Since
1948, between 700,000 and 850,000 Jews who for generations had lived in
Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya, Yemen
and Sudan were expelled or fled after being conveniently despoiled.
Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco were the only countries that did not order the confiscation of their property or some economically sanction. In 2014 there are hardly any Jews in those countries.
In January 1948 the president of the World Jewish Congress, Dr.
Stephen Wise, sent an alarm call to the US Foreign Minister George
Marshall:
Between 800,000 and one million Jews in the Middle East and North Africa are in danger of annihilation.
In May 1948 the New York Times remarked the words of Wise and published an
article titled “Jews in grave danger in all Muslim lands: 900,000 in
Africa and Asia face the wrath of their enemies.”
Throughout
1947 and 1948, Jews living in Arab and Muslim Middle East and North
African countries were persecuted, their property and belongings
confiscated; also they were subjected to pogroms instigated by governments.
In Syria, for example, pogroms heavily punished Aleppo, and the government froze all Jewish bank accounts; the same happened in Yemen. In Egypt there were bombings in the Jewish neighborhoods; Morocco, Oujda and pogroms provoked the instant emigration of 8,000 Jews.
Libya attacks against Jews began three years before the establishment of the State of Israel. In
November 1945, more than 130 Jews, including 36 children, were killed,
hundreds were injured, 4,000 were displaced and 2,400 were left
homeless. Five synagogues in Tripoli and four in provincial towns were destroyed, and more than 1,000 Jewish homes and shops were looted. In 1948 they lived around 38,000 Jews in Libya. Today, none.
In
Iraq as in Libya, the harassment against Jews began before the birth of
Israel, the pro-Nazi government instigated the pogrom Fahud in 1941, with 180 death victims. In 1948 Zionism is declared a capital crime; in 1950 it was given one year to the Jews to leave the country. The properties of those who left were expropriated, and those who remained were subjected to economic constraints. The Jews of Iraq, a community of 2,500 year history, was decimated.
Of
the approximately 800,000 Jewish refugees between 1948 and 1972, more
than 200,000 went to Europe and the US, while 586,000 were absorbed by
Israel. None of them received compensation from countries that confiscated their property and expelled them.
yknow if romeo had just Cried on juliets corpse for a couple hours instead of drinking poison Right Then they would have been Fine
The moral of the story is: always take time to cry for a few hours before making important decisions.
So I’m more or less being facetious here, but this is actually a thing.
Hamlet is genre savvy. Hamlet knows how Tragedies work, and he’s not going to rush in and get stabby without making absolutely certain he’s got all the facts.
Except once he thinks he has all the facts – once he’s certain that it really is the ghost of his father and Claudius really did kill him, he rushes in and stabs the wrong guy, which starts a domino line of deaths and gets Laertes embroiled in his own revenge tragedy and ultimately results in the deaths of nearly every character other than Horatio.
That’s the irony and the tragedy of the story. Hamlet knows his tropes and actively tries to avoid them, and the tropes get him anyway. It’s inevitable, the tropes are hungry.
I want a sticker that says the tropes are hungry so I can put it on my laptop
i met a scholar once who said that tragedies aren’t about a silly “flaw” or anything, it’s about having a hero who’s just in the wrong goddamn story
if hamlet swapped places with othello he wouldn’t be duped by any of iago’s shit, he’d sit down & have a good think & actually examine the facts before taking action. meanwhile in denmark, othello would have killed claudius before act 2 could even start. but instead nope, they’re both in situations where their greatest strengths are totally useless and now we’ve got all these bodies to bury.
The tropes are hungry and the hero is in the wrong goddamn story.
I love this post.
Feels
I believe the artist is Katy Doughty.
I want “The tropes are hungry and the hero is in the wrong damn story” tattooed somewhere on my person
THIS GUY WAS HITTING ON ME AND MAKING ME SUPER UNCOMFORTABLE, SO I TOLD HIM I HAVE A BOYFRIEND (because he seemed like one of those guys who, whilst they don’t respect women, they do respect another man’s “claim” on a woman) AND HE WAS LIKE “PROVE IT; SHOW ME A PICTURE” SO I SHOWED HIM THE BACKGROUND ON MY MOBILE AND HE BELIEVED ME
THIS IS MY MOBILE BACKGROUND:
I TOLD HIM IT WAS A PICTURE OF MY BOYFRIEND IN COSTUME FOR A PLAY. THANK YOU OSCAR WILDE FOR GETTING THAT FUCKBOY TO LEAVE.
Apparently concentrated Kool-Aid can be used as a pretty effective leather dye.
I was making a drink while cutting the snaps off some new straps for my pauldrons and I got curious, so I tried it, thinking, “ok even if this works, it will just wash out.”
Nope.
It took the “dye” (undiluted) in about 3 seconds. After drying for about an hour and a half, it would not wash off in the hottest tap-water. It would not wash out after soaking for 30 minutes. It did not wash out until I BOILED it, and even then, only by a tiny bit and it gave it a weathered look that was kind of cool. Add some waterproofing and I’d wager it would survive even that.
That rich red is only one application too. Plus it smells great, lol.
So there you go, cheap, fruity smelling leather dye in all the colors Kool-Aid has to offer.
WELL THEN!
this may be important to some of my followers *and certainly not just getting reblogged because of my costuming and my boyfriends desire for leather armor*
When I was in middle school we used to use it to dye our hair. Potent stuff.
If you’re dying anything with kool-aid it’s best to use SUGAR-FREE ones otherwise the thing you’re dying might get all sticky
the flavor only packets where you are supposed add sugar are the best. they will dye any natural fiber: leather, wool, cotton, hair, flax, jute, silk and so forth. heat the dye water so it is more potent. let dry then rinse excess out in cold water. there’s a whole system to this.
Oh my god
This will prove very useful for any future cosplays I wanna do.
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