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Arab/Dane. International Consultant. Fond of ass-kicking. Which, come to think of it, sounds conspicuously like ass-licking. And I really don't like that.

Copenhagen/Trelleborg
Joined February 2011
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Ny @Udestuen sammen med @SrenKVillemoes, @AnderssonMikkel og Firas Mahmoud hvor vi vender tilbage til Mellemøsten efter de nylige drab på Hamas og Hezbollah-ledere. Kommer storkrigen? Kan den blive større og hvor mange Hamas'er findes der egentligt? #dkpol
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Another bombshell investigation by Israeli-Palestinian magazine @972mag 972mag.com/settler-violence-… Sources in Israeli intelligence have revealed to the magazine that Israel has been spying on US private communication with the Palestinian Authority in order to “understand what the U.S. knows about settler violence.” And they've discovered that the purpose for this spying, far from punishing settlers for their violence, is "to prevent the collected information from developing into sanctions", i.e. protecting settlers.
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Firas Mahmoud retweeted
Israel can crush Gaza under the banner of "hunting Hamas" and call bulldozing the West Bank "fighting terrorism," but it must understand that for every fatality, another generation of Palestinians will join the struggle against it / Jack Khoury haaretz.com/israel-news/2023…
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"We are now actually rolling out the Gaza Nakba," says Avi Dichter, Israel's Minister for Agriculture and former head of Shin Bet.
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Since many are asking such questions, I'm going to answer. I'm assuming the questions are being asked in good faith and by people who are not malicious but misinformed xitter.gq/PhilipRSchiff/status/1…
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Grounding the Current Moment: An Al-Shabaka Syllabus Wrestling with Resistance. Which forms of resistance to settler colonialism are legitimate and under what conditions? Who gets to determine the boundaries of legitimacy? ow.ly/yjRl50Q35KX
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Since October 7, at least 7 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers, +100 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, and 500 Palestinians have been displaced from their homes. A story we aren't talking nearly enough about washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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6 🧵s to make sense of Israel/Palestine: 1) A history Palestinian non-violent resistance 2) A history of Hamas 3) A history of Israel's ethnic cleansing Palestinians 4) A history of Israel's wars on Gaza 5) A history of Gaza 6) A history of Israel’s use of disproportionate force
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⁉️ Keen to know more about the nexus between gaming and violent extremism?🎮 Check out @un_oct #UNCCT's new research report! 🔗bit.ly/OCT-PUBLICATIONS
📢 HAPPENING NOW Research Launch - Examining the Intersection between #Gaming and Violent Extremism w/ @gifct_official @extremismgaming @rusieurope @moonshotteam @fairplaya @takethisorg 📺 LIVE ON @unwebtv bit.ly/3fGhaDk MORE INFO 👉 bit.ly/UNCCT-Gaming-0510
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Firas Mahmoud retweeted
Playing with religion: The gamification of jihad - Firas Mahmoud (@fakethefun), Danish Institute for International Studies (@diisdk): bit.ly/3dNueWT
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"The Gamification of Jihad" - interesting new @diisdk report by @fakethefun diis.dk/en/research/new-repo…
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A new report published @TransJihad @diisdk written by Firas Mahmoud on the jihadist use of gaming spaces for recruitment, mobilisation and simulation. Great review 👏🏽 Will be open access tomorrow
Finally! 🤩 Coming out tomorrow from DIIS…
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Sedan 2017 har 269 människor skjutits ihjäl i Sverige. Ta in den siffran. Och kom framförallt ihåg att det finns människor bland siffrorna som inte har något som helst med gäng att göra. Som Adriana 12 år.
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'...debut novel explores contemporary issues through fiction. Using his own experience and creative writing, Darkness Inside promises to be one of the darkest, most timely and relevant novels of the year by one of the UK's most original journalists.' amazon.co.uk/Darkness-Inside…
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Current messaging from #AQ and #IS to new foreign recruits: AQ: join to liberate local/regional populations from corrupt governing (ideological/religious motivations). IS: join to re-establish the caliphate (most likely in Central Asia/#Afghanistan) (opportunistic motivations).
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Har givet et interview om hvad jeg mener med “konfliktbundter” og hvorfor jihadismen ofte er en del af et kompliceret konfliktbillede der gør løsning vanskelig @diisdk @TransJihad @GlobalViewsDIIS globalnyt.dk/lokale-konflikt…
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Depressing. A fairly mainstream Arabic-language news account conveys news of the Oslo shooting, and most of the 100+ comments are celebratory and homophobic
مقتل رجلين في هجوم مسلح على حانة للمثليين في النرويج.
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