Fathel

fath0039.bsky.social

21 October 2026 02:59

Another billion for security forces and the coast guard and some new IMF reforms that allow the Gulf to buy up the last remaining productive parts of Tunisia's economy.

Fathel

fath0039.bsky.social

16 October 2026 18:50

Never seen a group of people more obsessed with and feeling entitled to others recognize their self-perceived innate goodness. American exceptionalism makes French nationalism look self-reflective.

Fathel

fath0039.bsky.social

16 October 2026 01:49

No matter how much of a genocidal know-nothing racist you are, you'll still get a platform as long as it is directed against non-white people and Muslims, and that you engage in nationalist mythologizing about the "West."

Fathel

fath0039.bsky.social

14 October 2026 00:31

Saw someone seriously argue that Simon Sebag Montefiore could be considered more of an authority on MENA than Edward Said because he has a PhD in history while Saïd was "just" a literary scholar. Besides the obvious flaws with this logic, literary scholars are some of the most historically informed

Fathel

fath0039.bsky.social

14 October 2026 00:13

Many people in the West will carry water for a lot more problematic organizations, like the US Republican party or most European right wing parties.