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Saving Mes Aynak

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An award winning #documentary about the fight to save a 5,000-year-old city in #Afghanistan threatened by a copper mine. Director @Brent_Huffman

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HOPE for #MesAynak? See what is at stake in an encore stream of the award-winning documentary "Saving Mes Aynak" at the #Arkhaios #Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Film Festival Oct. 14-20th: arkhaiosfilmfestival2024.eventive.org/films/66ae7b76…

A glimmer of hope for the ancient #Buddhist city of #MesAynak #Afghanistan? While I distrust anything the #Taliban says, it appears that international pressure to save Mes Aynak is working. While underground #mining is very dangerous and could still damage/destroy the site,…

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See the international sensation "Saving Mes Aynak" for yourself and fall in love with the threatened ancient #Buddhist city before it is too late! The film has won over 30 major awards and can currently be seen on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play! savingmesaynak.com/watch-online

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Ancient, near-pristine #Buddha from #MesAynak revealed at Kabul Museum savingmesaynak.com/news/2017/3/17…

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Join us for my Documenting #Carceral Injustice Class (taught at #Sheridan Correctional) #Documentary Screenings 12/9 6:30pm @NUPrisonEd @MedillSchool MFC Forum @NorthwesternU #Evanston More on the class here: medilldocumentary.com/dci

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Interested in learning more about the complex #Uyghur story in #China and #Pakistan? Why does the #BLA oppose #China? Watch my @VICENews report here: youtube.com/watch?v=RrplLE…


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Sunrise at Stonehenge today (20th November) was at 7.32am, sunset is at 4.12pm ☀️🥶

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Unesco adds 34 Lebanese heritage sites to its enhanced protection list after an emergency meeting ow.ly/sYBe50U9Sfb

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🇱🇧 A monumental decision to protect #Lebanon’s 34 cultural properties in crisis! See the list ⬇️

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How the Taliban are reshaping Kabul in their own image—demolishing neighborhoods and displacing Hazaras and other disenfranchised communities: “Revealed: the truth behind the Taliban’s brutal Kabul ‘regeneration’ programme” theguardian.com/global-develop…


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.@UNESCO has a deep and long-standing cooperation with #Lebanon. We will spare no effort to provide all the expertise and assistance needed to protect its exceptional #heritage.

🔴 BREAKING The UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict has decided to grant provisional enhanced protection to 34 cultural properties in #Lebanon. Full press release: unes.co/e0w2jd #ProtectHeritage

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You do not effectively combat terrorism by starving thousands of innocent children. You do not effectively combat terrorism by bombing schools and hospitals. You do not effectively combat terrorism by turning the entire world against your country. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…


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My new oped on #HongKong "Today, Hong Kong’s 45 brave democrats – elected to represent their people – have been jailed for exercising democracy. Everyone who believes in democracy must stand in solidarity with them and demand their release." spectator.co.uk/article/the-ja…


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Welcome to the dystopian future where justice is done by hackers.


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While I'm not leaving Twitter anytime soon, you can also find me here: bsky.app/profile/brenth…


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This is such a powerful film, and such amazing work by @Sahra_Mani and her subjects. Please watch it.

Day: 1150 🏫 Day: 690 🎓 🇦🇫 “…We are very simple people - simple life, simple hope for our lives. So we just want to go to school, be able to work, and have really a normal life. We don't want anything extra, but we never get it…”@Sahra_Mani speaking at the screening of:…



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We will be on CBS mornings on Tuesday, November 19th.

Jennifer Lawrence will appear on CBS Mornings on November 19th alongside Sahra Mani and Malala Yousafzai to discuss their documentary ‘Bread & Roses’ and the oppression of Afghan women.

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1156 days since the Taliban banned Afghan girls from schooling.

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From Habib Khan

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‼️ ALIPH announces first emergency measures to protect cultural heritage in #Lebanon. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4f56c3z 📸 (c) DGA - Archival image of National Museum of Beirut

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