Firdaus Arastu ارسطو‎ فردوس

Advocacy comms consultant creating strategy + media skills for Muslims and people of color in the US. Previous: @rethink_media. Desi | Shia. #FreePalestine

[Current Affairs @curaffairs]

Some of Malcolm X's final published words were about Zionism.

[Yousef Munayyer @YousefMunayyer]

So the guy that drove a car through a German market was a pro-Israel, pro-AfD, anti-Islam Saudi atheist?

[Firdaus Arastu ارسطو‎ فردوس @Firdalish]

For 3+ yrs, I worked w/ @cairlosangeles @ACLU_SoCal @UCLA_CILP on FBI v. Fazaga case. Today, the 9th circuit ruled in favor of the Muslim American plaintiffs, which means they will finally have their day in court!

https://t.co/BDCpOr3b9V

[Ruqaiya @ruqaiya_h]

It’s a strange thing to cry for a stranger but I cried upon hearing the news. He was more than a statistic. He showed us everything good in this world, the honour of Islam, surrounded by the most evil.
May Allah accept his martyrdom, truly these must be the people of jannah

[Abdullah Hadia @Abdullah7Hadia]

Update:
he reunited with her
A reunion where parting is no more

[Ali A Olomi @aaolomi]

that’s a jinn for sure

[kev @MarxAfterDark]

a stark reminder of how people view the west vs the global south is the kind of outpouring of grief this building saw from an accidental fire vs the silence at the bombardment of some of the oldest standing buildings in history (not to mention the people) in palestine

[Al Jazeera Investigates @AJ_Investigates]

Our @AJIunit investigation exposes war crimes in Gaza through the medium of photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers themselves during the year-long conflict.

Watch the full film here. #GazaCrimes

[m @khanonically]

india is such a stellar example of why the postcolonial is not decolonial. Less than a few decades after “gaining” their own independence their is a complete erasure of the collective memory of what imperialism is what solidarity means who the aggressors are what is colonialism

[Eye on Palestine @EyeonPalestine]

A little boy in Gaza cries over the suffering of the children in Lebanon, expressing how much the Lebanese have stood by them. He tearfully explains that neither the people of Gaza nor Lebanon deserve what is happening to them, as both have endured immense hardship.

[Younis Tirawi | يونس @ytirawi]

For half a year, I worked in complete secrecy on a unique & dangerous investigation into war crimes in Gaza.

This week, nearly a year after the war began, we’ll reveal horrifying details exposed for the first time, incl execution of dozens of unarmed civilians.

Stay tuned..

[Hamza Yusuf @Hamza_a96]

CNN’s reporter in Tel Aviv just made sure to describe in vivid terms that the Iranian strikes targeted densely populated areas which unfairly places civilians lives at risk.

So it’s been a choice all along to omit that context re Gaza and Lebanon.

[DEACTIVATED @thrasherxy]

Say her name: Wafa al-Udaini, one of the most prolific Palestinian journalists working in the English language (including for Middle East Monitor), who was martyred today in Central Gaza and who is about the 175th journalist murdered by US-Israel over the last year.

[The Markup @themarkup]

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[DIDU @muglare]

“My biggest fear is not to die, actually I’d rather die than to live all these nightmares… continuous nightmares. My biggest fear is to live” - bisan owda

“Missing friends, family and normal life that even before war wasn’t a normal one. Feeling helpless and terror is occupying my mind and heart.” - motaz azaiza

“I’m so mad, sad, angry, devasted, drained and depressed… I have nothing left to say… why do we palestinians have to film our own country getting bombed, and our own people getting killed just for the world to WATCH SILENTLY?? I don’t want to live in this cruel world, I don’t want to be part of it” - plestia alaqad

these words will stick with me for the rest of my life and they should haunt every single person who stood complicit in the genocide of every palestinian martyred and the ones still currently fighting for their lives

[sara m. saleh | سارة صالح @SaraSalehTweets]

I'm really tired of the media gatekeeping that only wants our suffering as entertainment but not our analysis, our expertise, our knowledge.