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Arabist means an scholar of Arabic philology. And during the early modern (15th, 16th) and the later two centuries (17th and 18th), the number of scholarly works recognizing and commentating on the contributions of the scientists of the Islamic golden age (the likes of Ibn Shatir, Ibn-Hayhtam...

It's funny how Western arabists and orientalists have taught muslims since 1850s about the golden age of Islam, how there was much scientific advances, urbanism, economic prosperity, advances in agriculture, medicine etc. and both Sunnis and Shia love to use that as an example and being...

Globalization and faster spread of technologies makes societies look more similar on the surface than they actually are and this fools people. If we put aside the technological aspect, and look at some social and cultural parameters, no eastern nation has yet reached the level of social dynamism...

The situation in Syria ceteris paribus can be managed in the long run due to the mandates of geography and demographics; but the ceteris paribus clause concerns the domestic negotiations to disband the PKK. If the PKK disbands de jure (even if not de facto), you can't go around saying there's...

There may be coordination but it's more likely the expectations of their cultivated fanbase pushing their narratives for views. Everyone knows what they have to say to appease their fans. It's a positive feedback loop.

This is what Israelis, Greeks and Iranians hope happens between us and HTS, which is impossible due to geography.

I alwazy wondered if there's organic careerism which leads to the homogeneity of Western reporting on Israel-Palestine or is there some top-down structure of sorts; this (and some other similar stories from certain American media) shows the Israeli and Jewish lobby MO in trying to control the...

Logically speaking, if one of the regional poles gets too strong this will bring the other poles closer together. There may occur a realignment among the other poles, Saudis, Egypt and Iran. Cajoling Iran out of that potential triumvirate is out of the question as they are isolated economically...

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/forecasting-chinas-strategy-in-the-middle-east-over-the-next-four-years/ Commentary Forecasting China’s strategy in the Middle East over the next four years Yun Sun December 19, 2024 Saudi...

lmao bad timing; I didn't know about the attack in Germany yesterday, I was talking about this: https://www.ft.com/content/320351e3-7dd2-4297-913b-81733513981c https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2024/12/20/us-airstrike-kills-isis-leader-in-syria...

ISIS becoming a thing again as soon as U.S. needs to justify its presence and support for PKK.

Guy needs only one Luigi, not even a Mario.

I think the conceptions and attitudes in Pentagon and the state dpt. towards the issue are too entrenched, and Trump's convictions on the matter do not seem to be that forceful to uproot those entrenched institutional roots. At the end of the day, on the ground realities and what cards we have...

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My goat has all the correct opinions.

He's a leftist; they have only one gear, even the socially conservative ones.

You think like U.S. gives a shit about them, lmao they will be willing to sell them out at the first sign of a great prize elsewhere.

They act like it's 1960s and they gonna bomb research centers and assassinate scientists and nobody gonna know. Dude it's the age of social media, you can't conduct politics like that in bright daylight. Public perception in a tough neighborhood matters; instead of trying to sanitize your image...

bull. the shock and awe I saw in IRGC telegram channels was very real. Khamenei's special envoy told Iranian national t.v. couple of days ago that we enquired about HTS preparations and Hakan Fidan and some Arab elements told us there will be no operations; he literally used the words "they...