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Founded by @Jkhashoggi in 2018, DAWN works to reform U.S. FP in the ME, hold abusers accountable & magnify the voices of experts/activists from the region.
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"Sanctions are not the only cause of economic collapse." Rena Netjes [email protected] and Sophie Fullerton analyze the impact of sanctions relief for Syria, along with plans to transition Syria's economy from state-control to a liberal model based on free-market competition.dawnmena.org/lifting-sanctiā¦




āWe remember who we are: a people who've been displaced, oppressed and crushed under the weight of history. But also a people who resist, endure and never forget. We carry our past with us. We build our future one step at a time,ā Yahya al-Masri in Gaza. dawnmena.org/a-displaced-roā¦



Join Today: Defending Democracy in the Muslim World: Why Democracy is Crucial in the Age of Global Authoritarianism, w/Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy MPAC Speakers include DAWN's @Sarahleah1 12 PM, Jamal Al-Tahat 1:30 PM Online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist⦠DC in-person: eventbrite.com/e/defending-deā¦


"Effective diplomacy requires consistency and credibilityāqualities largely absent from the current approach," writes DAWN's advocacy director Raed Jarrar, analyzing Trump's recent "decoupling of U.S. interests from Israeli national security." dawnmena.org/the-decouplingā¦

"Europe and its partners can amplify Israelās anti-Netanyahu faction while reinforcing the Israeli voices insisting that a ceasefire and diplomacy offer the only path to securing Israelās long-term future," writes Hugh Lovatt, @ecfrmena senior policy fellow. dawnmena.org/is-europe-finaā¦

"El-Kurd articulates the painful reality of being punished for speaking out, and yet, never rewarded for being right," Yahia Lababidi writes in his book review of Mohammed El-Kurd's "Perfect Victims." dawnmena.org/perfect-victimā¦

In an era where Palestinian voices are often filtered, misrepresented or erased, Mohammed El-Kurdās Perfect Victims rejects euphemism and the safety of distance, speaking directly and with profound moral clarity. dawnmena.org/perfect-victimā¦

"El-Kurdās critique of dehumanization is sharp: 'Our massacres are only interrupted by commercial breaks. Judges legalize them. Correspondents kill us with passive voice.'" Yahia Lababidi reviews Mohammed El-Kurd's book "Perfect Victims" for Democracy in Exile. dawnmena.org/perfect-victimā¦

"Trump's Middle East policy has always resembled a weathervaneāspinning dramatically with the changing winds of personal relationships." DAWN's Raed Jarrar analyzes Trump's "decoupling of U.S. interests from Israeli national security" in Democracy in Exile. dawnmena.org/the-decouplingā¦


What does the destruction of #Gaza mean for the legal case for #genocide? Join DAWNās executive director Sarah Leah Whitson and fellow experts Jehad Abusalim, Yara Asi, PhD, Raz Segal, and Yousef Munayyer on 6/11 for this urgent conversation. RSVP + detailsš arabcenterdc.org/event/a-historā¦