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💜armorer, technically 💜I am just sitting here 💜quite tired 💜makeup, occasionally

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I went to an anime convention in the Middle East.

This was the very first edition of Animenia in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

As an Arab living in the U.S. I feel compelled to share my experience. Have this tweet for the time being, I’ll circle back once I’ve returned home

[Retro Anime @retro_anime]

Berserk (1997)

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Late night overthinking/worried myself into crying but I have a purring 15 week old kitten laying right next to my head on my pillow and making biscuits on my shoulder. So now I’m crying still because I forgot how much I miss having a cat to cheer me up when I’m hurting.

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My designer baby Taro turned 4 yesterday. I still cannot believe that this creature lives in my house.

[mika @themikalaleeann]

me and my homegirls

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Yesterday healed the lil Arab girl in me fr

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Somi has only been alive for 8 weeks and he’s already serving face????

[LeCanard (Commissions open!) @iniemohk]

Lil aliens who discovered Islam gets enamored with it and goes on the Hajj for the first time

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Somi loves Ozzy Osbourne

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Me: Cat Distribution System please pick me. The cat-shaped hole in my heart grows painful.

System: ok ok hear me out- Himalayan and Persian

Me: I… don’t have hundreds/thousands to drop on designer cats?

System: who said anything about money? They just need a new home :)

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@kaitlinpls The pink hair selfie is still your photo in my contacts✨💕

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#NewProfilePic

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@Allie_In_Chains I appreciate you sharing, Allie ❤️

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Something else I found out later was Arabic-dubbed anime? A show MY MOTHER watched when SHE WAS A KID. Grendizer first came to Lebanon in 1979 and was HUGE in the Middle East.

One of the first super robot series in the mecha genre. Think about that.

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When I would visit Lebanon growing up, I found out later in life that a lot of the cartoons I watched were anime dubbed in Arabic!

Captain Tsubasa (to me he was Captain Najid), Future Boy Conan (Adnan & Lina), Pokémon, Digimon, Dragonball Z, and some Inuyasha!

[آية 🇱🇧🍉 @ayastotle]

I went to an anime convention in the Middle East.

This was the very first edition of Animenia in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

As an Arab living in the U.S. I feel compelled to share my experience. Have this tweet for the time being, I’ll circle back once I’ve returned home

[آية 🇱🇧🍉 @ayastotle]

@Toastythunder1 Thank you!! Experiencing an anime convention in another country yet not feeling out of place *because* the language/culture is something familiar to me… I didn’t realize would make me so emotional. I was so moved that I couldn’t not share, as someone with ‘a foot in both doors’

[آية 🇱🇧🍉 @ayastotle]

I went to an anime convention in the Middle East.

This was the very first edition of Animenia in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

As an Arab living in the U.S. I feel compelled to share my experience. Have this tweet for the time being, I’ll circle back once I’ve returned home