Maryam Aldossari
@maryamaldossari.bsky.social
Academic. Writing/complaining mostly about women’s inequality in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia!
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The message is clear: don’t ask for change; you’ll get what I decide to give. My view on the hollow tokenism of MBS’s so-called reforms⬇️
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The power of feminism to connect women, raise consciousness & affect change has been proven time and time again.
As #16Days approaches we lots of topics to help women take action:
Gaza ♥️ brightonsisters.wordpress.com/gaza/
Full list of topics ♥️ brightonsisters.wordpress.com/16daysofacti...
As #16Days approaches we lots of topics to help women take action:
Gaza ♥️ brightonsisters.wordpress.com/gaza/
Full list of topics ♥️ brightonsisters.wordpress.com/16daysofacti...
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The power of feminism to connect women, raise consciousness & affect change has been proven time and time again.
As #16Days approaches we lots of topics to help women take action:
Gaza ♥️ brightonsisters.wordpress.com/gaza/
Full list of topics ♥️ brightonsisters.wordpress.com/16daysofacti...
As #16Days approaches we lots of topics to help women take action:
Gaza ♥️ brightonsisters.wordpress.com/gaza/
Full list of topics ♥️ brightonsisters.wordpress.com/16daysofacti...
"Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers." www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
www.972mag.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers." www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
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Appalled to hear that instead of releasing #Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi at the end of his term in arbitrary detention he was sentenced again, now to 25 years in prison, on so-far unknown charges in an unfair trial & in blatant contradiction with international human rights law
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Appalled to hear that instead of releasing #Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi at the end of his term in arbitrary detention he was sentenced again, now to 25 years in prison, on so-far unknown charges in an unfair trial & in blatant contradiction with international human rights law
Unwed Mothers and Their Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia - ‘Hundreds of Kenyan women have been killed, and reports of rapes and beatings are common.’ #SaudiArabia
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Born to Unwed Mothers, These Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Unwed Mothers and Their Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia - ‘Hundreds of Kenyan women have been killed, and reports of rapes and beatings are common.’ #SaudiArabia
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, “If you want to shoot without restraint, you can.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Israeli soldiers have described a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, “If you want to shoot without restraint, you can.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
'Killed because they are Alawites': The killer came by night – a masked man on a motorbike who struck without warning and then sped away. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fear among Syria's minorities after the fall of Assad
Many among Syria's minorities see little future in the country amid revenge attacks and sectarian killings.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
'Killed because they are Alawites': The killer came by night – a masked man on a motorbike who struck without warning and then sped away. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Line: In 2023, rights groups revealed that nearly 50 members of the Huwaitat tribe had been arrested for resisting forced eviction; five were later sentenced to death. www.middleeasteye.net/news/line-sa...
The Line: Saudi Arabia scales back megacity plans as crown prince's ambitions falter
Financial Times reveals mounting tensions as architects and engineers fail to realise Mohammed bin Salman's lofty goals
www.middleeasteye.net
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Line: In 2023, rights groups revealed that nearly 50 members of the Huwaitat tribe had been arrested for resisting forced eviction; five were later sentenced to death. www.middleeasteye.net/news/line-sa...
Reposted by Maryam Aldossari
Looking for a long read to go with your coffee this morning? The Line is a project of incredible hubris - we got the story of how it unravelled.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Looking for a long read to go with your coffee this morning? The Line is a project of incredible hubris - we got the story of how it unravelled.
'We hate winter':Palestinians face the rain without shelters as Israel blocks tents. Half a million children and nearly 100,000 pregnant women in Gaza are at risk this winter due to the cold and rain and the lack of heating and emergency shelter materials. www.middleeasteye.net/news/we-have...
'We hate winter': Palestinians face the rain without shelters as Israel blocks tents
In violation of the ceasefire, Israel continues to block tents from entering Gaza, leaving displaced families to face a harsh winter
www.middleeasteye.net
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
'We hate winter':Palestinians face the rain without shelters as Israel blocks tents. Half a million children and nearly 100,000 pregnant women in Gaza are at risk this winter due to the cold and rain and the lack of heating and emergency shelter materials. www.middleeasteye.net/news/we-have...
Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Reposted by Maryam Aldossari
NEOM’s The Line was supposed to change the world.500m high. 170km long. 9 million people. But according to more than 20 former NEOM insiders, the project has hit a wall—both financially and physically. @alisonkilling.bsky.social breaks down how Saudi Arabia’s utopian dream unraveled ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
NEOM’s The Line was supposed to change the world.500m high. 170km long. 9 million people. But according to more than 20 former NEOM insiders, the project has hit a wall—both financially and physically. @alisonkilling.bsky.social breaks down how Saudi Arabia’s utopian dream unraveled ⬇️
Reposted by Maryam Aldossari
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has a fantastical vision for a new way of living. But The Line, his plan for a vertical city in a vast mirrored wall, is rapidly being undone by the laws of physics and finance.
Here is an #FTEdit 🧵 of eight mind-bending facts about this moonshot in the sand 👇
Here is an #FTEdit 🧵 of eight mind-bending facts about this moonshot in the sand 👇
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has a fantastical vision for a new way of living. But The Line, his plan for a vertical city in a vast mirrored wall, is rapidly being undone by the laws of physics and finance.
Here is an #FTEdit 🧵 of eight mind-bending facts about this moonshot in the sand 👇
Here is an #FTEdit 🧵 of eight mind-bending facts about this moonshot in the sand 👇
NEOM’s The Line was supposed to change the world.500m high. 170km long. 9 million people. But according to more than 20 former NEOM insiders, the project has hit a wall—both financially and physically. @alisonkilling.bsky.social breaks down how Saudi Arabia’s utopian dream unraveled ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
NEOM’s The Line was supposed to change the world.500m high. 170km long. 9 million people. But according to more than 20 former NEOM insiders, the project has hit a wall—both financially and physically. @alisonkilling.bsky.social breaks down how Saudi Arabia’s utopian dream unraveled ⬇️
Reposted by Maryam Aldossari
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance. ‘One former employee has said that everyone knows the project won’t work; it is now just a matter of letting MBS down gently.’ By @alisonkilling.bsky.social ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
End of The Line: Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance. ‘One former employee has said that everyone knows the project won’t work; it is now just a matter of letting MBS down gently.’ By @alisonkilling.bsky.social ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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🕊️ ALQST has learned that teacher Mona al-Bayali, detained for six years for exercising her right to free speech, has been released.
Her cousin Ghaida al-Bayali, detained for two years in al-Tarafiya Prison, was also recently released, along with several other detainees.
Her cousin Ghaida al-Bayali, detained for two years in al-Tarafiya Prison, was also recently released, along with several other detainees.
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🕊️ ALQST has learned that teacher Mona al-Bayali, detained for six years for exercising her right to free speech, has been released.
Her cousin Ghaida al-Bayali, detained for two years in al-Tarafiya Prison, was also recently released, along with several other detainees.
Her cousin Ghaida al-Bayali, detained for two years in al-Tarafiya Prison, was also recently released, along with several other detainees.
Still true today: ‘footage from Sde Teiman detention facility show the gang-rape of a Palestinian by Israeli soldiers. Officials condemned the leak, not the act — western feminists stay silent.’ www.newarab.com/opinion/why-...
Why Western feminists ignore proven Israeli rape of Palestinians
Western feminists place a wickedly biased burden of proof on Palestinian sexual abuse cases, leading to the ignoring of Israeli rape, says Maryam Aldossari.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Still true today: ‘footage from Sde Teiman detention facility show the gang-rape of a Palestinian by Israeli soldiers. Officials condemned the leak, not the act — western feminists stay silent.’ www.newarab.com/opinion/why-...
"When a video surfaced last year showing Israeli soldiers raping a Palestinian prisoner, the outrage in Israel was immediate - but not over the crime. Instead, the fury was directed at the leak" www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...
In Israel, raping Palestinian prisoners is justified. Leaking the footage is betrayal
The leak of a video exposing horrific abuse at Sde Teiman has shaken the country more than the crime itself
www.middleeasteye.net
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"When a video surfaced last year showing Israeli soldiers raping a Palestinian prisoner, the outrage in Israel was immediate - but not over the crime. Instead, the fury was directed at the leak" www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...
‘Those who have leverage over the UAE, and therefore the RSF, but allow the violence to pass without urgent action or pressure have blood on their hands. The majority of El Fasher’s population is trapped in a killing field. Every minute counts.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
‘Those who have leverage over the UAE, and therefore the RSF, but allow the violence to pass without urgent action or pressure have blood on their hands. The majority of El Fasher’s population is trapped in a killing field. Every minute counts.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi has been imprisoned in the UAE for almost a year for criticising Emirati, Egyptian and Saudi governments. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet
Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi has been imprisoned in the UAE for almost a year for criticising Emirati, Egyptian and Saudi governments
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi has been imprisoned in the UAE for almost a year for criticising Emirati, Egyptian and Saudi governments. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
MBS vowed in 2017 to end extremism and bring “moderate” Islam to Saudi Arabia. Nearly a decade later, appointing hardline cleric al-Fawzan as Grand Mufti shows the opposite, he hasn’t curbed extremism,just rebranded it to serve his rule.
mideastdc.org/publication/...
mideastdc.org/publication/...
The Myth of MBS’s “Moderate” Islam - MEDC
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October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
MBS vowed in 2017 to end extremism and bring “moderate” Islam to Saudi Arabia. Nearly a decade later, appointing hardline cleric al-Fawzan as Grand Mufti shows the opposite, he hasn’t curbed extremism,just rebranded it to serve his rule.
mideastdc.org/publication/...
mideastdc.org/publication/...
Another grandiose Saudi project falls apart — after the much-touted Winter Games idea, now the Olympics and Saudi Arabia’s esports deal has been scrapped. One by one, the regime’s unrealistic, PR-driven ventures are collapsing under their own weight. www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Another grandiose Saudi project falls apart — after the much-touted Winter Games idea, now the Olympics and Saudi Arabia’s esports deal has been scrapped. One by one, the regime’s unrealistic, PR-driven ventures are collapsing under their own weight. www.bbc.com/news/article...
If the Israeli fire has not ceased, by definition there can be no ceasefire. It is the media’s job to accurately and objectively relay this fact. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/ther...
Israel's genocide in Gaza never stopped. But UK media have enabled this latest lie
If the Israeli fire has not ceased, by definition there can be no ceasefire. It is the media’s job to accurately and objectively relay this fact
www.middleeasteye.net
October 31, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If the Israeli fire has not ceased, by definition there can be no ceasefire. It is the media’s job to accurately and objectively relay this fact. www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/ther...
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Fab review of my book on FiLiA's history. Kay Green can see my admiration for FiLiA & that my invocation of Palestine was not intended to derail it but make it more inclusive . As she says, 'Rahila didn’t throw a dead cat, she threw a live elephant.' kaygreen.blog/2025/10/30/v...
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Fab review of my book on FiLiA's history. Kay Green can see my admiration for FiLiA & that my invocation of Palestine was not intended to derail it but make it more inclusive . As she says, 'Rahila didn’t throw a dead cat, she threw a live elephant.' kaygreen.blog/2025/10/30/v...
Reposted by Maryam Aldossari
Saudi Arabia’s SCC has sentenced human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi to another 25 years in prison, despite already being held over two years beyond his previous sentence.
His case again highlights the Saudi authorities’ determination to silence peaceful dissent.
➡️ alqst.org/en/post/vete...
His case again highlights the Saudi authorities’ determination to silence peaceful dissent.
➡️ alqst.org/en/post/vete...
Veteran human rights defender re-tried and sentenced to another 25 years
Saudi Arabia’s Specialised Criminal Court has re-tried and, on 27 October 2025, sentenced veteran human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi to a further 25 years in prison.
alqst.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Saudi Arabia’s SCC has sentenced human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi to another 25 years in prison, despite already being held over two years beyond his previous sentence.
His case again highlights the Saudi authorities’ determination to silence peaceful dissent.
➡️ alqst.org/en/post/vete...
His case again highlights the Saudi authorities’ determination to silence peaceful dissent.
➡️ alqst.org/en/post/vete...