Shifa Ismeth

Ceylon Moor 🇱🇰 Interested in Ottoman South Asian history & Ottoman Cultural history. IMU - History🎓& M.A. International Ottoman Studies

[Shifa Ismeth @shifa_ismeth]

homeland & 2nd home :)

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

Best places to travel in October, 2025.

1. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
2. 🇹🇷 Turkey
3. 🇺🇸 New Mexico
4. 🇪🇸 Valencia
5. 🇺🇸 New York City
6. 🇵🇭 Philippines
7. 🇧🇹 Bhutan
8. 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
9. 🇷🇴 Timisoara, Romania
10. 🇺🇸 San Francisco
11. 🇳🇦 Namibia

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[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan @RTErdogan]

Eserleriyle bizlere eşsiz bir miras bırakan, Türk tarihçiliğinin büyük ismi, “Tarihçilerin Kutbu” Prof. Dr. Halil İnalcık hocamızı ahirete irtihalinin 9’uncu yılında rahmetle, hürmetle yâd ediyorum.

[Yusuf Tekin @Yusuf__Tekin]

📍Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’da İslam’ın sembollerinden biri olarak kabul edilen, UNESCO tarafından “kültürel miras” listesine alınan ve halk arasında “Kırmızı Mescit” olarak bilinen tarihi yapıyı ziyaret ettik.

Bu vesileyle aziz milletimizin ve başta Sri Lankalı Müslüman kardeşlerimiz olmak üzere tüm İslam âleminin mübarek cumasını tebrik ediyorum.

[Shifa Ismeth @shifa_ismeth]

I had the privilege of meeting Prof. Dr. Yusuf Tekin, the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Türkiye, at the residence of the Turkish Ambassador in Colombo, followed by an official dinner. 🇱🇰🇹🇷

[Yusuf Tekin @Yusuf__Tekin]

📍Sri Lanka / Kolombo Büyükelçiliği

Büyükelçiliğimizi ziyaret ederek Büyükelçimiz Semih Lütfü Turgut'tan Sri Lanka’da gerçekleştirilen çalışmalar hakkında bilgiler aldık, gerçekleştirilecek yeni çalışmalara dair fikir alışverişinde bulunduk.

Ayrıca eğitimlerini ülkemizde tamamlayan öğrencilerimizle biraraya geldik.

Değerli Büyükelçimize çalışmalarında kolaylıklar diliyor, konukseverliğinden ötürü teşekkür ediyorum.

[Anura Kumara Dissanayake @anuradisanayake]

The dream we have nurtured for centuries is finally coming true. This achievement is not the result of any single person’s work, but the collective effort of hundreds of thousands of you. Your commitment has brought us this far, and for that, I am deeply grateful. This victory belongs to all of us.

Our journey here has been paved by the sacrifices of so many who gave their sweat, tears, and even their lives for this cause. Their sacrifices are not forgotten. We hold the scepter of their hopes and struggles, knowing the responsibility it carries. The millions of eyes filled with hope and expectation push us forward, and together, we stand ready to rewrite Sri Lankan history.

This dream can only be realized with a fresh start. The unity of Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims, and all Sri Lankans is the bedrock of this new beginning. The New Renaissance we seek will rise from this shared strength and vision.

Let us join hands and shape this future together!

[Shifa Ismeth @shifa_ismeth]

@JonathanACBrown However, the older generation of women often cover their heads not a formal hijab but something more informal like a shawl. These are few instances I could recall.

[Shifa Ismeth @shifa_ismeth]

@JonathanACBrown Mostly no, but there are few instances where we do: when there are non mahrams around, when eating (a cultural thing I believe), when the adhan is called ( cultural), when janaza at home...

[Turkish MFA @MFATurkiye]

Congratulations on the 76th anniversary of the Independence of Sri Lanka. 🇹🇷🇱🇰

[The Palestinian @InsiderWorld_1]

Thank you South Africa 🇿🇦

History will never forget this!

[akmalahs @akmalahs]

2024’ün ilk sabahı #Türkiye’ye yakışacak şekilde başlıyoruz #ForFairFuture #HappyNewYear #Palestine #Gaza_Genocide

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

My hero @WaelDahdouh. If he wasn’t Palestinian, he’d be the most famous face in the world decorating the covers of every magazine as person of the year. A man who has almost lost his life multiple times, yet never lost the will to keep covering the crimes against his people. When Israel bombed his wife and kids whom he loved so dearly, he persisted. When they shot him and killed his cameraman yesterday, he still cried out to the paramedics to go to those who had more severe injuries. And he continued to report even from his hospital bed. A symbol of courage. A symbol of hope. A symbol of faith. I love you my brother Wael. May Allah preserve you for us, and unite you with your loved ones once again in paradise. Ameen

[MFA SriLanka 🇱🇰 @MFA_SriLanka]

Best wishes and sincere greetings from the people and the Government of #SriLanka to the people and the Government of the State of #Palestine on the occasion of the National Day |15 Nov 2023| 🇵🇸l🇱🇰

#DiplomacyLk #lka

@pmofa
@slinpalestine

[Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @DrKarimWafa]

Gaza has gas. Sudan has gold. Congo has cobalt. Haiti has limestone. Afghanistan has copper. West Papua has crude oil. Every nation suffering from some form of genocide or intense suffering is attractive in the eyes of the western imperial machine of consumer capitalism.

[Ahmed Alnaouq @AlnaouqA]

This is my family. Two brothers, my father, and the little angel Omar.

Omar was the only kid who survived the bombing of my house.

Israel killed Omar’s father, grandfather, brother, sister, 4 uncles, 3 aunties, and 14 of his cousins.

Israel also destroyed his home and he was injured.

Everyone in this picture was killed except Omar. But did Omar actually “survive”?

Omar is still living under bombardment.

Omar is not safe.

Omar is a kid.

[Free Palestine @bitterarab]

I repeat, this did not start October 7th

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

An entire culture, history and people are disappearing under the rubble – buried by the moral cowardice of our political leaders.

Artists whose work we will never know.

Teachers whose lessons we will never learn.

Children whose laughter we will never hear.

We must keep raising our voice for an immediate ceasefire. For the universal application of international law. For our shared humanity.

For the only path to a just & lasting peace: an end to the occupation of Palestine.

[Sharmine Narwani @snarwani]

When I was young, I never really understood my parents insistence to only use olive oil imported from Palestine. It took a long time and a great distance in a process that was neither cheap nor convenient. The oil came in old beat-up containers that did not look appealing to me at all. In my head, if they wanted to support distant family back home, they could just send them money and save us and them a big hassle. We could just use the nice looking olive oil containers from the nearby store. Yet, this was never an option in our household. The only olive oil we used at home was from Palestine.

As I grew up and started a student part-time job, I worked with olive oil a little. I knew all about olive oil imported from Spain, Italy, and other countries. I knew which ones were better and more expensive. I also learned to tell, based on the pungent taste, which ones were extra virgin. I was tempted to use my employee discount to bring home one of the fancy bottles and use at our kitchen. I could not get myself to do it, and I did not exactly know why. I felt like it would be disrespectful to my parents even if it didn’t make sense to me. It did not feel right. It was not an option.

After living in Palestine for a year during the olive picking season, something changed. The olive picking season in Palestine is holy.

Palestinians relate to the weather based on how it would benefit or harm the olives. There is well-known unspoken rule about treating olive trees with respect. There is a day off from work just to pick olives. On public transportation, it is not unusual to hear someone on the phone telling their friend to stop by for their share of this year’s olive oil stored in what used to be a Coca-Cola or a liquor bottle. A driver will stop in the middle of the way to give his brother- in- law a jar of olives that are so close to one another that they start to crush showing their insides.

In Nablus, the owner of the Nabulsi soap factory takes pride in how picky he is about getting his olive oil. He insists on filling a cup to let me smell how authentic it is and smirks as he sees my diasporic facial expressions transform in appreciation of its strong smell running through all of my brain cells.

I started noticing how olive oil is an essential part of so many dishes. “Palestinians drink more olive oil than water” I would jokingly say and they would laugh in agreement. Olive oil is truly an everyday ritual.

They fantasize about its color when it’s fresh and remind me that it starts to change as it reacts with oxygen over time. They dip their bread into olive oil, just like that and without any additions, and enjoy it more than the sweetest of all foods. I can guarantee that every lunch invitation (عزومة) I received during the olive-picking season was a chance for my hosts to share their olive oil using Msakhan (a traditional Palestinian dish).

I now have a deeper understanding of the psychology behind the burning of olive trees by Israeli soldiers and why farmers moan at the scene as if they lost a loved one.

Wherever you are, if it’s accessible to you, make sure your olive oil is Palestinian. Your ancestors would want that.

-By Dima Seelawi

[Piers Morgan Uncensored @PiersUncensored]

Watch @piersmorgan's full interview with @byoussef on YouTube:

https://t.co/YNf0FXu70a

[Y.T.C @Young_Turk_Cyp]

Under Ottoman rule, both Cyprus and Palestine was at peace.

In Cyprus, Turks and Greeks lived in peace. In Palestine, Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in peace.

Peace was only destroyed when the British took administrative control over both regions…

#TwoStateSolution