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

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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

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Meron Estefanos @meron.bsky.social · 22h
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.
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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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Meron Estefanos @meron.bsky.social · 22h
🚨 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...
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 1d
"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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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
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
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d
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.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d
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'.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d
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.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d
Fourteen countries condemn Israel's plans to expand West Bank settlements, express 'resolute support' for Palestinians https://aje.io/vl95me
Fourteen countries condemn Israel's plans to expand West Bank settlements, express 'resolute support' for Palestinians

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 1d
'The whole of Christianity is under attack here' | Oborne Unscripted - https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/jerusalem-christianity-under-attack-from-israel-oborne-unscripted
'The whole of Christianity is under attack here' | Oborne Unscripted
In the heart of the old city of Jerusalem, Peter Oborne sits in a makeshift shelter surrounded by rubble and barricades set up to protect one of the oldest Christian community in the world. Speaking to the Armenian community in Israel, Oborne digs into the claims made by Israeli prime minster Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel is a great protector of Christianity.
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 2d
Kale and leek harvest - traditional Christmas Eve fun on the allotment. No frozen fingers this year.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d
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)
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 2d
🇺🇳 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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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy
Some protesters are now seriously ill after weeks without food as justice secretary is urged to show some humanity * Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks? Families and supporters of Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers have pleaded with David Lammy to meet them in an attempt to end the impasse over the protest that has left some of them severely unwell. On Monday, as the protest reached a dangerous stage, lawyers for the hunger strikers sent a legal letter claiming that by refusing a meeting the justice secretary had failed to comply with the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ’s) own policy on handling of hunger strikes. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d
Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?
Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?
Seven prisoners have been taken to hospital since starting their strikes, with some claiming a lack of medical attention * Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy Eight prisoners have been on hunger strike while awaiting trial for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action before the group was banned under terrorism legislation. What do we know about the activists and their demands? Continue reading...
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 4d
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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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d
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.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4d
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.
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Karin Goodwin @karingoodwin.bsky.social · 5d
You're too nice. Thanks for always being supportive and helping me with the work too.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d
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
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 5d
“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.
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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 5d
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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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 5d
‘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…
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 5d
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

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Christine @xtien.bsky.social · 5d
Dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen - Heinrich Heine

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 5d
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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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 6d
Tomorrow's front page 📰

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 6d
NGOs fear 'catastrophic impact' of new Israel registration rules - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ngos-fear-catastrophic-impact-new-israel-registration-rules
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>
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d
Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Israeli troops kill five Palestinians sheltering in Gaza school, say hospital chiefs
Attack brings total numbers of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since October ceasefire took effect Israel Defense Forces killed five Palestinians, including a baby, who were in a school that sheltered displaced people in Gaza City on Friday, hospital officials have said. The attack brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 400 since the October ceasefire took effect. Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line which they have withdrawn to, killing the Palestinians and wounding a number more, the Palestinian civil defence said in a statement. It added that it was only able to recover the bodies after coordinating with the UN, to ensure they did not also come under Israeli fire. Continue reading...
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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 6d
My MP has signed - Has yours? Ask them.

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Bruno Maçães @brunomacaes.bsky.social · 6d
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Gaza: The Reckoning
The debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.
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