Only 14 years old between the two pics… But the difference is more like centuries than a “strategic” shift.
At the top, we see the humble young man “Amjad Hussein” — the stage name he chose for himself when he was listed on the list of US occupation detainees in Iraq. He looks dizzy-faced, holding a piece of paper with his name on it in a shaky line, as if he was preparing for a long march of ‘Jihadi diligence’.
But after a short recycling trip, he was sent to Syria, where it was relaunched with a more “innovative” version under a new name: Mohamed Al-Jolani. There, he founded the Nasra Front, began his bus career on the international terror lists, and rewards were announced for those who mark it dead or alive. A man who does not know the impossible.
The second picture is a living testimony to the miracle of the age. Here he is today, same face but with a touch of Kravatt and “newmedia” flair, heads the cover of TIME magazine for 2025, as one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People”. The name has been updated again to match the stage: Ahmed Al-Shara, the Man of the Stage!
He sat with the Americans, shook the Turks, talked with Israelis (without embarrassment to be mentioned), and distributed the homeland: a share here, privilege there, and military bases are run as restaurant chains are run.
Get the job done efficiently. From the exile of prisoner to the platform of glory. From criminal photo to magazine cover…
It’s the time of intelligent transformations — or rather, the time of those who knew where countries are eaten from.
This is how z ̷r رa دd :sh ̷t ل ل Al-Jolani spoke: “We fight in Sham, with our eyes on the max.”
It seems that Abba Mohammed Al-Golani was leading a “cross-border liberation” project, he wanted to convey a message to the Ummah: that the road to Jerusalem does not pass through Palestine, but first through Idlib, then through Afrin, through east Al-Frat and the Syrian coast, rather than being the last stop on a fortified American base.
Majestic slogan, suitable for writing in a third line on fluttering banners, or engraved on the walls of the “legal” courts that were created to serve the international project in a local way.
But time is the guarantor of revealing intentions, and clarifying visions, and it may have turned out that the eyes were never on the maximum, but on negotiations, on control maps, and on the offices of coordinating common interests with whoever pays or printed.
Yes, fight in Sham, but not to liberate the Aqsa, but to divide Sham itself.
And the “eyes”, those who used to claim to be vigilant over the issues of the nation, later became busy chasing dollars, distributing security squares, and writing letters of goodwill to active international parties.
From resistance slogans to PR slogans, from the sound of battle to the whispers of chambers of understanding…
They handled the scene so professionally that the CIA reports look like children’s stories in front of their “strategic camouflage” prowess.
Was it really the eyes on the max?
Or was Al-Aqsa just a dramatic backdrop for another show on the political geography stage?
Only 14 years old between the two pics… But the difference is more like centuries than a “strategic” shift.
At the top, we see the humble young man “Amjad Hussein” — the stage name he chose for himself when he was listed on the list of US occupation detainees in Iraq. He looks dizzy-faced, holding a piece of paper with his name on it in a shaky line, as if he was preparing for a long march of ‘Jihadi diligence’.
But after a short recycling trip, he was sent to Syria, where it was relaunched with a more “innovative” version under a new name: Mohamed Al-Jolani. There, he founded the Nasra Front, began his bus career on the international terror lists, and rewards were announced for those who mark it dead or alive. A man who does not know the impossible.
The second picture is a living testimony to the miracle of the age. Here he is today, same face but with a touch of Kravatt and “newmedia” flair, heads the cover of TIME magazine for 2025, as one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People”. The name has been updated again to match the stage: Ahmed Al-Shara, the Man of the Stage!
He sat with the Americans, shook the Turks, talked with Israelis (without embarrassment to be mentioned), and distributed the homeland: a share here, privilege there, and military bases are run as restaurant chains are run.
Get the job done efficiently. From the exile of prisoner to the platform of glory. From criminal photo to magazine cover…
It’s the time of intelligent transformations — or rather, the time of those who knew where countries are eaten from.
This is how z ̷r رa دd :sh ̷t ل ل Al-Jolani spoke: “We fight in Sham, with our eyes on the max.”
It seems that Abba Mohammed Al-Golani was leading a “cross-border liberation” project, he wanted to convey a message to the Ummah: that the road to Jerusalem does not pass through Palestine, but first through Idlib, then through Afrin, through east Al-Frat and the Syrian coast, rather than being the last stop on a fortified American base.
Majestic slogan, suitable for writing in a third line on fluttering banners, or engraved on the walls of the “legal” courts that were created to serve the international project in a local way.
But time is the guarantor of revealing intentions, and clarifying visions, and it may have turned out that the eyes were never on the maximum, but on negotiations, on control maps, and on the offices of coordinating common interests with whoever pays or printed.
Yes, fight in Sham, but not to liberate the Aqsa, but to divide Sham itself.
And the “eyes”, those who used to claim to be vigilant over the issues of the nation, later became busy chasing dollars, distributing security squares, and writing letters of goodwill to active international parties.
From resistance slogans to PR slogans, from the sound of battle to the whispers of chambers of understanding…
They handled the scene so professionally that the CIA reports look like children’s stories in front of their “strategic camouflage” prowess.
Was it really the eyes on the max?
Or was Al-Aqsa just a dramatic backdrop for another show on the political geography stage?