#middle-east

[nimrochan]

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Reminders that full-blooded Middle-Eastern people have a wide range of skin colors. Fair-skinned light-eyed Arabs exist, and 70% of Israeli Jews are brown, while 2% are black. So the west needs to stop projecting its narrow idea of race on a completely separate region.

[cyber-sec]

Middle East Conflict Combines Cyber and Kinetic Strikes

The Iran-US-Israel conflict integrates missile strikes with cyberattacks and hacktivist campaigns, causing internet outages and spreading malicious apps.

Source: Cyble

Read more: CyberSecBrief

[babalmaghrib]

Masjid Lallah Soukaina, Rabat, Morocco

[lost-carcosa]

Can someone explain to me exactly what Rishi Sunak thinks he is capable of achieving in the Middle-East?

If he thinks that the UK is still some sort of global power, he is sadly deluded.

[kurdistania]

Echoes of Halabja: A poem of Tragedy and Triumph

Echoes of Halabja: A poem of Tragedy and Triumph — A poem by Me

In fair land of Kurdistan Where we lay our scene There lies a city Called Halabja serene

But on a day of woe A tyrant's wrath did reign And in his fury Thousands did he slay

A city so proud Woke up under a deadly cloud With poison gas so vile It silenced every other sound

The screams of the dying The cries of despair As they suffocated Unable to bear

Families torn apart With cries of fear and pain As their loved ones fell Like leaves in a hurricane

But we still remember We honour the dead The unforgotten victims Forever in our hearts etched

But in the end The tyrant finally fell And they were free once more To build their own story to tell

Now the serene city still stands A testament to their might A reminder of their struggle And a reminder of their fight

For freedom, and for liberation In fair Kurdistan, a new generation Will live in peace, and never more Experience the terrors of that fateful day of yore

We remember those who fell And the ones who went Their courage shone Even in their descent They fought with might Until the very last scent

Mountains tall and rivers wide A land where culture and history collide Upon the plains of Kurdistan Lies Halabja, Serene and grand

[alqantara]

Petra, Jordan © 2010 Ricardo França

[mefitours]

Camel riders crossing under the Arch of Hadrian in Palmyra, Syria