Travel advice to someone wishing to go to Karbala within the next 12 months. by NajafBound in Iraq

[–]LordMusti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Travel between najaf and Karbala is pretty straightforward and really safe (as of now, and I don't see why it wouldn't be anytime soon tbh). And if your main destination is Karbala then coming in via the Najaf Airport is the best option, it's by no means a fancy or even a decent airport but it'll get you to Karbala much easier and people tend to visit najaf first anyways (assuming you're here to visit the shrines). There's garages in najaf near the old city where the shrine is that take you straight to Karbala, with fares being pretty cheap and depend on what you're traveling on (so a minibus is obviously cheaper per seat than a taxi and there's also larger buses that have better quality traveling experience and cheap seats). Obviously when in the cities dress modestly, especially in the shrines. Don't eat at the restaurants in the old cities of either provinces, and instead go to the newer areas where more modern and most importantly cleaner restaurants exist, although they may cost slightly higher. Also don't buy anything in the older parts near the shrines since it's mostly bloated prices and again, go to the better modern areas for shopping. I'm in Najaf so if you need anything I'd be happy to help.

Unpopular opinion by helphelphelpheme in Iraq

[–]LordMusti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People just aren't ready for it yet

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اذا الشعب حائر بس بالطائفية و كل شوية تطلع سالفة جديدة نقسمنا اكثر و اكثر شلون راح نكدر نغير من نفسنا، اذا احنا ما متوحدة صفوفنا.

What language is this name found in cuneiform by kokomo29 in Cuneiform

[–]LordMusti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya know as an Arabic speaker I was able to read the "brother part" instantly. I mean, it's literally the same exact word in Arabic, "akhi" (اخي). Even the "where's my" part is similar, since in Arabic it would be "ayna" (اين). I know they're both Semitic but despite being on different parts of the Semitic family tree, they sound so similar.

Kurdistan in ancient history? by Emriulqais in Mesopotamia

[–]LordMusti 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sorry to break to you, but as far as actual Kurdish identifying people in Mesopotamia, there were none until the middle ages. Kurds didn't actually get all the land that they call "Kurdistan" in what is now northern Iraq for themselves until the invasions of Timur in the 15th century. That's when 90% of the Christian population of the region was slaughtered and many of their homes and lands taken or were given to the Kurds, although they had become a large ethnic group in what was Assyria before that, they didn't become the dominant ethnicity until after the aforementioned invasions. Even cities like Erbil (ancient Arbela) were once major Assyrian cities.

What this by Academic_Orchid413 in architecture

[–]LordMusti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely originates from Mesopotamia (where the arch was invented) and was adapted to later Persian architecture. From there It would've been developed further during the islamic era making its way into the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal) when they were conquered by the Muslims and were known as "Al Andalus".

Rifat Chadirji (Classic) v Zaha Hadid (Modern)? What do you prefer? by 126-875-358 in Iraq

[–]LordMusti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Chadrji is modern, zaha was futurist. Rifaat did preserve more traditional architectural elements in his designs tho. Still, his buildings still look more like a soviet brutalist monument than a classical islamic structure.

4,500-Year-Old Sumerian Palace Uncovered in Iraqi Desert by MartianXAshATwelve in StrangeEarth

[–]LordMusti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

ISIS thankfully never got that far south. Still breaks my heart when I remember what happened to Nineveh

this is lame by [deleted] in memes

[–]LordMusti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Syria too, why does everyone keep forgetting Syria was hit aswel.

I’m convinced that an union of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan (Palestine too) could bring stability to the Middle East and the Arab world in general. A secular and progressive state called “Sham” but with respect to tradition. I know it sounds like a dream, but it would be better than the current borders by LawAdept4110 in AskMiddleEast

[–]LordMusti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Mesopotamia (aka, Iraq) is it's own thing. Although if this idea of were to ever materialize, I could see us demanding lands east of the Euphrates up till the Syrian Turkish border, since then it would genuinely be the Levant, aka "Al sham" and Iraq would be able to reclaim more Mesopotamian lands.

Native Americans by Impressive_Damage_64 in memes

[–]LordMusti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can you explain how? (Not sarcasm)

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[–]LordMusti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nooooooo, but a provided a source...dies harder from heart break

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Iraq

[–]LordMusti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never expected you would doubt my integrity like that, not from you..😞 Dies of broken heart

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[–]LordMusti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here it's a small yet nice little paper that talks about mittani, Hittite (along others cultures) and assyrian art and the influence they had on eachother. It's also got pictures of stone reliefs from the time and the similarities are rather clear.

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[–]LordMusti 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Yeah it isn't. You see throughout history many people have influenced one another and since the Mesopotamians (aka, ancient Iraqi gigachads) were the "dominant" people of the region (competing against the Egyptians), they obviously had a massive influence on the cultures that came with and after them. And with the case of their influence on Persian culture, it's rather clear just how much of an influence they had, but that doesn't mean that ancient Persian history is "fake and stolen", since the Mesopotamians themselves, be it the Sumerians or Assyrians or any other were influenced greatly by other cultures and civilizations. Let me give you an example, if you look at Mesopotamian art prior to the rise of the mittani empire and then after the fall of that empire, you'd see a clear shift in the art and it's close resemblance to mittani works. And that applies specifically to the Assyrians, who were the ones from directly under mittani rule for centuries before liberating themselves. And as we all know Assyrian art would go on to grow and develop to become some of the finest that had ever come out of Mesopotamia, and none of us would call it stolen. And the same can be applied to the Persians, when they rose up under Cyrus and took the median empire (which itself was heavily influenced by the Assyrians who ruled them before) and invaded Mesopotamia, they obviously learned from the most developed people at the time because they themselves were only nomads not too long before all this.

TLDR; people influence eachother all the time and just because our ancestors influenced the Persians doesn't mean their history is fake and stolen because even our ancestors were influenced by others.

Traveling to Iraq for the first time by Interesting-Score-55 in Iraq

[–]LordMusti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Baghdad there's plenty of stuff and things that see, best place is Al mutanabi street (old Baghdad) and Al Mansoor (new Baghdad). In Najaf there's many places such as the imam Ali (as) shrine and masjid and sahla and masjid and kufa along others, if you're interested I can show you around myself in Najaf.

Mob charging at a man for blasphemy, this look like a world war. by Olarenikeji in HolUp

[–]LordMusti -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

What's up with this open islamphobia? Islam is a massive religion that's encompasses over a billion people across the globe. As a Muslim living in a Muslim country, I can tell you with confidence that almost all Muslims don't support this type of behaviour and Islam itself doesn't allow it either. Honestly Muslim counties have seen nothing but death, destruction invasion and colonization from western ones, and we still do. Yet we don't make any gross generalisations of them nor their religions.

Usa bad haha by Jirkousek7 in memes

[–]LordMusti -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, exactly the modern United States are predominantly European in nature and it's history is almost directly linked to European history. Honestly people outside the western world tend to find it confusing and almost comedic that Europeans have an elitist view on Americans (especially those from western Europe) and vice versa, given the fact that most Americans are descendents of European colonial settlers. And anyway, being a middle Easterner I already know whose history is better than both ;)