Mo Azam

it will be free…

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

Sunset. Sea. Good friends…

Simple pleasures 😌

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Tribeca condemns Palestinian 'dog rape' joke by Israeli film's producer https://t.co/B1dn4cT7IC

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

@DalrympleWill I refuse to give him any space to reposition himself. He’s using Gaza to further his political ambitions. Inshalkah Ilford will ditch him at the next GE.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

“Universalizing the lessons of the Holocaust” is apparently bad now?

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

@afterwayafter It’s sad really. He’s simply a liberal Zionist. And as Malcolm X said they are the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

@lewis_goodall @Altymcaltalt3 It’s not who you interview. It’s how. It’s the framing. Faux impartiality isn’t the standard. As a fan of your unfortunately there is topic area you are very much lacking in this regard.

[Larry Sanders @Sanders4Health]

I am very proud to say there are lots and lots of us wrong kind of Jews!

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

@Israel_katz PARKLIFE!

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

Nothing has exposed the British public to @hasanthehun’s ideas like @ShabanaMahmood banning him from a pretty normie tech conference and a debate society he already did last year. Instead, he got GB News, Piers Morgan, The Times, and LBC Well done! Excellent strategizing!

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"Britain’s responsibility in Palestine
Britain has a direct responsibility for the creation of today’s situation in Gaza, says UK author William Dalrymple in an interview with Ahram Weekly"
https://t.co/gOFDk2SZfW

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

⭕️ UK Green Party leader Zack Polanski is highlighting the case of Marwan Barghouti, the most well-known Palestinian political prisoner, held in Israeli detention for 25 years. “Good. Let’s talk about Marwan Barghouti,” Polanski wrote in response to a pro-Israel tweet, noting an Inter-Parliamentary Union report found Barghouti was not given a fair trial.

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

@GovMikeHuckabee Coward.

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

@DDayMovies Don’t say that mate. It might hurt someone’s feelings.

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

@lewis_goodall @Boonhawk Don’t hide behind that fig leaf. Your output on Gaza over the last 2.5years has been woeful.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Recently learned about Sunghyun Yoo, a Korean tailor who moved from Seoul to Naples in 2017 to learn how to become a bespoke tailor. While many East Asians take apprenticeships in Europe, often in Italy, most of them return to their home countries after their studies. Yoo decided to stay in Naples, where he has established his own workshop, which he named Sartoria Del Signore.

If you know a little about tailoring, then you can spot many of the hallmarks here of Neapolitan style: The soft shoulder line, extended front dart, high gorge, straight lapels, and slightly sweeping quarters. It's said that Vincenzo Attolini invented this style in the early 1900s when he worked as the head cutter for Rubinacci (then called London House).

Back then, traditional British tailoring tended to be more structured. A jacket was typically built with a stiff layer of haircloth, a layer of body canvas, and a fuzzy layer of felt called domette to prevent the prickly haircloth from poking through. Faced with clients who wanted lighter, more comfortable jackets for Naples's warmer clime, Attolini ripped out much of this structure — removing the domette entirely and reserving just a bit of haircloth at certain parts of the chest. The shoulder line was also minimally padded. The result is something that's not only lighter and more comfortable in the heat but also looks more relaxed and casual than its British counterpart.

Today, Neapolitan tailoring houses struggle to find apprentices. For good reason, most young people don't want to become bespoke tailors, as it takes a long time to learn the skills, and the future of this market is uncertain. Even when young people enter the tailoring industry, they are more likely to become content creators, businesspeople, marketers, or something similar. They don't want to be the people who draft patterns, cut, and sew.

Thus, it's great to see immigrants keep this craft alive. To me, it's never about the person's ethnicity, but rather their skills and mindset. Anyone can learn how to become a bespoke tailor. In Naples, there's a specific way of doing things that yields a particular silhouette. It's great to see Yoo carry this tradition forward at a time when it's at risk of disappearing.

Earlier this year, I had dinner with two bespoke tailors — one from Hong Kong, the other from Seoul. The second was studied under Antonio Pascariello, a master tailor in Naples who recently passed away. I remember asking both tailors a question about how to fit a difficult figure, and the Korean tailor gave an answer that I thought revealed a very Italian way of thinking. In this way, Italian traditions live on, regardless of the person's ethnicity.

If you're interested, you can follow Yoo on Instagram (look up sartoriadelsignore). As usual, I have no affiliation with him — this is not a paid post, as I don't do paid posts. Just some thoughts about this dying art and the role that immigrants play, even when they're from different cultures and backgrounds.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

In the same breath, Israel says it’s unfair for Iran to defend Hezbollah because those are different conflicts — and then takes out its anger on humanitarian orgs delivering aid to Gaza

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

@wesstreeting Mfer has zero shame. Zero.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Good. Let's talk about Marwan Barghouti.

Imprisoned for 25 years.
An inter-Parliamentary Union report found he was not given a fair trial.

Nelson Mandela: “What is happening to Barghouti is exactly the same as what happened to me."

Free Marwan.

https://t.co/EoTcJkttRd

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

i think this was an interesting conversation, kind liberals cont to make optics arguments that center the feelings of ppl w sympathies to the state that has conducted industrial mass slaughter & maintains an apartheid. the purpose of holocaust scholarship is to never let it happen again. its to be used as a comparison to stop it from happening now. that's why i do not shy away from making the comparison as a warning.

[Mo Azam @moiazam]

@ggreenwald @hasanthehun The thing is @lewis_goodall is aware of the absurdity of his position. It’s actually an antisemitic position to exceptionalise Israel in the way he does. Oh what a tangled web he weaves.

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

incredible movie. especially recommend if you’re unfamiliar with palestinian history during the british occupation.