Ahmed Naji
@ahmednaji.bsky.social
Writer, Novelist, Documentary Filmmakers, Criminal, ex-journalist. More about his crimes: http://linktr.ee/anaji ahmednaji.net
There is no horizon for German identity because it remains separated from reality, from material life, and even from numbers. asnaje.substack.com/p/long-live-...
LONG LIVE DEGENERATE ART
O men of art, men of letters! Let us take up the challenge together!
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Facsimile of a painting from the Tomb of Menkheperrasone depicting foreign princes at the court of Tuthmosis III. The third figure from the left is the prince of Tunip presenting his son to the court. From Davies (1936), Ancient Egyptian Paintings Vol 1, Pl. anetoday.org/abo-eleaz-di...
The Harsh Life of Diplomatic Messengers in Egypt in the Late Bronze Age - The Ancient Near East Today
Diplomatic messengers in the Late Bronze Age had to endure numerous difficulties to accomplish their missions. But from the surviving correspondence, it seems that Egypt may have been the most hazardo...
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what is the difference between the images from the 70s and the pictures in the current issue that scream with Orientalism, kitsch, and celebrate all the backward elements of Arabic culture that we have been fighting against for over a century? substack.com/home/post/p-...
It's 110 degree and yes, I need to cool down
Fuck you Habiab, Fuck your Sharwma culture, Fuck you Tarboosh and Keffiyeh and all the reactionary symbols you prompt as "Arab culture."
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The Habibi cover was published the same week Anas al-Sharif was assassinated last year by the IDF. The Arab Toms in Western media who have been grafiting the Palestinian issue for the last two years, of course, don’t remember Anas substack.com/home/post/p-...
It's 110 degree and yes, I need to cool down
Fuck you Habiab, Fuck your Sharwma culture, Fuck you Tarboosh and Keffiyeh and all the reactionary symbols you prompt as "Arab culture."
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Love it, so much Iraq Saddam Hussien. actually they had better golden art work there
derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last mo."doesn't understand the appeal of patina" feels like neat summation of American aesthetics
At the age of 13, I became addicted to stealing from other writers. It is what I call literary kleptomania. ahmednaji.net/2026/08/06/7...
7 Literary Sins
Madeleine Schwartz convinced me to share my most sacred secret, my literary sin: how, all this time, I’ve developed a light-handed method for stealing from other writers, following the recipe…
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American-made bombs have killed numbers of Gazan children greater than the circulations of n+1 and Jewish Currents combined. thepointmag.com/politics/vio...
Violence and the Left | The Point Magazine
Is now really the right time to talk about the left’s political violence problem?
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I'm watching in germany. The German commentators kept quiet for nearly the whole thing until suddenly the shot widened and we just hear with a German accent, "Oh, Miss Piggy"
Except BTS no singers under 45 were at this performance... What a lame shitty show
، منتصب القامة أسفلها بخط كوفي «الهرم فاضي وخوفو راضي».https://aljumhuriya.net/ar/2021/01/27/%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9/
أسود الكنيسة
أسود الكنيسة
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I also grew up knowing that people like us don’t have the right to show their anger because the consequences are unbearable and unpredictable. Our anger makes them terrified, and their fear justifies any crimes they commit
25,500 BCE: Drowning. 1,500 BCE: Drowning. 1,200 BCE: After observing animals cross the River Nile, human beings attempt the doggy paddle. 1,200 BCE: Drowning.
Swim Strokes Throughout the Ages
25,500 BCE Drowning. 1,500 BCE Drowning. 1,200 BCE After observing animals cross the River Nile, human beings attempt the doggy paddle. 1,200 BCE Drowning.
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There is no longer beauty or consolation except in the gaze falling on horror. www.thedial.world/articles/new...
Las Vegas Diaries — The Dial
“These days I have no passport, no documents. And even if I manage to get one, I cannot return to Egypt.”
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"Now that your depression is back and your new chin has settled, we will begin to correct your more annoying shortcomings with exposure therapy. Exposure therapy can be a helpful tool in making you less of a little bitch."
MAHA’s Plan to Wean Americans Off SSRIs
“As a compassionate group of health hobbyists and one doctor of law, we cannot, in good conscience, recommend people stop taking their SSRIs cold turkey, eve...
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On the way to the car, I noticed that behind the mosque was a junkyard, filled mostly with broken yachts and boats of various sizes; they all looked sad and dead. Another “only in Vegas” site: a yacht graveyard in the middle of the desert. asnaje.substack.com/p/godshowcom
Godshow.com
short story translated by Rana Asfour
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Instead of one child, we had twins. We entered an inferno that we have yet to come out of. The stress hit us hard. Samira and I turned from lovers to parents burdened with responsibilities, asnaje.substack.com/p/godshowcom
Godshow.com
short story translated by Rana Asfour
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"Peace 1.0™ includes a one-page memorandum, several unresolved technical questions, and a loose promise to figure out what the agreement actually means at a later date."
Introducing Peace 1.0™
“Peace 1.0™ is a revolutionary conflict-reduction platform that leverages diplomacy, reduced bombing, and reopened shipping lanes to create value for shareho...
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As a compassionate group of health hobbyists and one doctor of law, we cannot, in good conscience, recommend people stop taking their SSRIs cold turkey, even though the benefits of cold turkey far outweigh the benefits of eating literally anything else. (See: New Food Pyramid.)"
MAHA’s Plan to Wean Americans Off SSRIs
“As a compassionate group of health hobbyists and one doctor of law, we cannot, in good conscience, recommend people stop taking their SSRIs cold turkey, eve...
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He has worked out a theory: humanity divides into the ordinary, who must obey the law, and the extraordinary few, the Napoleons, who have the right to step over moral law, to spill blood, if their purpose is large enough
My god, to celebrate the deal, they should host a fight between an Iranian fighter and an American one. Then, the Iranians challenge Caesar, and Russell Crowe appears to defend the emperor. But the Iranian wins, and the emperor can do nothing except offer one of his daughters to marry the Ayatollah.
One of my favorite Arabic novels was just translated into English and was published recently Red Like Orange A Novel aucpress.com/9781649035172/
AUC Press - Red Like Orange
An offbeat tale of creativity, friendship, and finding your voice in this uproarious journey through Cairo's music scene in the early 2000s, where everything...
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Congratulations to @thedialmag.bsky.social for the publication of their first book, HOW WE SEE IT through @thenewpress.bsky.social! 🔗 Learn more and order your copy: degrootfoundation.org/how-we-see-i...
It always puzzles me why the Quran insists that paradise exists in Judaism and Christianity! Was this a misconception already circulating among the Jews and Christians living in the 6th and 7th centuries, or were Muslims unable to conceive a belief system without a paradise-based rewards model?
Ahmed Naji@ahmednaji.bsky.social · 3mo agoالعجيب أن مفيش جنة لا في اليهودية ولا الاسلام
PRETEND: “We want something that’s never been done.” ACTUAL: “Can you write 'Normal People' again, but with a bisexual love interest who never says ‘bisexual’?”
A Queer Writer’s Survival Guide to the Literary Agent Hypocrisy Circus: PRETEND vs. ACTUAL
PRETEND: “We want queer joy! Write freely!” ACTUAL: “But make sure there’s a straight best friend to guide the reader through the scary parts. If anyone has ...
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