The online journal of DAWN @DAWNmenaorg, magnifying voices from the Middle East and North Africa, including exiles and experts. Pitch: [email protected]
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Democracy in Exile retweeted
Three highly respected writers and experts on the Middle East and North Africa, @Afrahnasser, @DaliaHatuqa and @SinaToossi have joined DAWN as its newest Non-Resident Fellows, the organization announced today. dawnmena.org/afrah-nasser-da…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
“Sudan's brutal civil war continues with no end in sight, largely due to the negative role of outside actors. The UAE's role is notable, enabled by US complicity that has allowed Abu Dhabi to perpetuate the fighting."
@husamom's analysis in @DAWN_Journal: dawnmena.org/the-uae-is-fuel…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
“Members of the European Parliament lamented the EU's inability to coordinate a cohesive response to the unauthorized military campaign against Iran" contributing to "the gradual collapse of international law."
Analysis from @KZiabari in @DAWN_Journal: dawnmena.org/the-e-u-abdicat…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
This is my latest essay, please find a quite moment to read it and let me know what you think.
The U.S. decision to impose a visa ban on Sudanese Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ahead of the UNGA was performative. It won't shift Sudan's conflict and once again leaves Sudanese in the dark, writes @A_socialist1.
dawnmena.org/the-u-s-wants-a…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
“Rather than separating external security threats from domestic political dissent, Bahrain, Kuwait and UAE have increasingly blurred the two ... through the false narrative of insidious intent within their Shia populations."
Simon Mabon in @DAWN_Journal: dawnmena.org/how-the-war-wit…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
“Every night, Shereen Abed listens for movement inside her tent. The sounds of rats moving through food bags, clothing and containers have become a regular part of life for the displaced 26-year-old mother."
Nour Khalil writes from Gaza in @DAWN_Journal: dawnmena.org/rats-insects-un…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
Honored to share my new piece in Democracy in Exile, @DAWN_Journal: "The UAE Is Fueling Sudan's War. U.S. Complicity Helps Make It Possible."
Abu Dhabi's influence runs on gold, political cover & weapons, and Washington looks the other way. dawnmena.org/the-uae-is-fuel…
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Democracy in Exile retweeted
Thank you @KZiabari for including my perspective in your piece.
An important discussion on the need to uphold international law and the principles at the heart of our external action 🇪🇺
My latest @DAWNmenaorg: As an institution founded to stand up for the rule of law, the European Union failed to adopt a principled position in response to the war of aggression against Iran. I interviewed MEPs who are concerned about the EU's moral decline
dawnmena.org/the-e-u-abdicat…
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A piece I wrote days after October 7 for @DAWN_Journal and now reprinted @hiddencitiesmag .
Thank you @FreddyDeknatel for reminding me of this text and for reassuring it.
“If there is anything that the history of humanity, scarred by atrocities, should teach us, it is that no crime can justify another. Nor can any crime mitigate the severity of another.”
@sfardm, writing in the days after Oct 7, a prescient warning of what was to come in Gaza:
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"Governments should adopt clear rules prohibiting their businesses and citizens from engaging in settlement-linked activity. Enforcement must be strong and serious," writes @mFarshneshani in @DAWN_Journal.
See his analysis on sanctions on Israel: dawnmena.org/sanctions-on-is…
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8 years ago, MBS approved an op that killed & dismembered dissident & Wash Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. But they didn't kill his vision—which lives on in the org he founded: @DAWNmenaorg. Jamal's friend Maggie Salem & I remember Jamal in DAWN's journal dawnmena.org/jamal-khashoggi…
"They killed Jamal, but they did not silence him."
Eight years after Saudi Arabia's killing of @DAWNmenaorg founder Jamal Kahashoggi, Maggie Mitchell Salem and @OmarSShakir discuss his legacy in @DAWN_Journal.
dawnmena.org/jamal-khashoggi…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
My latest @DAWNmenaorg: As an institution founded to stand up for the rule of law, the European Union failed to adopt a principled position in response to the war of aggression against Iran. I interviewed MEPs who are concerned about the EU's moral decline
dawnmena.org/the-e-u-abdicat…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
"Pete Hegseth's opposition to what he calls 'stupid rules of engagement' suggests that pressure for any changes designed to protect civilians in war must come from outside the Department of Defense."
See Charles Blaha's analysis in @DAWN_Journal: dawnmena.org/six-months-afte…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
Read my latest for @DAWNmenaorg about the few Lebanese-Christian villages still standing along the Israeli border:
"For now, most of these Christian villages remain standing. But as Israel's occupation leaves them increasingly cut off from the rest of Lebanon ... they risk becoming unviable as Lebanese communities," @finlookedintoit writes in @DAWN_Journal.
Read more: dawnmena.org/israels-occupat…
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"For now, most of these Christian villages remain standing. But as Israel's occupation leaves them increasingly cut off from the rest of Lebanon ... they risk becoming unviable as Lebanese communities," @finlookedintoit writes in @DAWN_Journal.
Read more: dawnmena.org/israels-occupat…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
“‘Crossing the Red Line’ is not a polemic, nor is it intended to be. It is a remarkable, first-of-its-kind account.. Ahmed does not shy away from identifying trends or conclusions, yet his journalistic discipline will make the book difficult for even DC power players to ignore.”
"When it comes to picking people to make policy and hold power, where is your red line?"
Read John Ramming Chappel's review of "Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza" by @AkbarSAhmed.
dawnmena.org/book-review-cro…
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President El-Sisi's proposed new debt instrument will further shift burdens "onto Egypt's most vulnerable and away from wealthy regime insiders...worsening corruption at the expense of working-class citizens."
Analysis from @MagedMandour in @DAWN_Journal: dawnmena.org/sisis-latest-de…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
"The Houthi Movement's (Ansar Allah) naval blockade on Saudi Arabia and offensive in Yemen are taking their toll ... Yet it is Riyadh's response to these actions and approach to Yemen that should raise eyebrows."
@Afrahnasser's analysis in @DAWN_Journal: dawnmena.org/can-the-new-sau…
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“In a move reeking of impunity, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar signed an agreement for the construction of a permanent US embassy in Jerusalem,” writes @walzerscent in @DAWN_Journal.
Read more: dawnmena.org/trump-cements-i…
Democracy in Exile retweeted
In my latest, I argue:
“The key is to use Israel's deep ties to the global economy to reshape the calculus sustaining expansionism and other hardline policies, but not to drive the country into isolation. Sanctions should remain tied to the conduct they seek to change, escalating when that conduct continues and preserving meaningful off-ramps when it changes.”
Israel's global economic interdependence gives any sanctions effort to pressure the country weight. Yet they must be calibrated appropriately to succeed in checking Israeli crimes in occupied Palestine and beyond, writes @mFarshneshani.
dawnmena.org/sanctions-on-is…
