The Slave Trade We Barely Talk About
The 1,300-year history of slavery across Africa, the Middle East and the Islamic world.
The Lioness Writes
History activist on a mission to preserve our truth. I write about media literacy, antisemitism, antizionism, and what happens when our history gets twisted into soundbites. This space slows things down, adds context, and pushes back on easy narratives.
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The Diaspora Double Standard
Palestinian families can migrate into the land and become native to it. Jews can be driven out of the same land, live elsewhere for centuries, and have exile turned into their place of origin.
Québec Drew a Line in the Street
Muslim prayers became a recurring feature of pro-Palestinian demonstrations outside Montréal’s Notre-Dame Basilica. Quebecers pushed back. Then the National Assembly put the boundary into law.
The Bitter Irony of “Queers for Palestine”: A Plea for Perspective from an Ally
Empathy is a virtue, but marching to empower a fundamentalist regime that demands your execution is a fatal contradiction.
THE LIONESS LEDGER
Week of August 10th – 16th
PART III: THE MOVEMENTS BEHIND THE MOVEMENT
Project Nimbus brought Palestine activism into a Big Tech network. Then Gaza, climate, surveillance, immigration, war and data centers converged.
The Long Game: Decoding the Muslim Brotherhood
A stage-by-stage breakdown of the century-old strategy designed to outlast elections, outmaneuver governments, and outwait the West.
The Disappearing Jew
How ancient Jewish history is being relabeled, reassigned, and written out of its homeland
The Machine Was Already Built
The organizations moving into the data-center fight spent years building a national network around Amazon, Big Tech and corporate power. Then AI gave them a new battlefield.
The Data Center Rebellion: How a Local Backlash Went National
Local fights over land, water and power have become a national political movement crossing party lines.