Nasr Abdel Aziz Eleyan (Palestinian, b. 1941)
Birthday gift for my bestie @cerealsharkie and a western duel. Riley belongs to @honkytonkhell Jamie belongs to @fratboystrider Mariza belongs to @shandzii
“Marah Bakir, who was been imprisoned for eight years since she was 15 years old, embraces freedom at these moments after being held in solitary confirment for over 40 days. Marah is the representative of the women prisoners' movement.
She is one of 11 prisoners from Al-Quds who were released moments ago.”
24 Nov 23 via RNN
A reminder to the "the American government wouldn't..." crowd. They have. They have made their own internment camps before. They have rounded up innocent citizens and immigrants before. The victims of which are still alive to this day and trying to share their stories with the world, they have been trying to warn us for a long time. George Takei (as seen above) is a famous example of this. He has written about his experiences time and time again, even publishing a book talking about his time in these camps. He may be famous now, but at the time he was just another kid forced from his home. To this day he still firmly dedicates himself to trying to educate and inform people, trying to spread awareness with his platform. The American Government can and will do terrible things. Do not let anyone convince you otherwise.
nasr a. aziz eleyan, "grandchild," 2007, oil on canvas
photograph of the palestinian artist with his granddaughter, lina
can i just say how hilarious it is that after being let out jail the first thing DBK does is just take his son to rob a store and get dripped out
like, look at them!!! i love them
Iran has launched missiles at Israel in retaliation against Israel’s bombing of their embassy. Let me be clear, first and foremost, that I do not think Israel left them many other options. I believe Israel did this to encourage the US to send them more money. I understand why this has happened.
That being said, we cannot now turn towards praise of the Iranian government. First and foremost, it is still the same government that allows “morality police” to kill women for what they wear. It is not a government that acts in the interests of the freedom of their people.
We also cannot forget that in war it always the rich who make the decisions, and the poor who suffer the consequences. As the threat of regional and perhaps even global warfare grows closer, we must remember that war is an evil that does not kill indiscriminately. We cannot get caught up in the notion of Israel reaping what it has sown. We must remember that those truly in power in Israel will not suffer- only the poor, the marginalized, the powerless. We cannot, even for a second, allow ourselves to imagine allies in those that would lead us towards this.