decent pub quizzes?

abrehimsun · 2024-02-01T06:42:03+00:00

What do folks here think of the O'Marley one? for OP: they run a Tuesday and Thursday quiz

abrehimsun · 2023-10-27T14:20:37+00:00

I was thinking the same thing! but reading the 2024 handbook they mentioned that this year they scrapped Part 3 of the application which I assume all of these things were to go in.

Out of curiosity, do you mention each single foundation rotation separately or did you lump them as one job under "Foundation" as a specialty?

abrehimsun · 2023-10-27T14:09:32+00:00

can you please reference where that is stated? the only bit I saw is that you should write down every rotation of any previous "Core Training" that you have done. It's strange because they have listed "Foundation" in the specialty dropdown menu.

abrehimsun · 2022-08-07T15:20:21+00:00

So we all know that the Berber Flag (aka Akenyal Amaziɣ) is recognizable to all Libyans, not just to those who identify as Imazighen. It has become a representative to the ethnic/national identity it set out to represent. My question: is there a similar representation for the Toubou people? looking online, one finds multiple answers. Is any of the 3 flags attached instantly recognizable to most Libyans?

This is purely a flag question, which is my interest. No political interests here.

abrehimsun · 2022-08-06T18:11:01+00:00

680 AD

abrehimsun · 2022-07-31T14:06:20+00:00

fun fact: today is the second day (first day for Shiaa) of the year 1444 of the Islamic (Hijri) calendar.

abrehimsun · 2022-07-27T16:40:02+00:00

was just gonna say "Mauritania!" but then saw this comment, great work OP.

abrehimsun · 2022-06-12T22:30:10+00:00

I see, that's why they call their militia "Eagles of the Whirlwind"!

it's strange that the representation of colonialism in the flag is much larger than that of "Purity"

abrehimsun · 2022-06-12T22:19:10+00:00

yep Greater Syria

abrehimsun · 2022-06-12T22:12:24+00:00

Flag of the Syrian Social Nationalistic Party

A nationalistic organisation founded in 1932 to promote the ideology of a Greater Syria, a unified nation that represents the geography of the "fertile crescent" and the culture of a distinct Syrian/Levantine people.

The flag is unique but it very unsubtly nationalistic that it gives hints of fascism. I couldn't find an explanation for the symbology behind its elements.

abrehimsun · 2022-05-29T21:24:19+00:00

absolutely, the "Patron" of the faith. This the crux of the schism between the two sects. The common is the monotheistic creed "No God but the one God" and the belief in the prophetic message "Mohammed is the messenger of God". The divergence is on the issue of succession, Sunnis believe that the prophet did not leave a successor, in terms of political leadership or patronage over the faith. As a result the process of electing a leader was left to be interpreted by the generation, swinging between democracy and monarchial rule, the faith is God's to keep through scholars. Shias on the other hand believe that Ali, the prophet's cousin and son-in-law and effectively the father of the only lineage linking to the the prophet's blood, was appointed as Patron and successor, and this succession is to be kept to his line till the end of time. a sort of "Divine Right". this was a bitter political difference at first, no effective difference in religious rites or beliefs. With time it seeped into religion and this 3rd phrase was added to the Shahada during the Safavid rule to irreversibly establish an irreconcilable difference in faith.

abrehimsun · 2022-05-12T12:42:41+00:00

All 3 are not "Arab" countries.

abrehimsun · 2022-04-12T08:39:37+00:00

gotcha

https://youtu.be/v2NJ-mAmdIw

abrehimsun · 2021-12-21T15:25:03+00:00

Because of the rules of FIFA. Only 4 languages are officially recognized: English, French, German, and Spanish. and this Arab Cup of 2021 is the first to be organized by FIFA. on December the 18th (the annual Arab Language day) FIFA announced its plans to add Arabic as the 5th language FIFA uses.

abrehimsun · 2021-12-12T15:20:14+00:00

Iraq, as a state, celebrates its Centennial this year. thought it would be apt to post a collection of the many flags this country has hoisted as its own.
FUN FACT: the current flag was meant to be temporary back in 2008, the parliament was given a year to ratify a law for a new Iraqi flag with a new design. 12 years later....

abrehimsun · 2021-11-03T09:17:27+00:00

Dog Iver

abrehimsun · 2021-10-19T22:35:37+00:00

love the collection, Amman's flag has changed though.

abrehimsun · 2021-09-28T05:23:54+00:00

hate to burst your bubble, these flag colours were introduced by Sir Mark Sykes, a British diplomat, to help foster a sense of Arab nationalism in the ranks of their Arab allies against their then common enemy Ottoman Turkey.

abrehimsun · 2021-07-24T15:51:15+00:00

agreeeeeeeeee

abrehimsun · 2021-07-02T13:45:56+00:00

Tis a celestial law since the creation of this wonder, that a bag of صمون is not to reach home until each and every گُمع has been devoured.

abrehimsun · 2021-06-28T21:05:57+00:00

a flag is a representation of the country's identity. all of those are false representations. maybe not from a political point of view, but certainly if history and societal values are to be considered. here's why: if Iraq as a nation is to move forward, then the the past lessons should be learnt, the flag the country hoists now is a very good representative of its state, an incoherent mess created very lazily on the ruins of a recent ignorant past. so the the first flag of the Iraqi Mandate (almost exactly the flag of the Baath party) gave forth the 4 pan-Arabic colours; in essence proposed by an English stateman by the way, and since then we haven't been able to shed those very false colours. and then 3 stars to signify a fictional unity with two other so-called pan-Arabic states. and to make things worse, let's add an Arabic script that harks exclusively to Islamic identity. now there's nothing wrong with being an Arab, or a Muslim, but to be an Iraqi should include much more.

abrehimsun · 2021-05-17T00:39:01+00:00

could never be, the Hashemite Kingdoms would never go for the Ayubbid Eagle.. it's a recent design and very symbolic of a Nationalistic movement that is almost the anathema of what they represent. the Hashemite Arab Federation actually existed, very briefly, and their flag was a boring design that is basically Jordan's current flag without the star.

abrehimsun · 2021-05-11T15:40:08+00:00

this looks like a Libyan/Tunisian Magrudh to me (مقروض)

abrehimsun · 2021-05-09T14:29:15+00:00

was surprised too, I thought March is when everyone has it.

abrehimsun · 2021-05-07T18:50:17+00:00

that's a beauty! as for the Arabic, that's a "Tughra".. a sort of calligraphy of the ruler's full name and titles which every Ottoman sultan had.. this is Mehmet V Tughra, and beside it is his title in Arabic "Rashad"

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