Normal People was not my kind of book. Sally Rooney seems alright though.

It is the 12th anniversary of the Ghouta chemical attack. What I am still shocked by, despite all the evidence, the videos that came out, is the denial and disinformation. The persistence of this denial is not a neutral act,

مجزرة حماة، الحولة، الغوطة، الساحل، السويداء، والبدو… من يرى مجزرة ويُغمض عينه عن الأخرى لا يعول عليه ولا على إنسانيته

The Anglo-American injunction to 'write so even a child could understand', and its variants, has successfully bred a generation of writers who do in fact write like children, and readers with commensurate interpretative skills.

I was today years old when I learned that Maimonides wrote the Guide for the Perplexed in Arabic originally.

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Reports from the ground indicate a strong, foul odor spreading across the Sheikh Redwan area, Jabalia, and the al-Jalaa roundabout. Residents are experiencing a burning sensation in the nose and difficulty breathing.

أن ترى السجّان الذي كان مسؤولاً عن تعذيبك وتجويعك وإذلالك فجأةً ذليل بانتظار الحساب، هذا هو الشعور الذي يحتاجه كل من عانى في معتقلات نظام الأسد

The delulu is real. So real.

This is EXACTLY what a double-tap airstrike looks like: bomb a location like hospital, school or apartment block, wait 10-15 minutes for first-responders, medics, press and surrounding residents to get to the site, and strike again, maximizing the number of people killed.

NEW -- #Syria state TV has confirmed that 6 soldiers were killed in an #Israel airstrike earlier today, outside al-Kiswah, 20km south of #Damascus. A troubling act, amid an intensive U.S. push to achieve a #Syria-#Israel security agreement prior to UNGA in September.