No, Tehran looks like Tehran. Europe is not the benchmark or standard for modernity and cleanliness. Stop this reductive, orientalist framing. Something doesn’t have to be European for it to be valuable and worthy of admiration.

I’m just coming back from a trip in Turkey and it was truly shocking. The situation is out of control not only at airports but also at the supermarkets, restaurants, open bazaars and everything else. Don’t know where this is going! So disappointing and this will affect tourism

The Palestinian dilemma: Resist – and Israel will slaughter 100,000s of you as "terrorists". Don't resist – and Israeli settlers will beat you, while soldiers cut down your trees, bulldoze your home, and drive you off your land. Oh, and the Israeli army might kill you anyway.

I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza. "Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”

After 47 years, Jerry has made the difficult decision to step down from the company we built together. I’m sharing his words as he resigns from Ben & Jerry’s. His legacy deserves to be true to our values, not silenced by Magnum Ice Cream #FreeBenAndJerrys

⚡️JUST IN: Over 40 celebrities including Billie Eilish, Finneas, Cillian Murphy, Joaquin Phoenix, Steve Coogan, Annie Mac, and Peter Gabriel, appear in a Together for Palestine video calling for a Gaza ceasefire, released ahead of today’s benefit concert in London.

Really enjoyed writing this for The i Paper few weeks ago.