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A note on Saudi rhetoric around the question of normalization: @AlMonitor reported that the Saudi FM said, “The work that Saudi Arabia and the United States have been doing together in terms of our own agreements, I think, is potentially very close to completion.”1/
Read @maxwelltani, aka the Great Mentioner, on succession at The New Yorker semafor.com/article/04/28/…
My recent piece about Gaza: As Palestinians reckon with the genocide being inflicted on them and their prospects for national liberation, it does them a disservice to flatten their political diversity and complex ongoing debates.
My recent piece about Gaza: As Palestinians reckon with the genocide being inflicted on them and their prospects for national liberation, it does them a disservice to flatten their political diversity and complex ongoing debates.
I asked @JosephEStiglitz, longtime @Columbia scholar and Nobel-winning economist, what the establishment doesn’t understand about what campus protesters are trying to say. the.ink/p/joseph-stigl…
We might as well cite her...
We might as well cite her... https://t.co/vcGMsQA4Ge
FOREST OF NOISE via KNOPF in October 2024. This is my response to the decades-long injustices and to the destruction of my home and library in October last year. Please visit knopf website and pre-order. @AAKnopf
Given the high likelihood that many of the images written about here will disappear from public record—not despite but *because* of their numerousness—we wanted to describe them. This is what protesters all over the world have been looking at since 10/7: nplusonemag.com/issue-47/the-i…
If you backed the Iraq War, maybe refrain from commenting on opposition to the latest Middle East debacle the US government is supporting.
If you backed the Iraq War, maybe refrain from commenting on opposition to the latest Middle East debacle the US government is supporting.
In awe of the skill and collaborative effort between NPR's Anas Baba in Gaza and NPR's Aya Batrawy @ayaelb in this moving piece from Rafah this morning. A masterclass in covering war with so many obstacles in the way: npr.org/2024/04/23/124…
On this week's podcast, Adam Shatz, author of The REBEL'S CLINIC: THE REVOLUTIONARY LIVES OF FRANTZ FANON, speaks with @devikagirgayi & Clinton Krute about the late anticolonial theorist's interest in cinema and what exactly makes a movie “Fanonian.” filmcomment.com/blog/the-film-…
‘It will be part of his legacy, an element in his obituary, a blot on his campaign’ Brilliant, brilliant piece! @NickKristof on Biden and Gaza in @nytopinion nytimes.com/2024/04/19/opi…
ADRIFT projects.apnews.com/features/2023/… is an extraordinary project by my old team @AP. Immersive storytelling by @RenataBritoAP @felipedana solves a migration mystery and brings you there with gripping visuals. TODAY is last day to vote for it to win-> wbby.co/40292N #Webbys
Gaza “is like no war zone I have ever witnessed”, writes David Nott. In a guest essay, the trauma surgeon recounts the chaos and helplessness he saw during a recent month-long mission to Rafah econ.st/43YNPcg
"There's an urgent need for diplomacy and access to vital aid." Our CEO & President @EroComfort talks about the situation in Sudan a year into the devastating civil war.
AI generated kill lists, with a built-in bias for targeting families at home. 972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…
New @ForeignAffairs piece from @EroComfort challenging a lot of what you think you know about the "Global South". foreignaffairs.com/world/trouble-…
Similarities in outlook do not mean the members of the so-called global South act as a geopolitical bloc, writes @EroComfort. To build better ties with small and middle-sized states, Western countries must understand and address their individual interests. trib.al/pZHK1DP
“America, Iran, and the Patron’s Dilemma” New @ForeignAffairs op-ed by Crisis Group Program Director @JoostHiltermann. 📌 Read online: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…
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I’m happy there are protests. The country is alive. The country is reacting and arguing. The country is looking for its conscience. It’s not perfect but it’s good.
A note on Saudi rhetoric around the question of normalization: @AlMonitor reported that the Saudi FM said, “The work that Saudi Arabia and the United States have been doing together in terms of our own agreements, I think, is potentially very close to completion.”1/
The opening of the latest @UN report on sanctions on South Sudan appears to have been drafted by a frustrated John Le Carre imitator.
Justice ain't justice if it's not applied equally, otherwise it's just a stick to beat the other side over the head with.
Our long form documentary with @scrippsnews tracking the destruction being wrought across Gaza, using on the ground reporting and open source investigation to identify the scale of destruction and the perpetrators. youtube.com/watch?v=Nz9q8d…
In honor of the great Greek poet Constantine #Cavafy, who was born #otd 29 April 1863 (and who died on the same date, 29 April, in 1933), I’ll be posting some favorite poems through the day, starting with my absolute favorite, “Since Nine—” #poetry #literature #translation
“Sometimes a homeland becomes a tale. We love the story because it is about our homeland and we love our homeland even more because of the story.” Refaat wrote this in 2014. I took this photo in March 2022. And I would add, “Many loved our homeland even more because of Refaat.”
And the first segment: cnn.com/video/data/2.0…
I asked @JosephEStiglitz, longtime @Columbia scholar and Nobel-winning economist, what the establishment doesn’t understand about what campus protesters are trying to say. the.ink/p/joseph-stigl…
FOREST OF NOISE via KNOPF in October 2024. This is my response to the decades-long injustices and to the destruction of my home and library in October last year. Please visit knopf website and pre-order. @AAKnopf
The fact is that the US has a 40 per cent inheritance tax! Here’s everything you don’t know about the tax but are too lazy to google: livemint.com/money/personal…
The Congress sounds more left than the left parties. Inheritance tax is a terrible idea. Also, they make it sound like those who make money are bad people. There’s nothing wrong with making money especially when you have worked hard and earned it. The Congress needs to figure…
"Reluctantly, I've come to the conclusion — and this is from the policies and also from the ways in which senior administration officials talk about it even in private — they don't see Palestinian lives as of equal value," says @tcambanis on Intercepted: theintercept.com/2024/04/24/int…
Why is a journalist advocating for arresting faculty members who are protecting the right to free speech?
Dear NYPD: Please, please, please arrest these faculty members.
‘Language, too, was a knife’. Knife, Salman Rushdie
If you backed the Iraq War, maybe refrain from commenting on opposition to the latest Middle East debacle the US government is supporting.
A generation that has grown up in peace and prosperity jonesing for the rush of having their own version of the 1960s, and looking desperately to shoehorn every cause into a replay of what they think their boomer grandparents were doing
I used to be a war crimes lawyer at @StateDept. The Secretary of State's explanation at today's briefing for why the Department could assess the commission of war crimes in Ukraine but not Gaza is unconvincing.
What should the punishment be for those who help lie us into disastrous wars of choice that upend entire regions and leaves an ungodly number of innocent people dead?
No student loan forgiveness for students arrested for disrupting other students' educational activities.
@BasharatPeer @thebookseller @picadorbooks @simonschusterUK Many thanks, dear Basharat. I hope all well with you. As ever
‘One day the career will end, probably either sooner or later than you wanted. Don’t kid yourself that your institution cares about individuals….The end is harshest for people who draw their identity from their job.’ on.ft.com/4aZRvwN
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