Tamghribit

Asgass ambarki! Happy #Amazigh new year! Arawn tmanagh asgass ifolkin, elmakla imimn d miden i3diln mada tzraym loqd / Wishing you a beautiful year with good food and good people to spend time with. #Imazighen #chleuh #atay #ijstaart

Story of the Belgian-Moroccan Ali Aarrass: http://www.petitions24.com/consular_assistance_for_ali_aarrass Pls read and sign if you have some time. It's also in French and Nederlands. #FreeAliAarrass #AliAarrass #torture #unfairtrial #morocco #Belgium

"For all their pretense otherwise, it’s clear that Huffington and her commercial partners care very little about the effects of sleeplessness on those who are not their target audience. In April 2016 a sleep-deprived Uber driver, too tired to continue driving, asked his passenger to take over, and woke up to find the car embroiled in a high-speech chase with police. A Huffington Post reporter, Sarah Digiulio, was prevented from “writing” about the story. (At the HuffPo, “writing” means “linking to.”) Post senior editor Gregory Byer told Digiulio that they wouldn’t be linking to it because Huffington Post was currently “partnering with Uber on our drowsy driving campaign.” In other words, Huffington’s policy was to ignore or actively censor any story that actually proved that sleeplessness is a function of capitalism, and to protect her financial partner from being implicated in any resulting damage. In response to the story, Uber suspended the driver, then issued a statement about the dangers of sleeplessness (which predictably cited the company’s link up with the HuffPo and Toyota “to raise awareness of the issue and help save lives.”)"

I think there is really interesting material here for people who are researching how social media are used to form/switch identities, self-presentation/promotion and career opportunities.

I'm going to miss this: Soq el 7id. Photo by moi (Hasna Ankal) #Agadir #tmazirtino2016 #chleuh #souss #morocco #marokko #soukelhad #amazigh

Window shopping in #Tiznit because prices are between 170€ and 450€ and I'm not planning a wedding. #tmazirtino2016 #chleuh #Imazighen #amazigh #jewellery #tawenza #silver #ichelhiyen #Morocco #tamazirtino

It makes me think about how a language can help you detect bullshit. Which brings me to how those who don’t understand Dutch have no idea why I’m not impressed at all when Tunahan Kuzu, Dutch politician, refused to shake hands with Netanyahu. They didn’t follow the discussion where activists told him he should boycot the meeting and instead support a demonstration or other protest. Kuzu did what activists told him would only legitimise the position and acts of Netanyahu. There’s nothing to discuss with him. He doesn’t care about all the things Kuzu could say to him. Kuzu knew that very well but preferred to go anyway and to do a little performance to look ‘anti Israel’ and benefit his image to get votes from PoC in the Netherlands. So he stood there looking like a clown but satisfied to know he would become a hero on social media, especially in places where people don’t understand Dutch. And that’s exactly what happened. This is one example of how easily people can be fooled.

Eid mabrouk! Every year the same image :) #moroccaneid #BelgianEid #offerfeest #eidaladha

May 2016 (photo by Hasna Ankal)

I recommend this website for those interested in good critiques of 'identity politics', intersectionality, Twitter activism and its 'call out culture'. I started reading her because of how well she explains what's wrong with free writing. It led me to her other work on how the leftist/progressive nonprofit sector and the arts world are becoming more neoliberal and more other topics.