Mohammed El-Kurd

not to be self-referential but

god forbid men have hobbies

@kycarrerolopez omg........................... the simplicity of her argument, the eloquence....... we write books on topics she can synthesize in mere sentences.........................

toni morrison tried to break this down for everybody long ago elle.com/beauty/makeup-…

The ceasefire must include Lebanon. The 1.2 million displaced Lebanese people must return to their homes.

"a whole civilization will die" and "less radicalized minds" in the same paragraph is the most American thing ever

So we write our books and make our films knowing that anything we say—seriously or in jest, even anything we imply— can and will be used against us in the courts of law and public opinion. We talk to each other as if the sniper is standing over our shoulder. And I understand the impulse to self-censor. I know that as Palestinians our notoriety precedes us; we are guilty until proven otherwise and otherwise is often impossible. I know that I probably do not resemble myself in most people’s imaginations. But there are vast universes outside of the sniper’s gaze; worlds beyond the colonizer’s field of vision. What matters more than how we will be viewed by our enemies or our allies is how we view one another and what we inspire in one another. Is it self-respect or self-reproach? To be irreverent at the podium is to remind yourself that you are part of a collective, a scrutinized people whose psychic and affective allowances are shrinking endlessly; the working classes, the exhausted, the under-resourced, those who do not have access to Ivy Leagues or a knack for double-speak. And in that performance of irreverence, you enmesh yourself in their complexities, you make room for them in the public discourse, no matter how they articulate themselves, and you reassign the blame from the victim to the perpetrator. Otherwise, we would be punching down—we would save ourselves and ascend in our careers by throwing others under the bus. For one to be described as genteel, someone else needs to be viewed as savage.

Leben und sterben als Palästinenser: Von Siedlern vertrieben, von Soldaten erschossen, von Journalisten entmenschlicht, darf er nur ein Terrorist sein oder ein perfektes Opfer, das keinen Widerstand leistet, schreibt @m7mdkurd in neuen Jacobin-Ausgabe. jacobin.de/artikel/scharf…

Do you know the story of “Land Day”?

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Takes 10 paragraphs to get to this: "police had arrested a man named Ori Solomon, a 55-year-old Israeli citizen...investigators found a cache of weapons and arrested Solomon on federal weapons charges"

The genocidal Zionists and their expansionist fantasies will not rest until they steal the entirety of our region.

I hesitated to share these testimonials, even though they are publicly available, because these stories are serious, sensitive and heartbreaking—to retell them is to relive them. I do not want to share them as a “rebuttal.” It takes unimaginable strength to not only survive such a brutal act of violence but to share your story, despite the social stigma, the racism and smear campaigns, and despite the risk of getting rearrested. These women recognized that they have an obligation to the truth, and so do we.

@npfandos everything described in this article makes him sound more petty than ruthless.

"After the call ended, an email was waiting in Mr. Ossé’s inbox: His invitation to Mr. Mamdani’s victory party the next day had been rescinded." nytimes.com/2026/03/16/nyr…

perfect victims, mohammed el kurd

“Does your venomous sentiment undermine your status as a victim? Does it rewrite history to absolve the soldier of his sins? Does it justify the crime?” -Mohammed El-Kurd

Last week, a friend sent me an episode of a progressive Jewish podcast where one of my essays was discussed. At some point, the host and her guests began talking about the "ostracization of Zionists," and they agreed that it was a complex and controversial matter—almost as though it were unreasonable for us to demand that proponents of this racist, genocidal ideology face social consequences. One guest even called it "litmus testing Jews on Israel." Anyway, while the episode continued, I opened social media to see to see the news: Zionists were burning Palestinians alive. I saw 19-year-old Shaban al-Dalou, connected to an IV drip on a makeshift hospital bed, being engulfed in flames. I couldn't think of a starker juxtaposition to illustrate the chasms that separate us from some of our allies—between their priorities, their concerns, and ours. I could not come up with a better metaphor for this level of detachment from reality. We know that, rightfully, they would never extend the same grace or nuance to Nazis, but somehow, miraculously, when the conversation is about Zionists, demanding moral and political consistency becomes much more intricate—hesitation masquerades as intellectual complexity. I don't know whether it's incredulity, cognitive dissonance, or willful ignorance, but we are on two completely different planets and only the Palestinians are expected to bridge the gap. It’s depressing to think that, after a year of nonstop televised massacres, the irredeemable, indefensible rot that is Zionism remains "debatable" in public life. I know these words will be hard to read for some, and for others, they’ll be easy to dismiss. Some will cast me as overly critical and their worldly Palestinian friends will agree. Others will say: “No matter what we do, we’ll be called either Hamas supporters or Zionist apologists,” a refrain I often hear, reminiscent of clichéd biracial slam poetry. Others are waiting for some kind of BDS fatwa to command them to spit in the face of their Zionist uncles, knowing that fatwa will never come. So can we be honest? What will it take? What is it, if not the systemic rape of political prisoners, that will propel you to have the difficult dinner conversation, to dispel and disown Zionism materially, not only discursively? What is it, if not the carving of the Star of David into the cheeks of our young men, that will propel you to protest the Israeli flags present in every facet of Jewish American life? I ask sincerely—is there a threshold?

my response to Mayor Mamdani, the reporters calling me, etc.

@propandco Both are from Doha.

There are now two Hamas statements 1 from Doha and the other from Gaza: “the movement expressed its hope for the collapse of all American and Israeli projects in the region and the disappearance of the "Empire of Evil," as stated in the attached message.” Pick yours.