Watch our latest short film; a profile of a Nakba survivor who was kind enough to share her story with us on Nakba day.
Beautifully edited by @tahseenmachine
Invincible starts tomorrow. Dune 3 trailer today. Spiderman Brand New Day trailer tomorrow. Daredevil next week. Project Hail Mary on Thursday.
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"When thousands of innocent people are completely killed it hurts me!"
"Humanity is better than ever in terms of possibilities. We can do everything. But still, right now, we kill each other. For what?!"
Pep Guardiola delivers hugely passionate speech on the power of images and humanity. 🧠
America’s political chaos didn’t appear overnight. It was seeded a long ago.
When a nation chooses to pour trillions into foreign wars, weapons, and military solutions—while neglecting its social fabric—it trains itself to see force as the primary answer to every problem. Over time, that way of thinking doesn’t stay overseas. It comes home.
A state that normalizes violence abroad, causing the deaths of millions of innocent people, eventually becomes comfortable with violence at home. A government that resolves conflict through bombs and armies slowly loses the language of restraint, compromise, and civic trust. Fear replaces confidence, force replaces dialogue, and citizens begin to be treated as threats rather than stakeholders.
History is unambiguous on this point. Empires that define themselves through perpetual war eventually turn inward. Surveillance expands. Militarized policing grows. Political opponents are framed as enemies. And social disagreement—once handled through law, norms, and persuasion—becomes something to be “managed” through intimidation or force.
This isn’t about left versus right. It’s about what happens when a society accepts endless war as normal and moral limits as optional. You cannot train your people to believe violence is the ultimate problem-solver and then be shocked when that mindset shows up in domestic politics.
Peace abroad and peace at home are not separate issues. A country that wants stability, unity, and civic trust must learn how to solve problems without defaulting to domination. Otherwise, the tools built for foreign battlefields will inevitably be pointed inward—first subtly, then openly.
What we are witnessing now is not an anomaly. It is an inevitable consequence.
And no one summed it up more profoundly and succinctly than our brother El-Hajj Malik al-Shabbaz, when he commented on the violence in his time: "...chickens coming home to roost."
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“The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it. And that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident”
Every day this line feels more and more relevant.