El Cabbage

Ok, I think this is actually worth a shot. We already got one prospective volunteer. If anyone would be interested in contributing to such a project, or know someone who might, reply here or DM me! Anyone can join; bonus points if you have experience with archival research

People keep calling the Odyssey and ancient Greece “Western heritage” as if they emerged from a western European or even European world. But the modern “West vs East” divide did not even exist yet. Ancient Greeks did not see themselves as “westerners.” They were one civilization among many in the interconnected eastern Mediterranean world alongside Egyptians, Phoenicians, Anatolians, Cypriots, Levantines and Mesopotamians. And the evidence for this is everywhere.

Before and after: Tel al-Sultan neighborhood, northwest of the city of Rafah and Rafah refugee camp in Gaza.

Ok, I think this is actually worth a shot. We already got one prospective volunteer. If anyone would be interested in contributing to such a project, or know someone who might, reply here or DM me! Anyone can join; bonus points if you have experience with archival research

being single is so awesome bc I can do whatever I want (nothing) go see whomever I want (no one) and go out whenever I want (never)

Gaza tonight. The ceasefire in full effect.

South Levantine Arabic uses a unique -o (و) suffix in kinship terms like 'ammo (عمو), 'ammto (عمتو), khalto (خالتو). This ‘wawation’ also appears in Asiri, Tihami and North Mesopotamian dialects. Wawation for personal names and nouns was a distinct feature of Nabataean Arabic and other ancient North Arabian/South Levantine Arabic dialects. “The Levantine situation may, therefore, reflect a continuation of ancient Nabataean-type wawation” This feature in modern South Levantine, Asiri, Tihami and North Mesopotamian dialects likely originates from ancient North Arabian/South Levantine Arabic dialects and/or Nabataean Arabic.

Ok, I think I’ve found a library who are interested in carrying out this digitization project. I won’t say too much until it’s confirmed, but now we need someone at the National Archives of Egypt to reach out to for a collaboration. If you’ve ever done research involving the…

This is a very exciting start (I say 4 years later!), but we can go bigger. Imagine how valuable it would be to researchers and genealogists alike if the full 1848 and 1868 censuses of Egypt were digitized, and the images made publicly available?

You wake up as Homelander, but with your morals/immorals and sense of self. What's your next move?

Icymi: Trump suggested Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan join the accords as a part of an Iran deal.

A violent airstrike targeted the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, causing widespread destruction in the area. The bombing resulted in: The complete destruction of the Al-Atrash family home. The total destruction of the Al-Taweel family home. The complete destruction of the Haroun family home. The total destruction of the Al-Majdalawi family home. Partial damage and destruction to nearby houses.