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Films, hoops, music | Glory to the resistance, honor to the martyrs🔻 | She/Her/هي | #DetroitBasketball

[Ausars Attorney 💼 @ausarsattorney]

Underrated aspect of the pistons core trio. Your point guard, wing and center all have the ability to both catch AND throw lobs in transition.

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOUR MOTHER x3 AND ITS CHARACTERS! It is not defending racist/reductive representations of Muslims in Hollywood. IT IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ONE MOVIE!! If you haven’t seen it then ofc this post will sound crazy w out necessary context!! Gahh damn

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

Briefly touched on this in my review of Your Mother x3. Protectiveness over the Muslim image in media is understandable, but is misplaced when demanding strictly polished and “positive representations.” It becomes counterproductive in that it further limits Muslim narratives.

[👩🏾‍💻 @pinkstape]

it's seriously so funny that every single ethnic/cultural group has the same talking points about film and tv representing them "badly" and instead of harmful stereotypes their real problem always just boils down to respectability politics and self-hate rotting their brains

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

@Iff_ustin Yes there is definitely middle ground, and I am not making excuses for Hollywood at all… my post is SPECIFICALLY about Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, and in response to people being upset over characters in Muslim written stories who are flawed in their faith and practice

[Compulsively Acidic Rainiac @MadKilla]

The director actually spoke about this too.

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

@kickbxr786 https://t.co/0nHuh7SsAR

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

Adding this here to clarify. I am not advocating against portrayals of “perfect Muslims,” I am advocating for diversity in the repertory of Muslim-written stories, and for complex characters whose imperfections serve a meaningful story.

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

@flawedcrystals https://t.co/0nHuh7SsAR

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

Adding this here to clarify. I am not advocating against portrayals of “perfect Muslims,” I am advocating for diversity in the repertory of Muslim-written stories, and for complex characters whose imperfections serve a meaningful story.

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

@ctrlarchive https://t.co/0nHuh7SsAR

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

Adding this here to clarify. I am not advocating against portrayals of “perfect Muslims,” I am advocating for diversity in the repertory of Muslim-written stories, and for complex characters whose imperfections serve a meaningful story.

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

Adding this here to clarify. I am not advocating against portrayals of “perfect Muslims,” I am advocating for diversity in the repertory of Muslim-written stories, and for complex characters whose imperfections serve a meaningful story.

[BlackRedGuard ☭ 🇵🇸🔻⛓️‍💥 @OGBlackRedGuard]

The French uprisings are demonstrations of the power of the multinational working class, with the colonized youth being the vanguard. Many of those kids are the children and grandchildren of Algerian, Senegalese, Congolese, and Caribbean immigrants who saw their countries fucked up by France, moved to the metropole, and have suffered there as well.

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

@hudbuggg Extremely intellectually bankrupt and purposely dense. You should see the movie though!! It’s my favorite of the year I’d love to hear your thoughts

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

@zeaterialism And I need to see every single one of them cause #Sheesh

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

Nameplate necklace in his mother tongue he’s so diaspora Arab girl

[쿠 @hhajj145]

윌리엄스

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

I’m too Pistons pilled dawg I read this as a portmanteau of “Paul Reed”

[keegan @Keegan59992745]

Peed like 5 times in my dream but the bed is dry #BuiltDifferent

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

@philfanacc LMFAOOO don’t run from that ass whooping

[Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus]

In 2014 when Black youth in Ferguson were being brutalized by police and the National Guard during protests over Mike Brown's killing, it was Palestinian youth in Gaza and the West Bank who used social media to advise Ferguson protesters on how to deal with being tear-gassed.

Because Palestinians were experienced in dealing with being tear-gassed (and worse) by the IDF.

That was one month after Israel's 51 day invasion of Gaza which resulted in 2,200 Palestinians killed, 550 of them children. Even in the wake of being attacked by Israel, Palestinians stood in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters in the US.

The residents of Gaza even painted a mural of George Floyd alongside symbols of solidarity with anti-racist protesters in the US.

Seeing DNC-aligned establihsment influencers cynically attack the pro-Palestine movement in the US for political gain is a gut punch not only to Muslim and Arab Americans but to the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza who have stood in solidarity with US protesters for decades.

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

This week's #Hudfilmclub selection is:

"Phantom Thread" (2017) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

Join us in discussion on Sunday using our hashtag, and if you want to join our groupchat to participate in trivia dm admin @2SH4NEZ !

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

@DetroitPistons More B Ball Paul minutes gonna save my life

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Elle Duncan says covering the WNBA is "toxic as hell."

Here's her full reason why.

[Z👾 @NotoriousZahra6]

Slid on that Prowler ass beat my goodness 😮‍💨

[Rilla🇺🇸 @Finalbossjimmy]

The best thing about the Clipse Tiny Desk Concert is the crowd reaction they got, never seen anything like it.