#habibi

[dianci3]

Images of Jerry Habibi, Persian and Iranian-American Actor who portrays Abbas in Sony’s ‘The Persian Version’.

#jerry habibi #the persian version #sony pictures classics #persian #iranian #middle east #swanasource #middle eastern #gold #entertainment #corey myers #sundance film festival #prince of persia #habibi #male beauty #masculine #jock #nose #vintage men #beautiful men

[akajustmerry]

Happy Palestinian Film Thursday!

Every Thursday I'm watching a film from Palestine. This week's film is Habibi (2011). Dir. Susan Youssef. Set in Gaza, this film is a modern retelling of the forbidden love story between 7th century Arab poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his one and only Layla. It is available to watch on Netflix!

Follow the Palestinian Film Thursday Watchlist on Letterboxd 🇵🇸

#Palestinian Film Thursday #Habibi #free palestine #Palestine #films #/

[athinga]

First try at hopping on a trend.

Behold, Otter face theory, on our favourite BBQ, Neuvillette

Surprised to see me actually color something for once? Me too man me too

#art #fanart #artists on tumblr #genshin impact #fontaine #neuvillette #neuvillette genshin #neuvillette gi #neuvillette fanart #genshin #otter #cat face theory trend #its him guys ong #habibi #someone give him a lil shell

[jkkyks]

Habibi, where are you putting the bottle😭🤌🏼?

#ISTG #mbappé #jkkyks #kylian mbappe #kyks #kyky #mbappe icons #psg #kylian mbappe lottin #france #kylian mbappe funny #mbappe goal #match day #the goat #funny #kylian mbappe fluff #habibi #kylian mbappe meme #meme

[shefromhouston]

collage I made for my habibi and I 🥹🫶🏽🧿

#very personal #habibi

[lloronabella]

Hola hola 👋🏼

#me #seattle #latinas de seattle #the sopranos #bored #latina #perfect body #sagittarius #que frio #quiero un torta #quiero tacos #quiero caldo #quiero ser con el #babygirl #cosita #habibi

[koncrabs]

Habibi (Susan Youssef | 2011)

#habibi #film #cinema #palestine film institute #susan youseff

[valkraud]

#succ sesh #succession #succession fanart #connor roy #roman roy #stewy hosseini #kendall roy #all the kings men #mr president #slime puppy #habibi #number one boy #aaaand post #succession cards

[ljgrace9]

El Bicho, El Comandante, Mr. Champions, CR7, el único y el inigualable Cristiano Ronaldo el mejor Jugador y atléta de toda la historia del fútbol. Feliz y Bendecido Cumpleaños... Y Gracias por todo lo que le das al Fútbol. 🤍♥️❤️🥳😘🫶🏻🥹🐐🐐

#cristiano ronaldo #cristiano #ronaldo #hala madrid #portugal nt #cr7 #goat #the best in the world #habibi #real madrid

[testoster0ne]

amr

#habibi #warm #summer #male #testosterone #vitamin d #video

[oldfilmsflicker]

new-to-me #858 - Habibi Rasak Kharban (Darling, Something’s Wrong with Your Head)

#2023 in Films #Habibi Rasak Kharban #Darling Something’s Wrong with Your Head #Susan Youssef #52 films by women #directed by women #Habibi

[a-ramblinrose]

The Real Last Book Haul of 2023

(I've run out of days to make a liar of myself again 😝)

I really and truly meant for my Barnes & Noble trip to be my final book haul of the year. Really! However I managed to catch a ride to drop off 4 boxes of unhauled books at the local Goodwill bookstore. And maybe I took a look at the shelves before leaving. 😅

The best score of the mini haul is absolutely the sparkling brand new copy of Habibi for $5!!!!!! 💖

✨️📚✨️

#Book Haul #books #book photography #Habibi #craig thompson #anais nin #agatha christie #dead poets society #charles perrault #not out of void but out of chaos

[dianci3]

Jerry Habibi as Abbas in The Persian Version (Sony Pictures Classics)

#jerry habibi #the persian version #sony pictures classics #persian #iranian #swanasource #middle eastern #entertainment #sundance film festival #prince of persia #habibi #male beauty #masculine #jock #nose #vintage men #beautiful men #big nose #male actors #hot actors

[calisomnia]

To the pinterest girl who made a post about habibi by tamino through which I randomly decided to listen to it....

I owe u my firstborn

#tamino #HE SOUNDS LIKE A DESERT AND A THUNDERSTORM ALL AT ONCE #it gives me murder mystery novel with starcrossed lovers vibe #like #he's a ressurected Egyptian god #ily random pinterest user whose id I don't remember #tamino Amir #habibi

[downfalldestiny]

Oh, Habibi 🤍⛵ !.

#Boat #Happiness #Love #Sea #Ocean #Vibes #downfalldestiny #downfall #life #Good vibes #magical world #magic destinations #magic places #Sunset #beautiful sunset #Habibi #Arab #Arabic

[fifthpilot]

I re read book Strength and haven't been okay since. Book Strength is what essentially hooked me to Asra's route. The entirety of the time spent in Nopal was so magical and cute and domestic. But it also had very clever narrative "strengths" ( 🤡 ) and some questionable undertones that I've only come to identify recently.

For starters, Book Strength has very obvious and strong contrasts to the reversed ending, but it also felt like we were really seeing Asra for the first time in his route. His domestic nature with MC. His cautious and protective nature that's collectively adorable, pitiful and valid. How he indulgently wants to spend as much time as possible with MC (even when it's clearly not the best time for it) And especially now that he can put his guard down since his feelings have been returned! And yet you can still tell that somethings holding him back, the worries that cloud his excitement. Even the small interaction with Saguaro was a genius and missed opportunity on elaboration. His aggressive and guarded response to Saguaro was telling of the dangers he's had to look out for when traveling and could have even been a short glance at the hardships he's faced in his youth. It was all so charming, Asra stole my heart in Nopal and he still hasn't given it back 😤

Contrarily, some things didn't sit right with me in Book Strength too. From early on in Asra's route there's been support from the narrative to criticize Asra's feelings for MC. Options like "I want to go somewhere more remote" and "I had a good dream about the two of us vanishing in our own world together" being the reversed choices may have been a direct nod to the bad ending, and could have been a reference to Asra's decision to avoid the situation with Lucio by taking MC to Nopal ie "their own world together somewhere remote". But it still holds the tone of disapproval towards Asra's true feelings for MC, and what it means to spend time together alone with him. Especially due to the nature of these options being the “reversed” choices, they're no longer a character preference but instead act as a narrative tool to pick up problems in Asra’s behavior that MC cannot indulge. And in so, it enforces the narrative that spending time alone with Asra is “bad”.

You could argue that it is “bad” because Asra has spent so much time warped around MC, or that MC needs to break out of their shell and see the world and indulging Asra would stifle them. But it's a weak and unsupported argument.

Firstly, Asra doesn’t stifle MC’s growth. Asra wasn't forcing MC into solitude to recover, he would only decline MC accompanying him on his own travels because of the dangers it could have on MC. He does not control MC's every action since he never stops MC from pursuing anything or anyone on his route or any of the others. But not standing in someone's way isn't the same as encouraging them, so you could argue that Asra doesn't encourage MC to grow because he's too concerned for their wellbeing? Wrong. When has Asra not pushed MC to grow? From the first book in his route, he trusts in MC's strength and encourages MC to enter the magical realms, in the second book he's taking MC to the cave to strengthen and test their magic. In the third book he's teaching MC new magical spells and giving them the reigns to develop their own methods. Every book has tons of hints of him encouraging MC to test their limits, and somehow these efforts are belittled or ignored and instead the narrative implies that by spending time with Asra MC relies on him too much and can't become independent, meanwhile every minute we spend together with him he's only been encouraging MC to become better?

Secondly, Asra's concern and attention with MC is entirely justified? I don't feel like I have to spell it out but I will just to be safe. MC's death traumatized Asra, his denial and grief forced him to do things that defied the laws of nature and because of this MC was brought back to life but with none of their memories or strength, which he obviously feels responsible for. He spent the last three years owning up to that responsibility and rehabilitating the person he cares about the most. But suddenly, his actions are too obsessive and should be called out? All while simultaneously criticizing him for traveling too much and not being present for MC. The narrative contradicts itself by implying that he's not present either and calls him out for "vanishing often" in Wheel of Fortune (upright choice). In doing so it implies that Asra is often absent, and his absence impacts MC and those around him. And now somehow, being with Asra or being apart from him impacts them both negatively? Which is it? Is he too obsessive or neglectful because it can't be both.

This has been a frustrating experience with Asra's route specifically because often the narrative felt weak, inconsistent and contradictive. Almost as though the writers would often change their minds on what it is that the want to say about Asra and MC's relationship. And I think it's because of these inconsistencies and lack of identity in themes that many readers had a hard time understanding and connecting with Asra.

There's a lot, and I mean a lot, that irritates me about Asra's route. So it was nice to re read Book Strength and find a few gems in the rough. It was nice to be reminded of the few (but strangely intensely impactful) aspects I liked about his route ♥︎

#yall i love him so much #also i rewrote this like 100 times it took so long to write and FOR WHat #for me #because im salty and everyone needs to know that #anyways can someone in nix hydra give me his adoption papers they do not deserve him he is all thats good in this world #im his lawyer now and im fighting for custody #habibi #asra alnazar #the arcana game #asra the arcana #my art #asra #arcana thoughts