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The Piracy Loophole Built Into Telegram’s Profile Music

The Piracy Loophole Built Into Telegram’s Profile Music

By refusing to license official music APIs, Telegram is quietly pushing users to break both secular and religious laws just to decorate their profiles.

Haykal M. Zaidi·May 25, 2026·2 min read·Tech
DRC Ebola Crisis Exposes the double standard of Medical Equity

DRC Ebola Crisis Exposes the double standard of Medical Equity

As 80 lives are lost to a rare Ebola strain in the Congo, the global pharmaceutical industry's refusal to proactively adapt vaccines exposes a deadly double standard in the fundamental human right to health.

Haykal M. Zaidi·May 19, 2026·3 min read·Human Rights
YouTube Deleted Mustafa Al-Mawmari's Video Mocking Alafasy

YouTube Deleted Mustafa Al-Mawmari's Video Mocking Alafasy

The controversial Yemeni YouTuber's video mocking and criticizing Alafasy's anti-Iran nasheed has been deleted.

Haykal M. Zaidi·May 9, 2026·2 min read·Mustafa Al-Mawmari
The Human Engine Inside the Efficiency Machine

The Human Engine Inside the Efficiency Machine

As our digital and economic systems demand relentless productivity, we must remember that a flawed architecture does not define the brilliant people working within it.

Haykal M. Zaidi·May 5, 2026·3 min read·AI
How We Love Fake Food (and fund the drugs)

How We Love Fake Food (and fund the drugs)

We no longer eat food. We consume genetically modified and horribly profitable materials. The result? A thriving food industry, and an even richer pharmaceutical industry.

Haykal M. Zaidi·Apr 21, 2026·3 min read·Fake food
U.S. Marines Deploy as Washington Quietly Eases Oil Sanctions

U.S. Marines Deploy as Washington Quietly Eases Oil Sanctions

Intelligence sources confirm a rapid deployment of thousands of U.S. Marines to the Middle East, even as the administration walks back sanctions on Iranian oil to prevent a global energy collapse. The political narrative of total victory is violently colliding with the reality of market panic.

Haykal M. Zaidi·Mar 21, 2026·3 min read·War
Global Society
YouTube Deleted Mustafa Al-Mawmari's Video Mocking Alafasy

YouTube Deleted Mustafa Al-Mawmari's Video Mocking Alafasy

The controversial Yemeni YouTuber's video mocking and criticizing Alafasy's anti-Iran nasheed has been deleted.

Haykal M. Zaidi·May 9, 2026·2 min read·Mustafa Al-Mawmari
The Human Engine Inside the Efficiency Machine

The Human Engine Inside the Efficiency Machine

As our digital and economic systems demand relentless productivity, we must remember that a flawed architecture does not define the brilliant people working within it.

Haykal M. Zaidi·May 5, 2026·3 min read·AI
U.S. Marines Deploy as Washington Quietly Eases Oil Sanctions

U.S. Marines Deploy as Washington Quietly Eases Oil Sanctions

Intelligence sources confirm a rapid deployment of thousands of U.S. Marines to the Middle East, even as the administration walks back sanctions on Iranian oil to prevent a global energy collapse. The political narrative of total victory is violently colliding with the reality of market panic.

Haykal M. Zaidi·Mar 21, 2026·3 min read·War
Israel's mission, not the US's mission on Iran
unsplash/Moslem Daneshzadeh

Israel's mission, not the US's mission on Iran

Trump's and Bibi's visions are conflicting with each other.

Haykal M. Zaidi·Mar 20, 2026·1 min read·War
Darksword and Millions of iPhones Potentially Exposed to via Ukrainian Sites
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Darksword and Millions of iPhones Potentially Exposed to via Ukrainian Sites

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a massive surveillance campaign utilizing a new iOS exploit dubbed "Darksword," marking the second major iPhone vulnerability discovered this month.

Haykal M. Zaidi·Mar 20, 2026·3 min read·Cybersecurity
Syria’s Post-Assad Govt Admits 100 Secret Chemical Sites Remain Hidden Amid Regional War
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Syria’s Post-Assad Govt Admits 100 Secret Chemical Sites Remain Hidden Amid Regional War

The new Sharaa government partners with the OPCW to hunt down Bashar al-Assad's clandestine weapons arsenal as the expanding regional conflict threatens the mission.

Haykal M. Zaidi·Mar 19, 2026·2 min read·Syria
No Bunkers for Beit Awwa: Palestinian Women Killed by Iranian 'Resistance' Fire
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No Bunkers for Beit Awwa: Palestinian Women Killed by Iranian 'Resistance' Fire

While the elites in Tel Aviv retreat to high-tech shelters, three Palestinian women in Hebron paid the ultimate price for a war they didn't start. Tehran’s cluster munitions turned an Eid hair salon visit into a massacre.

Haykal M. Zaidi·Mar 19, 2026·1 min read·West Bank
Tel Aviv is the second Gaza

Tel Aviv is the second Gaza

Israeli authority and their media don't let us know

Haykal M. Zaidi·Mar 16, 2026·3 min read·War