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Two Kurdish Jewish women from Rojhilat in traditional clothes. Mid-20th century

“I am with you, my father is with you, my mother, my olives, and the scent of oranges … The wind has not separated us; the struggle of your nation is my struggle” - Mahmoud Darwish, “Kurdistan,” published 1964 in Awraq al-Zaitoun

Our struggles are interconnected. Darwish wrote this poem as a response to the Iraqi suppression of the Kurdish Aylul Revolution. He later published a poem, “The Kurd Has Nothing But the Wind,” dedicated to Kurdish poet Salim Barakat.

Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice debuted with the second-biggest domestic September opening of all time at $110 million, as Michael Keaton's ghost with the most returned to cinemas after 36 years. Deadpool & Wolverine took second in its seventh weekend with $7.2 million.

.Clarkisha Kent won her case against her negligent landlord! But the case and other events have set her back on her financial goals. Please donate here and boost! gofund.me/6b8054f0

Last week a group of Jewish faculty at Columbia sent our Interim President this letter, which I was proud to sign, about the latest report of our Task Force on Antisemitism. It's a long read (academics!) but has attracted a lot of interest from colleagues tinyurl.com/CUJfacLetter

RIP to james earl jones, who exuded such paternal authority he shaped 2 gigantic pop-culture behemoths in his image. "I am your father" and "remember who you are" are nothing without that voice and that gravitas conveying the contradictory pride, warmth, & judgment of fatherhood.

We're making waves (heh) with the development of Marine Energy, whose energy potential can dwarf that which we get from solar and wind. Check out this great report on the progress made with tech like PacWave and CalWave: oregonlive.com/environment/20…

#TransformersOne is *excellent*, with thrilling action, animation, and heart. Very much a step up from its live-action counterparts. Read my review all about it for But Why Tho?!

Solidarity with the Haitian community 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹

Watching Natasha Rothwell's #HowToDieAlone, and not only is it very good, but it stars Chinese-Kurdish-Iranian actor Jaylee Hamidi! Jaylee is out here doing us Kurds so proud! Piroz be Jaylee! 👏🏽☀️

Of you're new to following me, hi! You should also support But Why Tho? because we do dope work like this interview I did with Naoki Yoshida: butwhytho.net/2024/06/ffxiv-…

Or this amazing editorial on the historical representation in Mirage from Swara A.S. (سوارە) ☀️🍉🌊 butwhytho.net/2023/10/assass…

Thanks so much for having me on again Seth! Listen to me complain about the last season of #Umbrellaacademy lol

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Happy #ArmenianIndependenceDay to all my Armenian friends 🇦🇲 May all us oppressed peoples in West Asia be free of our oppressors soon. 🍉☀️

I was already excited to see #TheWildRobot and Kate Sánchez ➡️ #FantasticFest's beautiful review has me even more excited.

Jaylee Hamidi is an amazing Chinese-#Kurdish-Iranian actor who plays "Allie" on Natahsa Rothwell's #HowToDieAlone. She is literally the only fellow Kurd I've seen in western media, so to interview Jaylee for The Nerds of Color was a dream come true. ☀️ thenerdsofcolor.org/2024/09/21/jay…

"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a hilarious sequel to the original film that manages to stand on its own, simply by letting the juice go loose." Read Swara A.S. (سوارە) ☀️🍉🌊's #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice review: butwhytho.net/2024/09/beetle…

Despite what the racist obstacles set before her, Bisan Owda WON the Emmy award for Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form. May this mark a turning point for Bisan and her people. The deepest congratulations to her!