It doesn't bode well for the future of the region that some of the most prominent advocates of moderate forms of political Islam are either in prison or died in jail. Left to right: Rached Ghannouchi, Abdel Moneim Abu al-Futuh and the late Saudi reformer Abdullah al-Hamid.

there's an arabic saying that says "i pointed to the moon and the idiot looked at my finger" and i think it perfectly describes most of the debates that happen on this app

a radical cadre of jesuit clerics will strike the united states imminently

بيان حول الحكم الصادر ضد في قضية "المسامرة الرمضانية" الحمد لله وحده تونس في 14 أفريل 2026 حسب بعض وسائل الإعلام، أصدرت المحكمة الابتدائية بتونس يوم 14 أفريل 2026 حكمًا بالسجن عشرين سنة في حقّ الأستاذ راشد الغنوشي وعدد من النشطاء، في ما يُعرف بقضية "المسامرة الرمضانية".

Dear Vice President JD Vance Vance - this is objectively wrong. As we Refugees International and partner orgs showed in new analysis last week, Israel is still blocking most humanitarian aid and obstructing legit aid groups. You are falling for an Israeli govt talking point. 🧵

When the Israeli government talks about truck volumes into Gaza, they leave out that fact that very little of that is aid - only 1 in every 5 or 6 trucks. Only ~100 aid trucks coordinated through the UN-established mechanism are getting in per day; most aid remains blocked.

The Israeli government is letting in more commercial trucks - but these often contain lower-priority, non-lifesaving goods. Soda can get in, but critical medical supplies and shelter materials can’t. That is not success, and kids are still suffering and dying because of it.

As we write, commercial goods (while important) are not remotely a substitute for a robust aid flow. As long as Gaza’s economy remains broken and most Palestinians live in displacement limbo, many don’t have the financial means to meet basic needs via markets.

Arab Barghouti, the son of prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti, tells me he was “shocked and appalled” to hear from his father’s Israeli lawyer that he has been mistreated and assaulted three times in the past month by Israeli prison guards.

How many stories like this are there with this guy

The Israeli military just struck the Qasmieh bridge, the last main operational crossing into the area south of the Litani River, effectively severing 10,000s of people who live there from the rest of the country An unfolding humanitarian catastrophe

"He's one of the most vocal and decent voices in the kingdom who deserves to be actually awarded and respected, not arrested and harrassed." Watch عبدالله العودة speak about Saudi human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair, who’s now been detained for over 12 years. #FreeWaleed now.

In honor of Walid Khalidi (1925-2026), the Journal of Palestine Studies presents a dedicated collection of his manuscripts published over 5 decades. Explore today - each article is free access until May 31st: palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658815

elmo is KHAMAS!

It's literally -- literally -- a tax on empty luxury properties that nobody lives in. These people already live in Florida, you dumbass.

I don't find Trump promoting an image of himself as Dr Jesus, MD, and of Hegseth confusing the Bible with Pulp Fiction particularly surprising. Both belong to a political culture that views Jesus as an American-born West Bank settler, and does not recognize anything older than

#KeirStarmer

Israeli military reporters say 55 towns and villages in south Lebanon will remain occupied by Israeli troops. The Lebanon ceasefire agreement will impose a ‘yellow line’ similar to Gaza. Those civilians will not be permitted to return to their homes cut off by the ‘yellow line’ -

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an American journalist, has been detained for over six weeks in Kuwait under new security and fake news laws. The Kuwaiti government must release our friend and colleague immediately. Journalism is NOT a crime. Sign the petition here: cpj.movements.mov/pet/kuwait-rel….

If you think Zohran Mamdani is an Islamist or is in any way sympathetic to Islamism, you lose all right to be taken seriously. About the same as saying you believe in lizard people. You are untethered from reality