Ali Malik

Wannabe intellectual, massive OCD and know-it-all

[Wynne @wynneflh]

In 1942, a drunk German officer sat at dinner and bragged about the Jewish woman he had selected from the brothel the Nazis had forced open in town. He said her name out loud. The Tunisian Arab sitting across from him stayed calm, smiled, poured more wine, and finished the meal. Then he drove the officer home, sped through the dark streets, and knocked on a door close to midnight. That night, he hid 25 people for four months. He never spoke about it again.
His name was Khaled Abdul-Wahab. He was 31 years old, a wealthy Muslim Tunisian who had studied art and architecture in New York and spoke fluent German. Nazi officers trusted him. They invited him to their dinners.
Tunisia was the only Arab country directly occupied by Nazi Germany during the war. Jewish families were pushed from their homes. More than 5,000 Jewish men were sent to forced labor camps. Yellow stars marked every chest.
That December night in the coastal town of Mahdia, Khaled listened as the officer boasted. The woman he named belonged to a family Khaled had known all his life.
He left immediately. He drove through the night. He knocked on their door at midnight.
Pack nothing. Come now.
He gathered 25 people — mothers, fathers, cousins, and children — and drove them nearly 20 miles to his family farm, hiding them inside the olive press, stables, and storage buildings.
This was not one brave act. It was four straight months of courage.
He fed them while supplies grew scarce. He kept babies quiet. He trusted his servants to stay silent. When German soldiers arrived to count Jewish families, the hidden people pinned yellow stars onto their clothes and stood motionless. When the soldiers left, the stars came off again.
One night, a drunken soldier wandered onto the farm and discovered them. An eleven-year-old girl hiding under a bed watched him laugh and threaten to kill everyone there. Then Khaled appeared. She remembered him her entire life as a guardian angel. He calmly walked the soldier outside, took away his weapon, and sent him off the property.
Nobody on that farm died.
In May 1943, British forces liberated Tunisia. All 25 people returned home alive.
Khaled went back to a quiet life. He married, raised daughters, painted, and worked in government service.
He never told anyone what he had done. Not his wife. Not his children. No one.
He died on September 4, 1997, at the age of 86. His story was buried with him.
Ten years later, his daughter Faiza was sitting in a café in Paris reading a Sunday newspaper when she came across an interview with an American historian describing a Tunisian Arab who had hidden 25 Jews in 1942.
The historian mentioned her father by name.
She was 45 years old and had never heard the story before.
She contacted the historian. One of the children saved on the farm had left behind 83 pages of testimony before her death. Every detail matched.
“I rediscovered my father,” Faiza later said.
Khaled was nominated for Israel’s highest honor given to non-Jews who saved Jewish lives. He would have been the first Arab to receive it.
The committee declined, saying he had not risked his own life enough.
Faiza answered with a line history should never forget:
“My father opened his home to Jews. They did not open theirs to us.”
Today, the 25 people Khaled saved have hundreds of descendants living across Israel, France, America, and Tunisia. The little girl hidden beneath the bed grew up, moved to Paris, and built a family of her own. None of them would exist if Khaled had stayed silent that night.
He had everything to lose. He acted anyway. Then he spent the rest of his life saying nothing about it.
The world nearly forgot him twice. Now you know his name.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander recalls a visit to Ramallah that challenged his fears about visiting Palestinian cities as a Jewish American.

When Israeli soldiers opened fire nearby during a raid, the Palestinian group he was with surrounded him to protect him.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Former US President Bill Clinton quoted the Quran during a speech in Koinonia Worship Centre in Florida condemning discrimination against Muslims.

Clinton recalled his daughter Chelsea introducing him to the verse.

[The Caravan @thecaravanindia]

#Balakot | The Indian Air Force, it can now be clearly said seven years after the fact, missed its designated targets, lost a fighter jet in an aerial skirmish, shot down its own helicopter, had another near-miss friendly fire incident over Rajasthan and was put on the backfoot because of the capture of its fighter pilot.

How the Modi government drew political mileage out of a military failure. Read our March 2025 cover story by @SushantSin:
https://t.co/WLdDxeK3kU

[Turgay Evren @TurgayEvren1]

Before sentencing Omar al-Mukhtar to death, the Italian judge asked him:

— Did you fight against the Italian state?
Omar al-Mukhtar: Yes.

— Did you encourage people to fight against the Italian state?
Omar al-Mukhtar: Yes.

— How many years did you fight against Italy?
Omar al-Mukhtar: About 20 years.

— Do you regret what you did?
Omar al-Mukhtar: No.

— Do you know that you will be executed?
Omar al-Mukhtar: Yes.

Surprised, the judge said:

— It is very sad for a man like you to meet such an end…

Omar al-Mukhtar replied:

— On the contrary! This is the most beautiful way for my life to end.

The judge then offered to acquit him and send him into exile if he wrote a declaration ordering the resistance fighters to end their struggle. Omar al-Mukhtar responded with his famous words:

“These fingers, which testify in every prayer that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is His Messenger, can never write anything false! We do not surrender: we either win or die. Even if we die, we win, while you lose. The bitter truth is that you will understand this only when you die—and by then, it will be of no use to you!”

[PMLN @pmln_org]

گزشتہ دو دن میں سینکڑوں گرفتاریاں ہو چکی ہیں۔ فیلڈ فارمیشنز اور تمام محکموں کو ہدایت دی گئی ہے کہ اپنے رینکس اینڈ فائلز میں موجود کرپٹ عناصر کو خود فلٹر کریں، ورنہ سخت ایکشن ہوگا۔ اربوں روپے کے باڈی کیمز نگرانی اور احتساب کا مؤثر ذریعہ بنیں گے۔ مقصد یہ ہے کہ جرائم اور واقعات کے بعد نہیں، ہونے سے پہلے روک تھام کی جائے۔

وزیراعلی پنجاب مریم نواز شریف

[Maryam Nawaz Sharif @MaryamNSharif]

*محکمہ ایکسائز پنجاب میں کرپٹ سرکاری افسران اور ملازمین کے خلاف کریک ڈاؤن، پنجاب کی تاریخ میں پہلی بار 22 ایکسائز انسپکٹروں اور عملے کو معطل کر دیا گیا۔

[Ali Malik @amalik04]

@pubity Clarification given by both the inventor and the police

[Islamabad Police @ICT_Police]

سوشل میڈیا پر پولیس وین سے ٹکرانے والی گاڑی کی وائرل ویڈیو کا معاملہ۔

پولیس گاڑی سے ٹکرانے والی گاڑی کے معاملے پر ایس پی سٹی زون ڈاکٹر ایاز حسین کا نوجوان کے ہمراہ ویڈیو پیغام ملاحظہ کیجیے۔

#WeRIslamabadPolice

[Ali Malik @amalik04]

@ww3mediaa Clarification provided by both the inventor and the police

[Islamabad Police @ICT_Police]

سوشل میڈیا پر پولیس وین سے ٹکرانے والی گاڑی کی وائرل ویڈیو کا معاملہ۔

پولیس گاڑی سے ٹکرانے والی گاڑی کے معاملے پر ایس پی سٹی زون ڈاکٹر ایاز حسین کا نوجوان کے ہمراہ ویڈیو پیغام ملاحظہ کیجیے۔

#WeRIslamabadPolice

[Ali Malik @amalik04]

@RT_com Clarification provided by both the inventor and the police

[Islamabad Police @ICT_Police]

سوشل میڈیا پر پولیس وین سے ٹکرانے والی گاڑی کی وائرل ویڈیو کا معاملہ۔

پولیس گاڑی سے ٹکرانے والی گاڑی کے معاملے پر ایس پی سٹی زون ڈاکٹر ایاز حسین کا نوجوان کے ہمراہ ویڈیو پیغام ملاحظہ کیجیے۔

#WeRIslamabadPolice

[☀️👀 @zei_squirrel]

Pope Francis: "I continue to receive very serious and painful news from Gaza. Unarmed civilians are subjected to bombings and shootings. A mother and her daughter were killed by Israeli snipers while going to the restroom. It is terrorism."

[Ali Malik @amalik04]

@MehlaqaCAPJ NICOP is a Pakistan origin card. If you are a citizen of another country, you still have access to consular services regards of whether you enter Pakistan on NICOP or a visa

[Anita Anand @AnitaAnandMP]

Following the leaders’ joint statement below, Canada is issuing an advisory to Canadian businesses regarding the legal, financial, and reputational risks associated with commercial activities linked to Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.

Canada advises businesses not to participate in activities that directly or indirectly support or facilitate illegal Israeli settlements and associated violence.

Canada’s longstanding position has been that Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are illegal under international law. Businesses should align their operations with responsible business conduct standards, and refrain from engaging in economic and financial activities associated with these settlements.

Read more: https://t.co/4s5WF2RDt1

[CNN @CNN]

The Israeli military acknowledged firing on a car carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza after earlier denials as it opens a criminal probe into the January 2024 killing. https://t.co/447KgMpwoI

[Papa León XIV @Pontifex_es]

Reitero mi llamamiento para que cesen los repetidos actos de violencia contra la población civil palestina en Cisjordania y pido con urgencia a la comunidad internacional que vele por el avance de la solución de dos Estados, en pro de una paz justa y duradera.

[Maryam Nawaz Sharif @MaryamNSharif]

Alhamdulillah, peace has returned to the troubled areas of Kacha after decades. A two-week floodlit cricket tournament was successfully held in the region, an area where, until recently, people would hesitate to venture even in broad daylight. Throughout the event, large numbers of residents were seen moving about freely late into the night without fear. Since December, not a single FIR relating to any heinous crime has been registered at the local police stations.

[Truth Seeker @Seeke09Truth]

🇵🇰🇮🇳 A Pakistani social media user placed the Indian flag on the ground as part of a social experiment. Many Pakistanis chose to respect the flag instead of stepping on it, delivering a message of dignity, respect, and humanity.

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

With Netanyahu's visit to the White House today, a reminder: US authorities should respect human rights and the rule of law. PM Netanyahu should be arrested and tried by the International Criminal Court.