Carina, I hope you and your loved ones are safe. I fear for all people of the Middle East. What happens there will eventually happen in the U.S. as well. No one is safe until imperialism dies. Thank you for writing the truth of the situation that we in the U.S. would not otherwise hear.
Thank you Sheril 😊 I am in Italy at present so yes, safe as can be in a US vassal state. Safer than the people in the Levant region that is certain. I have a feeling they are going to reactivate the terrorist proxies in Yemen next as well.
I will return to reporting the international news again. I just need a small break to be stable.
Thank you very much for your kind words. I am very happy to have people actually reading the news that does not come from the western propaganda media. Finally! People are waking up !
Most welcome, thank you! I will be back I just need to recover and calm down. I do not care to look at the horror that is coming out of the region at the present time until I am stable again. I apologize if I was short or rude at any time the past few days over Syria. It’s just all too much after 13 years of hell caused by US in Syria, in addition to the Palestinian genocide and the nonceasefire in Lebanon. It appears that there is no one in the world capable or caring enough to stop the USA and it’s pet Israel.
It's been lonely this past week without your voice, Carina. Since I've been left quite speechless myself lately, my guess was that you were too. Hearing from you today is like getting a call from a friend.
I remain at heart an optimist. I cannot believe that the lights just go out and evil wins. There is also nothing logical about the apparent events in Syria (or anywhere else, really).
Maybe the defeat of the evil will take a little longer than I'd hoped, or maybe the downfall will happen swiftly, but by some other path. From my own humble experiences with the Divine, things never make any sense while it's happening, though my instincts are heightened. I know it's there. It's like a lamp reflecting light from seemingly unrelated things, that somehow gently draws my attention to the quality of the reflections (truth/lies, good/evil). I can't quite form any verbal expression of this, but I think you know what I mean. Then it all comes together rapidly as the visions become animated in the tangible world. It's like being surrounded by an impressionist painting where so many brushstrokes seem harsh and wrong, but then, with a shift in perspective, it all comes together at a more profound level than I could have imagined before.
The Divine could of course defeat evil with a swift and miraculous stroke, but maybe there's more to the painting. Maybe we have to experience the harsh strokes and discordant reflections of the facets of both evil and the human condition too. Maybe we just don't get to the triumph of good over evil without the long dark night of the soul.
I will recover. I just do not want to look at the news at present with my state of mind after Syria. I swear to God I feel like this has something to do with the new snowflake president of Iran behind the scenes. We will know soon enough.
Thank you very much for your kind words and a little hope. I am just speechless at how this can all be happening and heart broken. It is very difficult to report events when it seems the depravity gets worse each day and international law is destroyed. I just need to step back a minute.
I have been looking through my troves of files on Syria and remembering all they have went through already. I am going to post some of the history later this week. There is so much to sort through.
The airways are just saturated with negative energy. The bad guys are gloating, the good guys are in despair. Cynicism rules- even a lot of good people are showing an edge that feels like "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em).
Not all retreats are surrender. There's another strategy at work here.
I just saw that this morning... and some European countries are talking about deporting Syrian refugees back "home." This is awful. I'm having a very hard time seeing any ray of hope today.
I think I can relate to how you’re feeling. I noticed your reference to Sufi poetry elsewhere. Personally I found the Qasida Munfarijah-an old Sufi poem-a wonderful elixir in these dark times. There is a link to a singing of it in Arabic with translation at the end of this article I wrote a while ago. I hope you find it a healing and a source of hope. Rest well. We need to back soon.
Thank you very much Munawar 😊. I am heart broken and angry. I am coming back soon, and I coming back like a Yemeni warrior. Yemen is the only one I trust now after all this ... I think something going on between Russia and Iran that no one is speaking of for the benefit of the Zionist terrorist state.
Thank you Dx ... ❤️🕊️ I am crazy volatile at present and I need to calm down. I waited 5 freaking days for Imam (or anyone) to address what happened. Instead we get sugar coated bs.
I’m having to do a lot of crafting to try and occupy my mind. Luckily the artist collective’s Palestine solidarity sewing group is meeting tonight so it will be good to have humane company…and snacks. Take care my dear @Carina Malatesta ❤️🕊, Dx
That sounds lovely @Dx have a wonderful time. I have always wanted to learn how to quilt. Now might be a good time with the dead of winter approaching ❤️🕊 🇵🇸 🇸🇾
You are welcome, thank you Sol. I am working on the screenshots of that video but I think I could be wrong. I do not think al Julani was the one who did the actual beheading against the Palestinian child. Give me a few, I am asking friends and contacts about the actual perpetrator. Their head is down in the video so I can not see their face.
Honestly, as horrifying as it was I have seen worse. I guess people forgot or did not pay attention to the horrors Usrael and vassals unleashed on Syria in 2011/12. These criminals are the worst of the worst. Many are US products of Camp Bucca.
Thank you Gregor 🤗 I will be back to reporting next week. I just need some time away until I am not so emotional. In the meantime, I am trying to find out wth really happened. This is all bs. There was a back room deal that no one is speaking of. Assad was asked to stay in a “transitional” period and he said no. I do not blame him. Who was he turning the country over to? If he stayed he would have been murdered along with his family. I hope they really are alive and well. We have not seen him or heard from him just information from “Russia”. Why did we not hear his goodbye speech with an explanation of events? So many questions that no one is answering. Now we have no gov’t sources in Syria to help explain. Syrian girl says people in the Syrian gov’t were bought off but offers no details. I want answers.
Carina, I hope you and your loved ones are safe. I fear for all people of the Middle East. What happens there will eventually happen in the U.S. as well. No one is safe until imperialism dies. Thank you for writing the truth of the situation that we in the U.S. would not otherwise hear.
Thank you Sheril 😊 I am in Italy at present so yes, safe as can be in a US vassal state. Safer than the people in the Levant region that is certain. I have a feeling they are going to reactivate the terrorist proxies in Yemen next as well.
I will return to reporting the international news again. I just need a small break to be stable.
Thank you very much for your kind words. I am very happy to have people actually reading the news that does not come from the western propaganda media. Finally! People are waking up !
Take care of yourself, Carina. Many thanks.
Most welcome, thank you! I will be back I just need to recover and calm down. I do not care to look at the horror that is coming out of the region at the present time until I am stable again. I apologize if I was short or rude at any time the past few days over Syria. It’s just all too much after 13 years of hell caused by US in Syria, in addition to the Palestinian genocide and the nonceasefire in Lebanon. It appears that there is no one in the world capable or caring enough to stop the USA and it’s pet Israel.
It's been lonely this past week without your voice, Carina. Since I've been left quite speechless myself lately, my guess was that you were too. Hearing from you today is like getting a call from a friend.
I remain at heart an optimist. I cannot believe that the lights just go out and evil wins. There is also nothing logical about the apparent events in Syria (or anywhere else, really).
Maybe the defeat of the evil will take a little longer than I'd hoped, or maybe the downfall will happen swiftly, but by some other path. From my own humble experiences with the Divine, things never make any sense while it's happening, though my instincts are heightened. I know it's there. It's like a lamp reflecting light from seemingly unrelated things, that somehow gently draws my attention to the quality of the reflections (truth/lies, good/evil). I can't quite form any verbal expression of this, but I think you know what I mean. Then it all comes together rapidly as the visions become animated in the tangible world. It's like being surrounded by an impressionist painting where so many brushstrokes seem harsh and wrong, but then, with a shift in perspective, it all comes together at a more profound level than I could have imagined before.
The Divine could of course defeat evil with a swift and miraculous stroke, but maybe there's more to the painting. Maybe we have to experience the harsh strokes and discordant reflections of the facets of both evil and the human condition too. Maybe we just don't get to the triumph of good over evil without the long dark night of the soul.
Thank you Sky ✊
I will recover. I just do not want to look at the news at present with my state of mind after Syria. I swear to God I feel like this has something to do with the new snowflake president of Iran behind the scenes. We will know soon enough.
Thank you very much for your kind words and a little hope. I am just speechless at how this can all be happening and heart broken. It is very difficult to report events when it seems the depravity gets worse each day and international law is destroyed. I just need to step back a minute.
I have been looking through my troves of files on Syria and remembering all they have went through already. I am going to post some of the history later this week. There is so much to sort through.
Thank you for caring 💚 🇵🇸🇸🇾
The airways are just saturated with negative energy. The bad guys are gloating, the good guys are in despair. Cynicism rules- even a lot of good people are showing an edge that feels like "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em).
Not all retreats are surrender. There's another strategy at work here.
I hope so Sky because right now mass executions are taking place across Syria as Israel moves into to occupy Syria. Ya Ali 🤲
I just saw that this morning... and some European countries are talking about deporting Syrian refugees back "home." This is awful. I'm having a very hard time seeing any ray of hope today.
Carina,
I think I can relate to how you’re feeling. I noticed your reference to Sufi poetry elsewhere. Personally I found the Qasida Munfarijah-an old Sufi poem-a wonderful elixir in these dark times. There is a link to a singing of it in Arabic with translation at the end of this article I wrote a while ago. I hope you find it a healing and a source of hope. Rest well. We need to back soon.
https://open.substack.com/pub/munawaralikarim/p/requiem-for-the-loved-ones-of-gaza?r=3q1kup&utm_medium=ios
*we need you back soon.
Thank you very much Munawar 😊. I am heart broken and angry. I am coming back soon, and I coming back like a Yemeni warrior. Yemen is the only one I trust now after all this ... I think something going on between Russia and Iran that no one is speaking of for the benefit of the Zionist terrorist state.
Hugs Carina. Take care of yourself as well as all the others you take care of. ❤️🕊️,Dx
Thank you Dx ... ❤️🕊️ I am crazy volatile at present and I need to calm down. I waited 5 freaking days for Imam (or anyone) to address what happened. Instead we get sugar coated bs.
I’m having to do a lot of crafting to try and occupy my mind. Luckily the artist collective’s Palestine solidarity sewing group is meeting tonight so it will be good to have humane company…and snacks. Take care my dear @Carina Malatesta ❤️🕊, Dx
That sounds lovely @Dx have a wonderful time. I have always wanted to learn how to quilt. Now might be a good time with the dead of winter approaching ❤️🕊 🇵🇸 🇸🇾
Take care, Carina. This news is so disheartening, I know.
I'm a big believer in taking care of one's self, especially as activists.
Know that you're appreciated, and that people understand your need for a break. I hope you get lots of good food, sleep and good company.
🤗
Dear Carina, don’t loose your mind, you are much needed, the interview was quite good, thank you for sharing
You are welcome, thank you Sol. I am working on the screenshots of that video but I think I could be wrong. I do not think al Julani was the one who did the actual beheading against the Palestinian child. Give me a few, I am asking friends and contacts about the actual perpetrator. Their head is down in the video so I can not see their face.
Never mind then, don’t even watch it again, it was horrifying.
Thank you for your work Carina.
Thank you 🇵🇸
Honestly, as horrifying as it was I have seen worse. I guess people forgot or did not pay attention to the horrors Usrael and vassals unleashed on Syria in 2011/12. These criminals are the worst of the worst. Many are US products of Camp Bucca.
If I do confirm it I will let you know.
This is what happens when you pull your punches and things will only get worse from here.
Take your time, take good care......
Thank you Leon. I will be back. I am just too volatile at present 🤗
Take care, Carina.
Thank you Gregor 🤗 I will be back to reporting next week. I just need some time away until I am not so emotional. In the meantime, I am trying to find out wth really happened. This is all bs. There was a back room deal that no one is speaking of. Assad was asked to stay in a “transitional” period and he said no. I do not blame him. Who was he turning the country over to? If he stayed he would have been murdered along with his family. I hope they really are alive and well. We have not seen him or heard from him just information from “Russia”. Why did we not hear his goodbye speech with an explanation of events? So many questions that no one is answering. Now we have no gov’t sources in Syria to help explain. Syrian girl says people in the Syrian gov’t were bought off but offers no details. I want answers.