Aww, a Muslim posting an anti-Arab dog-whistle in support of Sudan — otherwise known as colonial hasbara — without naming the actual perpetrators (UAE or RSF)? 💔🥺 Sad, oh no, whatever will you do 💔🥺
It’s not okay.
I don’t excuse Arab supremacy either (f*ck you, Saudi royal), and it doesn’t mean we should leave our critical literacy behind or engage without an ounce of political awareness in our wording.
Humanitarian aid is sold as neutral and benevolent. On the ground, it is an outpost of empire. It registers, sorts, and disciplines the people it claims to save, and leaves untouched what wrecked them. In Palestine, it normalises occupation and freezes life in permanent limbo. In Sudan, it retreated and left devastation behind. In Congo, it manages displacement while extraction rolls on. States have even captured zakat and turned it into prestige and bureaucracy. Still, communities feed each other. Palestinian crowdfunding, Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms, and Team Congo RDC bypass the gatekeepers and put resources in people's hands, with no donor hierarchy. Share this work, and strengthen the mutual aid ecosystem.
The West's deliberate conflation of radical Islam with extremism has become a powerful tool for control. By portraying Islam as a monolithic threat, Western powers have rallied public support for invasive policies, from surveillance programmes to direct occupations across the SWANA region. This narrative reinforces violent colonial structures, positioning Muslims as "others" who must be controlled or eliminated.
![A protester holds a handwritten cardboard sign at a nighttime demonstration reading, "[Aid workers in Gaza] are bringing their children to work with them so that if they die they die together." The quote is attributed to Juliette Touma, UNRWA Director of Communications.](https://wrzky.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Protest-Sign-About-Aid-Workers-and-Children-in-Gaza-1080x720.jpg "The World’s Worst Bully: How Your Government Fails Humanity")
To the international community, America’s actions in Palestine and Lebanon are part of a longstanding, brutal pattern of violence justified under the guise of “freedom” and “democracy"; they are far from isolated missteps. For Americans, this destruction might feel distant, but for millions worldwide, it is an unavoidable, harsh reality fuelled by US dollars and policies. Every missile, every devastated home, every life lost is a direct result of American complicity in imperialism.
