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Radwa El Shafei @radwaelshafei.bsky.social · 2d

“Don’t let them take your humanity. Don’t let them win.”

@abbymartin.bsky.social sat with @ahmedeldin.bsky.social and said all the quiet parts Out Loud about Gaza and the global moral collapse we’re all living through.

🎧 Don’t miss the FULL convo on YouTube:
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Abby Martin on Gaza, Empire & the Media’s Moral Collapse | Out Loud with Ahmed Eldin

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · 13h

Israel violated the ‘ceasefire’ in Gaza 47 times — killing 38 Palestinians and injured 143.

Today, 11 members of the same family were killed when their bus was struck by an Israeli tank shell.

This is a continuation of genocide by other means.

How They're Rebuilding Gaza's Cage and Calling It Peace

The world calls it reconstruction. Israel calls it security. But for Palestinians, it’s the rebranding of slow genocide.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Sep 3

“The Voice of Hind Rajab” stuns #VeniceFilmFestival with its longest standing ovation of 24 minutes amid tears and “Free Palestine” chants.

Mark my words: this film isn’t just a moment—it’s a movement. It will move millions to rise, to stand with Palestine
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The Voice That Shattered Venice: How Hind Rajab Ignited a Revolution for Palestine

The premiere of The Voice of Hind Rajab, a Tunisian documentary-drama by Kaouther Ben Hania, unleashed the longest standing ovation in the festival's history.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Aug 29

𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃?

When I asked the godfather of Paleetinian hip hop Tamer Nafar, his answer stunned me:

“Art isn’t there to save the flight. It’s just the black box recording the crash.”

𝙒𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙁𝙐𝙇𝙇 𝙀𝙋𝙄𝙎𝙊𝘿𝙀: youtu.be/pyGxmAH9Avw

Palestine, Rage & Hip-Hop: Tamer Nafar Tells It Like It Is

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Aug 26

“Maybe Palestinians should invent a new word for what we feel as the world moves on while 2 million people endure genocide.”

The godfather of Palestinian hip hop Tamer Nafar says ALL the quiet parts out loud.

𝙒𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃 𝙁𝙐𝙇𝙇 𝙀𝙋𝙄𝙎𝙊𝘿𝙀: youtu.be/pyGxmAH9Avw

Palestine, Rage & Hip-Hop: Tamer Nafar Tells It Like It Is

YouTube video by Ahmed Eldin

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Australia’s own history is stained with the genocide of Indigenous peoples. To atone, Australia must not only confront its past but act now to stop Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Real solidarity means learning from history, not repeating it. Australia cannot condemn genocide while fueling it.

Australia’s Words of Outrage Can’t Hide Its Complicity in Israel’s Genocide

Words of outrage mean nothing when they are backed by permits that enable the mass murder of children daily.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Aug 5

Expecting Trump to halt Israel’s Gaza genocide is like asking an arsonist to douse his fire. His career thrives on loyalty to extremist donors & propaganda hiding HR violations. Only global outrage & political isolation might sway him.

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Trump’s Hostage Crisis: Americans Held Ransom for Israel’s Genocidal Campaign

Oh, you need hurricane relief? Too bad—you didn’t pledge allegiance to Israel’s starvation regime.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Aug 2

I asked Gabor Maté where young people can find hope & his answer stunned me.

He also told me to look to people like Francesca Albanese— whom he called “an avatar of truth.”

The full convo is packed with profound truths you don’t want to miss. youtu.be/fM6IsawCsNg?...

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Aug 1

Every day, Zionist talking points are packaged as news by anchors with AIPAC ties. IDF propaganda floods our feeds, disguised as ads. But when Palestinians share raw footage of their reality, we’re told to ignore it, dismiss it, pretend it doesn’t exist.

Israel Is Starving Its Own Hostages

Israel’s war machine has turned its genocidal gaze so fully toward erasing the Palestinian people, that in the process, it is starving its own.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Aug 1

Gabor Maté just said what would get most people fired:

“What Israel Is Doing In Gaza Is Energetically Almost Identical To What Nazis Did”

But he’s lived through it before— and he’s not afraid to say the quiet part out loud!

🔗 WATCH FULL PODCAST: youtu.be/fM6IsawCsNg?...

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Aug 1

In this clip, Gabor Mate reflects on where hope lives, and why, even when things feel hopeless, he still sides with the oppressed.

In a world wired to reward power, Gabor reminds us that it’s not naïve to hope — it’s necessary.

🔗 WATCH FULL EPISODE: youtu.be/fM6IsawCsNg?...

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Jul 9

It was my great honour to interview the one and only Francesca Albanese yesterday. Watch here, and find out why Trump and Rubio are so determined to stop her vital work:
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Israel's Tech Boom & the Economy of Genocide

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur, joins Naomi to discuss calls for her removal and her latest report documenting the 'corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · May 7

Israel killed 92 Palestinians today. You probably didn’t hear about it. That’s how genocide becomes routine—when mass killing scrolls by unnoticed, and international law stays silent because it’s Israel pulling the trigger. ahmedeldin.substack.com/p/a-year-and...

A Year and a Half of Genocide—And Still, No One Stops the Killer

It’s hard to stomach how comfortable the world has become with Palestinian death. It’s harder still to watch how selective the law becomes when Israel is the one doing the killing.

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CNN @cnn.com · Apr 14

Harvard University has rejected the Trump administration's demands for policy changes, putting nearly $9 billion in federal funding at risk

With billions at risk, Harvard rejects Trump administration’s request for policy changes | CNN

Harvard University rejected the Trump administration’s demands for policy changes at the school on Monday, putting nearly $9 billion in federal funding at risk.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Apr 14

BREAKING: After 10 years of living, studying, & building a life in the U.S., this was supposed to be a moment of transition for Mohsen Mahdawi—a step toward becoming an American citizen. Instead, it was a trap.

ICE agents arrested him in Vermont.

BREAKING: Palestinian Student Arrested In Vermont During Citizenship Interview

After 10 years of living, studying, and building a life in the U.S., this was supposed to be a moment of transition for green-card holder Mohsen Mahdawi. But, it was a trap.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Apr 14

NEW: Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. None has received a reply.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.

Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions.…

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Apr 13

Israel dropped +80,000 tons of explosives on Gaza = 36 kg of explosives for every man, woman, & child trapped inside Gaza. The UN confirmed since March 18, at least 36 Israeli airstrikes have hit sites where the only casualties were women & children.

Israel Bombed Every Hospital. And The Media Still Won't Call It Genocide

If every hospital is gone, every child is starving, and every truth is buried — what do we call that other than ethnic-cleansing rebranded as self-defense?

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Apr 11

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: US judge just ruled Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported. Not because he committed any crimes, but thanks to an outdated 1952 law that gives Marco Rubio the power to kick out anyone they don’t like. substacktools.com/sharex/eGYgEi8a

BREAKING: US Judge Rules Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported To Algeria or Syria

Not because he committed any crimes, but thanks to an outdated 1952 law that gives the Secretary of State the power to kick out anyone they don’t like.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Apr 11

🚨Trump just appointed Yehuda Kaploun, an Israeli who says “there never was a Palestine” as lead censor of free speech in America aka as the State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Apr 7

Netanyahu just sailed through Europe’s borders and airspace, landing in Washington as Gaza bled its horrors on live camera: children ripped apart and beheaded, a journalist immolated in his own tent, and 14 rescue workers methodically executed.

The dystopia is here:

You Protest, You’re Punished. Netanyahu Genocides, He Gets Cleared for Takeoff.

The dystopia is here: where students are jailed and genocidaires are honored guests.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Apr 1

Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and the visionary behind My Neighbor Totoro, is older than the rogue Israeli regime itself, older than the latest iteration of whitewashed militarism, older than the AI-generated propaganda that tries to turn war crimes into bedtime stories.

Israel's Military “Ghiblified” Its Genocide—And It’s Obscenely Revolting

The IDF’s attempt to ‘Ghiblify’ its occupation and war crimes is not just propaganda—it’s a grotesque violation of everything Studio Ghibli stands for.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Mar 26

Israel is blocking all aid to Gaza for 22 days, longer than the October 2023 siege. There is no food, no medicine, no fuel, no water.

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UN warned there is enough flour for just 4 more days. That was 5 days ago.

Today, Israel beheaded another child.

Israel is Vanishing Palestinians. The U.S. Is Vanishing Protesters.

As Israel accelerates its genocide in Gaza, the U.S. is targeting those who speak out—harming not only Palestinians, students and American jews, but also Jews around the world.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Mar 26

Since Israel broke the ceasefire last week, nearly 700 Palestinians have been killed—400 of them women and children. A 6-month-old boy, his mother, and his siblings were brought to Al-Ahli Hospital in severed remains after an airstrike targeted their home.

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Israel is Vanishing Palestinians. The U.S. Is Vanishing Protesters.

As Israel accelerates its genocide in Gaza, the U.S. is targeting those who speak out—harming not only Palestinians, students and American jews, but also Jews around the world.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Mar 25

If Dershowitz had an ounce of intellectual honesty, he would not be defending this. He would not be twisting in law to excuse ethnic cleansing. He would not be gaslighting the world into believing that an occupied people have no right to resist their own extermination.

Dershowitz at 86: A Gaslighting Apologist Defending Genocide

Desperate to justify genocide, Alan exposes the crumbling facade of Israeli propaganda and his own intellectual collapse.

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Ahmed Eldin @ahmedeldin.bsky.social · Mar 23

When justice is selective, when laws are bent to accommodate power, when genocide is excused with the language of self-defense, what remains to stop the next massacre, the next unchecked brutality? This is not just about Gaza.

World's Refusal To Sanction Israel Endangers Us All

When justice is selective, when genocide is excused as self-defense, when laws bend to accommodate power, the world grows more dangerous for us all.

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