I am only now starting to get the hang of minesweeper. I used to just aimlessly pick any title never playing the game seriously.
It was only until I realised that the numbers on the board corresponded to how many mines it touches. It was like a Eureka moment.
I am proud of this play even If some might find it easy
It was the blue mine in the bottom right corner that messed me up.
Anonymously posting this and my situation is very unique to myself but I started University in 2024 and my mental health problems which can be quite severe meant my first semester was basically a fail. Second semester I basically did not do any class.
2 year I did one class and I did pass that. Second semester did nothing again.
Now its my 3 year and I did 4 classes and I believe I passed at least 3 out of my 4.
I'm in a much better headspace now compared to when I did not want to do anything.
Anybody else in a similar position?
STOP allowing the erasure of Arab heritage in the Levant and Mesopotamia. Arabic and Arabs originate in the Syrian steppe and the Southern Levant (Jordan/Palestine) and the most northern part of the Arabian peninsular in modern day Saudi Arabia (Tabuk).
This is where proto-arabic originated from and where the oldest arabic inscriptions in Safaitic, Hismaic and Nabatean Aramaic (which gave rise to the Arabic script) can be found.
From the Kingdom of Edessa and the Arab Nabatean Kings starting with Abgarid, to the Kingdom of Hatra in Upper Mesopotamia, to the Nabatean Kingdom, Ghassanids and the Lakmids. Arabs did not emerge in these lands during the Islamic expansions. Rather Islam emerged here and the Arabs which were a disunited group of people, became one.
This rhetoric of "Arabs come from Yemen" is used by racist, genocide supporting people to deny us our history and heritage.
If you are Syrian, Jordanian, Palestinian, Iraqis and are seriously saying "well we're not real arabs, were arabised", you don't know history.
Here are some arabs you most likely do not know about, King Aretas was the greatest Nabatean King and was alive during Jesus's time.
Phillip the Arab was a Syrian Roman emperor. Phillip the Arab was one of the many Roman emperors who was of Arab origin. He saw the 1000 year celebration of Rome during his time.
Elagabalus, Phillip the II, Caracalla and more were also Arab roman emperors born from Julia Domna a Christian Arab woman born in Homs.
The Last Lakhmid King was a Nestorian christian who was killed by the Sassanian empire for his conversion.
If you see this misinformation, correct it. Do not believe lies.
Does anybody else think the biggest losers in this conflict are the UAE?
First and foremost the "Gulf States allies" do not exist. Saudi Arabia is obviously the top dog in the region and they do not follow line but rather do what they want. Oman is another country that is fiercely independent in this regard and Qatar has always been banging heads with the UAE. Bahrain and Kuwait are too irrelevant to add anything.
So just by my calculations Saudi Arabia + Oman + Qatar all seem to be in their own little grouping, excluding the UAE.
From the negative press they received from because of their involvement with the RSF committing genocide in Sudan to them losing influence and notability amongst Arab states. They were stamped outside of Yemen by Saudi Arabia pretty harshly and were kicked from Socotra. To Saudi Arabia ostracizing them and leaving them alone to deal with Iran.
Turkey pretty heavily getting involved in Libya and turning Haftar into his guy. They hold no power in Iraq and Syria is in Turkey and Saudi Arabia's orbit.
Egypt and Turkey and Saudi Arabia have now all built back relations after being sour for a while with rumored defense partnerships.
I feel like the UAE misplaced their bets and are now suffering the consequences of being seen as so pro-Israel.
These are tombs for Omani Imams. Imam Ahmad bin Saeed Al Busaidi is the first Omani Sultan from the current ruling dynasty and Imam Said bin Sultan Al Ya'arubi was from the previous dynasty that had just ended following a civil war.
They are both in Rustaq and they both may look alike, however they are not the same structures. I think you can notice the slight differences in the architecture.
Very disappointed in the state of this country. Shocked at Israel meddling in our affairs.
We need to fix ourselves. But democracy is a highly uneducated nation is not the way forward. Putting a highly tribalised people who value qabil will worsen the state of our nation. We need a china style democracy that forces us to become developed.
I feel like Al Shabaab exist because those who do reject qabil are not secular minded but rather are religious. Unfortunately they happen to be extremist and not moderate.
Because of how well-known UAE/Dubai is, some people seem to think they represent Arab architecture or worse think traditional Arab architecture is not alive in the Gulf.
Well I am here to remind you that states like UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain etc are TINY states that exist due to excessive oil wealth made by the British following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the historic centres in Arabia were in Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Cities like Sanaa, Ibb, Diriyah, Jeddah, Taiz, Rustaq, Nizwa etc were the major urban centres and the smaller gulf states were apart of bigger states.
Kuwait was apart of Iraq. UAE was apart of Oman and Bahrain, Qatar etc were with culturally with Najd or Oman.
Common aspects of Omani architecture rely on earthen materials, elaborate archways, wooden ceilings and balconys, decorative stucco etc
Stumbled across a sleuth of anti-immigration posts made by Moroccans particularly complaining about Senegalese and other black African migrants in there country. These videos had hundreds and thousands of likes and comments.
Many people in the comments liked at the irony of Moroccans who make up a bulk of the immigrant population in Europe complaining about immigrants in Morocco.
Is this stance widespread and are Moroccans racist?
Sometimes my head just goes to "what if Russia collapses like the Soviet Union did in the 90s?". Obviously Russia wants more territory in Ukraine but is it that valuable for all the damage it does, weakening Russia for generations?
Russia is sanctioned into oblivion and its economy is being cannibalized by the Ukraine War. It is heavily ostracized and isolated from the West and its weapons stockpile must be dropping pretty quick.
It has to rely on China for a lot, a far cry from their relationship in the distant past.
I'm honestly surprised proxy groups haven't been funded in Russia with the size of Russia. How do they maintain order. Are the Russian minorities just pro-Russia?
على اليسار جزر فرسان في السعودية، وعلى اليمين القلاع والحصون والمساجد في عمان. المعمار في السعودية وعمان يتشابه بشكل كبير، بس عمان متميزة أكثر في ترميم التراث والحفاظ عليه.
I was just thinking about this. With Iran's regime still in power but definitely weakened and the possibility of the Gulf investing in Iran's reconstruction. Would they be willing to stop their ideological expansion into Arab states for a better standing and relations in the region. Turkey has mended and strengthened its relations with Egypt and Saudi Arabia and Qatar is the glue I guess. UAE kinda feels like an outlier. Oman is also way more willingly with Iranian relations.
So would Iran tame the houthis (their proxy) and bring the civil war in Yemen to a halt for better relations with Saudi Arabia to make them more powerful? Saudi Arabia hates them for their involvement in Syria, Lebanon and Yemen as well as Iraq. But with Syria no longer in their control and Iraq although heavily in their orbit, still being more independent and stable, would Iran consider this?
Saudi Arabia has offered reconstruction funds to the houthis if they stop their crazy missile, extremist behaviour. Or are the houthis unlike Hezbollah and Iraq and can't be tamed?
عارف إن العنوان ممكن يبان مستفز شوية، بس كواحد عراقي أنا بسأل بجد بسبب التصرفات والعدوان الإسرائيلي الأخير اللي بنشوفه في الخمس سنين الأخيرة.
العراق مالوش حدود مع إسرائيل، والحمد لله إحنا محظوظين بكده، عشان لما بلدنا دخلت في حالة انهيار مكنش لينا حدود مع دول عدوانية (على الأقل مش أوي) عايزة تدمرنا، فقدرنا نرجع نبني نفسنا على الهادي وبدون شوشرة. بس لما بشوف التدخلات والضربات الإسرائيلية في سوريا لمجرد إنها ضعفت، وكمان قصف قطر والضغط لضرب إيران، ده مخليني أحس إننا دخلنا مرحلة جديدة تماماً في الصراع ده.
وبما إن أمريكا بتسلحهم بأحدث التكنولوجيا، فبقى فيه فجوة عسكرية وتكنولوجية كبيرة في المنطقة. مفيش غير تركيا والسعودية هما اللي ممكن يقربوا شوية. فعشان كده، مع وضع مصر الاقتصادي الضعيف والنظام السياسي غير المستقر، هل عمركم خفتوا من السيناريو الأسوأ؟
خصوصاً إن الشوفينية والتطرف الإسرائيلي بقوا متمادين أكتر بكتير دلوقتي. المضحك في الموضوع إن عبالي السعودية ودول الخليج لسه بادئين يستوعبوا ده دلوقتي بس، وده واضح من اتفاقيات التحالف (المحتملة) مع باكستان وتركيا.
فعشان كده، بالنسبة للدول اللي على الحدود معاهم علطول زي مصر والأردن، هل عمركم بيجيلكم خوف من إن يحصل هجوم مفاجئ وغير مبرر على مصر؟
The Mshatta Facade which belonged to the Qasr Al Mushatta, dating to the early Umayyaad Caliphate, was one of the most intricate and well-designed desert castle. The Ottomans decided to give it to Germany in 1903. It is now apart of the permanent collection in a museum in Germany.
ليش راضيين إن الدرعية تكون مجرد أطلال؟ في عمان يرممون مبانيهم التاريخية، أما عندنا الدرعية صايرة كأنها متحف بس عشان نتفرج على هالأطلال. وبعدين ليش الناس يسمونها "قديمة" أو أثرية؟ ترى أغلب المباني هناك من القرن الثامن عشر (يعني مو بذاك القدم). تخيلوا لو تروحون باريس عشان تشوفون عمارتهم التقليدية وتلقون أغلب المباني مهدومة ومو ممسوكة ولا مهتمين فيها!
ما أعتقد إنّ المواطن العربي العادي مستوعب حجم الكراهية والعنصرية اللي يكنّها الإيرانيين تجاهنا، وخصوصاً تجاه أهل الخليج. بيموتوا من القهر لأن السعودية، الإمارات، الكويت، قطر، وعُمان دول غنية ومزدهرة. عندهم عقدة فوقية علينا وبنفس الوقت عايشين دور الضحية بسبب الفتح الإسلامي لفارس. أنا شايف إن الإيرانيين بيستاهلوا حكومتهم السيئة.
UNESCO, Germany, Italy and the Syrian Ministry of Artifacts and Antiquities has been working tirelessly to retrieve and repatriate Syrian artifacts and heritage to Syrian Museums.
Our Government deeply cares about Syria and its heritage. Also the international community has been great at helping. Whenever a Syrian artifact shows up at a illegal sale, its flagged by a system and police and other organizations dedicated to stop the illegal trade bring it back.
Amman citadel is such a time capsule. The most obvious recent imprint was the Ummayad era. The Ummayds were heavily roman inspired in their architecture, mosaics, and more. They often incorporated pre existing roman structures into their mosques and citadels. This is seen in Damascus with the Ummayyad Mosque having roman collums.
Amman could have been like Jersualem in Palestine or Damascus in Syria.
But unfortunately it experienced a decline because of how inland it was in comparison to Palestine and the already big capital of Damascus
Arab countries that have monarchies are much more stable, have faster development and don't struggle balancing religion and secularism.
I wish the French let us have the Syrian Hashemite King instead of Iraq. He was our King first anyways.
In a roundabout way i think if we did, Jordan and Syria would be one country under the Hashemites.
I just feel like democracy and arabs don't work.
I wish Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Iraq and Syria all retained our monarchies,
Saudi Arabia is a very underrated country with history, landscapes and architecture. Because its so big, any thing found in Arabia can be found here as well.
Nabeateans in Jordan, you can find them in Saudi Arabia as well.
Omani forts and, Najd Saudi Arabia has that as well.
Levantine stone cities, Tabuk Saudi Arabia as well
In the South, both Saudi Arabia and Yemen has this style of architecture. A mosque in Taizz looks very similar to this as well with the stucco, glazed glass and white stone
Tunisian and Eastern Algerian from Constantine is understandable to Eastern Arabic speakers. While Western Algerian and Moroccan may take some getting used to because of the many vowels dropping.
Another thing i noticed is the exaggerated presence of Tamazight in the Moroccan dialect. Moroccan arabic is difficult because of how it drops many vowels and is spoken very fast. Not because its some fusion of Arabic and Tamazight. Theirs more french in Moroccan arabic than Tamazight.