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Abdul Halik Azeez retweeted
Gamification is a hollow scheme that distracts us from the drudgery of work and endless self-improvement while constraining the human capacities it pretends to develop.
jacobin.com/2023/06/gamifica…
Marked as to-read: Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi goodreads.com/review/show/47…
Abdul Halik Azeez retweeted
"When activists in the South asked why there was a lack of participation in anti-government protests in the North and East, the irony was clear."
@aarudpra on patronage politics and the economic crisis in Sri Lanka’s North and East: himalmag.com/patronage-polit…
Abdul Halik Azeez retweeted
🇧🇷 Conflitos étnicos, violência de Estado e o potencial da memórias são assunto das obras de Abdul Halik Azeez
🇬🇧 Ethnic conflicts, state violence and the potential of memories are subject of Abdul Halik Azeez's artworks
Intrigued by how all these “Sri lankan” girlfriends are all Sinhalese, cut across class lines in rather unrealistic ways, and uh seem to become kinkier as the days go by? Aspiring Sinhala buddhist patriarchal (neoliberal) nationalism all in one thread?
Abdul Halik Azeez retweeted
Our artist collective, The Packet, travelled to Goa to install "The Office of Mass Resignation" in the old Excise Building, for Serendipity Arts Festival's "Future Landing" exhibition.
Read about it here: financialexpress.com/lifesty…
Whole article on the Sunday Times with no mention of who dropped the bombs or why. “The bomb was dropped” lol
Abdul Halik Azeez retweeted
The Satanic Verses controversy has a long and recent past. The incident reached global fame after the 1988 publication of Salman Rushdie’s novel. Long before, however, the topic was fiercely debate in medieval Muslim scholarship. A general 🧵 for non-specialists. 1/
Abdul Halik Azeez retweeted
It's been 74 years & 5 months since we received independence from the British. Since that day, our country has been mainly ruled by three families. All of them were legally elected according to the constitution. Interesting, isn't it.
#lka #SriLanka #Politics #SystemChange
Abdul Halik Azeez retweeted
When we demand the right to memorialize victims of war time violations, we must not forget violations such as massacre of Muslims at Kurukkalmadam by LTTE, which are rarely spoken about or memorialized. Families’ right to know the whereabouts of remains is imp part of it.
Abdul Halik Azeez retweeted
Fundraiser alert: We at @colombourbanlab are collaborating with @eathappySL to provide cooked meals to families we work with in North Colombo for one year. Thank you so much to @nads_tweets, @pendi22k & Alifiya Mutaher of Local Forecast for all the hard work this will entail.
Launching a 1 year long fundraiser to support families we work with in North Colombo & thrilled to partner with @eathappySL who have generously agreed to start with two cooked meals a week for 1 year & we hope to increase as funds come in. Link to donate - localforecast.lk/product/lf-…
Abdul Halik Azeez retweeted
The Danger of Minimalist Design
(& the death of detail)
A short thread...
How is he making a film about being a cop while being in prison? Why is this man not the president of Sri Lanka yet? The mind boggles
