Joumana Medlej
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Artist-scholar, specialised in early Arabic (Kufi) scripts & historical/natural materials. Interest in material culture & things real. Beirut émigré in Oxford. Earth lover, plastic-free. Contemplative. Whovian/Gallifrey… Links: https://linktr.ee/Majnouna
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Did you know I publish a #Substack that has a large, free-to-read archive of articles based on my own research? It's called
#Caravanserai: "An artist lighting her way through dark times by relearning forgotten art practices and natural ways."
Check it out on majnouna.substack.com
Thumbnails with titles for three articles: Blue of Blues, Zafimaniry Geometry, and A Mamluk Masterpiece. Thumbnails with titles for three articles: Lost Symbols, Quest for Lost Dyes, and Heavenly Figures
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Oh these are looking good…
Piles of indigo paper arranged by depth of hue
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Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
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Thank you for persevering!
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Wonderful, I'm envious!
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Cases in point, on my walk home earlier. The last is the view from my studio.
Large tree turning from mint green to yellow Maple turning messily from green to gold and then deep red Dense deep green tree turning gold at the tips Tall sycamore? Still green at the bottom, flaming red at the top and golden orange in between
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A fine time to mention my favorite place to give: Adopt A Native Elder! They provide food, firewood, supplies for their grandkids and weaving materials to keep traditional craft alive. anelder.org/giving/donat...
Copyright© Adopt-A-Native-Elder. The Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization serving Elders living on the Navajo Reservation. Tax ID: 87-0490211
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I’m delighted to now have the word kuchiba in my vocabulary to describe these hues. Currently looking at every tree in kasane terms as they each turn differently…
A carpet of golden fallen leaves
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After nearly 20 months in Israeli occupation prisons, photojournalist Shadi Abu Sido describes harrowing abuse, starvation, and the devastation he returned to in Gaza. His testimony echoes the heartbreaking stories of many other freed Palestinian detainees and their families.
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The feeling of the Gazan citizen now is that he survived and will not die from the missiles, and also his feeling that he literally lost everything.
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Happy birthday Katy! 🥳
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The bbc focussing on what the ceasefire means for the hostages way more than what it means for Gazans, again seeing that disproportionately we’ve become accustomed to for years, this isn’t new, and it’s certainly not ok
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Surprise, surprise
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The Israelis inform the families of Palestinian prisoners at the last moment that their loved ones won't be released but instead exiled www.instagram.com/p/DPwIHM3At4Q/
megaphonenews on Instagram: "هكذا تتلاعب سلطات الاحتلال نفسياً بعوائل الأسرى الفلسطينيّين، فتخبرهم باللحظة الأخيرة أنّ أبناءهم سيكونون من المُبعَدين إلى خارج #ف…"
هكذا تتلاعب سلطات الاحتلال نفسياً بعوائل الأسرى الفلسطينيّين، فتخبرهم باللحظة الأخيرة أنّ أبناءهم سيكونون من المُبعَدين إلى خارج #فلسطين، بعد تبليغهم في المرّة الأولى أنّهم سيعودون إلى منازلهم في #الضفّة_الغربية. هذا هو الحال مع الأسير محمد عمران وهو من بلدة الخليل في جنوب الضفّة، وعائلته التي صُعقَت بالخبر فيما كانت تنتظره في رام الله. يُذكَر أنّ عمران محكوم بـ13 مؤبّد، أمضى منها 25 عامًا في السجن.-This is how the occupation authorities psychologically manipulate the families of Palestinian prisoners: they inform the families at the last moment that their sons will be exiled outside #Palestine after initially telling them that the prisoners would return home to the #WestBank. This was the case for Muhammad Imran, a prisoner from al-Khalil (Hebron) in the southern West Bank. His family was shocked by the news while waiting for him in Ramallah. Imran has been sentenced to 13 life terms and has served 25 years in prison.
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I'm very particular about my own books but I wouldn't dream of telling people what to do with their shelves! Including my partner, whose approach is... different.
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Extraordinary how this country can have no weather whatsoever for days and days.
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It's a really fun serial! And I'm with you, DW is just joyful, let the haters get a life.
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I'm not the one who sets the fees, but this is a good example of a knobhead.
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Listening to the last of your Hamster episodes as we speak, btw!
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Oh they're SO cute and inquisitive.
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That’s what I call an afternoon well spent! Even if I did spend much of it trying not to step on the robin, who is basically a feathered cat.
I need a cuppa.
#indigo
Indigo dyeing in progress with blue papers starting to hang off the tree Our ancient apple tree festooned with sheets of paper in various shades of blue
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Right. I’m going in.
Dyeing implements in the garden
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I relocated the bird bath to a raised place 1.5 minutes ago and my god there are FOUR tits in it right now. The robin, who perched at my elbow to watch me refill it, seems to feel proprietary...
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I’m afraid you’re probably right!
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I wonder what Firefox has done now... Maybe it just needs to restart but I'm busy 😂
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Weird but bluesky posts no longer load in my browser. I can post, and see notifications, but nothing loads in any of my timelines.