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Filmmaker | Writer| Poet
May 19, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
“A young Lebanese Arab man wrote on his Facebook page, saying;

I was a guest in a five-star hotel in Japan, and while I was in the pool of the hotel in which I reside, and there was no one in the pool but me, I urinated under the water, suddenly.. the water turned pink and the alarm worked, and the workers came and took me out of the pool, then they told me that they would empty the water and clean the pool And I disrupted an important section of the hotel, (it became a crack).. They called me after that, and the receptionist handed me my
Apr 29, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
"In 1951 a politician bought a horse for a race at £50,000

The seller agreed to deliver the horse and the next day.

In the morning, he drove up and said: "Sorry son, but I have some bad news. The horse is dead."

The politician replied: "Well, just give me my money back then." The seller said: "Can’t do that. I’ve already spent it."

The politician said: "OK, then, just bring me the dead horse."

The farmer asked: "What are you going to do with it?"

The politician said: "I’m going to raffle it off to the people as a speed horse that can win the race"
Mar 5, 2022 13 tweets 3 min read
"I was in my room last night when my neighbour started screaming... "Help! Help! Snake ooo! "
I ran to her room with a strong wood in my hand. When I dashed into her room, I saw a very big snake facing my neighbour inside her sitting room. Other neighbours joined me with their heavy sticks. We all started shouting, "Today is the end of your life, you evil snake!".
I wanted to be a hero that night, so I first of all ran to the snake to hit it with my wood. It turned and faced us with red eyes.
Nov 4, 2019 11 tweets 2 min read
I think that telling a poor person who has worked hard all their life that poverty is a state of mind is like a man telling a mother that the pain of childbirth is a state of mind.

Its a thread. You obviously need money to make money.

State of mind does not give economic capital.

Enabling environment, progressive government policies, circumstances of birth can give the economic capital that gets people out of poverty.

Most poor people lack the above and it hurts.