If you want to know why most religions and civilizations came from the Fertile Crescent in two words, they would be: barley and wheat.
#gunsgermsandsteel
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Category: Journal
Daily Thought
It is not fair that only adapted parents get vetted before adapting and not biological ones before conceiving.
via Facebook 2020-05-14T04:17:26.000Z
Daily Thought
Wheat, pea, olive, Sheep and goats were bred and domesticated in Southwest Asia about 10,500 years ago.
Rice, millet, pig, and silkworm were bred and domesticated in China about 9500 years ago.
Corn, beans, squash, and turkey were bred and domesticated about 5500 years ago in Mesoamerica.
Cats and donkeys were bred and domesticated in Egypt about 8000 years ago.
These crops defined politics and cultures in these areas for centuries.
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Daily Thought
Authority is not evidence.
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Daily Thought
“You are nothing without a good team” Anna Wintour
via Facebook 2020-05-09T16:26:58.000Z
Daily Thought
“What’s the last book that you read?”
The first question Howard Shultz, CEO of Starbucks would ask on a job interview.
“If the person can’t answer that question right away, that tells me something”.
#read
#books
via Facebook 2020-05-08T16:52:52.000Z
Daily Thought
Starbucks that started (as publicly owned) in 1992, now opens more than 1 store a day.
#inspirations #americandream
via Facebook 2020-05-07T16:17:05.000Z
Daily Thought
The thing about learning is that you wouldn’t know its value or how much you need it till you take it and go through with it.
Your judgement is impaired by ignorance prior to learning something, so how can you rely on it?!
That’s why kids hate school 😂
via Facebook 2020-05-06T17:39:01.000Z
Daily Thought
We really don’t need a president nor mass voting. We need a technocratic council of specialized department heads each voted in by his/her correspondent association of experts. The idea of President is very 20th century, and the idea of voting is so 19th century.
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Massacre of May 6 1916 by Jamal Pasha
Yesterday, on May 6, 1916, Jamal Pasha, a CUP Ottoman leader and a dedicated Pan-Islamist, and a Turkish Supremacist, executed 21 Arabs who were mostly members of Alfatat secret organization that was planning for Arab independence and Arab state. He got their names from a secret dossier hidden in the wall seized from the French consulate in Beirut in January of 1915. Earlier, he hanged 11 of them on August 21, 1915 in burj Square, named after as Martyr Square in Beirut.
These were leaders in literature and political life of Arabs. This happened after Jamal called in Faisal to interrogate him. Faisal kept visiting Jamal afterwards to ask for clemency for those in custody but Jamal carried on the executions disregarding Arab sentiments, and humiliating Faisal who gave his word to many families of those in custody.
When Faisal heard of the executions, he “leapt to his feet and tearing his kufiya (Arab headgear) from his head, flung it down and trampled on it savagely with a cry of: “tab almaut ya Arab” meaning “death has become sweet O Arabs”!
That finalized the decision to wage the Arab revolt which took place on JUNE 10 1916.
Unfortunately , at the same time Britain welcomed it and supported it with few mediocre weapons, and money and some intelligence, they had already agreed with France on finalizing the colonization plans of the Arab world in what came to be known as Sykis Picot agreement in January of 1916. Kept secret till the Russian Bolshevik revolution made it public by late 1917-1918.
Arabs then fell under colonialism after achieving the beginning of their dream after 19 years of planning (1901-1920) and 4 years of fierce heroic fighting (1916-1920).
The Arab Flag was raised over Beirut for 9 days.
These are the last 9 days we were independent.
يوم أمس ، في 6 مايو 1916 ، أعدم جمال باشا ، احد زعماء جمعية الاتحاد والترقي وقومي إسلامي مكرس و عنصري تركي ، 21 قائداً ومثقفاً عربياً معظمهم من أعضاء منظمة العربية الفتاة السرية التي كانت تخطط للاستقلال العربي والدولة العربية. حصل على أسمائهم من ملف سري مخبأ في الجدار الذي تم الاستيلاء عليه من القنصلية الفرنسية في بيروت في يناير 1915. وفي وقت سابق ، شنق 11 منهم في 21 أغسطس 1915 في ساحة البرج ، سميت إثرها باسم ساحة الشهداء في بيروت.
هؤلاء كانوا قادة في الأدب والحياة السياسية للعرب. حدث ذلك بعد أن اتصل جمال بفيصل لاستجوابه. واصل فيصل زيارته لجمال بعد ذلك لطلب العفو عن المعتقلين ، لكن جمال قم بعمليات الإعدام و تجاهل المشاعر العربية. .
عندما سمع فيصل عن عمليات الإعدام ، “قفز على قدميه وانتزع كوفيته عن رأسه ، وألقى بها إلى الأرض وداسها بقدميه صائحاً: “طاب الموت يا عرب”
وبهذا زال أي تردد عن قرار شن الثورة العربية التي قامت في 10 يونيو 1916 م بالهجوم ضد الأتراك في المدينة المنورة.
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لسوء الحظ ، في نفس الوقت رحبت بريطانيا بالثورة العربية ودعمتها بعدد قليل من الأسلحة المتوسطة ، والمال وبعض المعلومات الاستخبارية ، فقد اتفقت بالفعل مع فرنسا على وضع اللمسات الأخيرة على خطة الاستعمار للعالم العربي فيما أصبح يعرف لاحقاً باسم اتفاقية سيكيس بيكو في يناير. عام 1916. بقيت هذه الاتفاقية سرية حتى فضحتها الثورة البلشفية الروسية و جعلتها علانية في أواخر 1917-1918.
سقط العرب تحت الاستعمار بعد تحقيق بداية حلمهم بعد 19 عامًا من التخطيط (1901-1920) و 4 سنوات من القتال البطولي الشرس (1916-1920).
رفع العلم العربي فوق بيروت لمدة 9 أيام.
هذه هي آخر 9 أيام كنا مستقلين.
Wissam Charafeddine 