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Founded by Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, DAWN works to reform U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa, hold abusers accountable & magnify the voices of experts/activists from the region. dawnmena.org
“It's a tragic irony that while Saudi Arabia carries out a record number of executions — including prominent journalist Turki al-Jasser, just a few months ago — MBS comes to Washington for his first visit since his regime’s ruthless murder of Jamal Khashoggi.”
— @aalodah.bsky.social, @mideastdc.org
— @aalodah.bsky.social, @mideastdc.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“It's a tragic irony that while Saudi Arabia carries out a record number of executions — including prominent journalist Turki al-Jasser, just a few months ago — MBS comes to Washington for his first visit since his regime’s ruthless murder of Jamal Khashoggi.”
— @aalodah.bsky.social, @mideastdc.org
— @aalodah.bsky.social, @mideastdc.org
Today, 1 PM ET: Don't miss this DAWN and @mideastdc.org online event: Rightsizing the U.S.-Saudi Arabia Relationship: What to Make of Mohammed bin Salman's Washington Visit
With @aalodah.bsky.social, Hala Aldosari, and @sarahleah1.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With @aalodah.bsky.social, Hala Aldosari, and @sarahleah1.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today, 1 PM ET: Don't miss this DAWN and @mideastdc.org online event: Rightsizing the U.S.-Saudi Arabia Relationship: What to Make of Mohammed bin Salman's Washington Visit
With @aalodah.bsky.social, Hala Aldosari, and @sarahleah1.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With @aalodah.bsky.social, Hala Aldosari, and @sarahleah1.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Monday, Nov. 17, 9 AM ET/ 5 PM Istanbul, online book event: "From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine"
Co-authors Michael Omer-Man & @sarahleah1.bsky.social of DAWN, with Center for Islam and Global Affairs, Istanbul Zaim Universitesi
Watch: youtube.com/cigaistanbul
Co-authors Michael Omer-Man & @sarahleah1.bsky.social of DAWN, with Center for Islam and Global Affairs, Istanbul Zaim Universitesi
Watch: youtube.com/cigaistanbul
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Monday, Nov. 17, 9 AM ET/ 5 PM Istanbul, online book event: "From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine"
Co-authors Michael Omer-Man & @sarahleah1.bsky.social of DAWN, with Center for Islam and Global Affairs, Istanbul Zaim Universitesi
Watch: youtube.com/cigaistanbul
Co-authors Michael Omer-Man & @sarahleah1.bsky.social of DAWN, with Center for Islam and Global Affairs, Istanbul Zaim Universitesi
Watch: youtube.com/cigaistanbul
Join DAWN and @mideastdc.org Monday, Nov. 17, 1 PM ET: Rightsizing the US-Saudi Arabia Relationship: What to Make of Mohammed bin Salman's Washington Visit
With MEDC's @aalodah.bsky.social, DAWN fellow Hala Aldosari, and DAWN's @sarahleah1.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With MEDC's @aalodah.bsky.social, DAWN fellow Hala Aldosari, and DAWN's @sarahleah1.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Join DAWN and @mideastdc.org Monday, Nov. 17, 1 PM ET: Rightsizing the US-Saudi Arabia Relationship: What to Make of Mohammed bin Salman's Washington Visit
With MEDC's @aalodah.bsky.social, DAWN fellow Hala Aldosari, and DAWN's @sarahleah1.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With MEDC's @aalodah.bsky.social, DAWN fellow Hala Aldosari, and DAWN's @sarahleah1.bsky.social
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
In an excerpt of their new book, "Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria," Nasser Rabbat and @deensharp.bsky.social call for reconstruction in the country to take on a new look—one directed at "a just peace, community building and decolonization."
Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria: When Rebuilding Becomes a Weapon of War
Since initiating our scholarly dialogue in 2019 on the political and social implications of reconstruction in Syria, the urgency of this conversation has only intensified.
dawnmena.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In an excerpt of their new book, "Reconstruction as Violence in Assad's Syria," Nasser Rabbat and @deensharp.bsky.social call for reconstruction in the country to take on a new look—one directed at "a just peace, community building and decolonization."
Ahead of Mohammed bin Salman's trip to Washington, Western countries are increasingly signaling to Riyadh that they can "execute and kill with impunity," writes Jeed Basyouni of @reprievehq.bsky.social.
Criticism - not red carpet state visits - is the only way to stop this trend.
Criticism - not red carpet state visits - is the only way to stop this trend.
Screams in Darkness: Saudi Arabia's Execution Spree Continues Amid State Visit
What’s worse than being sentenced to death? For Youssef al-Manasif, a Saudi citizen arrested for alleged childhood crimes, it is a second death sentence.
dawnmena.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ahead of Mohammed bin Salman's trip to Washington, Western countries are increasingly signaling to Riyadh that they can "execute and kill with impunity," writes Jeed Basyouni of @reprievehq.bsky.social.
Criticism - not red carpet state visits - is the only way to stop this trend.
Criticism - not red carpet state visits - is the only way to stop this trend.
Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
Thursday at UC Berkeley: Join a book talk on "From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine," with co-author @sarahleah1.bsky.social of DAWN, and Professor Wadie Said.
🗓️: November 13
⏰: 4:00 - 5:30 PM
📍: 297 Simon Hall, Law School Building
Register: bit.ly/FromApartheid
🗓️: November 13
⏰: 4:00 - 5:30 PM
📍: 297 Simon Hall, Law School Building
Register: bit.ly/FromApartheid
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thursday at UC Berkeley: Join a book talk on "From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine," with co-author @sarahleah1.bsky.social of DAWN, and Professor Wadie Said.
🗓️: November 13
⏰: 4:00 - 5:30 PM
📍: 297 Simon Hall, Law School Building
Register: bit.ly/FromApartheid
🗓️: November 13
⏰: 4:00 - 5:30 PM
📍: 297 Simon Hall, Law School Building
Register: bit.ly/FromApartheid
A coalition of U.S. groups, including DAWN, is calling for the U.S. to reject inclusion of Azerbaijani troops in an International Security Force for Gaza, due to Azerbaijan's deep military and intelligence ties with Israel, and its rights abuses and ethnic cleansing of Artsakh's Armenian population.
U.S. Advocacy Groups Urge United States and Partners to Reject Azerbaijani Role in Gaza Security Force
We urge the United States and other international partners to reject any Azerbaijani role, citing Azerbaijan’s deep military and intelligence ties with Israel, as well as its record of human rights ab...
dawnmena.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A coalition of U.S. groups, including DAWN, is calling for the U.S. to reject inclusion of Azerbaijani troops in an International Security Force for Gaza, due to Azerbaijan's deep military and intelligence ties with Israel, and its rights abuses and ethnic cleansing of Artsakh's Armenian population.
Americans "overwhelmingly oppose what Israel is doing and a majority want to stop weapons to Israel. What the Trump administration, and the Biden administration before it, are doing does not represent the will of our people,” said @sarahleah1.bsky.social.
Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFSv...
Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFSv...
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Americans "overwhelmingly oppose what Israel is doing and a majority want to stop weapons to Israel. What the Trump administration, and the Biden administration before it, are doing does not represent the will of our people,” said @sarahleah1.bsky.social.
Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFSv...
Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFSv...
"I'm not someone who repeats the idea that it has to be international journalists in Gaza to be able to tell the world what has been happening. Gazan journalists have been telling us since day one," Susan Akram, Director of BU Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, speaking from the Gaza Tribunal.
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"I'm not someone who repeats the idea that it has to be international journalists in Gaza to be able to tell the world what has been happening. Gazan journalists have been telling us since day one," Susan Akram, Director of BU Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, speaking from the Gaza Tribunal.
With Egypt's House of Representatives show election kicking off today, the political detainees file is again at the forefront for Cairo. How should their detention be understood?
Ahmed Abdelhalim analyzes the situation, and concludes that reform is not in the cards.
Ahmed Abdelhalim analyzes the situation, and concludes that reform is not in the cards.
Selective Amnesty, Systemic Cruelty: How Egypt Uses Its Prisoners as Political Leverage
This tragedy differs from one prison to another and from one set of prisoners to another, depending on their classification by the Egyptian National Security Agency, which controls and monitors politi...
dawnmena.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
With Egypt's House of Representatives show election kicking off today, the political detainees file is again at the forefront for Cairo. How should their detention be understood?
Ahmed Abdelhalim analyzes the situation, and concludes that reform is not in the cards.
Ahmed Abdelhalim analyzes the situation, and concludes that reform is not in the cards.
Youtube is "basically allowing the Trump administration to dictate what information they share with the global audience. It’s not going to end with Palestine,” said DAWN's @sarahleah1.bsky.social, after Youtube removed the videos of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups.
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Youtube is "basically allowing the Trump administration to dictate what information they share with the global audience. It’s not going to end with Palestine,” said DAWN's @sarahleah1.bsky.social, after Youtube removed the videos of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups.
The West cannot ignore its responsibility to ensure Sahrawi self-determination, in line with international law, writes Mohamed Elbaikam.
He condemns new efforts to push Morocco's autonomy plan for the occupied territory and calls for Western Saharan sovereignty.
He condemns new efforts to push Morocco's autonomy plan for the occupied territory and calls for Western Saharan sovereignty.
Why the World Must Support the Western Saharan People’s Just and Lawful Struggle for Self-Determination
The EU and the United States, which proclaim a commitment to international law and human rights, bear a historic and moral responsibility to end this injustice.
dawnmena.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The West cannot ignore its responsibility to ensure Sahrawi self-determination, in line with international law, writes Mohamed Elbaikam.
He condemns new efforts to push Morocco's autonomy plan for the occupied territory and calls for Western Saharan sovereignty.
He condemns new efforts to push Morocco's autonomy plan for the occupied territory and calls for Western Saharan sovereignty.
Amer Mohammad Saada Rabee is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. Israel's government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Amer Mohammad Saada Rabee is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. Israel's government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
"Higher education has been transformed into a landscape of fear for Druze and other minority students," writes Osama Al-Shoumri on growing sectarianism at Syrian universities.
Academic Spaces under Siege: Documenting Crimes Against Humanity in Syrian Higher Education
International mechanisms must urgently respond. Policymakers and international bodies should recognize the targeting of Druze and other minority students as crimes against humanity and activate accoun...
dawnmena.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Higher education has been transformed into a landscape of fear for Druze and other minority students," writes Osama Al-Shoumri on growing sectarianism at Syrian universities.
"A nation, like a person, begins to perish when it forgets the language of remorse," writes @ysl.bsky.social in an open letter to Israel.
"In freeing Palestine, you would free yourselves from the captivity of fear and the tyranny of unhealed memory."
"In freeing Palestine, you would free yourselves from the captivity of fear and the tyranny of unhealed memory."
An Open Letter to Israel: An Appeal to Mercy, Memory and the Possibility of Peace
Mercy surrounds the living and the dead, the visible and the unseen, the faithful and those who have forgotten faith. It breathes through creation as the pulse that sustains being.
dawnmena.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"A nation, like a person, begins to perish when it forgets the language of remorse," writes @ysl.bsky.social in an open letter to Israel.
"In freeing Palestine, you would free yourselves from the captivity of fear and the tyranny of unhealed memory."
"In freeing Palestine, you would free yourselves from the captivity of fear and the tyranny of unhealed memory."
Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
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"As a student from Suwayda who shared classrooms and dormitories with peers now disappeared, I carry the weight of their absence," writes Osama Al-Shoumri on increasing sectarian incitement on Syrian university campuses.
Academic Spaces under Siege: Documenting Crimes Against Humanity in Syrian Higher Education
International mechanisms must urgently respond. Policymakers and international bodies should recognize the targeting of Druze and other minority students as crimes against humanity and activate accoun...
dawnmena.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"As a student from Suwayda who shared classrooms and dormitories with peers now disappeared, I carry the weight of their absence," writes Osama Al-Shoumri on increasing sectarian incitement on Syrian university campuses.
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Jacob Flickinger is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Jacob Flickinger is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
"As a student from Suwayda who shared classrooms and dormitories with peers now disappeared, I carry the weight of their absence," writes Osama Al-Shoumri on increasing sectarian incitement on Syrian university campuses.
Academic Spaces under Siege: Documenting Crimes Against Humanity in Syrian Higher Education
International mechanisms must urgently respond. Policymakers and international bodies should recognize the targeting of Druze and other minority students as crimes against humanity and activate accoun...
dawnmena.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"As a student from Suwayda who shared classrooms and dormitories with peers now disappeared, I carry the weight of their absence," writes Osama Al-Shoumri on increasing sectarian incitement on Syrian university campuses.
Jacob Flickinger is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Jacob Flickinger is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
"With the failure of the institutional systems, the only alternative is organized and knowledgeable civil society that has the tools for the kind of advocacy that's needed to pressure States, but also to create alternative systems. And accountability is going to be critical now."
— Susan Akram
— Susan Akram
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"With the failure of the institutional systems, the only alternative is organized and knowledgeable civil society that has the tools for the kind of advocacy that's needed to pressure States, but also to create alternative systems. And accountability is going to be critical now."
— Susan Akram
— Susan Akram
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"Although the United States itself declared the RSF's actions in Sudan a genocide in January 2025, it has utterly failed to stop its allies, the UAE in particular, from sending the weapons fueling these atrocities," Charles Blaha
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DAWN’s Statement in Response to Mass Killings in Sudan
(Washington, D.C., October 28, 2025) — In response to reports of mass killings by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in el-Fasher, Sudan, DAWN issues the following statement:
dawnmena.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Although the United States itself declared the RSF's actions in Sudan a genocide in January 2025, it has utterly failed to stop its allies, the UAE in particular, from sending the weapons fueling these atrocities," Charles Blaha
@dawnmenaorg.bsky.social dawnmena.org/dawns-statem...
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