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Alison Phipps አሊሰን
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UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Education, Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow

Alison Phipps OBE FRSE FRSA FAcSS a University of Glasgow professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies and holds the first UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts. She has been awarded the Minerva Medal of the Royal Philosophical Society and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. .. more

Political science 27%
Art 20%

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For those who would like to contribute to the IDPs, please donate to the Tsilal Ade organization. A credible organization for delivering aid to the IDPs in Hitsas camp and other IDP camps in Tigray.
tsilalwesterntigray.org
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Emergency Relief Food, medical aid, shelter for displaced families. Water & Sanitation Safe drinking water and hygiene support. Psychosocial Support Trauma counseling and healing programs. 2+ Years WH...
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🚨 URGENT HUMANITARIAN ALERT – TIGRAY 🚨

More than 27000 internally displaced people at Hintsats IDP Camp in Tigray are on the brink of death due to severe hunger.

🆘 People need life-saving food aid, medical assistance, and emergency shelter immediately.

Silence will cost more lives.
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Emergency Relief Food, medical aid, shelter for displaced families. Water & Sanitation Safe drinking water and hygiene support. Psychosocial Support Trauma counseling and healing programs. 2+ Years WH...
tsilalwesterntigray.org

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"In becoming man, Jesus took upon himself our fragility, identifying with each one of us: with those who have nothing left and have lost everything, like the inhabitants of Gaza; with those who are prey to hunger and poverty, like the Yemeni people ..."

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Into the void: how Trump killed international law
Into the void: how Trump killed international law
The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away
www.theguardian.com

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Many of the remaining churches across Gaza either scaled back or cancelled Christmas activities altogether.
‘No true sense of celebration' as Israeli bombs drown out Christmas in Gaza
Many of the remaining churches across Gaza either scaled back or cancelled Christmas activities altogether.
www.aljazeera.com

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A US official told Reuters that Washington will focus on targeting Venezuela oil in lieu of 'military options'.
US will focus on exerting economic pressure on Venezuela: Report
A US official told Reuters that Washington will focus on targeting Venezuela oil in lieu of 'military options'.
www.aljazeera.com

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Fewer than 50,000 Christians now live in Palestine under threat from Israel’s illegal occupation and attacks.
Christmas under occupation: Israeli attacks against Palestinian Christians
Fewer than 50,000 Christians now live in Palestine under threat from Israel's illegal occupation and attacks.
www.aljazeera.com

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Fourteen countries condemn Israel's plans to expand West Bank settlements, express 'resolute support' for Palestinians https://aje.io/vl95me

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Kale and leek harvest - traditional Christmas Eve fun on the allotment. No frozen fingers this year.
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.

It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.

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A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com
🇺🇳 UN Secretary General’s Office:
“Over the past 24 hours, and despite the ceasefire, the UN has continued to receive reports of air strikes, shelling and gunfire in all 5 governorates of the Gaza Strip.”

(December 22, 2025)

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Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics.
Urgent review ordered into foreign influence in UK politics
There have been growing concerns about the influence of foreign powers in our politics for some years now. Now the government has acted
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Kamran Ahmed and Amu Gib have been hospitalised as a rolling hunger strike that began 50 days ago raises alarm.
Two Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK prisons admitted to hospital
Kamran Ahmed and Amu Gib have been hospitalised as a rolling hunger strike that began 50 days ago raises alarm.
www.aljazeera.com
Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.
New clashes erupt on Thai-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talks
Fighting resumes hours before regional foreign ministers meet in Malaysia to discuss steps to de-escalate hostilities.
www.aljazeera.com

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You're too nice. Thanks for always being supportive and helping me with the work too.

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Christmas past comes alive as Sheffield pubs, halls and theatre celebrate hyper-local carols
Christmas past comes alive as Sheffield pubs, halls and theatre celebrate hyper-local carols
Crucible’s production of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol incorporates festive songs from the area, where aural traditions stay strong
www.theguardian.com

“And yet, the IAF still talks about “values” and “ethos”. The pilots are the main arm of the genocide, but what matters is unauthorised alcohol consumption.”
Israel is imploding
Quietly, but steadily, the Israeli geopolitical clout is shrinking while the Israeli state is succumbing to dysfunction.
www.aljazeera.com
Plea to stop using prehistoric monuments & peoples as a sub for present-day national identities. Past peoples are not ‘ancestors’, they had no idea of the concept of a nation-state & this archipelago has seen a lot of traffic since the last ice age

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‘Jesus was a refugee. As a child he had to go to Egypt for safety. So please: think what the message of Christmas really means’

The head of the Church of Scotland tells me Christmas is about welcoming the outsider as she speaks out against the hate growing in society

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The Nativity, Frew says, is about “a refugee child who had to go to Egypt for safety'
The Rt Rev Rosie Frew has composed a special Christmas reflection for Herald readers. She talks to our Writer at Large about the need to love those…
www.heraldscotland.com

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Mohammed was 17 years old when he was shot by an Israeli sniper in Bethlehem. Two years on, his family say there is no accountability for his death. Their story is one of dozens from communities across the West Bank

Read more: www.theferret.scot/i...

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Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen - Heinrich Heine

Thank you. Yes. Am reaching the same conclusions about the shattered structures of human personality, and returning again and again to Simone Weil - the middle range as common, acceptable depravity

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Tomorrow's front page 📰

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NGOs fear 'catastrophic impact' of new Israel registration rules
<article data-history-node-id="432870" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ngos-fear-catastrophic-impact-new-israel-registration-rules" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ngos-fear-catastrophic-impact-new-israel-registration-rules" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">NGOs fear 'catastrophic impact' of new Israel registration rules</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>New rules in Israel for registering non-governmental organisations, under which more than a dozen groups have already been rejected, could have a catastrophic impact on aid work in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, relief workers warn.</p> <p>The NGOs have until December 31 to register under the new framework, which Israel says aims not to impede aid distribution but to prevent "hostile actors or supporters of terrorism" operating in the Palestinian territories.</p> <p>Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism told AFP requests are rejected for "organisations involved in terrorism, antisemitism, delegitimisation of Israel, Holocaust denial, denial of the crimes of October 7".</p> <p>The NGOs barred under the new rules include Save the Children, one of the best known and oldest in Gaza, where it helps 120,000 children, and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).</p> <p>They are being given 60 days to withdraw all their international staff from the Gaza Strip, the occupied West Bank and Israel, and will no longer be able to deliver any aid.</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net

My MP has signed - Has yours? Ask them.

edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

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