Nadine Talaat was a great editor and is a very good writer/thinker about some of the complex and pressing issues of our time. Would highly recommend that editors commission her to report on subjects of her expertise.

After 2.5yrs w The New Arab editorial team, I've left to go freelance. I'm very proud of our coverage at a time when authentic journalism from MENA is so vital

For now I'm excited to focus on writing on borders, climate & MENA issues
DM's open for commissions or just to connect!

It was an honor to work on this story with the amazing Lujayn & her family, who are sheltering in Rafah now. When I told Lujayn her story would be published in The Nation she said: 'Tell your audience that I don't speak about myself only. I speak of my entire generation in Gaza'

The students are now singing in a huddle facing down the entire might of the NYPD. Oh my heart.

Eid Mubarak to all those celebrate, and to all those who can't.

Thinking of this poem by the Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha today 🤍 🍉

Is this a normal comment from a normal person?

This week on The New Arab Podcasts:

🎙️Do Turkey’s mayoral elections spell trouble for Erdogan?
🎙️How will Iran react to Israel’s embassy strike?
🎙️Will the killing of aid workers finally change Western policy on Gaza?

Hugo Goodridge Oliver Mizzi & I break it down
newarab.com/podcast/new-ar…

It was great to be on The New Arab Weekly for The New Arab alongside Hugo Goodridge and Nadine Talaat, speaking about Turkish local elections, the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus and Israel's killing of seven WCK workers.

Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/3HY5Qy…

Together with Nadine Talaat and Oliver Mizzi, we looked at the biggest stories from the week, including:

👉 the elections in #Turkey
👉 the airstrike in #Damascus
👉 and the killing of aid workers in #Gaza .

newarab.com/podcast/new-ar…

Israel routinely posts footage of their drone strikes to show off how advanced their precision targeting capabilities are. The video below is an example. See how clear it is?

So why are they suddenly so reluctant to share the footage of their strike on the World Central Kitchen convoy?

All these headlines are from the same day

“In 1948, Palestinian Christians, like Muslims, were ethnically cleansed from Mandatory Palestine and never allowed back; this was the biggest hit for the number of Christians in Palestine.” newarab.com/opinion/easter…

I wrote about how many of Morocco's Amazigh Jews once supported Israel as part of 'an anti-Pan-Arabism rivalry,' and how the war in Gaza has led the community to reconsider its faith in Israel.

For New Lines Magazine

newlinesmag.com/reportage/moro…

Images of Muslim and Arab women you won’t see plastered all over western media

I spent the last month speaking almost every day to a journalist colleague in #Gaza who's lost her home and friends.

We collaborated closely in making this short film for mohamed ahmed about her memories of Gaza pre-Oct 7 & her new daily reality in #Rafah :

“In a matter of seconds, my life turned upside down”.

For our Gaza correspondent, 'normal' life & 'home' have been destroyed in recent months.

Alexander Durie documents her new life, offering a window into the reality of more than 1.6 million Palestinians in Rafah 👇

Proud to have been part of the team that computationally analyzed the New York Times' biased coverage of Israel and Palestine. This is part of a broader effort by Writers Against the War On Gaza Writers Against the War on Gaza, who released today a tour-de-force exposé of NYT: newyorkwarcrimes.com

Important read:

“The New Arab's research reveals how the UK media's coverage of Israel's war on Gaza is a case study in dehumanisation and warmongering.”