Mariam Kirollos
@markir.bsky.social
Researcher. Writer. Feminist. MENA+
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🧵New report shows how migrant workers behind the #RiyadhMetro system have been subjected to a decade of devastating abuse
This is one of several flagship projects in #SaudiArabia, which also incl the 2034 World Cup, and illustrates the risk of abuse in the construction sector
This is one of several flagship projects in #SaudiArabia, which also incl the 2034 World Cup, and illustrates the risk of abuse in the construction sector
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🧵New report shows how migrant workers behind the #RiyadhMetro system have been subjected to a decade of devastating abuse
This is one of several flagship projects in #SaudiArabia, which also incl the 2034 World Cup, and illustrates the risk of abuse in the construction sector
This is one of several flagship projects in #SaudiArabia, which also incl the 2034 World Cup, and illustrates the risk of abuse in the construction sector
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🧵Manahel al-Otaibi, a fitness influencer and women’s rights activist from #SaudiArabia, has now been in prison for three years, merely for tweeting in support of women’s rights as well as posting photos of herself at the mall without an abaya.
November 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🧵Manahel al-Otaibi, a fitness influencer and women’s rights activist from #SaudiArabia, has now been in prison for three years, merely for tweeting in support of women’s rights as well as posting photos of herself at the mall without an abaya.
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No more bargaining chips. @amnesty reiterates its call for an immediate ceasefire and unconditional release of all civilian hostages.
Every moment of inaction costs more lives and deepens the horrors civilians are facing.
Every moment of inaction costs more lives and deepens the horrors civilians are facing.
Israel/OPT: No more bargaining chips: Immediate ceasefire and release of hostages urgently needed
Palestinian armed groups must immediately and unconditionally release all civilians held hostage in the occupied Gaza Strip, reiterated Amnesty International nearly two years after they were seized during the Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. The organization is also reiterating its calls for an immediate ceasefire and for Israel to end its […]
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September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
No more bargaining chips. @amnesty reiterates its call for an immediate ceasefire and unconditional release of all civilian hostages.
Every moment of inaction costs more lives and deepens the horrors civilians are facing.
Every moment of inaction costs more lives and deepens the horrors civilians are facing.
I realize that I’m writing this from the comfort of a safe home, under a missile-free sky, with a fully stocked fridge and smooth access to medical care. A deal which lacks any accountability mechanisms is a license for war crimes and genocide.
September 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I realize that I’m writing this from the comfort of a safe home, under a missile-free sky, with a fully stocked fridge and smooth access to medical care. A deal which lacks any accountability mechanisms is a license for war crimes and genocide.
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I’m not so sure this time. The Gulf countries are genuinely stunned, particularly as they see Israel as operating without any constraints. That is unnerving and creates real concern about their security relationship with the U.S.
This will pass quickly. The Qataris will move on. The Israelis will walk away unscathed. The U.S. will forget about it.
September 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m not so sure this time. The Gulf countries are genuinely stunned, particularly as they see Israel as operating without any constraints. That is unnerving and creates real concern about their security relationship with the U.S.
A brief timeline:
7 Sept: Trump presents a new ceasefire proposal, warning Hamas this is their “last chance.”
8 Sept: Gideon Saar announces Israel has accepted the proposal.
9 Sept: IDF carries out an airstrike in Doha, killing senior Hamas negotiators while they were reviewing the proposal.
7 Sept: Trump presents a new ceasefire proposal, warning Hamas this is their “last chance.”
8 Sept: Gideon Saar announces Israel has accepted the proposal.
9 Sept: IDF carries out an airstrike in Doha, killing senior Hamas negotiators while they were reviewing the proposal.
September 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A brief timeline:
7 Sept: Trump presents a new ceasefire proposal, warning Hamas this is their “last chance.”
8 Sept: Gideon Saar announces Israel has accepted the proposal.
9 Sept: IDF carries out an airstrike in Doha, killing senior Hamas negotiators while they were reviewing the proposal.
7 Sept: Trump presents a new ceasefire proposal, warning Hamas this is their “last chance.”
8 Sept: Gideon Saar announces Israel has accepted the proposal.
9 Sept: IDF carries out an airstrike in Doha, killing senior Hamas negotiators while they were reviewing the proposal.
I love how engaged I am in this treasure hunt even though I’m in Scandinavia. Yo go Zohran!
Your first clue.
August 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I love how engaged I am in this treasure hunt even though I’m in Scandinavia. Yo go Zohran!
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My full statement on the Gaza Famine :
August 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
My full statement on the Gaza Famine :
Gaza is in famine. A man-made, deliberate, and calculated disaster. A genocide. Or call it what you will. Yaani while we debate the correct use of legal terminology, while politicians, bureaucrats, and clout chasers play God, some humans are deemed disposable.
August 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Gaza is in famine. A man-made, deliberate, and calculated disaster. A genocide. Or call it what you will. Yaani while we debate the correct use of legal terminology, while politicians, bureaucrats, and clout chasers play God, some humans are deemed disposable.
Gaza is in famine. Half a million people starving. Children dying of hunger in a place where food and medicine are deliberately blocked. How did we reach this point? Because some lives are treated as if they don’t matter. Because the world tosses around numbers of entire family lines erased.
August 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Gaza is in famine. Half a million people starving. Children dying of hunger in a place where food and medicine are deliberately blocked. How did we reach this point? Because some lives are treated as if they don’t matter. Because the world tosses around numbers of entire family lines erased.
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Verden følger med en gang til 👀
@amnestynorge.bsky.social welcomes Government Pension Fund divestment from some companies based in Israel, but move falls short of addressing a systemic failure of its current ethical safeguards 🧵
August 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Verden følger med en gang til 👀
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🧵Israel er bare toppen av isfjellet
Mange av selskapene #oljefondet er investert i kan knyttes til menneskerettighetsbrudd, og det tilhører sjeldenhetene at advarslene våre blir hørt.
www.dn.no/innlegg/olje...
Mange av selskapene #oljefondet er investert i kan knyttes til menneskerettighetsbrudd, og det tilhører sjeldenhetene at advarslene våre blir hørt.
www.dn.no/innlegg/olje...
Israel er bare toppen av isfjellet
Oljefondets investeringer i selskaper som medvirker til grove menneskerettighetsbrudd går langt utover Israel og det okkuperte palestinske territoriet.
www.dn.no
August 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🧵Israel er bare toppen av isfjellet
Mange av selskapene #oljefondet er investert i kan knyttes til menneskerettighetsbrudd, og det tilhører sjeldenhetene at advarslene våre blir hørt.
www.dn.no/innlegg/olje...
Mange av selskapene #oljefondet er investert i kan knyttes til menneskerettighetsbrudd, og det tilhører sjeldenhetene at advarslene våre blir hørt.
www.dn.no/innlegg/olje...
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De snakker hele tida om at oljefondet ikke skal være politisk. Men så er det hovedsak i partilederdebatten 4 uker før valget. Det virker politisk på meg.
Og det er jo bra. Neste steg: politisk ansvar og politiske tiltak.
Og det er jo bra. Neste steg: politisk ansvar og politiske tiltak.
August 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
De snakker hele tida om at oljefondet ikke skal være politisk. Men så er det hovedsak i partilederdebatten 4 uker før valget. Det virker politisk på meg.
Og det er jo bra. Neste steg: politisk ansvar og politiske tiltak.
Og det er jo bra. Neste steg: politisk ansvar og politiske tiltak.
What we are witnessing is a continuous and deliberate assault on the world’s right to know. International journalists must be allowed to enter Gaza immediately. Anything less is complicity in the erasure of reality.
August 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
What we are witnessing is a continuous and deliberate assault on the world’s right to know. International journalists must be allowed to enter Gaza immediately. Anything less is complicity in the erasure of reality.
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🚨 Don't sleep on this rare opportunity to be able to spend 6 months housed at @timep.bsky.social's DC office, getting to know the ins and outs of policymaking, while producing high-impact programming and analysis on a topic of importance to the MENA region.
Applications due August 28!!
Applications due August 28!!
📣 TIMEP is recruiting for an in-person Bassem Sabry Fellow to spend six months working full-time in our Washington, DC office.
Check out this rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of MENA policymaking! Applications are due August 28: timep.org/2025/08/08/o...
Check out this rare opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of MENA policymaking! Applications are due August 28: timep.org/2025/08/08/o...
August 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨 Don't sleep on this rare opportunity to be able to spend 6 months housed at @timep.bsky.social's DC office, getting to know the ins and outs of policymaking, while producing high-impact programming and analysis on a topic of importance to the MENA region.
Applications due August 28!!
Applications due August 28!!
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Many of us already on October 2023 said this could very likely become genocide.
Instead of stopping it, people argued and argued over the word, and slandered those who used it.
But it is here, for all to see.
Let us all wear sackcloth and ashes.
Instead of stopping it, people argued and argued over the word, and slandered those who used it.
But it is here, for all to see.
Let us all wear sackcloth and ashes.
July 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Many of us already on October 2023 said this could very likely become genocide.
Instead of stopping it, people argued and argued over the word, and slandered those who used it.
But it is here, for all to see.
Let us all wear sackcloth and ashes.
Instead of stopping it, people argued and argued over the word, and slandered those who used it.
But it is here, for all to see.
Let us all wear sackcloth and ashes.
Who would have thought that Arabs would all agree on one thing: Ziad Al-Rahbani was a genius, and like all geniuses, he was never easy to contain. Though I may not share all his political views, his legacy, engraved in melody and hearts, rises above all disputes.
July 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Who would have thought that Arabs would all agree on one thing: Ziad Al-Rahbani was a genius, and like all geniuses, he was never easy to contain. Though I may not share all his political views, his legacy, engraved in melody and hearts, rises above all disputes.
Time to revive this bumper sticker: “Be nice to America, or we’ll bring democracy to your country.”
June 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Time to revive this bumper sticker: “Be nice to America, or we’ll bring democracy to your country.”
عزائي لكل أصدقائي السوريين في الهجوم الإرهابي على كنيسة مار إلياس.
June 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
عزائي لكل أصدقائي السوريين في الهجوم الإرهابي على كنيسة مار إلياس.
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🧵 Trygve Hegnar mener #oljefondet må kunne investeres i selskaper som feks. produserer gravemaskiner som brukes til å rive palestineres hjem.
Iallfall så lenge man er minoritetsinvestor, fordi han mener at man som en liten eier ikke kan påvirke selskapet.
Iallfall så lenge man er minoritetsinvestor, fordi han mener at man som en liten eier ikke kan påvirke selskapet.
June 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🧵 Trygve Hegnar mener #oljefondet må kunne investeres i selskaper som feks. produserer gravemaskiner som brukes til å rive palestineres hjem.
Iallfall så lenge man er minoritetsinvestor, fordi han mener at man som en liten eier ikke kan påvirke selskapet.
Iallfall så lenge man er minoritetsinvestor, fordi han mener at man som en liten eier ikke kan påvirke selskapet.
Laila is no longer just fighting, she’s slipping away. A mother whose love has become her final act of resistance, desperation, and devotion.
We cannot let this end in silence.
Free Alaa. Save Laila. Before it’s too late.
We cannot let this end in silence.
Free Alaa. Save Laila. Before it’s too late.
May 31, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Laila is no longer just fighting, she’s slipping away. A mother whose love has become her final act of resistance, desperation, and devotion.
We cannot let this end in silence.
Free Alaa. Save Laila. Before it’s too late.
We cannot let this end in silence.
Free Alaa. Save Laila. Before it’s too late.
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The UK government’s final chance to act is NOW.
Laila Soueif is at death’s door after 242 days on hunger strike — demanding freedom for her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British-Egyptian activist unjustly imprisoned in Egypt for years.
The clock has run out. Free Alaa. Save Laila.
Laila Soueif is at death’s door after 242 days on hunger strike — demanding freedom for her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British-Egyptian activist unjustly imprisoned in Egypt for years.
The clock has run out. Free Alaa. Save Laila.
May 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The UK government’s final chance to act is NOW.
Laila Soueif is at death’s door after 242 days on hunger strike — demanding freedom for her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British-Egyptian activist unjustly imprisoned in Egypt for years.
The clock has run out. Free Alaa. Save Laila.
Laila Soueif is at death’s door after 242 days on hunger strike — demanding freedom for her son Alaa Abd el-Fattah, a British-Egyptian activist unjustly imprisoned in Egypt for years.
The clock has run out. Free Alaa. Save Laila.
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Fikk nyhetssak på høring, gitt. Har man tatt i litt hardt da, eller har man bare påpekt helt åpenbare og også hårreisende mangler ved regelverket for Oljefondet?
Amnesty hardt ut mot oljefondets og etikkrådets praksis
Amnesty går hardt ut mot oljefondets investeringer i selskap som bryter folkeretten og kaller det total etisk ansvarspulverisering.
www.dagsavisen.no
May 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fikk nyhetssak på høring, gitt. Har man tatt i litt hardt da, eller har man bare påpekt helt åpenbare og også hårreisende mangler ved regelverket for Oljefondet?
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Bør vi være stolte av #Oljefondet ? @frankctangberg.bsky.social og jeg er tvilende til det i @finansavisen.bsky.social , og mener åpenheten i NRK-serien ikke ekte nok. Den etiske arbeidsfordelingen i fondet bør ikke bli en unnskyldning for etisk ansvarspulverisering. #mittoljefond
www.finansavisen.no
May 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Bør vi være stolte av #Oljefondet ? @frankctangberg.bsky.social og jeg er tvilende til det i @finansavisen.bsky.social , og mener åpenheten i NRK-serien ikke ekte nok. Den etiske arbeidsfordelingen i fondet bør ikke bli en unnskyldning for etisk ansvarspulverisering. #mittoljefond