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Faisal Al Yafai
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“What does it mean to have a home in a city, a country, in a body?" Hala Alyan joins me for an expansive conversation about I'll Tell You When I'm Home, ranging from motherhood to exile to Palestine. Full ep: newlinesmag.com/podcast/hala...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A fascinating conversation with one of the most important scholars of Palestine. Listen to the full episode @newlinesmag.bsky.social 👇
1. 🧵Eminent historian Rashid Khalidi joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on the @newlinesmag.bsky.social podcast to discuss the two years since Oct. 7, and a century of war on Palestine.

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October 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Last year we won at the Signal Awards for our Gaza coverage. This year, we've been nominated for best Talk Show, for our episode “The War We Don't See" with @arwadamon.bsky.social Want to vote for us for the Listener’s Choice Award? vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... @newlinesmag.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A glimpse of our @newlinesmag.bsky.social event last night at the Frontline Club in London. A packed crowd listened to @yarotrof.bsky.social @christinalamb.bsky.social talk conflict, war, Ukraine and Russia and answer audience questions for 50mins! 👏 DM me to join mailing list for the next one.
September 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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1 🧵Week in Review: From Putin’s musings on immortality to Ukraine’s fight for defense independence, this week’s stories also covered trans sterilization in Europe, Lebanon’s Sufi traditions and Gaza’s firewood crisis:

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Week in Review | Russia’s Cosmic Saints, Trans Sterilization, The Last Sufi Stronghold in Lebanon
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September 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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4🧵 In this episode of a new season of The Lede, @faisalalyafai.bsky.social considers how the gathering of non-Western leaders reflects a world shifting away from U.S. dominance.

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China’s Rise, American Reckoning
In a new audio essay, New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai considers how the recent meeting of non-Western leaders in China could mark a shift away from decades of American global dominance.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A new season comes to London! We'll be at the Frontline Club with @yarotrof.bsky.social @christinalamb.bsky.social talking Ukraine, Russia and Trofimov's novel No Country for Love. Join us: eventbrite.com/e/private-li... @newlinesmag.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Read this. I guarantee you there's at least one nugget that will make you sit up and say, "They did...what?"
August 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"These are the last days of centrism." It's one of the questions I am most intrigued by as we watch the horror in #Gaza: can our view of the world survive this? Here I ask Omar El Akkad what comes next. Listen @newlinesmag.bsky.social👇
1. 🧵Listen Again: Has the war in Gaza exposed a weakness at the heart of the liberal world order? Omar El Akkad joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social for a frank and honest discussion about his own relationship to the conflict and its global impact.

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August 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
For #AugustReplays I'm bringing back this fascinating conversation with Prof Gerges - we talk Gaza, Syria, the tangled history of authoritarianism. And of course Nasser and Mosaddegh. Listen @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-... @fawazgerges.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We start #AugustReplays with one of the biggest political stories of 2025, the apparent cover up of Joe Biden's declining health.

Alex Thompson, co-author of “Original Sin” joins me on The Lede.

Full episode @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
August 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
August 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Voting for The Webby Awards ends this week, and @newlinesmag.bsky.social The Lede is currently in the lead. (But CNN are right behind us, coughs.) Take a moment to do the honours, if you can: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
April 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Having these raw conversations is genuinely a privilege. Listen here as I ask @arwadamon.bsky.social if there's a part of her that feels guilty if she feels fine in the face of what she witnessed in Gaza. Full episode @newlinesmag.bsky.social smag: newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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1. 🧵 @arwadamon.bsky.social tells @faisalalyafai.bsky.social why she was recently denied entry into Gaza, why wars vanish from the public eye, and the personal cost of her years witnessing conflict.

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April 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
An important and timely conversation with Arwa Damon on today's @newlinesmag.bsky.social The Lede. It's the third conversation I've had with Damon over Gaza, and perhaps the most personal. Listen here and watch out for the video version, coming soon newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
April 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Our podcast episode ft.
@arwadamon.bsky.social in conversation with @faisalalyafai.bsky.social about her recent time on the ground in Gaza is up for a well-deserved
Webby Award in the "Best Interview" category! Please spend a few seconds voting for it:
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April 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New interview loading @newlinesmag.bsky.social.... I'm really excited to share this week's conversation. Stay tuned later this week for the guest.
April 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Join us this Weds at the Frontline Club to discuss a real life murder mystery - the disappearance of @thetimes.com' David Holden in Cairo in 1977. I'll be in conversation with Manu Midolo, Peter Gillman, @scribblercat.bsky.social and Mark Lowen. Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
April 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We're back at the Frontline Club this Friday, for a fascinating discussion on how AI, algorithms and disinformation are reshaping truth, power and politics. With the brilliant @oliviasolon.bsky.social @vickiturk.bsky.social | @newlinesmag.bsky.social Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/feeds-fake...
April 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Once in a while, you get to see something like this happen. Syria can breathe." Back from Damascus @janinedigi.bsky.social joined @kshaheen.bsky.social and I on @newlinesmag.bsky.social The Lede to talk about justice, from Ukraine to the Middle East. Listen in: newlinesmag.com/podcast/afte...
March 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This was such an interesting conversation with @erikmbaker.bsky.social. Entrepreneuralism is baked into the fabric of modern America, but Baker explores with me how its history is surprisingly recent. Listen @newlinesmag.bsky.social👇
1. 🧵How did the modern U.S. become so obsessed with entrepreneurialism? On today’s podcast, @faisalalyafai.bsky.social sits down with @erikmbaker.bsky.social to discuss his new book, “Make Your Own Job," America, work, and power.

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February 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Join us on Friday evening at the Frontline Club with @michelawrong.bsky.social and @faisalalyafai.bsky.social hosted by @newlinesmag.bsky.social where I will be talking about Russia, Ukraine and my book Punishing Putin, which will be on sale. Lots to discuss. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
February 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Tonight in London! Come see us at The Frontline Club, in conversation with Stephanie Baker and Michela Wrong, as we start off @newlinesmag.bsky.social series of events. We'll be talking Russia, Ukraine, Congo, Rwanda, Syria and much more. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...
February 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I love how many flag references there are in this Joanna Andreasson illo. I count six (and maybe, if you squint, the shortlived 1960s flag with three stars, one representing Iraq) | Full story by Rasha Elass on Syria's constitution @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/essays/a-cen...
January 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM