Today, I presided over the U.S. House. It was the first time in history that an openly gay, Black member presided over Congress.
Today was for the kids who wonder whether there’s a place for them in this world, or whether they can really be anything when they grow up. ✊🏿🏳️🌈
"On my very first day of orientation, I got my first death threat. It was a serious one. They took me aside, the FBI ... I didn't even get sworn in yet & someone wanted me dead for just existing. More came later. Uglier, more violent,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib
The election of AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and more recently Cori Bush, was a big fuck you to white supremacists, misogynists, Islamophobes, racists. They are Black and women of colour, including Muslim women, who refuse to stay in their appointed place
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman elected to the US Congress. And it shows! It shows in the way she refuses to put up and shut up. It shows in the way she refuses to be grateful because the white boys let her in their club called Congress https://t.co/mr0cgaOP9x
🧿 May 🧿 Everyone 🧿 who 🧿 lays 🧿 eyes 🧿 on 🧿 this 🧿 tweet 🧿 be 🧿 coated 🧿 in 🧿 love 🧿 and 🧿 light 🧿 and 🧿 be 🧿 protected 🧿 against 🧿 all 🧿 evil 🧿 bad 🧿 thoughts 🧿 ill 🧿🧿 intentions 🧿 or 🧿 negative 🧿 vibes 🧿
"عقد بلقيس" عمل للفنانة التشكيلية أمل شايف
عملت أمل على مزج موهبتها في الرسم بجانب صناعة الحلي التي تحمل طابع يمني تراثي. قامت أمل باستخدام ألوان الأكرليك لرسم ثلاث لوحات تحمل مظهر امرأة على لوح خشب مرتدية اكسسوارات يمنية قديمة من صنعها
تم انتاج العمل بتمويل من صندوق "اليونسكو".
We asked Yemeni activist, musician, & LGBTQ+ Yemeni asylee @amaaniyahya to share her thoughts and feelings after @POTUS announced the US will end its military support for the war in #Yemen yesterday.
Al-Anoud-a 19 year old Yemeni girl-was forced into marriage at 12 and was abused & treated like a slave. When she asked for a divorce & refused to go back to her husband, he attacked her with acid.
Her now ex-husband is roaming around free. We demand #JusticeForAlAnoud
For years, you made congressional calls. Signed petitions. Organized & made your voice heard.
After 6 years of devastating war fueled by the US, the Biden Admin announced the end of US support for the Saudi-led coalition's military campaign in #Yemen.
YOU made this happen.