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the lives of middle easterners are not your dumb meet cute
normal people on dates: what's your favorite movie?

these two: what's your favorite kind of genocide denial?
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Ali A Olomi
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In Islamic and Middle Eastern folklore, the djinn/jinn are classified into different types: those with wings, those that take animal shape or as marid, ifrits, and ghuls.

But there are lesser known more obscure djinn that reside in nature and in our homes

A thread on the jinn
In the deserts of Arabia there is the Gaddar, a monstrous djinn who feasts on people with a taste for their genitals.

Sometimes considered a monster all it’s own, other times it’s treated as a giant djinn
The Dulhan is found near the red sea where it uses its powers to cause massive tempests to shipwreck the unlucky.

They are also said to ride on ostriches and hunt and raid travelers
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Ali A Olomi
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Alright twitter ask me anything. Anything you’ve been curious about. I’ll try to answer as many questions as I can for the next hour!
Ok that’s all for questions! I’ll try to answer some last ones but that’s it for today. Thanks all for the awesome questions!
Thanks everyone for the questions. Tried to get to as many as I could. Sorry if I missed your question!
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Ali A Olomi
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Wow 20k followers! Thank you all for joining me on this nerd fest through Islamic folklore, cosmology, and esotericism!

So in thanks, I'll do an AMA session soon where you can ask anything you want! Details to come.

But first, some recommended follows! #FF
Check out @HumHumNet and @piercesalguero and support the amazing work of advocating an ethical approach to the humanities and building a real conversation about critical issues in the academy.

And also @Tweetistorian where historians of all walks share their work and research
Check out @RachelSchine's amazing work examining Arabic literature!

@NAMansour26's brilliant scholarship on print culture and Islam

@DrVHSmitherman's fascinating research into Greek and Bedouin poetry

and @RimRK our brilliant colleague from the science side
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Peter Maass
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"A world of genocidal warfare and conspiracy theories cries out for literature that embodies respect for human values and human dignity." -- Protest letter to the Swedish Academy against its choice of Peter Handke for the Nobel Prize in Literature documentcloud.org/documents/6552…
The letter, from 10 human rights groups that focus on Bosnia and genocide, was issued on Nov. 15 and states: "It is beyond comprehension why the Nobel Prize Committee of the Swedish Academy should have chosen to honor a writer notorious for his intellectual support for genocide."
The letter asks that Peter Handke, in his Nobel acceptance speech on Dec. 10 in Stockholm, "apologise to the victims of genocide in Srebrenica and Bosnia and Herzegovina for having used his literary skills to deny their experience."
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It’s #Monday, I’m boozing it up at a 4 seat bar, the #barkeep is a long pourer, and I’m all fucking set if I get something stuck between my teeth.👇🙃 #RandomThoughts #drinking #OutAndAbout
Shooting the shit with a friend, she’s proud to be doing well with her plants - unusual for her.

The key was a #video explaining the benefits of pruning.

She needs REASONS. She got them.

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The main character was Josef Mengele. #ThisHappened

People, this is why I’m known in my circles as “The Black Hole Of Conversation.” SMTH
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you can learn everything about a "normal" person by asking them why people get convinced by certain conspiracy theories if theres nothing (0) true about them. their answers are always fascinating and a reflection of how their own internal world is built.
"people only believe that because it allows them to feel smart and better than other people": look at this persons interests/politics, its a safe bet that this mindset is a huge factor in their life, so it serves as a suitable explanation for them to explain the actions of others
"people only believe that because they want to fit in to certain circles and groups" - a guarantee that this person has adopted certain beliefs or traits so that they themselves could fit into certain groups.
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Israel Genocide?
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1- Thread: Why should you join over 4000 people who believe #Israel may be committing #genocide against the indigenous #Palestinian people?
israelgenocide.com/take-action/
2- In the past two years, Israel has executed over 400 Palestinians in the streets of the West Bank. A fourth of them children, the majority of them youth. Tens of thousands have been injured.
3- There are currently over 6000 Palestinian prisoners in Israel's prisons. It is estimated that in the past two years over 14,000 Palestinians have been imprisoned (that's 20 new prisoners every day on average).
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Seth Abramson
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(THREAD) Erik Prince—Trump advisor; ex-head of a murderous mercenary army; would-be head of Trump's private spy agency; would-be head of a privatized U.S. army—is a dangerous liar. He just testified under oath. This is a live reading of the transcript. Hope you'll read and share.
1/ Not only did Prince appear without counsel—though he could be charged with a crime for any lie he told—he told the House Intel Committee he had no plans to *hire* an attorney. In the situation he's in—and given who he is—that statement is actually chilling. I'll tell you why.
2/ It suggests he may expect a pardon for any misconduct; or is so confident the GOP won't make him answer any questions he doesn't want to that he sees no risk of self-incrimination; or that he's that confident in his skills as a liar; or thinks his misdeeds can't be uncovered.
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