Dinah Elmars

Dina Elmars M.Ed. Writer, Reclaiming the heritage we thought was lost. Food, Memory. Myth. Author- Once Upon a Spice 💕

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

https://t.co/tBaQhhyKNw
Finally… I’m officially an author.
After years of writing, cooking, remembering, and dreaming, my book ONCE UPON A SPICE is now live on Amazon.
A love letter to Lebanon, to our mothers and grandmothers
A blend of memory, myth, heritage, and recipes.🌿💕

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

Just when I was about to completely write off the Nobel Committee, they surprise us by finally making a good and courageous decision!

South Africa's Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for being “instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted.”

Beyond serving on an international tribunal investigating the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, she led a UN panel that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

So three things stand out:
1. The committee is indirectly endorsing her conclusion that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza - that's huge!
2. The committee awards a former ICC judge when Marco Rubio is working overtime to destroy that court in order to defend Israel
3. And at a time when international law and the UN Charter are under attack from so many directions, they award it to someone who has spent her life building up this crucial infrastructure.

Compare that to the committee's decision last year to grant it to a person who was lobbying Trump to bomb her own country...

https://t.co/EsQF66t3TW

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@sqsehrish Think 🤔

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

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[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@BrentLindeque Enjoy Bologna 🌸 from a Saffer living in Padova. 😊
Love your content!

[Lee Hall @lhallwriter]

Probably the greatest lessons I have learned in being published for a decade is the concept of good things taking time and to keep working.

You can read more via today's blog post all about my experiences of being published 10 years:

https://t.co/JsiZ5wGit9

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

Hollywood wants authentic craftsmanship but refuses to preserve it. Breaking a clinker-built ship (a skill only a handful of people have) and then gaslighting the non-profit with 'pre-existing' damage is shameful. Pay for the repairs.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ sparked unexpected controversy when one of the Viking ships used during production, an authentic, hand‑built replica owned by a small maritime heritage non‑profit, was returned with significant structural damage. The vessel, normally maintained through volunteer labor and modest donations, had been loaned out under the assumption that a major studio would treat it with care and cover any repairs. Instead, the organization found cracked planks, warped ribs, and a ruined sail system that would cost more than their annual operating budget to fix.

The non‑profit reached out to the production team repeatedly, hoping for a straightforward reimbursement or at least a conversation. What they encountered instead was silence. Emails went unanswered, calls were redirected, and the studio’s representatives insisted the damage was “pre‑existing,” despite photographic documentation taken before filming. For a group dedicated to preserving Viking‑age craftsmanship, the dismissal felt not just financially devastating but deeply disrespectful.

As the story spread among local historians and maritime enthusiasts, frustration grew. Volunteers who had spent years restoring the ship felt betrayed, watching a Hollywood epic profit from their work while leaving them with a broken artifact they could no longer sail or display. The incident became a symbol of the imbalance between massive film productions and the small cultural institutions they rely on, raising uncomfortable questions about responsibility, preservation, and the true cost of cinematic authenticity.

The damaged Viking ship had actually been restored using traditional clinker‑building techniques, meaning every plank was hand‑shaped and overlapped the next, so repairing even a “small” crack requires a specialist craftsman and days of labor. That’s why the non‑profit wasn’t just upset about the cost; the damage erased work done with skills that only a handful of artisans still practice today.

#archaeohistories

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@HadiHtt Il hamdillah 3al saleme Hadi 🌸 Hope you have a swift recovery. Looking forward to your new media content. Without you it is much more difficult to hear about the South, in Italy 😢

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@les_politiques @HagarChemali @VP @JDVance @WhiteHouse @POTUS I mostly agree with you, but actually Hezb did turn their guns on the Lebanese when they fought Amal (I may be wrong, but it’s a vague memory from my time I lived in Lebanon).

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@RaniaKhalek 🤔 interesting article. Though it did not mention that the ceasefire was broken over 10000 times by Israel before the resistance fired shots for the killing of Khameni.
And why does every mention of the resistance start with ‘Iran-backed’, but not the USA-backed Israelis?

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@ronaldlirumo @ME_Observer_ Thank you for the clarification 😊 I can’t keep up. I hope they can reach some peaceful agreement.

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@ME_Observer_ @ronaldlirumo I’m don’t believe that this ceasefire agreement between Lebanese government and IsHell was accepted by the resistance. So as far as they’re concerned no such agreement needs to be adhered to.
Those negotiations are not worth the paper they’re written on.

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@trhxianl Hi 👋🏻 try the Markaz Review. They are dedicated to amplifying SWANA voices and your writing is excellent. They are nonprofit so you won’t get paid, though I believe that is not your goal.
Good luck 👍🏼 you deserve to be published.

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@HadiHtt @roqchams 😢😢

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@HadiHtt @roqchams Dear Hadi 💔 I’m so sad for all that is happening in the Jnoub. I’m half Lebanese (my mother is from Jnoub, though she left in 1965) I follow your news and I’m heartbroken for you and all. Lighting a candle every night and praying 🙏 God bless & be safe.

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@RicardoRKaram @joey_grgs I have no words 💔💔💔 just tears… 💔

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

حمدلله ع السلامة

[Ricardo Karam ريكاردو كرم @RicardoRKaram]

عادوا في آلاف السيارات نحو الجنوب، بقلوب مثقلة بالأمل والخوف، لا يعرفون هل سيجدون بيوتاً أم فقط بقاياها … و"ويا شعب الشعوب، الأقوى من الحروب، بتبقى إذا ببقى يا شعب الجنوب" 🇱🇧🤍
#الجنوب #لبنان

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@alon_mizrahi its official stance has been that the 1923 border was invalid because it was imposed by colonial powers (France and Britain) and that the villages belong to Lebanon . This is a matter of historical record and international law. 2/2

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

@alon_mizrahi Hi Alon 🌸 Thank you for your insightful and humane reporting of the events in Lebanon-Palestine. Just a small note on the 7 villages. They are Lebanese. While the Lebanese government accepts the 1949 Armistice line de facto for the sake of stability, 1/2

[بيروت ريفيو - Beirut Review @beirutreview25]

الوطن فوق كل اعتبار: لبنانيون من كل الطوائف يعلنون تضامنهم مع النازحين

#بيروت_ريفيو

[Dinah Elmars @DinaElmars]

Two voices, carved in different tongues, shaped by the same longing.

In Lebanon, faith breathes in bread shared,
in doors opened before the knock,
& the murmur of a people who belong to one another.

What’s preserved here in stone
continues, in another form:
Once Upon a Spice