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Hossam Nasr@hossam_nasr0 · Oct 27, 2024

🧵 So I guess the cat is out of the bag. I was fired from @Microsoft on Thursday, hours after a vigil we organized to…

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A Microsoft employee was fired after organizing a vigil honoring Palestinians killed in Gaza, which they claim is part of a pattern of discrimination and silencing of Palestinian advocacy at the company. The employee vows to continue activism and calls on others to oppose Microsoft's involvement in Israeli military operations.

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  1. #1

    🧵 So I guess the cat is out of the bag. I was fired from @Microsoft on Thursday, hours after a vigil we organized to honor and remember the lives of Palestinians killed by American-funded and Microsoft-empowered Israeli genocide.

  2. #2

    This did not come out of nowhere, but follows a pattern stretching back to 2021 of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, silencing, and repressing against me and our Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim communities at Microsoft, for daring to humanize Palestinians.

  3. #3

    If they think firing me will silence me, they couldn't be more wrong. The more they try to silence us, the louder our voice gets. We will not stop, we will not rest!

  4. #4

    I said this at the vigil, and I'll say it again: I am often asked, are you not scared of being fired? Are you not scared of being deported? And my answer is always, are YOU not scared? Are you NOT scared of being complicit in the Holocaust of our time?

  5. #5

    Are YOU not scared of being silent in the face of one of the gravest moral tragedies of our time? Are YOU not scared of what you will tell your children and grandchildren when they ask you where were you when the Gaza genocide was happening?

  6. #6

    Free Palestine ✊🏽🍉

  7. #7

    If you're at msft: sign our petition at t.ly/NoAzureForApar… + follow our insta: @noazureforapartheid Donate to Palestinians! Help us get to $1m: shutitdown4palestine.org/fundraiser Gfm 4 family in Gaza: gofund.me/869c3169 Gfm 4 Seattle community member: gofund.me/6f07e4db

  8. #8

    Read the full statement from No Azure for Apartheid: t.ly/NOAAStatement

  9. #9

    And sign the petition to demand demand an end to Microsoft’s complicity in the genocide and justice for the fired workers: t.ly/NOAAPetition