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Bette Dam

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Atm I study complexifying conflict reporting. Last book is on Taliban: https://t.co/vHqq0qwSf0 @TEDTalk: https://t.co/RTXqE9lGVV, Prof @SciencesPo

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In May 2023 the 12th edition of the Palestine Festival of Literature took place in cities across occupied Palestine. Here, three authors – Ta-Nehisi Coates, Maaza Mengiste and Eve Ewing - reflect on what they saw in Palestine. All interviews filmed in Palestine, May 2023.


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At Newmark, we understand AI will play a crucial role in our society. If you’re also AI-obsessed and based in the Middle East, Asia or Pacific time zones, check out this virtual workshop from the @pulitzercenter When: Sept. 16-18 Learn more and apply. pulitzercenter.org/event/workshop…


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Unfathomable video. A settlers lets his cows graze on the land of a Palestinian when confronted, he tells the Palestinian, "I don't care if this is your house" and threatens physical violence. Then, (regarding his wife) to "tell your fucking bitch to go back to her house." Then…

ח'ירבת ואדי א-רח'ים, דרום הר חברון: המתנחל שם טוב לוסקי מטריד פלסטיני מינית ומאיים עליו במרומז באונס. Kh. Wadi a-Rakhim, South Hebron Hills: Settler Shem Tov Luski sexually harasses Palestinian and implicitly threatens rape. Read the full report: btselem.org/video/20242025…



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I travelled around the West Bank last week for the first time since the second intifada and what I saw was very disturbing - while all focus is on terrible situation in Gaza, many feel Israel has opened an undeclared second front thetimes.com/article/c47df6…


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"Every person with a drug problem has their own story of how it all began." This is @rsurush, Jelena Bjelica's @AANafgh report begins. They tell stories of individuals' drug use and – for some – recovery, and scrutinise the stats and the policy. afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/rig…


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The most recent US air strikes in Yemen were announced by CENTCOM this evening. The most recent US air strikes in Syria, Somalia, and Iraq were on June 16, May 31, and February 7.

Biden: "I'm the first president this century to report to the American people that the United States is not at war anywhere in the world."



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Devastating scenes of terrified children fleeing Israel’s renewed assault on Khan Younis “We saw many dead bodies, we don’t know where are parents are now” Filmed for us by brave Palestinian journalists on the ground With @YousefHammash @hilamay_


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Best book I suggest its reading for all those who are interested in current and past Afghan politics and relevant complexities.


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Bette Dam’s Looking for the Enemy has been translated into Dari and is available from Amazon. Details below, author is tagged in the image. Congratulations on the translated edition!

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Book publishing is not easy in Kabul. Please support Amiri Publications, who despite it all, translated my book on the Taliban in Dari. It's for sale in the city and also on Amazon now! All revenues go to the publisher. amazon.com/Looking-Enemy-…



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Fewer people are seeing a life in news as a worthwhile career. This reflects a broader problem: relentless economic pressures are pushing people away from socially important careers. buff.ly/3XCsVyu


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I’m proud to finally announce the launch of The Yemen Listening Project. An Arabic-English collection of nearly 100 personal stories, from Yemenis, about what it has been like to live through a war that enters its 10th year this week. 🧵thenewhumanitarian.org/yemenlistening…


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I’ve always been in love with Afghanistan. So as someone who spent nearly two weeks there visiting family, I made sure make full use of my experience there. Here are my thoughts 🧵

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Excited that this project is coming to life, which sounds very promising. Archive located in Faizabad’s Public Library in #Badakhshan houses a limited and unique collection of printed periodicals in Dari, Pashto, and Turki languages from all over #Afghanistan, dating (1946-now)

Book publishing is not easy in Kabul. Please support Amiri Publications, who despite it all, translated my book on the Taliban in Dari. It's for sale in the city and also on Amazon now! All revenues go to the publisher. amazon.com/Looking-Enemy-…



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Dep. Commissioner Daughtry says he found "a book on terrorism" at Columbia. (The book is not a how-to book, but a history written by a renowned British historian.)

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