أن يُطلب من أهل صور إخلاء مدينتهم، ليس مجرٌد إعلان عسكري. بل لحظة تهزّ شيئاً أعمق بكثير. فصور ليست مجرّد مدينة على الخارطة. إنها واحدة من أقدم المدن المأهولة في تاريخ البشرية، مرفأ حيّ للحضارات، وذاكرة للبحر، والتجارة، والثقافة، والصمود، والبقاء. مدينة شهدت سقوط إمبراطوريات وقيام أخرى، لكنها بقيت واقفة عبر القرون، رغم الحروب والاجتياحات والتحوّلات.
حين يُطلب من شعوب بأكملها مغادرة مدنها التاريخية، على الإنسانية أن تتوقّف قليلاً لتدرك حجم ما يحدث. لأنّ خلف السياسة والحسابات العسكرية، هناك بشر. هناك عائلات، وذكريات، وبيوت، ومدارس، وكنائس، ومساجد، وشوارع، وصيادون، وأطفال، وآباء وأمهات، وقصص، وأجيال كاملة مرتبطة بهذه الأرض.
وربما الأكثر وجعاً هو هذا الشعور بعدم المعرفة، عدم معرفة ما يحدث فعلاً في الجنوب. عدم معرفة ما الذي قد يحمله الغد. وعدم معرفة إلى أي حدّ تستطيع هذه المنطقة أن تتحمّل المزيد.
قلوبنا مثقلة من أجل جنوب لبنان، مثقلة من أجل صور، ومثقلة من أجل كل إنسان بريء عالق بين التاريخ والحرب.
#صور #جنوب_لبنان #لبنان
This is a picture of my grandfather with his parents and siblings, taken in Jerusalem in 1934. My Christian family lived in Jerusalem continuously since the time of Jesus, and our family tree that we have today can trace our roots back to around 1400 in Palestine, though it goes much further than we can track.
Until 1948, when Zionist terrorists ethnically cleansed them from their city, stole their home, personal belongings, clothes, documents, books, money, and properties… and turned them into refugees overnight.
Today, NONE of my family lives in Jerusalem. ZERO. Not a single one. And that is because of Israel, not Muslims.
I went twice to Karachi, and can’t wait to visit Lahore and the northern mountains. As an Egyptian, I felt so much at home in Pakistan.
All of last year I kept on telling friends; we should work more together.
Paid over $100 for visa in Jan, and by Dec visa was free!
@DanQayyum Went to Pakistan twice last year, first for a conference, then to participate in an exhibition. Love your country, and I immediately saw how we Egyptians are very close to Pakistanis, not the same language, but the same soul. I paid a visa in Jan, then by Dec visa was free!
I studied in Europe thanks to being also British and I am so happy that now my son can get to have this opportunity! It’s about time after this difficult decade to start doing the right thing.
The EU and the UK have completed the final step towards the UK’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027.
From 1 Jan 2027, students, apprentices & educators will reconnect, boosting mobility, skills & cooperation.
Welcome back, UK!
@alon_mizrahi This is when you got it all wrong. I thought you were better then this. Every single one of us, even the ones born after 1979 knows exactly who the enemy is. Egypt never lost its soul nor its moral
compass.
As we proceed to *Islamabad Talks*, I wish to extend our deepest and sincere gratitude to our brotherly countries People’s Republic of China, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Türkiye, Arab Republic of Egypt and State of Qatar for extending invaluable and all out support towards reaching the ceasefire and giving peaceful diplomatic efforts a chance to seek a comprehensive and conclusive end to the conflict.
I would also like to deeply appreciate and thank our brotherly countries of Gulf Cooperation Council, whose consistent support and commitment to peace and stability in the region remains quintessential for our efforts.
The leadership of all our brotherly countries and United States of America demonstrated exceptional strategic foresight, sagacity and patience in giving peace a chance.
I also thank all our partners and friends across the globe who have reached out and acknowledged Pakistan’s sincere efforts for the global peace.
Let us all work together to forge a lasting peace in the region and beyond!
Reposting this.
Pakistan's position in this conflict is the product of a rare and unrepeatable combination: a Muslim-majority nuclear state with a Shia minority large enough to give Iran cultural stakes, a Sunni majority large enough to give the Gulf states political comfort, a border with Iran, a defence pact with Saudi Arabia, a strategic partnership with China that Tehran values, a warming with Washington that Tehran cannot afford to antagonise, no American military bases on its soil, a military that proved itself in live combat less than a year ago, a competent political leadership and a foreign minister who has grown into the moment, and a diplomatic tradition of studied neutrality that every party in this conflict has at various points relied upon.
@amrwaked@awwadkuw معلومه زياده: جامع الصالح طلائع وزير الخليفه الفاطمي اتبنى في الاصل لاستقبال رأس السيد الحسين لكن غيروا رايهم لان الجامع كان خارج الاسوار امام باب زويله.
كان حدث مهم جدا وتناقله العديد من المؤرخين.
Re-upping my Feb conversation with @DalrympleWill + @tweeter_anita on @EmpirePodUK about Iran, Hezbollah, Israel, Saudi Arabia... and how 1980's got us to where we are today. Ep. 122: more focused KSA/Iran with some personal reflections on life in war. https://t.co/yG59hNAjO8
The path away from war still exists, says @badralbusaidi, Oman’s foreign minister. He lays out what both America and Iran must do to engage in negotiations once again https://t.co/hZ6zjimqOB
عند السادسة من صباح أمس، كانت بيروت لا تزال نصف نائمة. بعد ليلة قاسية، ليلة من القصف، من انهيار المباني، من الخسائر، كان هناك صمت غريب على الكورنيش البحري. لا ضجيج، لا حركة، فقط مدينة تحاول أن تلتقط أنفاسها. خرجت أركض.
رأيت رجالًا ونساءً يستيقظون من على الأرصفة، من داخل سياراتهم، من فوق فرشاتٍ رقيقة على الأرض الباردة. يطوون أغطيتهم بهدوء، يغسلون وجوههم بما تيسّر، ثم يرفعون رؤوسهم، يبتسمون، ويقولون: "صباح الخير".
صباح الخير … في مدينة لم تنم. في مدينة اهتزّت قبل ساعات. في مدينة لديها كل الأسباب لتنكسر. ومع ذلك، لا تنكسر.
في بيروت شيءٌ يرفض الهزيمة. ليس صاخباً، ولا بطولياً كما نتصوّر، بل إصرار عنيد على الحياة.
صباح أمس، لم أرَ ضحايا. بل رأيت إنسانية تُقاوم.
#صباح_الخير #بيروت #لبنان
I’m not sure how we became accustomed to this.
How it doesn’t shake us to the bone.
It’s surreal how numb we became.
We are slowly becoming dehumanized!
Besides the reconstruction of our cities we need the rehabilitation of our lost souls.
Monarchists are marching in the town my mom lives in Italy.
They were approaching the street she lives in, while my mom was at home.
She called me and said "I don't know what to do, I can't just stay here and watch them... I don't have and would not wave an IR flag... so what should I do? I don't even know what flag would represent me anymore"
I said "ignore them, they're dangerous"
Then she came up with "I'm going to wave a Palestine flag from the window, let me go and pick it up".