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How the New York Times Failed Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya On October 29, 2023, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a pediatrician and neonatologist based at Kamal Adwan hospital in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, published an op-ed in the New York Times. …

Max Weiss on Translating the Gaza Doctor’s Words for the Times, and the Paper’s Failure to Cover His Abduction and Torture

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Trump suspends immigrant visas for 75 countries: Who's affected? The suspension will take effect on January 21 but does not apply to visitors or short-term visa holders.

The suspension will take effect on January 21 but does not apply to visitors or short-term visa holders.

Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.” The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.

Thank you, @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, for this public service; we have all wanted to see the protocol of this deeply unethical trial being funded by RFK Jr in Guinea-Bissau, I’m grateful you obtained it and have published it

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A Breeze from the East: Poems in Mashriqi English Poems in Mashriqi English

Release day is tomorrow! The cover features Farhad gifting Shirin a milk channel. Not possible for most, so you could gift this book instead.

Can be found most places you buy books online.

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Gaza has around 20,000 unexploded Israeli bombs amid up to 70 million tonnes of rubble, posing a massive threat to Palestinians, as removal is blocked by Israel’s ban on heavy equipment, according to the Government Media Office.

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The Books We Were Certain cherished books are like old loves. We didn’t part on bad terms; but it’s complicated, and would require too much effort to resume relations.If one’s first love is for Letters, people tend to ...

A personal essay, on some the books that have shaped me earlier:

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Gazan Physicist: "This is happening to human beings like yourself" New book by Gazan student Wasim Said on life and death during genocide is a cry for justice

Though Said dreams of earning a PhD in physics, this book represents all the ways that this dream is deferred.

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Coming soon!
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Hello Ahmed, I have your donation link saved and will contribute when I can. Take care ❤️

BBC News headline: Frankenstein is monster success at Venice film festival

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

UK to airdrop aid in Gaza, evacuate children needing medical care UNRWA chief says aid airdrops a dangerous ‘distraction’, could kill starving Palestinians.

UNRWA chief says aid airdrops a dangerous ‘distraction’, could kill starving Palestinians.

you win some, you newsom. Such a loser.

Great thread! People like Newsom are weaponizing playing dumb. We're not playing.

I'm old enough to remember occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, a never ending war of terror that killed over 4 million people.

And using same rhetoric we hear now- manufacturing consent through racist demonization. And blatant lies.

People's liberation never comes through imperialist terror, ever.

"Religion bad, me smart" became a way to avoid ever thinking about history, geography, politics, or anything else.

Reports on the seizure of books at Educational Bookshop & arrest of owner Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmed Muna for "disturbing public order".

“They took every book that had the Palestinian flag on it":
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New on Bulaq: Listening to Syria with Alia Malek In the latest episode of the BULAQ podcast, which aired yesterday, journalist, author and editor Alia Malek talks about her recent visit to Damascus and about the anthology of Syrian writing she ed…

For your weekend listening:
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Israeli forces killed 70 in West Bank this year, Health Ministry says PA accuses Israel of waging an ‘all-out war’ on the Palestinian people to carry out ‘ethnic cleansing’ plans.

Israeli forces have killed 70 Palestinians, including 10 children, in the occupied West Bank since the start of the year, says the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The Palestinian Prisoners Club says “every time prisoners are released, we find the prisoners’ bodies reflecting the level of crimes committed against them, including torture that is unprecedented in its level after October 7”.

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These sayings are beautiful and wise, and will resonate. "I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien from me." -Terentius Afer, as quoted by Maya Angelou. (Not one of the quotes from this book, but if you would not automatically pick this one up, maybe a reminder to consider it)

Cover shaped 😱 Love it, so excited!

Advocates and family react as Trump cancels Afghan refugee resettlement Afghans, some already approved to arrive in the US, are left in limbo after the president suspends refugee resettlement.

Afghans, including those approved for US entry, are left in limbo after President Trump suspends refugee resettlement

The writing is as good as the beautiful cover ;)
Even if history books haven't been your thing in the past, you may find this chronology format appealing.
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The Israeli military is burning down and destroying homes in the village of Taybeh on the eastern sector of the border, reports Lebanon’s National News Agency.

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