Marhababa

Mon. constantly btwn idk and idc Twitter: @themonz_

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the knowing eye contact women make when men are talking is the purest human connection possible

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What the fuck does that even mean?

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30 thousand women seem to get it

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daenerys targaryen, a storm of swords

march 8th - happy international women’s day

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If the moon were at the same distance as the ISS 

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big ass mood bitch

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The Sad Decline of Yemen, the Best Country You’ll Never Get to See

Yemen is one of the world’s oldest centers of civilization. Nestled in a corner of the Arabian Peninsula along the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, many of its towns were already thriving and trading for spices and frankincense when the Greek geographer Ptolemy depicted them on maps 2,000 years ago. The land was called Arabia Felix, or Happy Arabia, for its fertile land and adequate rainfall.

I’ve traveled in more than 160 countries, and Yemen is my favorite. Sanaa is the country’s jewel. According to tradition, this ancient city was founded by Shem, the son of Noah of the Biblical ark. The entirety of Sanaa’s old town, cram-filled with six- to eight-story “tower houses” made of mud bricks, has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. Many of these venerable old houses are now tilting with age, leaning toward each other like elderly couples reaching for support. Their sand-colored exterior walls are fancifully decorated with artistic designs on the plasterwork and enlivened by colorful geometrically shaped stained-glass windows that are highly effective to draw in light. Sanaa has thousands of these houses, which have been called the world’s first skyscrapers.

Throughout my travels around Yemen, I often gasped in amazement encountering sights that pulled me into medieval times. In Yemen’s far eastern Hadhramaut Valley is the oasis town of Shibam. Inhabited for more than 1,700 years, the town contains a tight collection of some 500 skyscrapers soaring up from the desert sand and surrounded by a protective earthen wall. It is deservedly called the Manhattan of the Desert.

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From my own experience, Yemen is indeed one of the best places on earth, if not the best. 

Although I’ve only lived there for 4-5 years, they were the best years of my life. Everything about Yemen was beautiful and enchanting, whether it was the culture, cuisine, nature, climate, history, or the people and their kindness and hospitality. 

I’ve lived in many places in the diaspora after fleeing Palestine, and Yemen was the only place that felt closest to home. While living there, not for a second I felt as a stranger, people over there treated me as if I was one of them. 

I remember I would walk down the streets of Sana’a, where the weather was spectacular and random people who I walked past would greet me and whenever I walked by street restaurants or street vendors people would invite me to eat with them and whenever I did, they would refuse to take my money and would be insulted if I ever tried to pay them. And I remember whenever I took a cab to get somewhere and the cab driver knew I wasn’t from around, he too would also refuse to take my money and would tell me “till next time” (although I would never see him again) or “you’re a guest in our country, you’re not supposed to pay.” 

And wherever you went in Yemen, the nature over there was just breathtaking, My favorite thing in Yemen was going on road trips, where you would get to drive on high and narrow mountain roads that would literally let you drive into clouds. 

I am so lucky that I got to live in Yemen and I wish and hope the country and its people witness peace again.

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employer: so what would you say is your biggest weakness?

me: probably just like who I am as a person

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Teach ya sons it's okay to cry

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Otherworlds, Karen Lynch

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HAPPY 2017, TUMBLR!

In honor of the new year, I’ve decided to reblog my Top 10 Facts from 2016. I hope you enjoy them!

(In theory, you should… cuz they’re the ones you liked the most)

#4). NASA’s Space Travel Posters

NASA created retro travel posters for different locations in our solar system in hopes of inspiring young people to imagine a future where common space travel is a possibility. 

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So... you don't want little Palestinian kids to know that you're coming to kill them? Cool. Got it.

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honestly i don’t dress for guys because guys don’t know anything lol i look nice for girls because i will get compliments guaranteed. they will tell u how nice ur eyeliner is or ask where u got your purse all guys do is blink at u

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Arab guys texting: 😘🌹🌹🌹

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Marvellously Sculpted Submerged Water Tables

Artist and designer Derek Pearce creates unique and exceptionally crafted “water tables” where realistic wooden sculpted animals are submerged partially in a glass table. Keep reading

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