Yahia Lababidi
@ysl.bsky.social
Author of 🇵🇸 Palestine Wail, What Remains To Be Said & 11 other books : aphorisms, poetry, essays, and conversations.
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Exploring art, spirit, and conscience.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
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Exploring art, spirit, and conscience.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Pinned
“In music, silence is more important than sound.”
— Miles Davis
— Miles Davis
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
“In music, silence is more important than sound.”
— Miles Davis
— Miles Davis
Trump Derangement Syndrome
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My encounter with Trump Derangement Syndrome
The president has created a permission structure for xenophobia and Islamophobia
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February 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Trump Derangement Syndrome
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Of course, thinking world politics…
but also true in the private sphere:
the jailer is never free.
but also true in the private sphere:
the jailer is never free.
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Of course, thinking world politics…
but also true in the private sphere:
the jailer is never free.
but also true in the private sphere:
the jailer is never free.
In the midst of a Genocide,
our Peace Lily began to bloom
For years, it withheld its flowers
but sensing our great need
It could not bear it any longer
& granted us radiant relief.
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our Peace Lily began to bloom
For years, it withheld its flowers
but sensing our great need
It could not bear it any longer
& granted us radiant relief.
youtube.com/shorts/qJYiu... #poetry #Palestine #NaturePhotography
February 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
In the midst of a Genocide,
our Peace Lily began to bloom
For years, it withheld its flowers
but sensing our great need
It could not bear it any longer
& granted us radiant relief.
youtube.com/shorts/qJYiu... #poetry #Palestine #NaturePhotography
our Peace Lily began to bloom
For years, it withheld its flowers
but sensing our great need
It could not bear it any longer
& granted us radiant relief.
youtube.com/shorts/qJYiu... #poetry #Palestine #NaturePhotography
@anthropicai.bsky.social published its latest Sabotage Risk Report, revealing that its new #Claude Opus 4.6 model displays an “elevated susceptibility” to be misused for “heinous crimes,” including assisting in development of chemical weapons.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
@anthropicai.bsky.social published its latest Sabotage Risk Report, revealing that its new #Claude Opus 4.6 model displays an “elevated susceptibility” to be misused for “heinous crimes,” including assisting in development of chemical weapons.
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Francis Bacon, Head of a Man (1960)
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February 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Francis Bacon, Head of a Man (1960)
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In correspondence with an Israeli scholar, based in Jerusalem, and learned that my poem “Say Something” was published in #Hebrew in @haaretzcom.bsky.social under the title, "Yes, in My Name.”
#poetry #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #news
#poetry #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #news
February 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
In correspondence with an Israeli scholar, based in Jerusalem, and learned that my poem “Say Something” was published in #Hebrew in @haaretzcom.bsky.social under the title, "Yes, in My Name.”
#poetry #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #news
#poetry #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #news
...a monk who also has to ring his own bell
so that the world knows the chapel is open.
so that the world knows the chapel is open.
February 12, 2026 at 2:16 AM
...a monk who also has to ring his own bell
so that the world knows the chapel is open.
so that the world knows the chapel is open.
“What did it mean to be part of a nation that I believed was engaged in evil?”
— David Stromberg, Letter From Jerusalem
salmagundi.skidmore.edu/articles/170... #Israel #Palestine #USA #news
— David Stromberg, Letter From Jerusalem
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On Jewish Evil - Salmagundi Magazine
<h1 style="text-align: center;">1.</h1>    Evil has been on my mind a lot over the past two and a half years—really since Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in December 2022 and began ...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
“What did it mean to be part of a nation that I believed was engaged in evil?”
— David Stromberg, Letter From Jerusalem
salmagundi.skidmore.edu/articles/170... #Israel #Palestine #USA #news
— David Stromberg, Letter From Jerusalem
salmagundi.skidmore.edu/articles/170... #Israel #Palestine #USA #news
#Art by Hisham Shdaifat, #artist from #Jordan known for his pieces made of tree roots and wires, addressing humanitarian issues, often #Palestine.
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
#Art by Hisham Shdaifat, #artist from #Jordan known for his pieces made of tree roots and wires, addressing humanitarian issues, often #Palestine.
When we go deep enough or high enough, we meet.
It is only on the surface that we differ and sometimes clash.
— Ameen Rihani
It is only on the surface that we differ and sometimes clash.
— Ameen Rihani
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
When we go deep enough or high enough, we meet.
It is only on the surface that we differ and sometimes clash.
— Ameen Rihani
It is only on the surface that we differ and sometimes clash.
— Ameen Rihani
“To idealize: all #writing is a campaign against cliché. Not just clichés of the pen but clichés of the mind and clichés of the heart.”
— Martin Amis
— Martin Amis
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
“To idealize: all #writing is a campaign against cliché. Not just clichés of the pen but clichés of the mind and clichés of the heart.”
— Martin Amis
— Martin Amis
February 11, 2026 at 11:41 PM
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
الصبر مفتاح الفرج
Patience is the key to relief
الزيتونة بتظل تظلّل حتى الحرامي
The olive tree gives shade even to the thief
اللي بشرب من البير ما برمي فيه حجر
Do not throw a stone into the well you drink from
اللي بزرع شوك ما بحصد عنب
He who sows thorns will not harvest grapes
#Arabic #proverbs
Patience is the key to relief
الزيتونة بتظل تظلّل حتى الحرامي
The olive tree gives shade even to the thief
اللي بشرب من البير ما برمي فيه حجر
Do not throw a stone into the well you drink from
اللي بزرع شوك ما بحصد عنب
He who sows thorns will not harvest grapes
#Arabic #proverbs
February 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"الذي يحكي القصص هو الذي يحكم العالم."
"The one who tells the stories rules the
world."
"The one who tells the stories rules the
world."
February 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"الذي يحكي القصص هو الذي يحكم العالم."
"The one who tells the stories rules the
world."
"The one who tells the stories rules the
world."
Revisiting my heart-to-heart with Alison Phipps @alisonphipps.bsky.social , UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social
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#FreePalestine #palestine #gaza #poetry #booksky #writingcommunity #scotland
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#FreePalestine #palestine #gaza #poetry #booksky #writingcommunity #scotland
What Remains to be Said
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February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Revisiting my heart-to-heart with Alison Phipps @alisonphipps.bsky.social , UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social
#Video: youtu.be/npBGwUSQOjU
#FreePalestine #palestine #gaza #poetry #booksky #writingcommunity #scotland
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#FreePalestine #palestine #gaza #poetry #booksky #writingcommunity #scotland
Just rise up again from every fall from a great height! Either you’ll fall to your death or you’ll grow wings.
— M. V. E-E 🪽
— M. V. E-E 🪽
February 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Just rise up again from every fall from a great height! Either you’ll fall to your death or you’ll grow wings.
— M. V. E-E 🪽
— M. V. E-E 🪽
“An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies…
all the stupid men.”
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916)
all the stupid men.”
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916)
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies…
all the stupid men.”
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916)
all the stupid men.”
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916)
