The for-profit companies behind Israeli-U.S. nonprofit Gaza aid plan washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine. A starving human being needs food today, not tomorrow. People of good conscience must stop the starvation in Gaza. nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opi…

#Morocco's family law reforms show a changing kingdom: #women gaining rights in education, employment & law. But vulnerabilities remain, and while the government considers gender equality, the King ultimately decides. Natalie Triche writes: carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/07/…

Today in The Washington Post we published a portion of the known names of 18,500+ Gazan children killed in the war, in Arabic and English. We could only fit 18% of the names on these 2 pages – it would have taken 5 more pages to list them all:

Scoop: The Smithsonian removed references to Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit display, reports Janay Kingsberry. The change came about as part of a content review that the Smithsonian agreed to undertake following pressure from the White House

🇸🇾 Heartfelt thanks to Qatar for fully funding a vital gas initiative for Syria. From Aug 2, Azerbaijan’s natural gas, delivered via Turkey, will power 800 MW, lighting up 5M homes. A profound step toward relief and stability at a critical moment. A bold demonstration by Qatar

Iranian Gen Z is something else… These young girls are doing the TikTok “I don’t give an F” challenge in Iran (without mandatory hijab)

.@realdonaldtrump you didn’t have the power to call the National Guard on January 6 but now you do? Washington DC is not only our nation’s capital…it’s a beautiful city that 700,000 people call home. I’m proud to run a business and raise a family here. DC doesn’t need

I love Washington DC. It’s my home. Watching this wanna be dictator talk down my city and speak on my behalf when DC residents have no voice makes me want to explode.

BREAKING: State Dept suspends all visitor visas from Gaza. These temporary visas had been granted to *children* from Gaza with life-changing war injuries in the U.S. These kids have been coming in small numbers for the past 12+ months with no issue. So why suspend the program?

Fadi Al-Zant is a 6 year old Gazan with cystic fibrosis. When he arrived in the US for treatment, he was 25lbs and severely malnourished. Now because of the State Dept and Laura Loomer, children in conditions similar to Fadi's won't be able to get the life-saving care they need.

This is MASSIVE. The largest anti-war rally in Israel since October 7th.

EXCLUSIVE: Price Tag for Trump’s D.C. Military Surge: At Least $1 Million a Day An analysis conducted for the Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions. theintercept.com/2025/08/20/tru…

NEW: State Department fires top press officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs after internal disputes over Israel policy, including whether to express condolences about journalists killed by Israel in Gaza and publicly oppose forced displacement of Palestinians, per documents 🧵

Now available! VARIETIES OF POWER offers grounded, comparative insights into the study of gender and politics, political representation, and authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa. buff.ly/uB6ggy7 Marwa Shalaby #Gender #GenderMENA #WomenAutocracies

Sarah Hendriks: we do not lack evidence, best practice or normative agreements on women, peace and security - it’s political will that is lacking. We need to resource women’s peace work - less than 0.4% of government aid spending went to women working at the frontlines of war

Another dangerous move toward militarized masculinity. politico.com/news/2025/09/2…