Mustapha Ibrahim

Reading the personal accounts of everyone that knew any president personally will have you thinking this world has never produced a bad president. They are all good, all great, the masses just don’t know. And that, my friend, is a great lie, at best, no more than promixity bias.

When Umar al-Khattab RA was walking in the market, he passed by a man who was supplicating: اللهم اجعلني من القليل اللهم اجعلني من القليل “O Allah, make me from the few! O Allah make me from the few!” So Umar RA said to him: Where did you get this dua from? The man said:

The one thing you need to understand about the empire is that it only picks fixed fights. It only uses its war machine on farmers, plumbers, shopkeepers, and ragtag AK-47 militia in converted Toyota trucks. When it sees an opponent it can beat, it doesn't waste any time talking…

Restraint means nothing to empires that kill without consequence and lie without shame. They brand their violence as "defense," their plunder as "freedom," and their domination as "order." But when the Global South shows restraint, it is read as weakness. When it shows…

I refuse to accept. This is, and can, never be a good look. Not in a million years. Nigeria is where it is today because 9 out of 10 Tundes would do exactly this if they were in his position. It is not a virtue as a nation. It is a vice. It is lack of principles. (And for…

For the record, anyone who has anything to say about China not offering visa-free access to African countries is either being paid to say it or is just not an intelligent person. The purpose of visa-free access to a country is economic, not political. Countries offer visa-free…

When everybody in your society is getting funding from foreign governments, I don't know why the permanent instability in your society would be a surprise. Your pastors Your imams Your public officials Your police Your politicians Your journalists Your civil society Your tech…

Quick answer, Brianna: It wasn’t Hebrew. And it sure as hell wasn’t "Israel." Before the 7th century, the region you now call "Israel" was a crossroads of civilizations. Aramaic was spoken. Greek. Latin. Syriac. Nabataean. Canaanite dialects. Arabic dialects were already in…

Our times will come.

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Imagine not having had any food to give your kids for 10 days.

This was never just about tariffs. It was about time. And time just proved what many of us already knew: America doesn’t understand the long game. And China is the long game. Washington tried to play chicken with a civilization that built the Silk Road while Europe was still…

VIDEO | "Free Palestine. War on the field but peace in the world.” (PSG Ultras, France)

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Kano is not a place you reduce to a headline or dismiss with a stereotype. It is a city with too many layers for that- too much memory, too many voices. This is the Kano of Muhammadu Rumfa, the ruler who gave it form and vision, and of Ibrahim Dabo, the scholar-king. The Kano of…

Built to be smarter than us. Ended up just like us. - outdated knowledge, inflated confidence - pretends to think, gets it wrong - says sorry, ignores instructions - believes everything it read online - cheaper, faster asian version - promised a messiah (agi) to fix everything

It only takes a few to sell a nation. But it only takes a few to wake one up. The U.S. can bribe the leaders. It can censor the voices. It can distract the restless. But it cannot bribe every citizen. And it cannot contain them once they awaken. Because once the people…

I normally don’t judge a book by its cover but I’m pretty sure this is a thief

He says: "Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose... to help people" He was found inside a mass grave with a bullet in his head.