Author: W

Wissam, Wesley, or simply W, is an educator, writer, entrepreneur, engineer, activist, ex-Imam, humanist, liberal thinker with interest and mediocre attempt at many takes of life. A modern confused Renaissance man, who uses doubt as a path for emancipation and science as a road towards enlightenment.

Today We Stand For Free Thinking

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Adam Lee once said: ā€œNot only is there nothing to be gained by believing an untruth, but there is everything to lose when we sacrifice the indispensable tool of reason on the altar of superstition.ā€
Free Thinking is all about freedom in searching for truth, and a better life.
It is freedom from all negative and illusive thoughts acquired from society or by inheritance, that stands against our progress.
It is freedom to cherish the beautiful and wise from our heritage and culture and reject that which is harmful or sublime.
For Freethinkers, for a notion to be considered true, it must be testable, verifiable, and logical. Freethinkers reject conformity for the sake of conformity. Freethinkers stand in defiance to the power of the mass belief to indoctrinate faith rather than solicit the mind through reason.
The struggle between logic, reason, and empiricism against authority, tradition, and dogma is as old as humanity itself. Throughout history, ā€œforming your own ideas and opinions rather than accepting those of other people without sufficient evidenceā€ was not a popular idea in totalitarian societies. You can not subjugate humanity to slavery,inequality, and oppression of minorities & women if you allow free thinking.
AlNadwa is formed to embrace and promote free thinking in our communities. Its vision is building a freethinking community that promotes creativity, critical thinking, culture, and arts, embraces science and reason, and celebrates diversity. We believe in the Separation between Religion and State, and defend the Universal Declaration for Human Rights.
So today,
We stand with reason, with progress,
For all the libraries and books that were burnt,
For all the scientists, writers, and artists of the world, and especially of the Arab World that were threatened, isolated, excommunicated, imprisoned, tortured, or killed because of their free-thinking or free expression,
For Ibn Seena, Ibn Rushd, Abu Alalaa Almaā€™ary,
For Yakoub bin Isshak Alkindy, Nusair Aldeen Altousi, Jaber bin Hayan, Abdullah bin Almukafaā€™ who was crucified and grilled in front of people for his thoughts,
For every religious or secular thinker who was persecuted because of his or her free-thought,
For Farag Foda and Mahdi Amel
For Ali Alwardy and Ali Shariati
For Najeeb Mahfooz, the only arab who won a nobel prize for literature ever, who was stabbed in the neck for blasphemy.
For Fadwa Tuqan, Manal Al Sharif, Loujain Al-Hathoul, Nawal Alsaadawi, and Yasman Aryani
For all the prisoners of conscience everywhere,
For all those deprived from the basic right of self determination and all those suffering under apartheid and enduring humanitarian crises.
For the symbol of endurance and resistance in the world, Palestine.
For them, and for the future of our children and the future of the world, that is swarmed with challenges of dogma denying science, and greed denying equality, and tribalism denying unity,
..we present you with the Free Thinking Society to continue carrying the torch of freethinking and the freedom of the mind and the freedom of human expression forward ā€¦
Thank you for your support! Please join us!

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Ł‚Ų§Ł„ Ų¢ŲÆŁ… Ł„ŁŠ Ų°Ų§ŲŖ Ł…Ų±Ų©: “Ł„ŁŠŲ³ ŁŁ‚Ų· Ł„Ų§ ŁŠŁˆŲ¬ŲÆ Ų“ŁŠŲ” Ł†ŁƒŲ³ŲØŁ‡ Ł…Ł† Ų®Ł„Ų§Ł„ ŲŖŲµŲÆŁŠŁ‚ ŁƒŲ°ŲØ ŲŒ ŁˆŁ„ŁƒŁ† Ł‡Ł†Ų§Łƒ Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų«ŁŠŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų°ŁŠ Ł†Ų®Ų³Ų±Ł‡ Ų¹Ł†ŲÆŁ…Ų§ Ł†Ų¶Ų­ŁŠ ŲØŲ£ŲÆŲ§Ų© Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł‚Ł„ Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁŠ Ł„Ų§ ŲŗŁ†Ł‰ Ų¹Ł†Ł‡Ų§ Ų¹Ł„Ł‰ Ł…Ų°ŲØŲ­Ų© Ų§Ł„Ų®Ų±Ų§ŁŲ§ŲŖ”.
Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁŁƒŁŠŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų± Ł…Ų§ Ł‡Łˆ Ų§Ł„Ų§ Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų±ŁŠŲ© Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų·Ł„Ł‚Ų© ŁŁŠ Ų§Ł„ŲØŲ­Ų« Ų¹Ł† Ų§Ł„Ų­Ł‚ŁŠŁ‚Ų© ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų­ŁŠŲ§Ų© Ų§Ł„Ų£ŁŲ¶Ł„.
Ų„Ł† Ų§Ł„ŲŖŲ­Ų±Ų± Ł…Ł† Ų¬Ł…ŁŠŲ¹ Ų§Ł„Ų£ŁŁƒŲ§Ų± Ų§Ł„Ų³Ł„ŲØŁŠŲ© ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ł…Ų¶Ł„Ł„Ų© Ų§Ł„Ł…ŁƒŲŖŲ³ŲØŲ© Ł…Ł† Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų¬ŲŖŁ…Ų¹ Ų£Łˆ Ų¹Ł† Ų·Ų±ŁŠŁ‚ Ų§Ł„Ł…ŁŠŲ±Ų§Ų« ŲŒ Łˆ Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁŠ ŲŖŁ‚Ł Ų¶ŲÆ ŲŖŁ‚ŲÆŁ…Ł†Ų§.
Ų„Ł†Ł‡Ų§ Ų­Ų±ŁŠŲ© Ų£Ł† Ł†Ų¹ŲŖŲ² ŲØŲ§Ł„Ų¬Ł…Ų§Ł„ ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų­ŁƒŁ…Ų© Ł…Ł† ŲŖŲ±Ų§Ų«Ł†Ų§ ŁˆŲ«Ł‚Ų§ŁŲŖŁ†Ų§ ŁˆŁ†Ų±ŁŲ¶ Ł…Ų§ Ł‡Łˆ Ų¶Ų§Ų± Ų£Łˆ Ł…Ų¤Ų°ŁŠ.
ŲØŲ§Ł„Ł†Ų³ŲØŲ© Ł„ŲµŲ§Ų­ŲØ Ų§Ł„ŁŁƒŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų±ŲŒ Ł„ŁƒŁŠ ŲŖŲ¹ŲŖŲØŲ± Ų§Ł„ŁŁƒŲ±Ų© ŲµŲ­ŁŠŲ­Ų© ŲŒ ŁŠŲ¬ŲØ Ų£Ł† ŲŖŁƒŁˆŁ† Ł‚Ų§ŲØŁ„Ų© Ł„Ł„Ų§Ų®ŲŖŲØŲ§Ų± ŁˆŁ‚Ų§ŲØŁ„Ų© Ł„Ł„ŲŖŲ­Ł‚Ł‚ ŁˆŁ…Ł†Ų·Ł‚ŁŠŲ©. Ų§ŲµŲ­Ų§ŲØ Ų§Ł„ŁŁƒŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų± ŁŠŲ±ŁŲ¶ŁˆŁ† Ų§Ł„Ų“Ł…ŁˆŁ„ŁŠŲ© Ł…Ł† Ų£Ų¬Ł„ Ų§Ł„Ų“Ł…ŁˆŁ„ŁŠŲ©. ŁŠŁ‚Ł Ų§ŲµŲ­Ų§ŲØ Ų§Ł„ŁŁƒŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų± ŁŁŠ ŲŖŲ­ŲÆ Ł„Ł‚ŁˆŲ© Ų§Ł„Ų„ŁŠŁ…Ų§Ł† Ų§Ł„Ų¬Ł…Ų§Ł‡ŁŠŲ±ŁŠ Ł„ŲŖŁ„Ł‚ŁŠŁ† Ų§Ł„Ų„ŁŠŁ…Ų§Ł† ŲØŲÆŁ„Ų§Ł‹ Ł…Ł† Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁ…Ų§Ų³ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł‚Ł„ Ł…Ł† Ų®Ł„Ų§Ł„ Ų§Ł„Ł…Ł†Ų·Ł‚ŁŠŲ© Łˆ Ų§Ł„ŁˆŲ¹ŁŠ.
Ų§Ł„ŲµŲ±Ų§Ų¹ ŲØŁŠŁ† Ų§Ł„Ł…Ł†Ų·Ł‚ ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų¹Ł‚Ł„ ŁˆŲ§Ł„ŲŖŲ¬Ų±ŁŠŲØŁŠŲ© Ų¶ŲÆ Ų§Ł„Ų³Ł„Ų·Ų© ŁˆŲ§Ł„ŲŖŁ‚Ų§Ł„ŁŠŲÆ ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų¹Ł‚ŁŠŲÆŲ© Ł‚ŲÆŁŠŁ… Ł‚ŲÆŁ… Ų§Ł„Ų„Ł†Ų³Ų§Ł†ŁŠŲ© Ł†ŁŲ³Ł‡Ų§. Ų¹ŲØŲ± Ų§Ł„ŲŖŲ§Ų±ŁŠŲ® ŲŒ “Ł„Ł… ŲŖŁƒŁ† ŁŁƒŲ±Ų© ŲŖŁƒŁˆŁŠŁ† Ų§Ł„Ų£ŁŁƒŲ§Ų± ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų¢Ų±Ų§Ų” Ų§Ł„Ų®Ų§ŲµŲ© ŲØŁƒ ŲØŲÆŁ„Ų§Ł‹ Ł…Ł† Ł‚ŲØŁˆŁ„ Ų£ŁŁƒŲ§Ų± Ų§Ł„Ų¢Ų®Ų±ŁŠŁ† ŲÆŁˆŁ† Ų£ŲÆŁ„Ų© ŁƒŲ§ŁŁŠŲ©” ŁŁƒŲ±Ų© Ų“Ų§Ų¦Ų¹Ų© ŁŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų¬ŲŖŁ…Ų¹Ų§ŲŖ Ų§Ł„Ų“Ł…ŁˆŁ„ŁŠŲ©. Ł„Ų§ ŁŠŁ…ŁƒŁ†Łƒ Ų„Ų®Ų¶Ų§Ų¹ Ų§Ł„Ų„Ł†Ų³Ų§Ł†ŁŠŲ© Ł„Ł„Ų±Ł‚ ŲŒ ŁˆŲ¹ŲÆŁ… Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų³Ų§ŁˆŲ§Ų© ŲŒ ŁˆŁ‚Ł…Ų¹ Ų§Ł„Ų£Ł‚Ł„ŁŠŲ§ŲŖ ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ł†Ų³Ų§Ų” Ų„Ų°Ų§ Ų³Ł…Ų­ŲŖ ŲØŲ§Ł„ŲŖŁŁƒŁŠŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų±.
ŲŖŁ… ŲŖŲ“ŁƒŁŠŁ„ Ų§Ł„Ł†ŲÆŁˆŲ© Ł„Ų§Ų­ŲŖŲ¶Ų§Ł† ŁˆŲŖŲ¹Ų²ŁŠŲ² Ų§Ł„ŁŁƒŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų± ŁŁŠ Ł…Ų¬ŲŖŁ…Ų¹Ų§ŲŖŁ†Ų§. ŲŖŲŖŁ…Ų«Ł„ Ų±Ų¤ŁŠŲŖŁ‡Ų§ ŁŁŠ ŲØŁ†Ų§Ų” Ł…Ų¬ŲŖŁ…Ų¹ ŁŁƒŲ± Ų­Ų±ŲŒ ŁŠŲ¹Ų²Ų² Ų§Ł„Ų„ŲØŲÆŲ§Ų¹ ŁˆŲ§Ł„ŲŖŁŁƒŁŠŲ± Ų§Ł„Ł†Ł‚ŲÆŁŠ ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų«Ł‚Ų§ŁŲ© ŁˆŲ§Ł„ŁŁ†ŁˆŁ† ŲŒ ŁˆŁŠŲ­ŲŖŲ¶Ł† Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł„Ł… ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų¹Ł‚Ł„ ŲŒ ŁˆŁŠŲ­ŲŖŁŁ„ ŲØŲ§Ł„ŲŖŁ†ŁˆŲ¹. Ł†Ų¤Ł…Ł† ŲØŲ§Ł„ŁŲµŁ„ ŲØŁŠŁ† Ų§Ł„ŲÆŁŠŁ† ŁˆŲ§Ł„ŲÆŁˆŁ„Ų© ŲŒ ŁˆŲ§Ł„ŲÆŁŲ§Ų¹ Ų¹Ł† Ų§Ł„Ų„Ų¹Ł„Ų§Ł† Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų§Ł„Ł…ŁŠ Ł„Ų­Ł‚ŁˆŁ‚ Ų§Ł„Ų„Ł†Ų³Ų§Ł†.
Ų§Ų°Ų§Ł‹ Ų§Ł„ŁŠŁˆŁ…ŲŒ
Ł†Ų­Ł† Ł†Ł‚Ł Ł…Ų¹ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł‚Ł„ ŲŒ Ł…Ų¹ Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁ‚ŲÆŁ… ŲŒ
Ł„Ų¬Ł…ŁŠŲ¹ Ų§Ł„Ł…ŁƒŲŖŲØŲ§ŲŖ ŁˆŲ§Ł„ŁƒŲŖŲØ Ų§Ł„ŲŖŁŠ Ų£Ų­Ų±Ł‚ŲŖ ŲŒ
Ł†Ł‚Ł Ł„Ų¬Ł…ŁŠŲ¹ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł„Ł…Ų§Ų” ŁˆŲ§Ł„ŁƒŲŖŲ§ŲØ ŁˆŲ§Ł„ŁŁ†Ų§Ł†ŁŠŁ† ŁŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų§Ł„Ł… ŲŒ ŁˆŲ®Ų§ŲµŲ© Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų§Ł„Ł… Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų±ŲØŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ų°ŁŠŁ† ŲŖŲ¹Ų±Ų¶ŁˆŲ§ Ł„Ł„ŲŖŁ‡ŲÆŁŠŲÆ Ų£Łˆ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų²Ł„Ų© Ų£Łˆ Ų§Ł„Ų·Ų±ŲÆ Ų£Łˆ Ų§Ł„Ų³Ų¬Ł† Ų£Łˆ Ų§Ł„ŲŖŲ¹Ų°ŁŠŲØ Ų£Łˆ Ų§Ł„Ł‚ŲŖŁ„ ŲØŲ³ŲØŲØ ŲŖŁŁƒŁŠŲ±Ł‡Ł… Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų± Ų£Łˆ ŲŖŲ¹ŲØŁŠŲ±Ł‡Ł… Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų± ŲŒ
Ł„Ų§ŲØŁ† Ų³ŁŠŁ†Ų§ ŲŒ Ų§ŲØŁ† Ų±Ų“ŲÆ ŲŒ Ų£ŲØŁˆ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł„Ų§Ų” Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų¹Ų§Ų±ŁŠ ŲŒ
Ł†Ł‚Ł Ł„ŁŠŲ¹Ł‚ŁˆŲØ ŲØŁ† Ų„Ų³Ų­Ų§Ł‚ Ų§Ł„ŁƒŁ†ŲÆŁŠ ŲŒ Ł†ŲµŁŠŲ± Ų§Ł„ŲÆŁŠŁ† Ų§Ł„Ų·ŁˆŲ³ŁŠ ŲŒ Ų¬Ų§ŲØŲ± ŲØŁ† Ų­ŁŠŲ§Ł† ŲŒ Ų¹ŲØŲÆ Ų§Ł„Ł„Ł‡ ŲØŁ† Ų§Ł„Ł…Ł‚ŁŲ¹ ŲŒ Ų§Ł„Ų°ŁŠ ŲµŁ„ŲØ Łˆ Ų“ŁˆŁŠ Ų£Ł…Ų§Ł… Ų§Ł„Ł†Ų§Ų³ Ł„Ų£ŁŁƒŲ§Ų±Ł‡ ŲŒ
Ł„ŁƒŁ„ Ł…ŁŁƒŲ± ŲÆŁŠŁ†ŁŠ Ų£Łˆ Ų¹Ł„Ł…Ų§Ł†ŁŠ ŲŖŲ¹Ų±Ų¶ Ł„Ł„Ų§Ų¶Ų·Ł‡Ų§ŲÆ ŲØŲ³ŲØŲØ ŲŖŁŁƒŁŠŲ±Ł‡ Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų± ŲŒ
Ł„ŁŲ±Ų¬ ŁŁˆŲÆŲ© ŁˆŁ…Ł‡ŲÆŁŠ Ų¹Ų§Ł…Ł„ŲŒ
Ł„Ų¹Ł„ŁŠ Ų§Ł„ŁˆŲ±ŲÆŁŠ ŁˆŲ¹Ł„ŁŠ Ų“Ų±ŁŠŲ¹ŲŖŁŠŲŒ
Ł†Ł‚Ł Ł„Ł†Ų¬ŁŠŲØ Ł…Ų­ŁŁˆŲø ŲŒ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų±ŲØŁŠ Ų§Ł„ŁˆŲ­ŁŠŲÆ Ų§Ł„Ų°ŁŠ ŁŲ§Ų² ŲØŲ¬Ų§Ų¦Ų²Ų© Ł†ŁˆŲØŁ„ Ł„Ł„Ų¢ŲÆŲ§ŲØ Ų¹Ł„Ł‰ Ų§Ł„Ų„Ų·Ł„Ų§Ł‚ ŲŒ ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų°ŁŠ ŲŖŲ¹Ų±Ų¶ Ł„Ł„Ų·Ų¹Ł† ŁŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ų±Ł‚ŲØŲ© ŲØŲ³ŲØŲØ ŲŖŁ‡Ł…Ų© Ų§Ł„ŲŖŲ¬ŲÆŁŠŁ.
Ł†Ł‚Ł Ł„ŁŲÆŁˆŁ‰ Ų·ŁˆŁ‚Ų§Ł† ŲŒ Ł„Ł…Ł†Ų§Ł„ Ų§Ł„Ų“Ų±ŁŠŁ ŲŒ Ł„Ł„Ų¬ŁŠŁ† Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų°ŁˆŁ„ ŲŒ Ł„Ł†ŁˆŲ§Ł„ Ų§Ł„Ų³Ų¹ŲÆŲ§ŁˆŁŠ ŲŒ Ł„ŁŠŲ§Ų³Ł…Ų§Ł† Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų±ŁŠŲ§Ł†ŁŠŲŒ
Ł„Ų¬Ł…ŁŠŲ¹ Ų³Ų¬Ł†Ų§Ų” Ų§Ł„Ų±Ų£ŁŠ ŁŁŠ ŁƒŁ„ Ł…ŁƒŲ§Ł† ŲŒ
Ł„Ų¬Ł…ŁŠŲ¹ Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų­Ų±ŁˆŁ…ŁŠŁ† Ł…Ł† Ų§Ł„Ų­Ł‚ Ų§Ł„Ų£Ų³Ų§Ų³ŁŠ ŁŁŠ ŲŖŁ‚Ų±ŁŠŲ± Ų§Ł„Ł…ŲµŁŠŲ± ŁˆŲ¬Ł…ŁŠŲ¹ Ų§Ł„Ų°ŁŠŁ† ŁŠŲ¹Ų§Ł†ŁˆŁ† Ł…Ł† Ų§Ł„ŁŲµŁ„ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł†ŲµŲ±ŁŠ ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ų£Ų²Ł…Ų§ŲŖ Ų§Ł„Ų„Ł†Ų³Ų§Ł†ŁŠŲ© Ų§Ł„Ł…Ų³ŲŖŁ…Ų±Ų©.
Ł„Ų±Ł…Ų² Ų§Ł„ŲŖŲ­Ł…Ł„ ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ł…Ł‚Ų§ŁˆŁ…Ų© ŁŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų§Ł„Ł… ŲŒ ŁŁ„Ų³Ų·ŁŠŁ†.
Ł†Ł‚Ł Ł„Ł‡Ł… Ų¬Ł…ŁŠŲ¹Ų§Ł‹ Łˆ Ł„Ų£Ł…Ų«Ų§Ł„Ł‡Ł… ŲŒ ŁˆŁ†Ł‚Ł Ł„Ł…Ų³ŲŖŁ‚ŲØŁ„ Ų£ŲØŁ†Ų§Ų¦Ł†Ų§ ŁˆŁ…Ų³ŲŖŁ‚ŲØŁ„ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų§Ł„Ł… ŲŒ Ų§Ł„Ų°ŁŠ Ł‡Łˆ Ł…Ł„ŁŠŲ” ŲØŲ§Ł„ŲŖŲ­ŲÆŁŠŲ§ŲŖ Ų§Ł„Ł…ŲŖŁ…Ų«Ł„Ų© ŁŁŠ Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł‚ŁŠŲÆŲ© Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł…ŁŠŲ§Ų” Ł…ŲŖŁ†ŁƒŲ±Ų© Ł„Ł„Ų¹Ł„Ł…ŲŒ Łˆ Ų§Ł„Ų·Ł…Ų¹ Ų§Ł„Ł…ŲŖŁ†ŁƒŁ‘Ų± Ł„Ł„Ł…Ų³Ų§ŁˆŲ§Ų© ŲŒ ŁˆŲ§Ł„Ł‚ŲØŁ„ŁŠŲ© Ų§Ł„Ł…ŲŖŁ†ŁƒŁ‘Ų±Ų© Ł„Ł„ŁˆŲ­ŲÆŲ© Ų§Ł„Ų§Ł†Ų³Ų§Ł†ŁŠŲ©ŲŒ
.. Ł†Ł‚ŲÆŁ… Ł„ŁƒŁ… Ų¬Ł…Ų¹ŁŠŲ© Ų§Ł„ŁŁƒŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų± Ł„Ł…ŁˆŲ§ŲµŁ„Ų© Ų­Ł…Ł„ Ų“Ų¹Ł„Ų© Ų§Ł„ŁŁƒŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų­Ų± ŁˆŲ­Ų±ŁŠŲ© Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ł‚Ł„ ŁˆŲ­Ų±ŁŠŲ© Ų§Ł„ŲŖŲ¹ŲØŁŠŲ± Ų§Ł„Ų„Ł†Ų³Ų§Ł†ŁŠ Ų„Ł„Ł‰ Ų§Ł„Ų£Ł…Ų§Ł… ā€¦
Ų“ŁƒŲ±Ų§ Ł„ŲÆŲ¹Ł…ŁƒŁ…! Ų§Ų±Ų¬Łˆ Ų£Ł† ŲŖŁ†Ų¶Ł…ŁˆŲ§ Ų§Ł„ŁŠŁ†Ų§!

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via Instagram https://ift.tt/2mCmtbO Photo: Gertrude Bell with King Faisal in 1923 Iraq. .

Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (14 July 1868 ā€“ 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist who explored, mapped, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making due to her knowledge and contacts, built up through extensive travels in Greater Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and Arabia.Along with T. E. Lawrence, Bell helped support the Hashemite dynasties in what is today Jordan as well as in Iraq.
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She played a major role in establishing and helping administer the modern state of Iraq, using her unique perspective from her travels and relations with tribal leaders throughout the Middle East. During her lifetime she was highly esteemed and trusted by British officials and exerted an immense amount of power. She has been described as “one of the few representatives of His Majesty’s Government remembered by the Arabs with anything resembling affection”.
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She has single handedly helped document and establish the archeological records of the area. She established the Iraqi museum By appointment from King Faisal. Her correspondences are the best source for the inner politics of the region after world war 1. .
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via Instagram https://ift.tt/2m0kD42 Adriana: I can never decide whether Paris is more beautiful by day or by night.
Gil: No, you can’t, you couldn’t pick one. I mean I can give you a checkmate argument for each side. You know, I sometimes think, how is anyone ever gonna come up with a book, or a painting, or a symphony, or a sculpture that can compete with a great city. You can’t. Because you look around and every street, every boulevard, is its own special art form and when you think that in the cold, violent, meaningless universe that Paris exists, these lights, I mean come on, there’s nothing happening on Jupiter or Neptune, but from way out in space you can see these lights, the cafĆ©s, people drinking and singing. For all we know, Paris is the hottest spot in the universe.
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris: The Shooting Script

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via Instagram https://ift.tt/30dmrcU Our forgotten Arab heroā€™s:
Look at him serving the Arab world not being identified by any of the Sykes Picot divisions. .
Born in Kfar Chima (Lebanon) in 1869.
He was educated at Abaya High School and the American College of Beirut.
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He worked as a teacher in Lattakia for many years.
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He was one of the members of the Almuntada Aladaby which established the Arab nationalist movement in early 20th century. .
He then went to Egypt to serve as the Chief Justice of the Sudan Government Agency.
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Is one of the biggest leagues and translators in this Era, and published his scientific and social articles in major magazines such as Crescent and extract. Known for his proofreading.
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Published many books and articles and published three books of poetry, many of it written to describe the historical events of his time. .
He died in Cairo in 1935. .
He is Asaad Khalil Dagher. .
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#thegreatarabrevolt September 21, 2019 at 02:54PM

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via Instagram https://ift.tt/32WcRYO ā€œ I donā€™t know much Arabic yet and have to deal with Arabs largely through interpreters, though I retain something of what I learned in my expedition down the Euphrates in 1903. The Arabs are vastly superior to the Indians in type and civilization, fine independent men with great ideas of hospitality and the kind of chivalry of their own; and they live in excellent brick houses … One here is great tales of Turkish correctness and incompetence. But I have a sad suspicion that, even so, the Arabs are happier under them then they eventually will be under us when we have irrigated the Mesopotamian deserts and regularized everything and screwed everyone up to concert pitch and allow no dirt or slackness and rule with the vast and crushing minuteness of our records.
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So I look up on it as an act of providence that I have been sent here to help in laying the foundations and to have an opportunity of countering from the very beginning the methods of excessive red tape. If I have my Way, everything will be done to revive a true Arab civilization, and the lines of administration will be so set that an increase in prosperity shall not mean spiritual decay and the dying out of all local custom and native force of character.ā€ From a letter of Sir Henry Dobbs in February 1915 to his mother.
Dobbs was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1892 and after several posts served as the Chief Commissioner of Balochistan 1917ā€“1919. Dobbs was the British Representative on the Kabul Mission in January 1921, during which he met with Afghan Foreign Minister Mahmud Tarzi to discuss Anglo-Afghan friendship.

The result was the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 22 November 1921, which confirmed the Indo-Afghan border, established diplomatic ties between London and Kabul, and defined special trade agreements.[1] He later served as High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Iraq from 1923 to 1929, the longest time this position was held by anyone during the course of the Iraq Mandate.
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#thegreatarabrevolt September 21, 2019 at 11:02AM

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via Instagram https://ift.tt/30kvIPX Sometimes I feel that most of the modern philosophy and political & social thinking were shaped in Paris cafes. .
The cafĆ© was opened in the 1880s, during the Third Republic. The name is taken from a sculpture of Flora, the goddess of flowers and the season of spring in Roman mythology, located on the opposite side of the boulevard. Authors Joris-Karl Huysmans and Remy de Gourmont were two of the first well-known regulars. In the late 19th century, Charles Maurras wrote his book Au signe de Flore on the cafĆ©’s first floor, where in 1899 the Revue d’Action FranƧaise was also founded.[2]

The CafƩ de Flore became a popular hub of famous writers and philosophers. Georges Bataille, Robert Desnos, LƩon-Paul Fargue, Raymond Queneau were all regulars, and so was Pablo Picasso.[3] Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai was known to be a frequent patron of CafƩ de Flore during his years in France in the 1920s.[4] The classic Art Deco interior of all red seating, mahogany and mirrors has changed little since World War II.
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CafƩ de Flore appeared in the 1963 film The Fire Within.
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The cafĆ© is mentioned in the 1975 song “Et mon pĆØre” by Nicolas Peyrac.
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Amanda Lear filmed her music video “Ɖgal” in CafĆ© de Flore in 1981.
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The cafĆ© was featured in the 3rd episode (“Paris”) of series 4 of Absolutely Fabulous in 2001.
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The coffeehouse appeared in the lyrics of the 2002 song “L’EntartĆ©” by Renaud.
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It’s subject of Les Amants du Flore (2006), a film about Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.
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Parts of the 2011 film Love Lasts Three Years were filmed in CafƩ de Flore
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