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Oct 17

A decade ago, an Assad regime tank blew up my grandparents' home while they were still inside.

The misuse of Syria videos in the Israel-Palestine information war spits on their memory.

It must stop. My words for @Telegraph.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/1…

British influencer Sulaiman Ahmed posted an image of Syrian children who were gassed to death by the Assad regime.

He said it was a video of Palestinian children killed by the IDF. Ilhan Omar retweeted it. It went viral.

Israeli influencer Hananya Naftali posted a video of my great-grandmother's hometown Ariha being indiscriminately bombed.

He said it was a video of the IDF bombing Gaza. It went viral.

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Oct 13

FIGHT DISINFORMATION: Comprehensive ongoing list of the most prevalent viral imagery of Syria falsely attributed to the Israel-Gaza war.

This image is of child victims of the Assad regime's gas attack against Eastern Ghouta a decade ago, not Israeli or Gazan victims of war.

This is a video of children in the Assad-besieged Yarmouk, Syria from a Syrian documentary called "Little Palestine" from nearly a decade ago.

Though these children are mostly of Palestinian descent, this is Syria, not Gaza.

This viral image is from the ruins of the Omari Mosque in Daraa, Syria from a decade ago. The mosque was attacked by Assad regime forces.

This is not a mosque in Gaza.

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@KareemRifai

Jan 8

The student who complained was warned multiple times, including right before the viewing, where the professor invited anyone who was uncomfortable to step out.

She stayed anyways and got the lecturer fired. My opinion as a Muslim college student? INSANE conduct by the student.

The lecturer was extremely mindful and respectful. The painting is one of the most important in Islamic art. Who are we to enforce a belief (not even shared by all Muslims, including myself) on other students who are trying to be educated? These people are absolutely insane.

This is 100% the correct take: these students are trivializing real islamophobia (attacks on mosques, violence against Muslim refugees/immigrants, anti-Muslim hate speech). Just absolutely shameful behavior that hurts all of us.

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Oct 6, 2022

A few weeks ago, I was conducting interviews for a student society I'm on the board of and I had a super intelligent applicant who was born and raised in Iran.

We had a long conversation on Iran and the Middle East, and not shockingly, we had multiple disagreements.

We disagreed fundamentally about Iran's role in the Middle East, especially Syria, the JCPOA, the virtues of figures like Zarif, Suleimani, etc.

He wasn't an apologist by any means and was definitely less than lukewarm about the regime, but nevertheless, we had split opinions.

I make my hard opposition to the Iranian regime no secret, and I told him that in plain terms.

I advocated for his acceptance into the society regardless obviously and saw him at our first meeting this Monday, and what he told me shocked me.

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@KareemRifai

Oct 1, 2022

⚡️ After a months-long investigation ordered by Congress, the State Department has validated both the OAS and EU accounts that the 2019 Bolivian election conducted by Evo Morales faced multiple irregularities that made it impossible to verify the legitimate outcome.

"The first quick count of the Preliminary Results Transmission Center (TREP) showed that Morales had not achieved a victory in the first round, obtaining 45 percent of the total votes and only 8 percent more than his closest rival. However, Morales claimed to have triumphed."

"With the official count underway, the Internet service was intentionally cut off. The blackout lasted 18 hours, preventing the public dissemination of information about the counts and the preliminary results that is normally carried out."

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@KareemRifai

Sep 26, 2022

My grandparents were both one of the few surgeons of their specialties in Northern Syria before they died.

Their home, an apartment in the hospital they operated, was blown up by a regime tank while they were inside, sharing iftar with hospital staff.

These people are sick.

My grandpa on my dad's side died in his sleep in the early stages of the war. I could not go to Syria for his funeral.

My grandmother on my dad's side died not knowing where she was, in a middle of a war-zone, from dementia. I could not go to Syria for her funeral.

My grandma on my mom's side died in the same way — not knowing where she was, in the hollowed remains of the city she lived in for her whole life. I could not go to Syria for her funeral.

My grandpa on my mom's side died a few months ago. I could not go to Syria for his funeral.

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