Faisal Al Yafai
@faisalalyafai.bsky.social
“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...
@newlinesmag.bsky.social @saqibooks.bsky.social
@newlinesmag.bsky.social @saqibooks.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“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...
@newlinesmag.bsky.social @saqibooks.bsky.social
@newlinesmag.bsky.social @saqibooks.bsky.social
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
A fascinating conversation with one of the most important scholars of Palestine. Listen to the full episode @newlinesmag.bsky.social 👇
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
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
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
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.
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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
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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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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newlinesmag.com/podcast/chin...
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
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.
newlinesmag.com/podcast/chin...
newlinesmag.com/podcast/chin...
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
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
Read this. I guarantee you there's at least one nugget that will make you sit up and say, "They did...what?"
Why did the French army send hundreds of North African women to work in illegal brothels in France?
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Thanks to @newlinesmag.bsky.social, @erinclarebrown.bsky.social and @faisalalyafai.bsky.social for publishing this research.
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Thanks to @newlinesmag.bsky.social, @erinclarebrown.bsky.social and @faisalalyafai.bsky.social for publishing this research.
After France Outlawed Brothels, Its Army Kept North African Women Selling Sex in Secret
At the end of World War II, hundreds were trafficked to shabby, illegal camps to service soldiers waiting to be demobilized
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August 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Read this. I guarantee you there's at least one nugget that will make you sit up and say, "They did...what?"
"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
"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👇
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
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
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-...
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
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-...
Alex Thompson, co-author of “Original Sin” joins me on The Lede.
Full episode @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
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
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...
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
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-...
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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.
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
April 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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.
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...
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
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-...
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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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@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:
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
April 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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:
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
@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:
vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
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
New interview loading @newlinesmag.bsky.social.... I'm really excited to share this week's conversation. Stay tuned later this week for the guest.
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
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...
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
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...
"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
"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...
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
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👇
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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
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-...
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
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-...
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
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...