hello hello ❤ your local arab pagan here. my name's aya. this blog has kinda gone through a few changes, but mainly i'm here to be very arab and very pagan in everyone's faces, and that means a lot of politics. i also semi-often talk about science, specifically my field of biology and how scientific language is misused to further reactionary political agendas (see my #scientific racism tag).
what to expect on here:
wathanist practice — i.e. the pagan religion of the pre-islamic arabs. i'm still new to this practice and will figure out step by step what that looks like for me! currently i'm interested in animism, ancestor work, sun/nature worship, tarot, & djinncraft.
swana politics & anti-colonialism — i follow the old gods as a proud arab and as a way to decolonize my mind. while that is of course spiritual, it's also largely political. advocating for the rights and freedoms of all swana people (arabs and non-arabs alike) is inseparable from my religion. this also means advocating for reparations and accountability; i'm not denying the very real harm that has been caused by arabs and i believe it's our spiritual and moral duty to give reparations for that harm.
arabic literature, history, & culture — like i said, this blog is an expression of love for my people and all the beautiful things we bring to this world. my arabic is rusty, but i'm getting back into it!
what not to expect:
don't expect even the slightest tolerance for right-wing, centrist, zionist, or radfem ideology. just to get it out of the way: black & indigenous lives matter, trans rights are human rights, love is love, no human is illegal, forced birth is femicide, free palestine, prisons are obsolete, capitalist greed is the root of climate change, science is real, get fucking vaccinated. not one of these things is negotiable. only commies beyond this point, xoxo.
don't expect any tolerance for islamophobia. i'm an ex-muslim, and while i do have boatloads of religious trauma, i think the vitriol you'll see in ex-muslim communities online only opens people up to reactionary and right wing politics. i want my blog to be a place for muslims, and i also want it to be a space for ex-muslims to feel supported and validated without being pushed into harmful ideologies.
don't expect any tolerance of antisemitism. i'm a firm anti-zionist and i'm well aware that false claims of antisemitism are being weaponized right now, but it's on us to make sure we don't fall into "the jews control the world" conspiracies. i'm for a multicultural one-state solution.
just bc i don't fuck with islamism does NOT mean i support anti-theism. i am a deeply religious & spiritual person, so don't expect me to be on your side if you think all religion is evil. and definitely don't expect me to be on your side if you think islam, christianity, or judaism are uniquely evil religions.


















