WA/ME/NA

Posting everything related to the geopolitical region of the Middle East, West Asia & North Africa— inclusive of all religious, national, & ethnic backgrounds.

[WA/ME/NA @HumansOfMENA]

Who are the Egyptian Copts?
A Thread:

[Incunabula @incunabula]

A heartstoppingly beautiful 15th century Timurid Qur'an copied on Ming Dynasty gold-painted colored paper, is coming up for auction @ChristiesInc in London on 25th July. Estimate $780 000 - $1.2m.

Only four other similar Qur'ans written on Chinese paper like this are known. 1/2

[وسام شبات @wissam_shabat]

A Syrian refugee kisses his son as he walks through a rainstorm towards Greece's border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni.

- Yannis Behrakis

[Zaytouná @zaytounaa_]

💔 Subhanallah, may Allah swt make it easy for her mother and the rest of her family.

Nothing we do can ever get rid of the heartache of losing her daughter, but we can at least give her the peace she deserves by bringing them both justice. #JusticeForShukriAbdi

[MXM @theswolearab95]

Shukri Yahya Abdi, a 12 year old somali immigrant who was drowned by her classmates in Greater Manchester’s River Irwell on the 27th of June, 2019.

Can you imagine, it's been a WHOLE year since this tragic incident and her killers have still not yet been bought to justice?

[Israel ישראל @Israel]

We're not crying, you're crying.

We ❤️ this incredible initiative by Jerusalem's young residents to feed the needy and prevent food waste.

Local vendors donate extra food at the end of each day which is then placed in fridges throughout Israeli cities.

📸המקרר/The Fridge

[lays @lalays02]

“ThErE’s nO rAcIsM iN MoRoccO whY aRe yOu lYiNg”

[Farouk Elgohary @felgoharyy]

#BlackLivesMatter

[🪐. @forloveandevian]

stop using hong kong as an example of a good protest. they had the gear, tactics and organization bc they where backed by a country with a trillion dollar army...our comrades in cuba, chile, palestine, haiti and venezuela are the people we should support and look to for advice.

[sally @salltysally]

syrian people are living in a war and they’re still protesting for BLM. y’all have no excuses.

[Melo @MarshMeloJello]

Thread of gofundme pages for Armenian owned family businesses that lost everything due to looting:
(Please share so we can help our brothers and sisters rebuild & feel free to add more links)

[Rawan‏𓂆☭ روان @RiverToSea48]

“Mistakenly thought he was armed with a pistol” is their excuse every time they shot this man in cold blood because he’s Palestinian and because they can

[Vintage Lenses @vintagelenses_]

INDONESIA. Banda Aceh. Muslims celebrate the first morning after the end of the Ramadan fasting month. In Blangpadang Square outside the mosque. By Hiroji Kubota (1997)

[Yana Avanesyan @ianaavanesian]

Night of #Museums at Nikol Duman house-museum, Artsakh.
Interesting and cozy place.
#MuseumWeek is celebrated in more than 120 countries incl. #Artsakh.

[وسام شبات @wissam_shabat]

Sheikh Zayed Masjid, Abu Dhabi