Ahmed Gatnash
@gatnash.com
Executive Director at @kawaakibi.org Anti-authoritarianism, new paradigms and institution-building.
Author of' The Middle East Crisis Factory': menacrisisfactory.com
Author of' The Middle East Crisis Factory': menacrisisfactory.com
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Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.
Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says
Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Palestine’s most popular leader, Marwan Barghouti, was beaten unconscious and has his ribs broken by Israeli prison guards and his family fears for his life, his son has said, citing evidence given by former Palestinian detainees released this week as part of the ceasefire deal.
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Meta ends (at least for now) political ads in the EU today. Per their ad library data, they've run nearly 11,000,000 different political, social and issue ads in the EU since 2018 and made around €800m from them.
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Meta ends (at least for now) political ads in the EU today. Per their ad library data, they've run nearly 11,000,000 different political, social and issue ads in the EU since 2018 and made around €800m from them.
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This is an EU proposed policy with the benign-sounding name "Child Sexual Abuse Regulation" which proposes to screen private online communications using sketchy image-scanning algorithms. It is technically unworkable, and would be a privacy catastrophe, especially for those in authoritarian states
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This is an EU proposed policy with the benign-sounding name "Child Sexual Abuse Regulation" which proposes to screen private online communications using sketchy image-scanning algorithms. It is technically unworkable, and would be a privacy catastrophe, especially for those in authoritarian states
Part of your information landscape is very likely fake and designed to influence you. Read @marcowenjones.bsky.social 's investigations to begin grasping the extent. marcowenjones.substack.com/p/nobody-tal...
October 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Part of your information landscape is very likely fake and designed to influence you. Read @marcowenjones.bsky.social 's investigations to begin grasping the extent. marcowenjones.substack.com/p/nobody-tal...
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Fascinating insights on Israel’s influence operations in the US, costing millions. Particularly striking is how the contracts openly talk about the usage of bots to “flood the zone”
Summary of some of the government of Israel's $8 million spend in the US in the past few months to serve propaganda to gen Z, manipulate AI, co-copt influencers, and flood the zone with bots open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
October 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Fascinating insights on Israel’s influence operations in the US, costing millions. Particularly striking is how the contracts openly talk about the usage of bots to “flood the zone”
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Following the recent violence #Libya lays in a dangerous place for a nation to be in
A ruling elite, acting like everything is normal
And a public desperate to live a normal, dignified, honest life and wondering why they must accept this as normal.
A ruling elite, acting like everything is normal
And a public desperate to live a normal, dignified, honest life and wondering why they must accept this as normal.
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Following the recent violence #Libya lays in a dangerous place for a nation to be in
A ruling elite, acting like everything is normal
And a public desperate to live a normal, dignified, honest life and wondering why they must accept this as normal.
A ruling elite, acting like everything is normal
And a public desperate to live a normal, dignified, honest life and wondering why they must accept this as normal.
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Labour’s immigration “strategy” is bad on three levels:
1. It’s unlikely to work politically. Pandering to the far right on immigration rarely ends well, even if you deliver.
2. Tied to that - don’t raise the salience of issues you’re weak on!
3. What should be the most important: it’s bad policy.
1. It’s unlikely to work politically. Pandering to the far right on immigration rarely ends well, even if you deliver.
2. Tied to that - don’t raise the salience of issues you’re weak on!
3. What should be the most important: it’s bad policy.
May 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Labour’s immigration “strategy” is bad on three levels:
1. It’s unlikely to work politically. Pandering to the far right on immigration rarely ends well, even if you deliver.
2. Tied to that - don’t raise the salience of issues you’re weak on!
3. What should be the most important: it’s bad policy.
1. It’s unlikely to work politically. Pandering to the far right on immigration rarely ends well, even if you deliver.
2. Tied to that - don’t raise the salience of issues you’re weak on!
3. What should be the most important: it’s bad policy.
Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of Turkish governmental authorities techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...
Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps ... yet | TechCrunch
Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there's currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured.Earlier this
techcrunch.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of Turkish governmental authorities techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...
I don't think it's possible to be truly happy unless you believe your existence is positive sum and brings good to others.
March 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I don't think it's possible to be truly happy unless you believe your existence is positive sum and brings good to others.
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As Trump settles into the White House for the second time, is right-wing populism destined to keep growing?
@iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social and @gatnash.com explore the structural reasons for its continued rise:
kawaakibi.org/seven-forces...
@iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social and @gatnash.com explore the structural reasons for its continued rise:
kawaakibi.org/seven-forces...
Seven forces driving the global rise of right-wing populism
As Trump begins his second term as President, the global rise of right-wing populism has never been more dangerous. Global shifts towards right-wing populism are symptoms of deeper, interconnected for...
kawaakibi.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
As Trump settles into the White House for the second time, is right-wing populism destined to keep growing?
@iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social and @gatnash.com explore the structural reasons for its continued rise:
kawaakibi.org/seven-forces...
@iyadelbaghdadi.bsky.social and @gatnash.com explore the structural reasons for its continued rise:
kawaakibi.org/seven-forces...
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FELLOWSHIPS for Scholars at Risk
Applications until 20.01.2025 at 23:59 (CET). #SAFE offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral & postdoctoral researchers of non-EU nationality.
Read the call carefully, contact potential supervisor in your academic field.
saferesearchers.eu
Applications until 20.01.2025 at 23:59 (CET). #SAFE offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral & postdoctoral researchers of non-EU nationality.
Read the call carefully, contact potential supervisor in your academic field.
saferesearchers.eu
SAFE - Supporting
At-risk researchers
with Fellowships in Europe
As a pilot fellowship scheme, the SAFE project offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of any non-EU nationality to work at a research institutio...
saferesearchers.eu
December 1, 2024 at 9:18 PM
FELLOWSHIPS for Scholars at Risk
Applications until 20.01.2025 at 23:59 (CET). #SAFE offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral & postdoctoral researchers of non-EU nationality.
Read the call carefully, contact potential supervisor in your academic field.
saferesearchers.eu
Applications until 20.01.2025 at 23:59 (CET). #SAFE offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral & postdoctoral researchers of non-EU nationality.
Read the call carefully, contact potential supervisor in your academic field.
saferesearchers.eu
Really struggling to find good quality Arabic books for my toddler.
Her bookshelf is clearly two-standard: the English ones are well-illustrated, engaging and fun, the Arabic ones have 80s standard amateur illustration and transparently-moralistic stories.
Her bookshelf is clearly two-standard: the English ones are well-illustrated, engaging and fun, the Arabic ones have 80s standard amateur illustration and transparently-moralistic stories.
January 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Really struggling to find good quality Arabic books for my toddler.
Her bookshelf is clearly two-standard: the English ones are well-illustrated, engaging and fun, the Arabic ones have 80s standard amateur illustration and transparently-moralistic stories.
Her bookshelf is clearly two-standard: the English ones are well-illustrated, engaging and fun, the Arabic ones have 80s standard amateur illustration and transparently-moralistic stories.
About 3-4 years ago, I predicted that authoritarian governments would start using deepfakes to discredit and attack activists. I have no idea why this hasn't transpired yet, but I'm very grateful it hasn't.
January 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
About 3-4 years ago, I predicted that authoritarian governments would start using deepfakes to discredit and attack activists. I have no idea why this hasn't transpired yet, but I'm very grateful it hasn't.
People who care about decentralisation should have a bias towards using services from a company which isn't the single globally dominant provider of that service.
December 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
People who care about decentralisation should have a bias towards using services from a company which isn't the single globally dominant provider of that service.
Told my two-year-old that I love her hair. She looked at me for a second, processing, and replied "I love your ears!"
December 22, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Told my two-year-old that I love her hair. She looked at me for a second, processing, and replied "I love your ears!"
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Kawaakibi congratulates the Syrian people on their historic liberation from the Assad regime!
We stand ready to support the rebuilding process of Syria with the Syrian people and remain steadfast partners in this endeavour every step of the way.
kawaakibi.org/kawaakibi-fo...
We stand ready to support the rebuilding process of Syria with the Syrian people and remain steadfast partners in this endeavour every step of the way.
kawaakibi.org/kawaakibi-fo...
Kawaakibi Foundation congratulates the people of Syria on their liberation from the Assad regime
Kawaakibi Foundation congratulates the people of Syria on their liberation from the Assad regime after 14 years of resistance. This historic moment marks the dawn of a new chapter in their courageous ...
kawaakibi.org
December 21, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Kawaakibi congratulates the Syrian people on their historic liberation from the Assad regime!
We stand ready to support the rebuilding process of Syria with the Syrian people and remain steadfast partners in this endeavour every step of the way.
kawaakibi.org/kawaakibi-fo...
We stand ready to support the rebuilding process of Syria with the Syrian people and remain steadfast partners in this endeavour every step of the way.
kawaakibi.org/kawaakibi-fo...
I wrote something about my experience attending #Devcon and Funding the Commons last week.
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Reflections from DevCon | Ahmed Gatnash
Reflections from attending Ethereum DevCon 7 in Bangkok.
gatnash.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:41 PM
I wrote something about my experience attending #Devcon and Funding the Commons last week.
gatnash.com/posts/reflec...
gatnash.com/posts/reflec...
Public mass protest is a tactic. Like all tactics, it can be effective when part of a wider strategy, and you understand why you're doing it and what the objective is.
It's not effective when the tactic *becomes* the strategy, with no wider theory of how this creates change.
It's not effective when the tactic *becomes* the strategy, with no wider theory of how this creates change.
December 30, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Public mass protest is a tactic. Like all tactics, it can be effective when part of a wider strategy, and you understand why you're doing it and what the objective is.
It's not effective when the tactic *becomes* the strategy, with no wider theory of how this creates change.
It's not effective when the tactic *becomes* the strategy, with no wider theory of how this creates change.
Once we've all recovered enough to be able to think straight again, there will be a reckoning for the Western donors who decided that mid-genocide was the time to cut off funding to human rights groups. aje.io/haqhqv
Western donors cut off funding to Arab groups amid Israel’s war
Western silence on Israel’s assault on Gaza and violence in West Bank also risks rift with Arab groups, activists say
aje.io
November 28, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Once we've all recovered enough to be able to think straight again, there will be a reckoning for the Western donors who decided that mid-genocide was the time to cut off funding to human rights groups. aje.io/haqhqv
The genocide in Gaza has made so many take their masks off and out themselves. So many who previously disguised themselves as pro -human rights. One of many things that will never be the same again.
lettertohrf.com
lettertohrf.com
Open Letter to Human Rights Foundation
We, the undersigned, are dedicated human rights advocates who have been at the heart of the Human Rights Foundation‘s (HRF) community as speakers, partners, and their allies. We write to express ou...
lettertohrf.com
November 28, 2023 at 4:35 PM
The genocide in Gaza has made so many take their masks off and out themselves. So many who previously disguised themselves as pro -human rights. One of many things that will never be the same again.
lettertohrf.com
lettertohrf.com
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Antisemites, islamophobes, tankies, and general grifters are spreading their bs like wildfire right now.
October 22, 2023 at 10:06 PM
Antisemites, islamophobes, tankies, and general grifters are spreading their bs like wildfire right now.
Worried about what our world looks like after there is no longer even a pretence of or aspiration to moral universalism, and the idea of intentional law looks like nothing but a discredited colonial charade.
October 16, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Worried about what our world looks like after there is no longer even a pretence of or aspiration to moral universalism, and the idea of intentional law looks like nothing but a discredited colonial charade.
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Shorter Duss: if you declare anti-civilian atrocities acceptable if your ally does them, or in the name of anti-imperialism, you're supporting a world where might makes right. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘We’ve Been Shaken Out of This Fantasy’: How the Left Sees the War in Israel
A former top aide for Bernie Sanders on how Israel's critics on the political left see the Hamas attack and what this means for deal-making in the region.
www.politico.com
October 10, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Shorter Duss: if you declare anti-civilian atrocities acceptable if your ally does them, or in the name of anti-imperialism, you're supporting a world where might makes right. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
This was a really outstanding listen. Beyond Twitter, plenty to learn from it about the way all our online public spaces are set up for failure.
Really recommend this podcast on what Twitters collapse says about our intellectual spaces
With @ayoub.bsky.social @justinsalhani.bsky.social & @okwonga.bsky.social
thefirethesetimes.com/2023/08/24/w...
With @ayoub.bsky.social @justinsalhani.bsky.social & @okwonga.bsky.social
thefirethesetimes.com/2023/08/24/w...
We Need to Talk About Twitter w/ Musa Okwonga and Justin Salhani
After some 12 years on the site, I’ve finally deleted my Twitter account. Its takeover by a profoundly narcissistic, mediocre and insecure bigot gave me that extra excuse I’d been looki…
thefirethesetimes.com
September 6, 2023 at 12:40 PM
This was a really outstanding listen. Beyond Twitter, plenty to learn from it about the way all our online public spaces are set up for failure.
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Social media companies have figured out that regulators won’t MAKE them moderate disinformation (or anything else!), and that they won’t be meaningfully punished for failing to do so.
This won’t change until we start punishing big tech.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
This won’t change until we start punishing big tech.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
August 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Social media companies have figured out that regulators won’t MAKE them moderate disinformation (or anything else!), and that they won’t be meaningfully punished for failing to do so.
This won’t change until we start punishing big tech.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
This won’t change until we start punishing big tech.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...