Wala Shukri

Linguist, interested in The Middle East, mother of a gorgeous son and previously a neuroscientist.

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@Nofal_i .

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

This is the most detailed model of a human cell to date, obtained using x-ray, NMR and cryoelectron microscopy datasets.

‘Cellular landscape cross-section through a eukaryotic cell.’ - by Evan Ingersoll and Gael McGill.

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@ian_black Very sad news, may he rest in eternal peace.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Evening swim of a hippo, Okavango River, north-eastern Namibia.

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

Many of the Sumerian statues have this type of eyes, most of them are blue.

[Junaid Amer جُنيد عامر @Junaid34851527]

Eye 👁 inlay for a statue c. 2600 - 2500 B.C
Mesopotamia- Nippur
South of Iraq 🇮🇶
Lapis lazuli

The metropolitan museum of art - New York !

𒅆 - igi - meant in Sumerian/ eye 👁

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@ABogoslowsky @Junaid34851527 Can you please tell me which General Wrangel do you mean, as there were many with that surname in the Russian army, and I don't know which one of them was the mayor of Baghdad and when was that? thanks.

[Wimbledon @Wimbledon]

The moment Ons Jabeur reached her first Grand Slam semi-final

#Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@ClassyArabic ألف سلامة لك، تمنياتي بالشفاء العاجل.

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

Very clever and worth waiting a bit longer😋

[Nooshin Sheidaei @Noosh_Sheidaei]

Since peanuts are shaped like chromosomes, here is a mitotic peanut cake. If we wait long enough there will be two cakes :)

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@ClassyArabic Love it, great choice and very empowering 😇

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is 'struthonian' (1960s): one who ignores unwelcome facts and buries their head in the sand. From the Latin 'struthio', 'ostrich'.

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

Proud to be from that land.
#Mesopotamia #cuneiform #Sumerian #Iraq #first_civilisation

[BBC Radio 4 @BBCRadio4]

Deciphering ancient writing systems is a form of time travel.

Cuneiform, the earliest known written language, was fundamental to the emergence of commerce and trade https://t.co/Lgu15Vz4PU

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

Terrible scenes from #the marshes
#Iraq #environmentday2022
مناظر مؤسفة ومحزنة لمنطقة الأهوار جنوب العراق.
#الأهوار_العراق
#العراق #save_the_marshes

[Aqeel Almansrawi @Aq_Sumer2266]

Reuters agency recently shared these pictures for the marshes of #CHIBAYISH southern Iraq, these marshes was placed in the @UNESCOIraq list.

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@AqeelAlmansrawi @UNESCOIraq This is terribly sad.

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@ClassyArabic Thank you for all your brilliant efforts in translating these gems and making it possible for all to understand and enjoy.

[Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew]

You’ve Likely Heard of the Brain’s Gray Matter – Here’s Why the White Matter Is Important Too

White matter may be the key to understanding dementia, TBI, and numerous other neurological disorders.

#neuroscience #science

https://t.co/tH5zsqsmcH

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@ClassyArabic I love your translations, they are always so good. May I ask why not (his brother's secret ) ?

[Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew]

How Storytelling Can Motivate Us to Help Others

Hearing personal narratives instead of simply cold, hard facts motivates people to change their behaviors to help protect more vulnerable groups.

#neuroscience #psychology #science

https://t.co/a7w2gWIIDh

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@ClassyArabic This is brilliant, thank you very much.

[Wala Shukri @WalaShukri]

@mobeid رائع جدا. تسلم أستاذ محمد على تصحيح و توضيح هذا الغلط الشائع.