Had no idea? Yea neither did we.
Thankfully @qabeeleh did a deep dive into the sample and the fascinating origins of Orkes Gambus, a genre that started with Yemeni immigrants who travelled to Indonesia in the 19th century, bringing much of their culture and sound with them.
Words: @qabeeleh
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An absolute honour chatting to the special @badershashit for @rollingstonemena about his latest EP “Clash”, WhatsApp collaborations, building a studio in the hood, and his brother @khalilshashit . Some excerpts here, full article link in bio.
Last slide and EP cover photo credits to @greg_verbeke , and a special thanks to @dannyghajjar for constantly platforming real stories.
in the early 2010s, @amershomali and team created a portrait of Leila Khaled titled “The Icon”, made entirely out of lipstick
the Leila Khaled portrait was broken into 50 * 70 pixels and 16 colors, 3500 lipsticks were then custom made based on the color map and the 16 colors used were chemically modified to bear temperature
the portrait was intended to portray how icons and symbols of resistance from the 70s & 80s have been adopted by modern commercialism, from a distance, it’s the famous 1969 poster of Leila Khaled holding her AK, but from up close, it’s nothing but a product (in this case lipstick), showing how revolutionary symbols can be turned into trojan horses for profit
had to check back in on wplace.live one time and see what all is up there now, here are some new findings -
slide 1 - off the Ghaza coast
slide 2 - near Beit Lahem
slides 3, 4, & 5 - off the Ghaza coast
slide 6 - near the Ghaza border, Egypt
slide 7 - off the Ghaza coast
slide 8 - off the Beirut coast
slide 8 - near Beqaa, Lebanon
slide 9 - near Amman, Jordan
slide 10 - Bint Jbeil, Lebanon
slide 11 - near Amman
slides 12 & 13 - off the Ghaza coast
slide 14 - Alexandria, Egypt
slide 15 - Sanaa, Yemen
slide 16 - can’t lie I forgot to write where this one was from and I cant find it on the map anymore 😳, but I think either in Ghaza or Southern Lebanon, hope yall find it 💚
On Palestinian Prisoners Day, I want to take a quick moment to highlight some of the work of Nidal Abu Aker.
Nidal is a journalist and resident of Dheisheh refugee camp in Beit Lahem who has spent more than 15 years in administrative detention in Israeli prisons through multiple arrests by the occupation.
On Sawt Al-Wihda (voice of unity), the only radio station to be broadcast directly from the camp. He hosted a program called “In their cells”, which addressed issues relating to Palestinian political prisoners, and passed messages from Palestinian political prisoners to their families.
All photos here are by Nidal documenting life in Dheisheh, and are now part of the Nidal Abu Aker collection and sub collections in The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive.
slide 1 - a masked man during a PFLP led march
slide 2 - newly released prisoners being welcomed home
slide 3 - from a PFLP march
slide 4 - a woman writing on the walls in the camp
slide 5 - from a PFLP march
slide 6 - reception held by the people of the camp upon the return of the shaheed Mohammad Abu Aker, Nidal’s brother
slides 7, 8, & 9 - from a PFLP march
slide 10 - from a eulogy for the shaheed Mohammed Abu Aker in the camp
slides 11 & 12 - the reception of Mohammed Abu Aker following a treatment trip to the USA
slide 13 - from a PFLP march
slide 14 - kids in the camp
slide 15 - the shaheed Jad Atallah using a slingshot during the second intifada
slide 16 - the reception of Mohammed Abu Aker following treatment in Al Quds
slide 17 - men in the camp helping move a refrigerator
slide 18 - a man raising the Palestinian flag over a pylon in the camp
wishing a blessed easter to all of yall who celebrate, with particular love to our palestinian and lebanese brothers and sisters under occupation
slide 1 - parishioners walking in procession after good friday mass at st. anthony church, expressing solidarity with christian villagers in southern lebanon displaced by the invasion. jdeideh, beirut. april 3, 2026. (ap photo/emilio morenatti)
slide 2 - a man sitting by the locked door of the church of the holy sepulchre among closed stores in al quds. march 27, 2026. (photo by mahmoud illean/ap)
Can’t think of a better excuse than Iraq qualifying for the World Cup today to revisit Diana Al-Shammari’s Iraq jersey from a couple of years ago.
Diana has been turning kits to grails for years now with beautiful embroidery work, and the 2024 Iraq Asian Cup jersey was no exception, if you aren’t familiar with her work, go peep some more of the threads @thefootballgal with the quickness
