Enough is enough. My dad was a marine and I was married to an army medic deployed to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. I know the tolls these senseless wars take on military members and their families. Stand with me and stand for peace.
#nomorewar #mepolitics #SWANA #peace
“Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.” — Mark Twain, abt. 1899, from The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance
Welche Rolle spielen Mobilität sowie kulturelle u politische Grenzen in der arabischen Welt? Der Artikel auf @orientxxi.bsky.social des Mediennetzwerks Independent media on the Arab world mit zahlreichen Links schlägt einen Bogen von der Antike bis zu aktuellen Konflikten #MENA #SWANA
2 character portraits side by side looking at each other. Text reads "meet cute, hidden identity, Courtship, sweet and spicy"
Consorting with the King is available now! 🎉
Order direct from my small queer publisher
www.jms-books.com/consorting-w...
universal link
books2read.com/u/mdBy2W
Portraits by @kalimpaszmadar.bsky.social 🖼
#queerbooks #mmromance #lgbt #books #regencyromance #solarpunk #scififantasy #swana
Trope tree against green Regency wallpaper background. Text reads: Regency Era. M/M. Solarpunk Twist. Exotic Gardens. Secret identities. Two shy dorks. meet cute. Romantasy.
Releasing tomorrow!!🎉🎉
Pre-order direct from my small queer publisher
www.jms-books.com/consorting-w...
Can't wait to share this Rom Com with you all!
🦚🦚🦚
#regencyromance #queerbooks #mmromance #scifi #fantasy #swana #mena #solarpunk #thesolarsultan
Applications are open for our Nowruz mini-market on Fri, Mar 20, 6:30-9 pm.
SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) vendors are especially encouraged to apply. There are no fees to vend.
👉🏼 Apply by Sun, Mar 15 at forms.gle/EpS84uGYuD3m...
#SWANA #Nowruz #SmallBusiness
Interested in pushing for #TechJustice?
📣 We're looking for our next #SWANA regional director!
We are seeking a passionate professional to lead on the work of Digital Action in the region.
The deadline is tight (March 22nd), so if you haven't apply today!
👉🏾 digitalaction.co/join-our-team/
Pre-orders open! 💌⬇️
www.jms-books.com/consorting-w...
Consorting with the King 👑
•Regency Era
•Rom Com
•Sci-Fi Fantasy
•Solarpunk
•Cozy Fantasy
•M/M Romance
Out March 11
#queerbooks #scififantasy #solarpunk #mmromance #lgbt #swana
Learning that SWANA is the correct way to call that side of the world, not Middle East.
You learned something new every day!
#SWANA #news #NorthAfrica
What language(s) do Imazighen speak? How have they evolved and how should they continue to evolve in the age of nationalisms in North Africa?
#amazigh #imazighen #tamazight #northafrica #swana #oxfordswana #elguabli #morocco #algeria #libya #egypt
"The hostage-takers, declaring their solidarity with other "oppressed minorities" and declaring their respect for "special place of women in Islam," released one woman and two African Americans on
(1/4)
#blackpeople #whitepeople #asian #swana #blackhistory #iranianhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Hey, there’s gonna be a lot of talk, so I want to put this out there.
Try to use “Southwest Asia” or #SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) instead of the colonialist term “Middle East” which the people in London and Paris decided to call the lands of the Levant and the Arabian peninsula.
📣 We're looking for our next #SWANA regional director!
We are seeking a passionate professional to lead on the work of Digital Action in the region and to play a key role in ensuring its contributions to the Tech Justice and Policy ecosystem.
Apply today 👉🏾 digitalaction.co/join-our-team/
The aesthetic for all these slides is a golden background on faint ruled notepaper, with clouds and a sun motif at the top. The picture on this slide shows my new novella, Consorting with the King, the cover has a pretty peacock feather and Regency wallpaper design. The text reads "this book is solarpunk".
Next slide is a simple trope tree explaining what solarpunk is. Text reads: what is solarpunk? Solarpunk is: Speculative Fiction. A subgenre of Sci-Fi. The opposite of cyberpunk. Hopeful.
Hi all! So this is my slide presentation on the subgenre of Solarpunk; what it is, and what is Solarpunk about my upcoming queer Regency Romance book. This will be a thread! Hope you find the slides helpful. ☺️🌞🦚
#Solarpunk #scifi #books #queerbooks #mena #swana
For years, The Markaz Review has uplifted SWANA voices. In the words of Madj Aburrad, “Freedom of expression matters because it's rare where I'm from.”
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🍉 TMR 57 - PALESTINE: Sheryl Ono traces the roots of Jewish supremacy and its devastating culmination in Israel's actions in Gaza.
🔗 bit.ly/ewish-supremacy-and-the-...
#TheMarkazReview #TMR57Palestine #Gaza #Palestine #SWANA #WorldLit
Heute startet bei @timep.bsky.social
die Reihe „Die arabischen Aufstände 15 Jahre danach: Mehr als nur ein Moment“. Statt nur vom "Scheitern" zu sprechen, sollen Errungenschaften u Verluste in den Blick genommen u Perspektiven entwickelt werden #MENA #SWANA #ArabUprising
✨ 1st article from our Feminist Journalist Fellowship is out now!
By Enas Kamal, in collab with @untoldmag.org
A powerful look at how queer Egyptians navigate connection, surveillance & digital risks.
#FeministJournalism #LGBTQ #Egypt #DigitalSafety #QueerVoices #SWANA
Boosting this since I have a larger audience:
If you're in #voiceover and are #bipoc #lgbtq #SWANA #AAPI #black #indigenous, we want you to audition for our game!
The image shows a full text published in LinkedIn with the abstracts of Sara Khash's and lisa minerva luxx's abstracts.
The poster show a melon in the background, with 'critical current' in bold letters. The poster also include themes and dates of each presentations. At the bottom right side, there's a QR code and the BSA logo.
We’re excited to launch our online research seminar series this Tuesday at 1pm 🎉 with Sara Khash and lisa minerva luxx!
Full programme and link to join can be found here: tiny.cc/2ohy001
#ArabStudies #BlackStudies #DuBois #Ethnicity #MENA #SWANA #Palestine #Syria #Sudan
Our characters represent a WIDE variety of real-world cultures and martial arts!
If you're a voice actor from the following communities, you absolutely should try out!
#bipoc #lgbtq #SWANA #AAPI #SEA #black #indigenous
Hope to see you soon!
#indie #gamedev #rock_e_rumble #voiceacting #vo #va
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The Disney 1959 Sleeping Beauty prince with a magical sword, and princess in the woods talking to the animals.
Murad, the mmc for my gay HistRom, is both of these pics ✨️✨️
Wait till you see the arts! ☺️
Coming late summer! 🌞
#swana #magicalboy #fantasy
The Markaz Review is a non-profit literary magazine from the SWANA region & its diasporas. In 2026 we’ll publish bimonthly issues while continuing weekly work online.
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Trying to put myself back out there again. I’m Serena and I’m an Arab ( #SWANA / #MENA) voice actor living in Seattle 🎤 ✨
I have credits both in commercial/PSAs as well as indie games on Steam but would like to expand more but in meeting other VAs or discovering rosters!
The tentative cover for my comic "Kittish Banter" it shows an anthro transgender lioness whispering gossip to a nonbinary white tiger, as their three friends watch from above.
A comic page from my submission for the first graphic novel contest. It shows the lioness and the white tiger having a one sided argument.
#UKcomics #furry #SWANA
If you're free on the 19th of Jan, near London, and really like comics, then consider coming to the FGN awards ceremony from 6:30!! I'm going to be there to answer some questions about my comic LGBTQ+ furry Muslim comic Kittish Banter :D
www.firstgraphicnovel.co.uk
Manzakar by R. Laham @fictionchick.bsky.social is nominated in several categories for the Indie Ink Awards, and voting is now open! 🎉🎉
Vote for Manzakar
indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-...
🏹⚔️🛡
#booksky #fantasy #mena #swana #lgbt
Text reads vote for Specimen indie ink awards 2025
Text reads: categories: best book cover and cover art. Best morally grey character. Best setting. Best use of tropes. This book made me hungry/thirsty. Wittiest character.
Text reads: categories, writing the future we need: Asian Representation by an Asian author. Gay or Lesbian Representation. Lgbtq+ Representation.
Voting for the Indie Ink Awards is open! 🎉 My book Specimen is nominated in a few categories. You can vote for Specimen here
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Thank you for your support!!
🥹💙
#mmromance #booksky #lgbt #mena #swana #scifi
