, 2026 at 7:40 PM
About to become more annoying than you people could possibly fathom
Sometimes I'm watching a film and I just see a frame and I have to pause to say out loud, "God, what a shot!" From "The Strange Case of Angelica" (2010):
January 18, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Sometimes I'm watching a film and I just see a frame and I have to pause to say out loud, "God, what a shot!" From "The Strange Case of Angelica" (2010):
watching the new years celebrations in north korea and i'm sorry but this blows that andy cohen and anderson cooper times square shit out of the water
January 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
watching the new years celebrations in north korea and i'm sorry but this blows that andy cohen and anderson cooper times square shit out of the water
the dream of the 1980s female-sung power ballad with a sick electric guitar solo is still alive in pyongyang
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
the dream of the 1980s female-sung power ballad with a sick electric guitar solo is still alive in pyongyang
This man cannot be out here representing how our people look. I have never seen a neckbeard like this
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This man cannot be out here representing how our people look. I have never seen a neckbeard like this
I regret to inform you that the august osage county rip-off is a movie
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I regret to inform you that the august osage county rip-off is a movie
what Big Romance doesn't want to tell you is that reading in public as a man does work
October 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
what Big Romance doesn't want to tell you is that reading in public as a man does work
Acting Yemeni Prime Minister Muhammad Miftah says that Israel's assassination of PM Ahmed al-Rahawi will only make Yemen "more willing to make sacrifices", saying to "the crown of our heads in Gaza" that "we are with you...with our blood...with our lives".
August 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Acting Yemeni Prime Minister Muhammad Miftah says that Israel's assassination of PM Ahmed al-Rahawi will only make Yemen "more willing to make sacrifices", saying to "the crown of our heads in Gaza" that "we are with you...with our blood...with our lives".
Yemeni President al-Mashat on the war with Israel, following the IDF's killing of PM Ahmed al-Rahawi:
"If the pure, sacred blood of Yemen is spilled, even the thrones of empires that once ruled the world can fall. So what then of a wretched, contemptible, and vanishing entity?"
"If the pure, sacred blood of Yemen is spilled, even the thrones of empires that once ruled the world can fall. So what then of a wretched, contemptible, and vanishing entity?"
August 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yemeni President al-Mashat on the war with Israel, following the IDF's killing of PM Ahmed al-Rahawi:
"If the pure, sacred blood of Yemen is spilled, even the thrones of empires that once ruled the world can fall. So what then of a wretched, contemptible, and vanishing entity?"
"If the pure, sacred blood of Yemen is spilled, even the thrones of empires that once ruled the world can fall. So what then of a wretched, contemptible, and vanishing entity?"
Yemeni President Mahdi al-Mashat, addressing the nation, promises revenge for Israel's assassination of Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, that Yemen will never stop supporting Gaza, and that they will "forge victory from the depths of our wounds."
August 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Yemeni President Mahdi al-Mashat, addressing the nation, promises revenge for Israel's assassination of Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, that Yemen will never stop supporting Gaza, and that they will "forge victory from the depths of our wounds."
maybe it's because i'm just barely not a millennial but i can't fathom this being a relatable pet peeve
August 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
maybe it's because i'm just barely not a millennial but i can't fathom this being a relatable pet peeve
Russian author describe a person normally challenge difficulty level IMPOSSIBLE
August 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Russian author describe a person normally challenge difficulty level IMPOSSIBLE
Haaretz reports that renewed talk of annexing parts of Gaza to "put pressure on Hamas" is focused on its northern strip, the sites of 3 former Israeli settlements (colored blue) which were disengaged from in 2005.
August 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Haaretz reports that renewed talk of annexing parts of Gaza to "put pressure on Hamas" is focused on its northern strip, the sites of 3 former Israeli settlements (colored blue) which were disengaged from in 2005.
More video of Yemenis in Sana'a heading to protests for Gaza under heavy rains, trudging through flooding waters and huddled under umbrellas but still chanting for Palestine.
August 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
More video of Yemenis in Sana'a heading to protests for Gaza under heavy rains, trudging through flooding waters and huddled under umbrellas but still chanting for Palestine.
Even under heavy rains today, a constant stream of people heads to the Yemeni capital's main square to protest for Gaza.
August 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Even under heavy rains today, a constant stream of people heads to the Yemeni capital's main square to protest for Gaza.
Looking at this outfit that Steve Witkoff put on to tour a GHF distribution site in Gaza and the descriptor that comes to mind is "malicious oafishness".
August 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Looking at this outfit that Steve Witkoff put on to tour a GHF distribution site in Gaza and the descriptor that comes to mind is "malicious oafishness".
"Abu Dhabi is calling"
July 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Abu Dhabi is calling"