Ratiba | North African wisdom, Maktoub Studio magic

ROUH: A Cultural Revival Through the Voices of North African Women What does it mean to belong to a culture when so many of its voices have been silenced?

✨ When women’s stories are erased, memory breaks.
ROUH Oracle revives them!
A deck of courage, resilience, and soul.
#NorthAfricanHeritage #ROUHOracle #AncestralWisdom #CulturalRevival

A cultural revival in your hands.

👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/ROUHonMEDIUM

From North Africa to your hands… meet ROUH, the oracle of 46 fearless Maghrebi women. 🔥✨

Sign up now & be first on Kickstarter!

#ROUHOracle #KickstarterLaunch #maktoubstudio #OracleDeck #soulful #MaghrebMagic #algeria #tunisia #morocco

Are you ready to rise?

Launching @kickstarter soon

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#rouhoracle #maktoubstudio #kickstarter #oracledeck #algeria #morocco #tunisia #spirituality #soulful

Can’t wait to launch my ROUH Oracle deck on #kickstarter 🤩 it celebrates 46 formidable women of #tunisia #algeria #morocco. This one is Elyssa, aka Didon. Fierce & fearless ruler of Carthage!

Can you guess her message to us?

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🎶 Hasna El Becharia picked up the #guembri when no woman dared, breaking rules & turning courage into sound.

ROUH Oracle #cards deck honoring 46 formidable North African women 🪬 Drops on #kickstarter in 3 weeks!

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#ROUHOracle #maktoubstudio #music

Here’s a North African wisdom bite: 🍈 the olive only gives its gold when pressed. If life feels heavy right now, it’s not the end, it’s your essence coming through. 🌑✨

More in Ayur & Azemur: Thirteen Moons of Wisdom and the Olive Tree tinyurl.com/AyurandAzemur #maktoubstudio #booksky

Back from a 7-month pause ☕️✨. The old world I worked in crumbled, but from the cracks came something new: Maktoub Studio! Where North Africa’s spirit meets creative magic for seekers worldwide. maktoubstudio.com #NorthAfrica #Maghreb #Heritage #CulturalWisdom #Storytelling #SoulWork #maktoubstudio

📢 #NGOs & #CSOs under the #funding freeze.

Reconnect with your WHY to SHOW VALUE!

📊 Use the Data You Already Have.
🌳 Turn Activities Into Outcomes
🤖 Leverage AI to Save Reapurces
🚨 Show Why Your Work is Needed NOW: cost of inaction?
🤝 Lean on Partnerships: coordination vs fragmentation

DfID’s rise and fall provides lessons for government departments | Institute for Government The Department for International Development lost political backing despite its successes.

If the rumors of another EO to fold #USAID with #State are true… not totally the same beasts or political system but I think it’s worth looking at lessons of when #DfID was folded with FCO. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/depa...

Trump's been purging and intimidating USAID employees.

Now there’s a rumor he'll dissolve USAID as an independent agency.

It was created by JFK and established in law to further our national security and spread hope.

This'd be illegal and against our national interests.

2025 is gonna be wild ride 💥Disruptions everywhere. When you realize a small Chinese startup blows up a 1000 billion dollars investment and shows us the way forward: be driven by understanding not profit. #deepseek #newworld #Ai #disruption

Discovered the art of kintsugi in Kyoto. When shattered pieces are mended with gold. Those scars not only made it beautiful but stronger. That little bowl was an invitation to care for broken things & people, to rebuild stronger, to let the scars tell stories of resilience.

#Kintsugi #Hope #Action

Some people who supported Palestinian freedom for the past 14 months seem upset about Syrians getting freedom from a dictator.

And a lot of people who spent the past 14 months opposing Palestinian freedom are now cheering Syrians getting freedom.

So much moral inconsistency.

Hey Rishi, there are a number of people who wrote about that but you’ll have to know what exactly you want to focus on. AI to serve M&E processes, or DEI within AI or a safer cyber spaces. If you message me on LinkedIn will share some links to get you started.

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🌳 Did you know that male trees are cheaper to maintain = great option for municipalities.

Did you also know that they give more asthma = expensive option for healthcare.

#systems #interconnectedness #whatmatters

Are we ready to be sling-shotted into a new world?

One of the most sobering conversations I tuned into in quite some time.

Plz listen to @indyjohar.bsky.social It’s not about the world we leave our grand-children, it’s about our world NOW 💥

Solutions are in nature, people & perspective. #systems

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“Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.” – Margaret Atwood

Colonialism is not in the past. It’s happening right now, through erasure, manipulation, exploitation, and control.

Pretending it’s not is a deliberate act.

See it?

Call it out!

ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu vs. Putin: A Case Study in US Hypocrisy The hysterical response to the ICC shows DC is "this weird fantasy land where Israel can simply do no wrong."

"ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu vs. Putin: A Case Study in US Hypocrisy"

The hysterical and hypocritical response to the ICC warrants today shows Washington DC is "this weird fantasy land where Israel can simply do no wrong," @mattduss.bsky.social tells Zeteo's @premthakker.bsky.social.

YouTube video by MintPress News Palestine Action Activist Prison Poem: 'Love Called Me' read by Zoe’s Mother

Listen to this heart wrenching poem written by a Pillar of Humanity 🇵🇸@mintpressnews.bsky.social

Hey #changemaker - Challenge the status quo.

🛑 Take a moment to pause, reflect and ask your team, your boss, your partners:

How do we know what we’re doing will truly create meaningful change?

#socialchange #ngo #project #reflection #internationaldevelopment

When you let the subconscious lead you uncover a land of possibles!

Here’s an exercise I indulge in daily: random draw of 3 words and let my mind freely make connections.

youtu.be/iD2dqig2d7E

#socialchange

P.S 🦋 Always knew that a blue butterfly would bring us all together thetoccreative.com 😁

Here’s a new acronym to define our world: BANI 🌍

Brittle
Anxious
Nonlinear
Incomprehensible

Read it on #societalthinking.

‘Bout right to me!

Got Ruby Quantson Davis on the ReThink Social Change podcast & we talked:
⏳ pace of change
📢 beyond lip service
🪞 The power of reflection
💪🏻 Strength in people

Tune in and let me know what you think!
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How are you tackling these challenges? #ReThinkSocialChangePodcast

Hi Bluesky 🦋 I’m Ratiba Cherif a social change strategist & host of the #rethinksocialchange podcast 🎙️ if you are a #civilsociety member or #ngo staff let’s connect & rethink #socialchange 💡

#design #monitoring #evaluation #learning #internationaldevelopment #reflect

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