Ali A Olomi (@aaolomi) / X

Ali A Olomi

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Ali A Olomi

@aaolomi

Writer, Asst. Prof, Historian of MiddleEast & Islam: politics, gender, Islamic esotericism, astrology & science. Host of #HeadOnHistory Podcast / UCI alum

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Joined November 2012

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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Sep 6, 2019
A master thread organizing all the threads I've done- On angels in Islam- x.com/aaolomi/status… On dreams and their interpretation in Islam and Middle Eastern folklore- x.com/aaolomi/status… On the Zodiac in Islamic astrology-
Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Jul 17, 2019
Islamic astrology shares a lot of commonalities and influence with European medieval astrology. For example how they interpret the different signs of the zodiac, or dairat al buruj A thread on the signs in Islamic astrology:
Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Nov 19, 2024
hiker lost in the mountains, stray dog appears and leads him to safety. Habibi, that’s a jinn
Massimo
@Rainmaker1973
Nov 18, 2024
A British tourist lost 15,000ft up in Peruvian mountains describes how a stray dog 'appeared from the fog' and led him to his destination. [📹 elgueroingles] x.com/i/status/18584…
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Feb 21, 2025
he has pneumonia and can barely breath but he still makes time to call Gaza and check in on them, Lord take away all his pain and give it to trump
Catholic Arena
@CatholicArena
Feb 19, 2025
Despite being hospitalised with pneumonia, Pope Francis has maintained his nightly phone call since 9th October 2023 in which he phones Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Apr 2, 2025
they don't even give the death penalty to school shooters. the ruling class is sending a clear message
Pop Crave
@PopCrave
Apr 1, 2025
Attorney General Pamela Bondi is directing federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione.
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Jan 27, 2025
they hate professors because professors point out this is what the nazis did
The Intellectualist
@highbrow_nobrow
Jan 24, 2025
JD Vance at the National Conservatism Conference: "The professors are the enemy."
National Conservatism
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National Conservatism
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Dec 20, 2024
the fact the US used the full force of the federal government to eliminate the Black Panthers while the KKK is still running around tells you a lot about this country
AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY
@AfricanArchives
Dec 19, 2024
Member of the Black Panther party explains why they’re opening a clinic in Chicago, 1969.
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Jul 5, 2024
say what you will about the brits but their tradition of forcing all their prime ministers out in utter humiliation is wonderful
Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
Jul 5, 2024
🚨 BREAKING: Rishi Sunak's resignation speech as prime minister as he leaves No 10 for the last time
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Sep 19, 2024
Fatima was killed in the pager attack. She was 9 years old. Then during her funeral, Israel set off another explosion killing mourners. Textbook terrorism.
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
Sep 18, 2024
Fatima Abdullah is laid to rest in Lebanon. Abdullah was killed in the Israeli intelligence pager attack yesterday. She was nine years old and had just started fourth grade.
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Jun 4, 2025
advocating for starving children shouldn’t be a risk to your career. what type of world are we living in
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Mar 4, 2025
luigi mangione could have been the start of a movement where we as a society tackled the evil of health insurance instead he was sexualized, throw into stan culture, and made into a meme for some haha while insurance companies get to keep on keeping on
aram 🐏
@aramnotagoat
Mar 4, 2025
next thing you know they’re gonna be telling us luigi is packing 8 inches, thick , has low hangers, and is well groomed 😩
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Jun 21, 2025
“They’re not educating women in Iran” Iran has one of the highest rate of women graduates in the world. They have more women doctors than the US
Ashok Kumar | 🇵🇸
@broseph_stalin
Jun 19, 2025
Damn things got spicy on THE VIEW
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Despite claims that Iran has ‘one of the highest rate of women graduates in the world,’ data shows that their graduation rate is 25.4%. This does not place them within the top 50 countries for women graduation rates genderdata.worldbank.org/en/indicator/s…
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Nov 11, 2023
this is who Netanyahu called the “children of darkness”
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Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Sep 13, 2022
someone said americans will invade your country and kill your people then 20 years later make a movie about how invading your country and killing your people made their soldiers sad
Big-Time Megaspel
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Big-Time Megaspel
Ali A Olomi
@aaolomi
Jan 20, 2025
we didn’t get Roe codified, we didn’t get healthcare, we didn’t get affordable housing or groceries, we didn’t tackle climate change, or gun violence, we didn’t increase minimum wage. But we did get a genocide, students thrown in jail, and handing the country over to fascists
Democrats
@TheDemocrats
Jan 19, 2025
Thank you.
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