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Ayman Makarem

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Anarcho-anxious. Writer and Video Essay Maker from Beirut. Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@Pol_Dep Queer Mutual Aid Lebanon: https://www.patreon.com/qmalebanon

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 4d

A friend of mine and his family's home were destroyed by Israel exactly one year ago today. They are still displaced to this day. He set up this fundraiser to be able to cover basic essentials. Please please support him.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-re...

Donate to Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War, organized by Elise Hagan

Dear angels of hope and kind souls. My name is Ali from Lebanon. My family and I lo… Elise Hagan needs your support for Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War

www.gofundme.com

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 6h

genuinely can't stand being on twitter longer than 10 minutes. can't imagine what it does to ppl who are still on there as like, a third space (as opposed to somewhere to dip your toe into for research purposes)

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 7h

so it seems Saleh was killed (possibly executed) by an Israeli-armed/backed militia. We've known that Israel has been doing this. The goal: fomenting a civil war between Palestinian factions. Inevitably Israel will "intervene" to quell the clashes. Another tool in its genocidal arsenal.

elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today

www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-a...

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 8h

I really loved this comment. Like, its so grounding to be reminded that I made a thing nd then there are ppl across the world watching it nd talking to people in their lives about it. Idk, its dope shit.

screenshot of a response to a youtube comment under my recent video essay: "what mental gymanstics? I described the basic premise of this video to my wife and her immediate response was "oh wow, that makes perfect sense" so it seems like you're just uncomfortable with the idea."

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11h

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 11h

fuck ....

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 13h

Really appreciate everyone who donated to this when I posted it originally. Re-upping it cause we're hoping to get just a few more to cover this coming period - with winter oncoming, Ali and his family have to prepare, which is extra difficult as a houseless family.

Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 4d

Donate to Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War, organized by Elise Hagan

Dear angels of hope and kind souls. My name is Ali from Lebanon. My family and I lo… Elise Hagan needs your support for Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War

www.gofundme.com

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 1d

tbc though this is in Lebanon. The Israelis have been violating the 'ceasefire' there daily since it was signed in Nov last year.

Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 1d

The target: a reconstruction site. 300 pieces of equipment destroyed. One person martyred in the attack.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 1d

The IDF is genuinely addicted to bombing, airstrikes, and destruction. This is from earlier today.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 2d

My latest video essay just hit 16k views! Go check out what all the hype is about:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrxK...

screenshot of my video essay: A Clockwork Orange and the Myth of German De-Nazification

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

For those that dont get it abu means father of. Its not uncommon in the arab world that elders are referred to as father of or mother of (insert name of eldest child).

Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

German Liberal Zionists are some of the most obnoxious self-centered people on the planet.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

I don't know any of this context, but dropping in to say I remember reading a review of the Palestinian film Wajib which has two main characters, shadi and abu-shadi. The white reviewer, throughout the piece, refers to abu-shadi as abu, which I found very very funny.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 4d

Donate to Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War, organized by Elise Hagan

Dear angels of hope and kind souls. My name is Ali from Lebanon. My family and I lo… Elise Hagan needs your support for Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War

www.gofundme.com

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Justin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 3d

Israeli attacked a residential building in Gaza City and, according to Al Jazeera, killed and injured more than 70 civilians with most of them still under the rubble.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

the onion is bruttallll

The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

Lot of ppl dont know this, esp the edgy bois who love this film, but the music of A Clockwork Orange was made by a trans woman and electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos. She'll turn 86 next month.

picture of wendy carlos as a young woman in front of the moog synthesizer: lots of knobs and wires. circa 1970s

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

unfortunately they don't give negative awards.

Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

oh that would be legendary.

Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

Or! Or! The new pope. Rly get peoples heads' spinning.

Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamid al-Thani. A compromise candidate.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

Cool = Greta Thurnberg. Beast Mode = Marwan Barghouti. Hilarious = Macron

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 3d

Nobel Peace Price announced tmrw. Gimme your predictions.

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 4d

One thing I forgot to mention, that I think a lot of people outside Germany don't know, even German Antifa are Zionist and have defended Israel all throughout this genocide. When I say Germany was never de-nazified, I mean it in a very deep, calcified way.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrxK...

A Clockwork Orange and the Myth of German De-Nazification

YouTube video by Politically Depressed

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 4d

I should say, they are from Southern Lebanon. They get no support, not from the state, from ngos, or political parties. Please consider supporting even a small amount.

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