Erin Clare Brown
@erinclarebrown.bsky.social
Reporter. Powder skier. Quilt maker. North Africa Editor at New Lines Magazine. Creator of Revolution One podcast. ex: NYT, WSJ. IWMF grantee. Generally tired. Pitch me: ebrown@newlinesmag.com
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NEW: Seven months after Assad’s fall, an analysis of the violence in Sweida shows how international interference and internal paralysis are pushing the country back toward chaos, writes @hhassan.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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How Foreign Agendas Hijacked a Local Crisis in Syria
Seven months after Assad’s fall, an analysis of the violence in Sweida shows how international interference and internal paralysis are pushing the country back toward chaos
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July 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NEW: Seven months after Assad’s fall, an analysis of the violence in Sweida shows how international interference and internal paralysis are pushing the country back toward chaos, writes @hhassan.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/argument/how...
newlinesmag.com/argument/how...
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My latest, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah, who has been incarcerated in France for 40 years, was released today. His freedom and the question of what his incarceration meant have deeply divided the nation. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/fo...
The Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah, who has been incarcerated in France for 40 years, was released today. His freedom and the question of what his incarceration meant have deeply divided the nation. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/fo...
Four Decades After His Imprisonment, France Can’t Stop Fighting Over Georges Abdallah
The Lebanese militant’s release is dividing the country — and not for the first time
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July 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
My latest, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah, who has been incarcerated in France for 40 years, was released today. His freedom and the question of what his incarceration meant have deeply divided the nation. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/fo...
The Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah, who has been incarcerated in France for 40 years, was released today. His freedom and the question of what his incarceration meant have deeply divided the nation. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/fo...
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Hard to find a unique angle on a saturated topic like Epstein but @benlorber8.bsky.social has done just that — he examines the antisemitic underbelly of the MAGA obsession with the billionaire pedophile and warns against progressive amplification of these narratives.
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Progressives Have No Business Celebrating MAGA’s Epstein Revolt
Antisemitic conspiracy theories are central to the far right’s obsession with the sex-trafficking billionaire and his links to the global elite
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July 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hard to find a unique angle on a saturated topic like Epstein but @benlorber8.bsky.social has done just that — he examines the antisemitic underbelly of the MAGA obsession with the billionaire pedophile and warns against progressive amplification of these narratives.
newlinesmag.com/argument/pro...
newlinesmag.com/argument/pro...
Geography nerds, this one is for you... can you point to Annobon on the map? The tiny islet is trying to win its independence from the country is says is its third colonial overlord in as many centuries. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/an...
Annobon Was Free a Century Before Haiti. Can It Find Independence Again?
The tiny islet in the Atlantic governed itself for almost 200 years and is now trying to separate itself from Equatorial Guinea’s dictatorship
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June 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Geography nerds, this one is for you... can you point to Annobon on the map? The tiny islet is trying to win its independence from the country is says is its third colonial overlord in as many centuries. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/an...
This is such a good one: It's got dueling paleontologists blowing up fossils, Congolese fishermen's close encounters with the supernatural, and Young Earth Creationists bushwhacking through the heart of the rainforest looking for a dinosaur to disprove Darwin.
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The Congo’s Dinosaur of Discord
Once a subject of Victorian fascination, the mokele-mbembe myth is now fodder for creationists on a quest to disprove Darwinism
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April 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This is such a good one: It's got dueling paleontologists blowing up fossils, Congolese fishermen's close encounters with the supernatural, and Young Earth Creationists bushwhacking through the heart of the rainforest looking for a dinosaur to disprove Darwin.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
Meeting JD Vance was enough to kill Pope Francis
April 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Meeting JD Vance was enough to kill Pope Francis
As a decades-old treaty begins to unravel and world powers eye new opportunities in Antarctica, a group of environmental lawyers is trying to save the southern continent with a curious new strategy...
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Should Antarctica’s Ice Have Legal Rights?
As a decades-old treaty begins to unravel and world powers eye new opportunities, a group of environmental lawyers is trying to save the southern continent
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April 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As a decades-old treaty begins to unravel and world powers eye new opportunities in Antarctica, a group of environmental lawyers is trying to save the southern continent with a curious new strategy...
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newlinesmag.com/reportage/sh...
Get dressed up or be left out! I loved this story on Aso-Ebi — truly gets to the heart of a tradition that has infiltrated all sorts of corners of the social fabric in Nigeria.
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‘Kin Cloth’ Brings People Together — and Sets Them Apart
‘Aso ebi,’ a tradition that started as a symbol of kinship, has evolved into a statement of social standing, a tool for shifting wealth and a canvas for all kinds of domestic drama
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March 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Get dressed up or be left out! I loved this story on Aso-Ebi — truly gets to the heart of a tradition that has infiltrated all sorts of corners of the social fabric in Nigeria.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ki...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ki...
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I sat on the floor with my mom as we flipped through the pile of old black-and-white photos.
What we found spread over more than six pages was a visual account of my grandfather’s days as a soldier in Libya.
What we found spread over more than six pages was a visual account of my grandfather’s days as a soldier in Libya.
My Grandpa, the Fascist?
An old family album sent me on a journey through Italy’s dark past in Libya
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March 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I sat on the floor with my mom as we flipped through the pile of old black-and-white photos.
What we found spread over more than six pages was a visual account of my grandfather’s days as a soldier in Libya.
What we found spread over more than six pages was a visual account of my grandfather’s days as a soldier in Libya.
📢📢📢PITCH CALL. I’m looking for pitches for two verticals at New Lines Magazine to run in April, May and June. Deadline for pitches is March 31. Read on for details.
March 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
📢📢📢PITCH CALL. I’m looking for pitches for two verticals at New Lines Magazine to run in April, May and June. Deadline for pitches is March 31. Read on for details.
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The final nail in the coffin for anyone who ever believed that Big Oil was going to solve the climate crisis. It was always a lie. It was always greenwashing nonsense. It was never going to. And it never will. It was always profit over people and planet. To the death.
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BP to slash renewables investment and ramp up gas and oil production.
The energy giant will announce its strategy later after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The final nail in the coffin for anyone who ever believed that Big Oil was going to solve the climate crisis. It was always a lie. It was always greenwashing nonsense. It was never going to. And it never will. It was always profit over people and planet. To the death.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A sizzling, truly marvelous piece of cultural history by @simongandrew.bsky.social about the making and mourning of the Egyptian musical legend Ahmad Adawiya
You'll love this essay even if you've never heard Adawiya's music — which you will want to do after (no, *while*) reading it!
You'll love this essay even if you've never heard Adawiya's music — which you will want to do after (no, *while*) reading it!
NEW: Although a musical icon when he died, Ahmad Adawiya had a rocky road to stardom. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-m...
The Making and Mourning of Ahmad Adawiya, a Musical Legend
The singer was banned from the airwaves, but the humble cassette allowed him to circumvent the rules and sell directly to his audience
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February 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A sizzling, truly marvelous piece of cultural history by @simongandrew.bsky.social about the making and mourning of the Egyptian musical legend Ahmad Adawiya
You'll love this essay even if you've never heard Adawiya's music — which you will want to do after (no, *while*) reading it!
You'll love this essay even if you've never heard Adawiya's music — which you will want to do after (no, *while*) reading it!
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This Friday in London! Please come to the Frontline Club for a discussion of what 2025 is shaping up to be around the globe - from Russia to the Congo to Syria, many countries are facing major change. Reserve your free place here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
The World Beyond Washington: Africa, Europe and the Middle East in 2025
A panel of journalists at the Frontline Club discuss the major global stories of 2025 that have been overshadowed by U.S headlines
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February 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This Friday in London! Please come to the Frontline Club for a discussion of what 2025 is shaping up to be around the globe - from Russia to the Congo to Syria, many countries are facing major change. Reserve your free place here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
The Aga Khan died yesterday. A great time to revisit this @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece about the Pamiris, a community of Ismaili muslims, who fled Tajikistan and found an unlikely home in Poland, bolstered by the broader Tajik opposition movement: newlinesmag.com/reportage/po...
Poland’s Allure for Tajikistan’s Exiles
Despite recent right-wing populist rule, Warsaw has become a base for the Central Asian country’s refugees and political opposition
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February 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Aga Khan died yesterday. A great time to revisit this @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece about the Pamiris, a community of Ismaili muslims, who fled Tajikistan and found an unlikely home in Poland, bolstered by the broader Tajik opposition movement: newlinesmag.com/reportage/po...
If you've spent any time on TikTok (or Instagram reels) you've heard "Water" the breakout sensation by South African artist Tyla. More and more African artists are making it big on social media — can they break into the mainstream?
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From Lagos to Los Angeles, the Global Rise of African Music
The Grammys are set to showcase some of the continent’s biggest artists, but as audiences grow, questions remain about who is profiting
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January 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you've spent any time on TikTok (or Instagram reels) you've heard "Water" the breakout sensation by South African artist Tyla. More and more African artists are making it big on social media — can they break into the mainstream?
newlinesmag.com/reportage/fr...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/fr...
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The world is worried about the jihadism of Syria’s new leaders, but the world may be missing the point, argues Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social in this powerful intervention in the Islamism/secularism debate in post-Assad Syria, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
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Syria Needs a Strong Society, Not a Strongman
The Islamism vs. secularism debate misses the point — the real struggle for the post-Assad state is democracy vs. authoritarianism
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January 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The world is worried about the jihadism of Syria’s new leaders, but the world may be missing the point, argues Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social in this powerful intervention in the Islamism/secularism debate in post-Assad Syria, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.
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A great conversation on thr meaning of home. Queue it up for the weekend! newlinesmag.com/podcast/hous...
House and Home in Syria and in Exile — with Ammar Azzouz, Wendy Pearlman and Lydia Wilson
Ammar Azzouz, author of “Domicide: Architecture, War and the Destruction of Home in Syria” and Wendy Pearlman, author of “The Home I Worked To Make: Voices From the New Syrian Diaspora” join New Lines...
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January 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A great conversation on thr meaning of home. Queue it up for the weekend! newlinesmag.com/podcast/hous...
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1. 🧵 The British Museum is a popular, beloved institution. Is there a way to square the circle — returning controversially acquired objects, yet also saving the collection for the millions of visitors it receives each year?
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January 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
1. 🧵 The British Museum is a popular, beloved institution. Is there a way to square the circle — returning controversially acquired objects, yet also saving the collection for the millions of visitors it receives each year?
youtu.be/xYdipAjMD0s
youtu.be/xYdipAjMD0s
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As a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Gaza takes hold, my friend @mohamhawish.bsky.social reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on survival amid unimaginable loss and the uncertainty around returning home. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/re...
Reflections on the Ceasefire in Gaza
A Palestinian father and journalist writes from exile on what the pause in fighting means, and the damage it cannot undo
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January 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
As a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Gaza takes hold, my friend @mohamhawish.bsky.social reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on survival amid unimaginable loss and the uncertainty around returning home. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/re...
I feel like recently mining has become much more on our minds, as we learn about the implication of crucial metals and minerals in the supply chains of things we use everyday, from cars to cell phones. I've been loving editing these stories, including this one:
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The Filipino Gold Miners Fighting To Use Explosives
Legislators face a choice between regulating and accepting the methods that keep small workings viable or pushing communities and their livelihoods into illegality
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January 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I feel like recently mining has become much more on our minds, as we learn about the implication of crucial metals and minerals in the supply chains of things we use everyday, from cars to cell phones. I've been loving editing these stories, including this one:
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...
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“When Gosha arrived at the hotel, he looked exhausted but happy.”
After we published an investigation into Russia’s illegal deportation of a teenage disabled boy — he was found.
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After we published an investigation into Russia’s illegal deportation of a teenage disabled boy — he was found.
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Two and a Half Years Later, a Disabled Ukrainian Boy Returns Home
After New Lines and The Reckoning Project published an investigation into Russia’s illegal deportation of the teenager, he was reunited with his family
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January 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“When Gosha arrived at the hotel, he looked exhausted but happy.”
After we published an investigation into Russia’s illegal deportation of a teenage disabled boy — he was found.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/tw...
After we published an investigation into Russia’s illegal deportation of a teenage disabled boy — he was found.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/tw...
There is no better place on the internet to read deep, humane coverage of Syria than @newlinesmag.bsky.social. Just this week we published 6 different Syrian authors. Here's a thread of some of our best writing on Syria, starting here: newlinesmag.com/argument/lib...
Liberation in Syria Is a Victory Worth Embracing
The country is now free, yet some remain trapped in the past
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December 13, 2024 at 4:23 PM
There is no better place on the internet to read deep, humane coverage of Syria than @newlinesmag.bsky.social. Just this week we published 6 different Syrian authors. Here's a thread of some of our best writing on Syria, starting here: newlinesmag.com/argument/lib...
Trying to make sense of Aleppo's stunning fall? New Lines' Editor in Chief, @hhassan.bsky.social , who knows Syria's rebel factions better than anyone, breaks it down in this essential piece. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Backstory Behind the Fall of Aleppo
New Lines reports exclusively on the details leading up to Aleppo's fall
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December 2, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Trying to make sense of Aleppo's stunning fall? New Lines' Editor in Chief, @hhassan.bsky.social , who knows Syria's rebel factions better than anyone, breaks it down in this essential piece. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
Hello, world.
November 19, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Hello, world.