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Dr Mir

@shabana.bsky.social

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Associate professor 🧿 Author, 'Muslim American Women on Campus' Evanston * In the belly of the beast Views are always mine only Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Free Kashmir 🍁

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Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 7h

Adel and Bara’a's parents can no longer care for them. The war has left them with nothing but one another. Adel searches for scraps of food, warmth, and safety for his sister. Bara’a only asks, "Will we eat today, Adel?"
Please help them. Donate & share.
chuffed.org/project/help...

Help Adel and Bara'a: Children of Gaza Facing Deprivation A

💔 Adel and Bara’a… A Brother and Sister Trying to Survive the StormIn Gaza, where dreams are buried under rubble, two children are clinging to life with nothing but each other.

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 7h

Doaa Qudaih's (17) family is displaced, broken, clinging to life by a thread, in a torn tent by the sea. Her parents can't afford medicine for their pain. There’s no food, no dignity. Please donate & share. Even $10 could mean a meal for them tonight.
chuffed.org/project/doaa...

“We Don’t Even Have What Covers Our Bodies” Doaa Plea from Gaza

🆘 Emergency Appeal from a Daughter of GazaPlease read. Please don’t scroll past this.

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 8h

Still life (1966, oil on canvas).

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 8h

Still life (oil on canvas).

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 8h

Droga (oil on canvas).

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 8h

Street motif (oil on canvas).

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 8h

Landscape (oil/canvas).

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 8h

Seascape (oil on canvas).

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 8h

Nocturne (oil on canvas).

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 8h

Ryszard Skupin (Polish | 1930 - 2005). Landscape (oil on canvas).🧵

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 8h

If it's not clear already, we need elected leaders who aren't so bloody rich and entitled that they are improperly socialized. They should be socialized to have a sense of the 'me' in relation to others and others' needs, wants, and agendas. Our leaders are infants. They are stuck at the "I" stage.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 9h

🚨 Freedom Flotilla: Conscience Ship exposed to attack by Israeli military helicopter with 93 journalists, doctors and activists on board.

They are shooting at the damn flotilla!!!!!!

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 9h

Breaking | The Conscience ship is currently under attack by an Israeli military helicopter.

The vessel is carrying doctors, journalists, and activists from multiple countries.

A grainy black-and-white image shows what appears to be an Israeli naval boarding operation at night. Armed soldiers in helmets are seen on the deck of a small vessel identified as The Conscience. Bright lights from the surrounding sea and equipment create glare across the frame.

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 10h

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09...

Israel accused of killing its own civilians under the 'Hannibal Directive' to avoid them being taken hostage

The controversial "Hannibal Directive", which Israel says isn't named for the famous Carthaginian general who took poison rather than be captured by the Romans, was reportedly enacted after the Octobe...

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 10h

We got the military in our streets and now they're gonna infiltrate mutual aid communities ...

Would Lula and Sheinbaum consider saving us? 📞

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 11h

Justice for Silverio

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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 20h

CHICAGO: When our communities are under attack, what do we do? STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! As the National Guard comes to occupy our city & suburbs, we stand united to say HELL NO!

@chicago-cata.bsky.social puts out this call for all to rally:
📆 Wed, Oct 8th
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 Ida B. Wells Dr. & Michigan Ave.

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 11h

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 14h

Iosif Derecichei (Romanian, b. 1962). Resting boats (acrylic on canvas).

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 18h

Palestinian babies like Hassan are being starved to death in Israel's genocide while their families are violently displaced by the IDF. Please help keep little Hassan, who's severely ill from malnutrition, alive by sharing & donating to cover the costs of food, healthcare, shelter:

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 20h

Vladimir Petrovich Siukhov (Russian). A Bright Night in Dubrovitsy (2007). I saved this one a long time ago, and I can no longer locate it where I found it online.

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 1d

Ghislaine who? I have no idea who this trafficker of underage girls is but I might consider clemency for this unknown person

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 1d

Full moon night off the coast (oil on linen).

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 1d

River with Fishing Boats (oil on linen).

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 1d

Karl Adloff (German, 1819–1863). River with Moonlight Effect (1859, oil on canvas). 🧵

Dr Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 1d

“You guys are framing this like the president wants to take over American cities with the military.”