Ayman Makarem

@aymanmak.bsky.social

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Anarcho-anxious. Writer and Video Essayist from Beirut. Latest video essay - Israel's Long War on Lebanon: https://youtu.be/Dkcwc0XfvTk My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aymanmak

map of michigan. i did not know michgan was split like this.

Early results for Michigan Democratic primary elections: 16.9% votes counted, El-Sayed is at 52.6%, Stevens 44.4% and McMorrow at 3%.

Screenshot of Ben Collins, owner of the Onion, with two screenshots of his own from USA today and NYT, writing: 'Two straight days in which news organizations made uncanny valley image choices where famous people look like Onion stock image illustrations.'

A screengrab thats been quote-tweeted. That tweet got retweeted. All of that was screengrabs and tweeted. That tweet got quote tweeted. All of that was screengrabed and tweeted. And now Im here making it worse. Actual written content is immaterial to my concept here.

screenshot of netanyahu talking in the us congress in front of two old white men. one is john boner (intentional mispelling cause lol). text reads: transcript: netanyahu speech to congress. mar 3, 2015

[screenshot of a video of roger waters singing]

text: so sick of seeing these same faces that should hve been thrown into the dustbin of history a long time ago, but are rehbilitated time and again.

Idgaf what he says on Pstine. Dude spent the last decade pushing the conspiracy theory that Syrian's gassed themselves (in order to elicit foreign intervention that never materialized), smearing Syrian first responders and medical workers and legitimizing their mrder, and essentially advocated for the wholesale destruction of Syrian areas and communities that rose up against Assad in the guise of a war on terror. Dude perfectly mirrored zi@n!st rhetoric and discourses and so did so many others when it came to Syria, which has always been a major contradiction within a lot of solidarity movements that no one wants to address - cause infighting and priorities. But I rly think the hypocrisy is a major weakness and a betrayal to the supposed values that ppl claim to uphold.

If youre against bmbing hospitals, you should be against it regardless of who does it. same wth kling journalists, dissidents, children - whole populations!

And plz dont come at me with the same tired narratives that it was all a regime change plot. ive heard then all before. ofc after 2014 the revolution had largely been crushed and those who could keep fighting the rgime were backed by foreign powers. but dont try to whitewash supporting mss mrder on a scale we hd never seen before (until v recently) by your narratives of legitimacy of the assad rgme, or the axis of rstance (which seem to be doing fine without that regime).

If you care about the ppl of bilad al sham, you care about all of them, none are dispensable. I will never forgive Roger Waters or ppl like him for what theyve done, what theyve said, and who they revealed themselves to be.

Screenshot reading: Iran Enlisted “Senior Psychologists” to Help Craft Messages to Trump Ahead of Agreement
An Iranian official told Drop Site that Trump’s “reactions improved noticeably" after the psychiatric professionals joined the negotiating effort.

JEREMY SCAHILL
JUN 15

screenshot from al-jazeera arabic. Female host surrounded by 8 dudes (presumably analysts or spokespeople from different countries in the region). Panel + Man = Manel

Thumbnail for video essay. On the left, 1955, quote written "The Litani southward will be totally annexed to Israel" with a picture of Moshe Dayan, who said those words. To the right, 20206, quote written "The Litani must be our new northern border", with a picture of Bezalel Smoltrich, who said that quote. In the middle its me, looking worried, cause thats how I feel these days. Below everything is a text written "They've always wanted Lebanon"

picture of drone visible from the ground

image from Megaphone news. Shows a highway in lebanon with smoke rising from the area of an israeli airstrike. text in english reading: two seperate airstrikes targeted vehicles in the Saadiyat area, killing three people.

picture of Hamid.

Poster with information for the film screening fundraiser which will happen Sunday April 12, 8pm CET. The screening of the short film Al Hmar, written by Ayman Makarem and directed by Tariq Keblaoui, will be followed by a q and a with Ayman. How it works, step 1) donate to a local org in lebanon, 2) send teceipt of payment to ayman via email, 3) receive zoom link via email. all necessary links are in the linktree in the original post.

list of different supplies provided to displaced ppl in lebanon through these donations i cluding Bedding, hygeine products, direct cash and medical expenses.