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  1. fascinated by this 1919 soviet banknote that displays "workers of the world unite" in 7 languages including correct Arabic! they translate it as يا صعاليك جميع العالم اتحدوا which is closer to "vagabonds of the world unite" unless there is an older meaning of صعاليك i dont know?
    oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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      Lebanon would not become independent until 24 years after this banknote was first printed. I don't know what to make of that, but time is weird.
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      ive seen it translated as بروليتاريون or عمال in other places, but this is the first ive seen صعاليك used
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