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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ What time ruins, man can repair.

Joined May 2011
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Zakaria Abshir retweeted
#FreeWakiliAbshir President William Ruto Before it is too late, you must wake up and recognise the seriousness of what is happening in Kenya. The abduction of lawyers, the disappearance of citizens and the killing of people are deeply troubling developments that cannot be ignored. We have seen this chapter before under the government of former President Uhuru Kenyatta. Abductions, intimidation, extrajudicial killings and the targeting of people who dared to speak out became major human rights concerns. Kenyans should never have to relive those dark days.Your government must not allow Kenya to return to an era where people live in fear, lawyers are targeted for doing their jobs, and citizens can disappear without accountability. The abduction of Wakili Abshir must be treated with the utmost urgency. His whereabouts, safety and legal rights must be established. Those responsible for any unlawful detention or disappearance must be held accountable.
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“I Cannot Locate Him Dead or Alive” Abshir’s Brother Emotionally Speaks Six Days After Abduction
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Zakaria Abshir retweeted
Representing @EsotericStrats at the Dubai AI Festival 2026. Building connections, exchanging ideas, and exploring what’s next in AI and technology. 🇦🇪
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Well, it hosted the first such race in the entire African continent, in 1938 no less! Check Mogadiscio Circuit. 2nd frame is the winner’s car.
What if Somalia hosted F1?
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Zakaria Abshir retweeted
A reminder that nobody has done the reading, and if you do that alone you’ll soon find yourself absurdly ahead of the curve
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'Flames of Tradition': Filim Boorama lagu sameeyay oo Venice lagu soo bandhigayo. Hoos ka akhri👇🏾 bbc.in/4gUBb6t
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Zakaria Abshir retweeted
A small team is racing to digitise decades of Somali history from its main public radio station. 🔗: aje.news/fa3l3e
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Zakaria Abshir retweeted
🚨: Neuroscience considers metacognition the highest form of intelligence..... "the ability to think about your own thinking."
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"Bir akşam, çok konuşan bir genç, çarşı kapısında oturan, uzun ve beyaz sakallı yaşlı bir adam gördü. Onunla sohbet etmek istedi. Yanına gidip selam verdi dedi ki: “Amca, sana bir soru sorabilir miyim?” Yaşlı adam: “Sor evladım” dedi. Genç: “Uyurken sakalını yorganın üstüne mi koyarsın, altına mı?” Yaşlı adam bir süre sustu. Böyle bir şeyi daha önce hiç düşünmemişti. “Bu gece dikkat ederim” dedi. Gece olunca yaşlı adam sürekli bunu düşünmeye başladı. Ama bir türlü rahat edemedi: Sakalını yorganın üstüne koyduğunda kendini boğuluyor gibi hissetti. Altına koyduğunda da yine rahatsız oldu. Sabaha kadar uyuyamadı. Ertesi gün erkenden pazara gidip o genci buldu. Onu görünce yakalayıp dövmeye başladı Ve dedi ki: “Ben kırk yıldır bu sakalla yaşıyorum, ne uyurken ne yerken ne içerken hiç rahatsız olmadım! Ama dün gece senin yüzünden uyuyamadım. Üste koysam boğuluyor gibi oldum, alta koysam yine rahat edemedim! İnsan zihnini faydasız meselelerle meşgul ettiğinde bulanır; tabiî olanı problem hâline getirir ve huzurunu dışarıda değil, kendi düşüncelerinde kaybeder.
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الضباب لا يغيّر الطريق ؛ لمن يعرف وجهته جيدًا ."
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Portraits from Harar: The City of Saints & the Civilizational Bedrock of Islam in the Somali Peninsula.
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Zakaria Abshir retweeted
From the @newlinesmag archives: In 1962, the Tunisian president, Habib Bourguiba, drank a glass of orange juice live on TV during Ramadan, sparking decades of debate over fasting that helped to remake Tunisian politics, writes Ahmed Nadhif. newlinesmag.com/essays/how-a…
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Zakaria Abshir retweeted
Ai Weiwei: "I used to advocat that Western leaders should publicly condemn China on human rights. But today I have completely changed my view. The West is not even qualified to criticize China."
艾未未在伦敦接受采访表示,他过去曾主张,西方领导人在访华并达成经贸协议之前,应当公开谴责中国的侵犯人权行为。 “但今天我完全改变了看法,”艾未未说。“西方甚至没有资格指责中国。他们只需要看看自己在国际人权方面做过什么,以及他们在言论自由方面的记录。” abc.net.au/chinese/2026-01-3…
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There are few ways of telling such cultural tales better than on the big screen. Visually poetic & emotionally evocative, The Flames of Tradition is less a feature film than a cultural diary of sorts. Read about a film I produced on👇🏻 @Somali_Stream somalistream.com/the-flames-…
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Jamia Mosque Nairobi marks 100 years exactly today! On 7th September 1925, Maulana Sayed Abdullah Shah laid the foundation stone. Construction was completed in 1933. Jamia, now the country's largest & national Mosque, has shaped the role of Islam in the country. May Allah grant it's founders Jannatul Firdous.
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"If you have earned your self-respect, respect by others is a luxury; if you haven't, respect by others is a necessity." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?” ~ Cicero
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