“Four of Maga’s most influential voices are fiftysomething white men with formative experiences in apartheid South Africa. This probably isn’t a coincidence.” gift link on.ft.com/3XtHLpz

"Andrew G. Farrand, author of The Algerian Dream, suggests that Tebboune will likely follow in Bouteflika's footsteps. 'In Algeria, the political system fears change and prefers continuity,' Farrand told The New Arab."

"In Tunisia we are already seeing [how] the extremely serious consequences of climate change and environmental degradation, combined with economic factors, drive human mobility. The projections for the next decades to come are even more serious." csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…

Great to see a talented young Algerian innovator getting the resources and access needed to make a difference. wearetech.africa/en/fils-uk/tec…

This isn’t just a political scandal, it’s a collapse of all morality. When we say that the US has enabled Israel’s Palestinian genocide, this is what we mean: “Blinken Rejected Officials Who Concluded Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza.” propublica.org/article/gaza-p…

As usual, Israel rejects ceasefire proposals from the US & others As usual, the US, rather than condition military aid on a ceasefire, approved a massive $8 billion military aid package for Israel Why would Israel concede anything if the US will keep aiding it unconditionally?

And so goes Lebanon. While the world's governments issue a few weak words here and there at best, allowing Israel the dignity of attending at the UN while brazenly defying every principle norm and standard it's supposed to stand for. Meanwhile, my father, mother and sisters

Political prisoner, writer and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah was due to be released on September 29, after serving five years in detention. Instead, he is set to spend another two years in prison, his lawyer Khaled Ali said on Sunday. Authorities have refused to consider the two

It's presidential election day in #Tunisia, the first since Kais Saied's 2021 autoglope, and the atmosphere around the vote is decidedly apathetic. This week I went out to chat with some folks about what they're thinking and feeling ahead of the polls....

This language ("Hezbollah villages") is intended to pre-excuse civilian casualties.

'No Propaganda on Earth Can Hide the Wound That Is Palestine: Arundhati Roy's PEN Pinter Prize Acceptance Speech m.thewire.in/article/rights…

This is the context, this is what matters. Not killing Sinwar one year into a war that has destroyed Gaza and has not brought anyone closer to basic humanity

If Sinwar truly was the obstacle to a cease-fire agreement that U.S. officials have claimed, that obstacle is now gone. The United States and its partners have a window to halt the downward spiral to regional conflagration. My piece in ⁦New York Times Opinion⁩ nytimes.com/2024/10/17/opi…

I don't like to tweet about the news, but this is just too much. I'm the doctor who wrote the recent The New York Times piece about what American healthcare workers saw in #Gaza. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports today that Israel has banned five American aid agencies from working in Gaza. Israel gave no

“The Israeli conviction that the other side only understands military force, making diplomacy and de-escalation irrelevant, isn't just because the Middle East is a tough neighborhood. It's also partly due to straight-up, old-world racism.” by ⁦Dahlia Scheindlin haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Nice overview of recent energy developments and trends in Algeria by ReDa Amrani : energyintel.com/00000192-d1e7-…