this is the second Somali woman to be murdered in Sweden in less than two months. Nimo Bashir was stabbed to death in December by a man who followed her off the bus

with body fascism on the rise, it is even MORE important to read / listen to Da'Shaun L. Harrison's 'Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness' (s/o to challah for the Alt Text) bookshop.org/p/books/belly-…

in medieval astrology from the Islamic world, the position of Venus in the birth chart could be used to determine the love life of a person A quick thread for the upcoming Valentine’s Day

This is one of the most important campaigns on ground please boost

People don't understand the gravity of the situation in the West Bank. It's the worst it has been for decades. We are witnessing more decimation and isolation between cities and villages.

It’s because anti-trans laws are Ugly Laws—the ones that prohibited disabled people from being in public from the 1860s until the last one was struck down in 1974.

"أمهات بلا أبناء"

Prof. V. Y. Mudimbe one of the towering African thinkers who illuminated our path, reshaped our consciousness, and revolutionized our relationship with Africa. Rest in power, eternal flame of decolonial thought. 🇨🇩✊🏿🔥

just got confirmation that this will be available online in September ✨

On May Day, remember: African workers didn’t just fight for wages, they sparked revolutions. A thread on strikes that shook colonial empires.

Idk when it’s going to fully click for me but I’m constantly dismayed by the number of academics who build their careers on the lived experiences of Black ppl & yet have absolutely no investment/interest in the wellbeing of the Black folx they know. Shockingly extractive.

This is what the climate crisis looks like in Africa but the mainstream global media won’t show you this.

Israel murdered an artist yesterday. Elham al-Boddi, 33, from Beit Lahia. Her husband was killed months ago.

There’s a Somali proverb that says each bone is splinted to the bone beside it. Lafba lafta ku xigtaa lagu kabaa. It speaks to the support we owe each other. As neighbours, friends and as family. A splint, like proximity to cared ones, helps most in the early stages of healing.

Mounir, Ilyes, Ibrahima, Abderrahmane, Adil, Mehdi, Mawda, Lamine, Jozef, Sabrina, Ouasim, Dieumerci, Soulaïmane, Jonathan, Fayçal, Ceylan, Karim, Semira, Saïd, Mimoun, Mohamed Amine. Fabian.

For the first time in the six years I’ve been on tiktok, I’ve been flooded with Israeli content. In the last 24 hours, it has all been anti-Flotilla videos - like this: