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Dr. Abbas Kadhim
DrAbbasKadhim
Today is Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s 90th birthday.He ascended to the position of “al-Marja’ al-A’la” after his teacher Grand Ayatollah Abol’Qasim al-Khoei passed away in 1992.Sayid Sistani was born in
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Mahtaab 🏳️🌈
baamemeena
Noon.Meem.Rashid and Hasan Koozagar-A thread.The boy from Alipur Chattha who ended up being a nihilist dream merchant, Noon.Meem.Rasid, can be explained using one word: "abstractedness." Take the names of all
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Edin Hajdarpašić
_edinh
In 1933-35, Milman Parry & Albert Lord came to Yugoslavia with 1000s of aluminum disks onto which they recorded oral poetry from waiters, farmers, coffeeshop patrons, village women. Their archive
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bortaqala
Never ever forget the war crimes committed by the U.S military in Iraq. Imagine what went on undocumented.... they raped, murdered, tortured, abused, stole, destroyed, terrorised innocent Iraqis. They’re not
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Ali A Olomi
aaolomi
For Medieval Muslim astrologers, Leo was one of the most important zodiac signs. Deemed the kingly star, Leo was used throughout Islamic history to time battles, construction, and as an
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Heshmat Alavi
HeshmatAlavi
LONG THREAD1)Why did #Iran’s Mahan Air flight make headlines on July 23?Why did the pilot nosedive the plane in such fashion?Why did Tehran’s state media launch a propaganda frenzy?There are
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Mencius Moldbugman
moldbugman
A Morality TaleYou probably don’t know the name Malcolm Caldwell. I’d like to take a moment of your time to introduce his life story to you for some of the
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Patrick Porter
PatPorter76
Thread: On realism and Iraq. @McFaul, affronted that some in US progressive politics are calling for a "progressive realist" foreign policy, insists: realism is responsible for war and destruction over
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Saif al-Sham
Levantinian963
Decided to start a thread on rare pictures of Syria’s contemporary political history using @syrianhistory’s massive photo vault.P.S: It will remain non-partisan, because Syria’s history is for all Syrians. 1)
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Nafees Ur Rehman Durrani
NafeesRehmanDr
The most sacred memorabilia of the Islamic world, the Cloak of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), is put on display every Ramadan for public viewing in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. But
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Spencer Schwartz
schwarsm
Join me as I livetweet #BadEducationHBO, the movie about my freshman year of high school, starting on @HBO now. Once you finish the movie, I highly recommend reading the crazy
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Annia Ciezadlo
annia
Last week, a big American newspaper asked if I wanted to weigh in on the Beirut Explosion.I lived in Beirut for the better part of 15 years. I wrote a
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wassim 👵
wassimok1
THREAD D’ANCIENNES MUSIQUES ALGÉRIENNES : les beatles algériens on dis que leurs noms de scènes représente le numéro de leur chambre universitaire. T34 - Boualem lfar hada c’est quelqu’un li
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RahaRafii
Had a great time talking about strategies and challenges of teaching Islamic law on the wonderful panel "Teaching Legal History in the 21st Century" at #ASLH2019. Some points I brought
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Heshmat Alavi
HeshmatAlavi
THREAD1)Following Zarif's leaked audio file, we can put to bed the myth of "moderates" in #Iran under the mullahs' regime.It is now crystal clear that Zarif was at Soleimani's service
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Nadim Shehadi
Confusezeus
Thanks @oldlevantine for this explanation, here are a few more elements to complete the picture.https://twitter.com/oldlevantine/status/1299072963766030338 In 1860 the same Maronite Church, under Patriarch Boulos Massaad also opted for the
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