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stelhami.bsky.social
Magnificent Wadi Rum
(By Isam Telhami)
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 AM
godin.bsky.social
Recent PlanetScope imagery from @planet.com shows a new 2.6km-long berm that's been built by the IDF in south central Gaza near Kisufim Road. The berm roughly follows the "Yellow Line" that divides IDF-occupied areas and the rest of Gaza. Similar berms are visible elsewhere in the north and south.
A PlanetScope satellite image from Planet Labs showing south central Gaza on January 12, 2026. Two roads are labeled — Salah al-Deen Road going north and south and Kisufim Road, which runs from Salah al-Deen to the Gaza-Israel border. The Yellow Line is also indicated running north and south through the image. There is a large amount of destruction visible in the image, especially in the two visible towns — Wadi al-Salqa and Al-Qarara. An IDF outpost is visible as is a paved aid staging area. A PlanetScope satellite image from Planet Labs showing south central Gaza on February 11, 2026. Two roads are labeled — Salah al-Deen Road going north and south and Kisufim Road, which runs from Salah al-Deen to the Gaza-Israel border. The Yellow Line is also indicated running north and south through the image. There is a large amount of destruction visible in the image, especially in the two visible towns — Wadi al-Salqa and Al-Qarara. An IDF outpost is visible as is a paved aid staging area. A long dirt berm is now visible, bisecting Kisufim Road and running toward the north. It's 2.6km long and follows closely with the Yellow Line.
February 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
lesleymcf.bsky.social
March news! Come join us for our next CISA seminar on March 4th to hear Dr Muna Dajani, Fellow in Environment at LSE, talk on 'Wadi Gaza: a river valley recalcitrant to erasure'. More information and link on the CISA website to sign up.
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
The importance of a river's life.
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
dinnerinalaska.bsky.social
🧵 20 years ago tomorrow, we got married in Jordan’s Wadi Rum Desert. We met on E Dock in Seward, AK. We worked for different tour boat companies & one day I offered to take the trash bags she was carrying up the dock for her in my cart. We dated a few months & then ran away on an adventure (1/3)
February 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
freydalpishti.bsky.social
Probably the worst example is the detention of Nidal Wadi--a Palestinian man who fled Hamas because he’s gay, but was flagged as a national‑security threat and is being held as a prisoner for no reason whatsoever.

Here's a good piece about him (in Bulgarian)
February 11, 2026 at 1:09 PM
karlgalle.bsky.social
There's a museum and paleontological site for that, next time you're in Egypt! fayoumegypt.com/wadi-hitan-f... and www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic... 😃 🐋
Wadi Hitan Fossil & Climate Change Museum
In the desert valley of Wadi al-Hitan, some 150 km southwest of Cairo, Egypt has unveiled what it said is the Middle East’s first museum dedicated to fossils that showcases an early form of w…
fayoumegypt.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 AM
dinnerinalaska.bsky.social
To the Middle East, I asked her to marry me on a roof top Istanbul, then got married several months later in the Wadi Rum. We ended up living in Jordan for 5 years. We traveled a lot then, so many adventures! Came back to AK in 2011 (2/3)
February 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
croco.fnordon.de.ap.brid.gy
'Pflanzen, die an seltsamen Stellen wachsen' #FotoVorschlag

Pancratium sickenbergeri mitten im Wadi Rum, einer Felsenwüste mit Sand.
February 10, 2026 at 7:05 AM
croco-dylus.bsky.social
'Pflanzen, die an seltsamen Stellen wachsen' #FotoVorschlag

Pancratium sickenbergeri mitten im Wadi Rum, einer Felsenwüste mit Sand.

Eine wellige grüne Pflanze ruht an einem Sandstrand. Die Pflanze hat gekräuselte und verdrehte Blätter, die sich vom hellbraunen Sand abheben. A wavy green plant rests on a sandy beach. The plant features curled and twisted leaves, contrasting against the light brown sand.
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 AM
worldagainstjose.bsky.social
Wadi Rum is very cool. Shooting site for some Star Wars and Dune
February 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
janpsolivagant.bsky.social
🙏 @dragonslayerma.bsky.social host of #PromptCombo
#writing #poetry as #ecstasy

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#newpoem: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2026

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#LucidDream #Flow #Sumer #creation #archetypes #DepthPsychology #Ibis #Seer
Seer-Scribe Amid alluvial Thresholds in Sumer, They invent Writing to pin and hitch Fugitive dreams to Dried mud. Lucid dreams, Ur-casts of fiction, Emerge from the Liminal crucible of Mesopotamia - Slumbering squints that Monitor the offing for Rising water. Lucidity - An inch awake, An inch outside, yet Mostly inside the Dream. Creation - An inch asleep, An inch inside, yet Mostly outside the Tale. Cyclic Wetland-and-cropland To-and-fro Mimicked in the Drowsed-or-rousted Flutter of vision that Sends the Father of Multitudes Forth out of Ur. Poetry is Alien until they Dream of Inundation. Torrential Waters sweep Tree, carrion and Debris into the Wadi where they Stand stock-still - Half-eager, Half-affright – until They swallow the Flood. In the Oozed afterglow, Ibis, stilt and Egret score Symbol or keepsake into Sweated mudbricks Idling in the sun: Winged pages bearing the Gift of writing from an Underworld dream-teller - Geshtinanna, Seer-Scribe of Sumer. ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2026
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 AM
middleeastmonitor.bsky.social
No international reaction to Israel’s admission of killing over 70,000 in Gaza

by Ramona Wadi
No international reaction to Israel’s admission of killing over 70,000 in Gaza
The international community ought to be acknowledged for its role in blotting out the meaning of genocide since October 2023. Without global complicity, the Geneva Convention’s definition of genoci…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM
dropsitenews.com
🇱🇧 LEBANON | Israeli fire hit multiple areas across southern & eastern Lebanon on Thu., stretching from the border villages in the south to the Hermel highlands in the northeast.

➤ Along the southern border, a Merkava tank shelled the outskirts of Yaroun, w/ add'l machine-gun fire directed at the...
@DropSiteNews 🇱🇧 LEBANON | Israeli fire hit multiple areas across southern and eastern Lebanon on Thursday, stretching from the border villages in the south to the Hermel highlands in the northeast. ➤ Along the southern border, a Merkava tank shelled the outskirts of Yaroun, with additional machine-gun fire directed at the area. Gunfire was also reported from the Marj site toward the outskirts of Markaba. ➤ In eastern Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes hit several elevated areas in and around Hermel, including the Zahreen (video 2) and Sharbin heights, as well as the highlands of Boudai (video 3). ➤ Additional strikes were reported in the Mahmoudiya area and in Wadi Barghaz, including the Zaghreen area between Barghaz and Qatrani (video 1). Source: Info from Al-Manar relayed by @cbonneauimages , with videos compiled by @galpalpheebs See new posts Conversation courtneybonneauimages @cbonneauimages 🔴Summary of Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory on 5/1/2026: 🟠 A Merkava tank targeted the outskirts of Yaroun with two shells. 🟠 Airstrikes targeted the Zahreen Heights in the Hermel highlands. 🟠 Airstrikes targeted the Sharbin Heights in the Hermel highlands. 🟠 Airstrikes targeted the highlands of the town of Boudai. 🟠 Airstrikes targeted the Mahmoudiya area. 🟠 Airstrikes targeted the Wadi Barghaz area. 🟠 Airstrikes targeted the Zaghreen area between Barghaz and Qatrani. 🟠 Machine gun fire was directed towards Yaroun. 🟠Machine gun combing from the Marj site towards the outskirts of the town of Markaba.
February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
mschaub.bsky.social
Beispiel: Mahmoud Essam Ibrahim Wadi, der am 2. Dezember 2025 bei einem israelischen Drohnenangriff neutralisiert wurde, wurde als Fotojournalist und Drohnenfotograf aus Gaza für mehrere lokale und internationale Medien betrauert. Auf seinem Grabstein wird er als "Mujahedin" (Kämpfer) bezeichnet.
Todesanzeige von Mahmoud Essam Ibrahim Wadi beim Internationalem Journalistenverband IFJ Grabstein von Mahmoud Essam Ibrahim Wadi auf dem er als Mudschahedin bezeichnet wird
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
agathapassavelli.bsky.social
minha amiga mais inteligente e estudada doutorada Isadora Wadi @sacaneada.bsky.social disse que é como ver baleias a gente lê lê lê sem entender e de repente BALEIA

e me ajudou muito ler textos mais difíceis
February 5, 2026 at 4:35 PM
viamarsala18.bsky.social
Holy Land will have a Benito special, inspired by his statement at the Grammys last weekend, for superbowl Sunday. I know where I’m getting takeout!
1:22 We've Been Searching for the Right Words and Honestly, We've Been Scared to Say Them. As a Palestinian-owned, immigrant-founded business, the past weeks have been heavy. When your story is tied to displacement, resilience, and the fight to belong, moments like these don't just make headlines, they hit home. Mama Fatima and the Wadi brothers came to America looking for a better life. A place they could finally call home. A place where they could raise their kids with dignity, safety, and opportunity. For more than 35 years, Minneapolis has been that home. Majdi always says that in America, "beyond the stars are our limits." That belief, that hope is bigger than fear is what built this business. We built Holy Land for immigrants, by immigrants, and with the help of immigrants, honoring people from all walks of life, cultures, and backgrounds. That's why the recent ICE presence in Minneapolis, the place our family has called home for decades has been heartbreaking, disappointing, and honestly, terrifying. This weekend, Bad Bunny's words resonated deeply with us and so many others: "We are not savages. We are not animals. We are humans - and we are Americans." Those words inspired us to create something rooted in solidarity and celebration. On Super Bowl Sunday, we're introducing 5.The Benito Special a dish inspired by and honoring Puerto Rico, its people, and its culture. A half chicken marinated in a house sofrito, served with a beef pastelillo, aaroz con gandules, with a side of house mojo sofrito sauce. * All proceeds from The Benito Special will go directly to supporting families in our local immigrant community who have been affected. * Holy Land Charitable Fund will be matching every dollar raised. To our community: we see you, we stand with you, and we thank you for standing with us. ICE OUT
February 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
marjaanastaack.bsky.social
'Im Nirgendwo' #FotoVorschlag
Hier in der Wüste Wadi Rum 🇯🇴
Im roten Sand der Wüste fährt ein Pkw mit offener Ladefläche, auf der Menschen sitzen.
February 3, 2026 at 7:24 AM
lizajae.bsky.social
This was not on my bucket list but I married someone with relatives in Jordan, so we visited. Never expected to do that. It was absolutely amazing. Floating in the Dead Sea is surreal. Walking into Petra and getting your first glimpse of the Treasury through the walls of the wadi is breathtaking.
texannolongerinnyc.bsky.social Dril Eulenspiegel @texannolongerinnyc.bsky.social · 8d
Fuck it I have an engagement bait topic.

We talk a lot about your future bucket list plans that you want to do, but what's something that you checked off your bucket list in the last couple of years.

Bonus points if it absolutely lived up to your expectations.
February 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
orodentia.bsky.social
#RodentOfTheDay Asian Garden Dormouse (Eliomys melanurus)

...has a remarkable distribution pattern, despite being originally an arboreal species. The species became adapted to a non-arboreal life style 1.2 million years ago (Bates, 1996)."

Photo/Info: www.gbif.org/pt/species/2...
A squirrel-like mouse with thick fur, large ears, and bushy tail. Dorsal side is gray and ventral side is white with a distinct line of demarcation (Figure 8). Eyes surrounded by black hair, mask-like black stripe extending from eyes backwards to the base of ears. Fore feet have four digits, hind feet five, the soles are naked. Tail terminates with bushy black hair, covering almost half of the tail length (Figure 7). Skull with very large tympanic bullae and long rostrum. Zygomatic arches very delicate. Slender mandible with large perforations of the angular processes, having a distinctive secondary projection on the lower margin. Photo credit: FIGURE 8. The Asian garden dormouse, Eliomys melanurusfrom Wādī Ramm (photo by David Modry). © Amr, Zuhair S.;Abu, Mohammad A.;Qumsiyeh, Mazin;Eid, Ehab
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
aljazeera.com
Syrian army enters Kurdish city of Hasakah as ceasefire takes hold https://aje.news/zt0mat
Syrian forces before entering Hasakah to implement an agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to stabilise a ceasefire, in Wadi al-Raml, eastern Syria. [Ghaith Alsayed/AP Photo] Syrian army personnel stand at a checkpoint in the town of Sarin, where government forces were already present, as additional units move towards Hasakah. [Ghaith Alsayed/AP Photo] SDF fighters stand along the road as vehicles carrying a contingent of Syria's Interior Ministry forces arrive in Hasakah. [Baderkhan Ahmad/AP Photo] Government forces were also expected to enter the cities of Kobane and Qamishli. [Ghaith Alsayed/AP Photo]
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
josepgoded2.bsky.social
Israeli occupation authorities forced two Palestinian brothers to vacate their homes ahead of demolition in Wadi Qaddum, Silwan.
February 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
josepgoded.bsky.social
Israeli occupation authorities forced two Palestinian brothers to vacate their homes ahead of demolition in Wadi Qaddum, Silwan.
February 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
johnnythin.bsky.social
A day late for Freya Stark's birthday, here's a couple of images from her 1934 journey in Yemen, of which she writes: "When the Roman roads cut the forests & swamps of England, the Arabian trader built his many-storied mansion, crowned its parapet with ibex horns & saw them shine in the morning sun"
Black and white photo of mudbrick buildings in a rocky landscape with palm trees in the foreground, captioned "Robat, at the head of Wadi Do'an. This valley... is the most beautiful of all the Hadhramaut in the fortified villages that line the slope of its cliffs". From 'Seen in the Hadhramaut' (1938) Black and white photo of a veiled woman in front of an elaborately carved wooden door, captioned "Detail of another door, showing the elaborate carving of the door posts... The woman standing here is veiled in the Mukalla manner, a scarf wound round her head to leave a space free for the eyes...". From 'Seen in the Hadhramaut' (1938)
February 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
friedmanlab.bsky.social
I spent this #FossilFriday at Wadi al Hitan in Egypt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where early whales like this Basilosaurus are hard to miss as they weather out of the Eocene Birket Qarun Formation. (Wadi al Hitan translates as "Valley of the Whales.")
Photograph showing a large reddish-orange sediment pillar in the foreground, with a whale skull eroding out at its top. The weathered bone is white, and impressions of several teeth are apparent. Fantastical wind-carved outcrops fill the background, and are set against a blue-grey sky.
January 30, 2026 at 8:56 PM