November 4, 2023 - A protester raises the Palestinian flag as thousands marched in Berlin in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and in condemnation of the German government's reprehensible support for Israel's war crimes and apartheid. [video]
Above is the link to an audio file with Palestinian music, read-aloud poetry, storytelling, and excerpts from speeches on history and liberation. It was gathered by Radio Al Hara, an internet radio station broadcast from Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Amman in Jordan, founded during the pandemic as a way to connect during isolation. “Al Hara” means “the neighbourhood” in Arabic. From the river to the sea! 🇵🇸
Germany is losing it
Photography exhibition by photographer Raphael Malik, about Muslim life in Berlin was taken from an exhibit by the organizers “to avoid conflict” because they “did not want to take a political position”
For fuck's sake
So just being Muslim, just existing, is now political and can't be shown on its own?!?
They even acknowledge in their text that they know it has "nothing to do with the current conflict and shows Muslim life in Berlin" and yet here they are.
Further they say they don't wanna show Muslim life on its own if there isn't a "Gegenpol" that shows Jewish life.
In what mind is Muslim life the opposite of Jewish life??? In what mind does Muslim life have to show a counterpart and can't exist on it's own to not be offensive?? In what mind is Muslim life monolithic that isn't already diverse in itself?? Who is set in this intolerant and racist mindset, seeing that Muslim life can only exist in conflict and as a counterpart to jewish life?!?
All of this is so fucked.
Assyrian alabaster relief of an Eagle-Headed Winged Figure from the ancient city of Nimrud, dating back to the 9th century BCE. The Pergamon Museum, Berlin, GERMANY.