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news4dzhozhar · 2 months

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gregor-samsung · 2 years

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Amreeka (Cherien Dabis - 2009)

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theysaywhatasadsight · 2 months

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It's always nri's writing the most cringe rom coms ever

#i get ur feelings u love amreeka. but ur country is not as backward as u think

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z-m-3 · 1 year

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hey friends, I need more blogs to follow that will make me giggle. pls recommend

#weird dark complex humor is preferred #also anything about Amreeka will always make me laugh

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battyaboutbooksreviews · 14 days

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🌙 Books for Arab American Heritage Month 🌙

🌙 Good morning, bookish bats, and Eid Mubarak to those who are celebrating. Eid al-Fitr ("the feast of breaking the fast") marks the end of Ramadan, an Islamic holy month of fasting and sacrifice. April is also Arab American Heritage month, which celebrates the 3.7 million Arab Americans across the country. This is an opportunity to combat Anti-Arab bigotry by challenging stereotypes and prejudices.

✨ One of the best ways to do so is to read books ABOUT Arab Americans. To help, here are a few books for Arab American Heritage Month you can read, discuss, or add to your ever-growing TBR!

[ List under the cut. ]

✨ Growing up, I didn't have books that represented my experiences as an Arab or Muslim American. My friends didn't have stories to read that could help them understand my perspective. With that in mind, I added children's books on the last slide, for the moms out there searching for diverse books--books that allow us to empathize and understand different perspectives and experiences.

🌙 A Woman Is No Man - Etaf Rum ✨ The Other Americans - Laila Lamami 🌙 You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat ✨ Grape Leaves - Gregory Orfalea and Sharif Elmusa 🌙 The Wrong End of the Telescope - Rabih Alameddine ✨ The Beauty of Your Face - Sahar Mustafah 🌙 Martyr - Kaveh Akbar ✨ Between Two Moons - Aisha Abdel Gawad 🌙 Tasting the Sky - Ibtisam Barakat ✨ A Game for Swallows - Zeina Abirached 🌙 Love Is An Ex-Country - Randa Jarrar ✨ The Thirty Names of Night - Zeyn Joukhadar

🌙 I Was Their American Dream - Malaka Gharib ✨ A Country Called Amreeka - Alia Malek 🌙 A Theory of Birds - Zaina Alsous ✨ Against the Loveless World - Susan Abulhawa 🌙 Arab in America - Toufic El Rassi ✨ The Skin and Its Girl - Sarah Cypher 🌙 Sex and Lies - Leïla Slimani ✨ Loom - Thérèse Soukar Chehade 🌙 Birds of Paradise - Diana Abu-Jaber ✨ Come With Me - Noami Shihab Nye 🌙 Girls of Riyadh - Rajāʼ ʻAbd Allāh Ṣāniʻ ✨ How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? - Moustafa Bayoumi

🌙 Evil Eye - Etaf Rum ✨ The Girl Who Fell to Earth - Sophia Al-Maria 🌙 What Strange Paradise - Omar El Akaad ✨ Girls That Never Die - Safia Elhillo 🌙 Bahari - Dina Macki ✨ Life Without a Recipe - Diana Abu-Jaber 🌙 Egyptian Diary - Richard Platt ✨ Man O'War - Cory McCarthy 🌙 The Cave - Amani Ballour, MD ✨ The Map of Salt and Stars - Zeyn Joukhadar 🌙 They Called Me a Lioness - Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri ✨ Salt Houses - Hala Alyan

🌙 Arabiyya - Reem Assil ✨ Mornings in Jenin - Susan Abulhawa 🌙 Shubeik Lubeik - Deena Mohamed ✨ The Wrong End of the Telescope - Rabih Alameddine 🌙 Conditional Citizens - Laila Lamami ✨ An Unnecessary Woman - Rabih Alameddine 🌙 It Won't Always Be Like This - Malaka Gharib ✨ Proud - Ibtihaj Muhammad 🌙 The Land in Our Bones - Layla K Feghali ✨ Everything Comes Next - Naomi Shihab Nye 🌙 The Immortals of Tehran - Ali Araghi ✨ Starstruck - Sarafina El-Badry Nance

🌙 Our Women on the Ground - Various ✨ The Jasad Heir - Sara Hashem 🌙 Tell Me How You Really Feel - Aminah Mae Safi ✨ Surge - Etel Adnan 🌙 Here to Stay - Sara Farizan ✨ We Hunt the Flame - Hafsah Faisal 🌙 A Tempest of Tea - Hafsah Faizal ✨ The Bad Muslim Discount - Syed M. Masood 🌙 A Girl Like That - Tanaz Bhathena ✨ Not the Girls You're Looking For - Aminah Mae Safi 🌙 All-American Muslim Girl - Nadine Jolie Courtney ✨ The Moon That Turns You Back - Hala Alyan

🌙 Ms. Marvel - Destined - Saladin Ahmed ✨ Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card - Sara Saedi 🌙 Internment - Samira Ahmed ✨ Stardust Thief - Chelsea Abdullah 🌙 Once Upon an Eid - Various ✨ Farah Rocks Fifth Grade - Susan Muaddi Darraj 🌙 Barakah Beats - Maleeha Siddiqui ✨ Amira's Picture Day - Reem Faruqi 🌙 The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman ✨ Lailah's Lunchbox - Reem Faruqi 🌙 In My Mosque - M.O. Yuksel ✨ Halal Hot Dogs - Susannah Aziz

🌙 The Proudest Blue - Ibtihaj Muhammad ✨ Silverworld - Diana Abu-Jaber 🌙 Other Words for Home - Jasmine Warga ✨ Time to Pray - Maha Addasi 🌙 Under My Hijab - Hena Khan ✨ Wishing Upon the Same Stars - Jacquetta Nammar Feldman 🌙 Amina's Voice - Hena Khan ✨ Yasmin the Recycler - Saadia Faruqi 🌙 The Shape of Thunder - Jasmine Warga ✨ Deep in the Sahara - Kelly Cunnane, Hoda Hadadi 🌙 The Turtle of Michigan - Naomi Shihab Nye ✨ Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria - George Jreije

#arab american writers #arab american heritage month #books #book to read #book recs #book list #muslim writers #eid mubarak #reading #batty about books #battyaboutbooks

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akajustmerry · 3 months

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sorry guys my Palestinian Film Thursday is delayed this week because my neighbourhood had a blackout for most of the evening, but this week's film was Amreeka 2009! I'll be watching tomorrow when I wake up!

#Palestinian Film Thursday

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ardentpoop · 1 month

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rewatched amreeka it made me cry at 3 AM

#outsiders here and outsiders في البلد كمان #that bit abt feeling like an uprooted tree that can never grow #and muna reminds me so much of my mom 🥲

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honey-fire · 9 months

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“Amreeka ke na Japan ke

Hum toh hain deewane multan ke

Jaamni hont sarayeki bolay

Aur kaano main ras tapkay

Sanwali saloni si mehbooba

Teri churiyan sharang kar ke”

#the way i need someone to dedicate this to me #feeling romantic for NO REASON #Spotify

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badedramay · 11 months

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seeing the kim criticism from north american pakistanis is so funny. i admit i was annoyed by it in the first episode bc the terrorist label she gave dawood seemed a bit over the top but i feel like her "american" quirks are pretty mellow for the most part and hardly take away from the main themes of the drama wrt understanding, balance of power, etc. in a landscape of dramas that are thriving on their ability to attract audience with their overdone theatrics and abuse plotlines, isn't it nice to resonate with something more down to earth that seeks to address the more subtle issues we tend to overlook? and thankfully, at least from what i see in the youtube comments weekly, not many people seem to mind her american quirks and are instead focused on those strong points of the story, particularly the bonds showcased between the various women in the family. i'm not going to say kim's portrayal is 100% perfect or anything but the people constantly complaining are being so overdramatic. there's a willful blindness element at play here too, bc plenty of the pakistani american characters in older dramas also showcased their fair share of unrealistic behaviors. it's nothing new and idk why we're trying to scrutinize it so severely now!

THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS!!!

I will reiterate - the criticism that Kim faces from the non-Pakistan based Pakistanis is more because of how the character doesn't fit THEIR 'neat' image of a 'physically away but dil se always in Pakistan' persona that they are trying very hard to maintain. but that's not whom Kim is made to serve. her character is meant to serve the story Yunhi is telling and Kim is doing that perfectly.

YT audience is smarter than most intellectuals as it at least sees a drama for the drama it IS and not project their own prejudices and views on it. Kim started on a very bad note..the terrorist comment was TOO much and the criticism it got for that was justified. but Yunhi really scarified its initial weeks and got the 'bad' things out of the way. and now at least we have this assurance that things won't go back to that place again cuz hey, the characters are PROGRESSING AND DEVELOPING EACH WEEK!!!

I have accepted that it's not important if Kim is American. she could've been from Timbuktu and her character would've still been the same more or less as this narrative needed the FL to be an "alien" in the ML's world. an Outsider who can notice and point out the flaws in this world that its inhabitants have accepted as normal for so long they cannot fathom the idea of correcting these problems or the possibility of positive change. it's just that Amreeka is a word that everyone in Pakistan knows. it is still the land of dreams for many desis who have it in their head ke bass ek baar wahan qadam rakh den toh phir dollaron ki baarish hogi hum pe aur bass life badal jaegi. her being Amreekan is because it's more convenient for the story to convince the audience her being an Outsider but still belonging to a world that's desirable and achievable. that's just all there is.

Yunhi has its flaws and yes fAIneE Kim makes up for more than half of it. but c'mon! like you said..just look at the current landscape of dramas which is THRIVING on the melodrama and OTTness which is all about the bang bang with very little substance to offer beyond it and then look at Yunhi and how subtly but beautifully it is talking about things that ARE the reality of many normal middle class families living in the country. it is not posing to be something super progressive or making grand speeches about how something should™ be done. it's just shifting the lens just a little bit to bring forth POVs that are not always shown and letting the audience decide which side of the argument do they wish to support? there's no right or wrong here. it's not even going all that deep with anything! so yeah..all this scrutiny over accents and correct representation? WAY TO MISS THE ENTIRE POINT PEOPLE!!!

#yunhi #pakistani drama #type: opinion #writing this as twitter fully has a meltdown over TB is just...#damn bruh gonna protect my little peaceful side of Sunday even more now from all the Amreekans!!

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jalebi-weds-bluetooth · 2 years

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Sunday Samachaar #2

Namaste everyone.

I, your favorite Kamlesh Khabri, is back.

Here’s the welcome page for this blog.

Remember me, if not then read this amezing post.

So this is how this blog will function (since I’m the editor in chief of Jalebi-ji’s blog). Every Sunday is dedicated to the wonderful audience who interacts with Jalebi-ji and the weekdays are dedicated to Jalebi-ji’s posts and gifs and stories.

So update time: I helped (film) Jalebi-ji’s moving and packing rooms so hence I missed giving any update and responding to asks the last time.

Currently I have sixteen asks in my askbox.

So send in your love for Anjali-ji *cough* I mean for Jalebi ji!!!

By the way this is world news:

Amreeka decided to step back 100 years by deciding to overturn the legalized right to abortion. I say best decision - start by doing compulsory reversible vasectomy on all men. I’m not American BUT I AM READY. Scissors nikaalo nandkisore! Main toh kabse hoon ready taiyaar, katale saiyaan zimmedaari seeee (get the scissors out and get ready to snip)

Russian Ukraine war is still going on. Kyunki Putin sathiyagaya hai (Putin is mad). Sarkai lo sathia Putin laage.

Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan - crisis still exists there but because they’re not fair enough to be in fair and lovely ads, the world forgets them like they forgot Dhruv in IPK. Taking Only Desi’s holy word - they’re not Gori enough to be Gori Gori Gori Gori Gori Gori, kabhi kabhi chori chori chori chori... (not fair enough to dance in a Hindi song that’s literally called ‘oh fair one’)

Ranveer paaji’s Jayeshbhai Jordaar is in trouble because they showed how doctors illegally reveal gender of fetuses. So yes, sue a film for educating an audience about reality because our Indian courts have no other work to do.

Sri Lanka is in its worst financial crisis. Tourism is one of their most important sources on income but COVID impacted it greatly. Toh bhai, jaake apne padosi ko hi hello karke aao. (Go and meet your neighbors).

Climate is at its worst. But we can make a difference. Kaise? Find out - make an effort, because;

And there are millions of people who are doing good. Greta meri bachi *nazar na lage*

Chalo, answering your IPK questions now :)

Best regards-wa,

- Kamlesh Khabri, all Sunday Samachaars are found here.

Senior Editor of Jalebi-Weds-Bluetooth

#kamlesh khabri #kabhi kamlesh kabhi khabri #sunday samachaar

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starsandstarfish · 1 year

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There's a beautiful phrase in Farsi used to wish someone good luck for a competition etc.

It's pronounced "marg bar amreeka" and it means may you succeed ahead, which I think is beautiful

#world cup 22 #so glad i made it home in time

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stylinsuns · 1 year

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TU AMREEKA MEIN HAI???

#millimetre

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abs-27 · 7 months

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Ib amreeka

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z-m-3 · 5 months

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people still think amreeka has international hegemony 😂😂😂😂😂

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offendum · 1 year

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Some #OffendumTour dates for my 7abayeb in Amreeka comin up 🤌🏼 Jan 28 — Palo Alto, CA (Stanford Live) Feb 5 — Chicago, IL (Epiphany Center) March 1 — Atlanta, GA (Emory University) March 3 — Chapel Hill, NC (UNC) March 17 — DC (Georgetown University) More Chicago, NY & LA dates coming soon! For bookings: [email protected] 🪬 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnwwsr_OVB6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#offendumtour

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lestatismybabygirl · 3 years

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From insta

#america #amreeka #black lives matter #politics #us elections #us elections 2020 #elections #biden #biden 2020 #american politics #United states of America #edit #wow i wasn't expecting this many likes #maybe i should keep posting about American politics #can i get more than 6 followers #btw this is from @flyinggashti2.0 on Instagram #how come i only have 6 followers #wow i have 25 followers now

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