Ryan Swan ريان سوان
@ryanswan.bsky.social
PhD candidate @StAndrewsIR and صايع سابق. Geopolitics (WANA); migration; postcolonialism and decoloniality; translation Eng-Ar; Scottish news in Arabic: https://scotlandinarabic.home.blog/
Glorious.
Omar: I instinctively tried to, like, punch him…, I was raised with three brothers who were older than me. You learn that maybe taking the first punch when somebody is bigger than you yields you better results.
January 31, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Glorious.
An excellent explainer, analysing Iran’s political trajectory and possible future scenarios: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
by @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social
by @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Scylla and Charybdis — Sidecar
On the protests in Iran.
newleftreview.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:06 AM
An excellent explainer, analysing Iran’s political trajectory and possible future scenarios: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
by @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social
by @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social
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The Old City of Nablus was recently invaded by IOF soldiers who shot and assaulted Palestinians in the vicinity.
1 man was beaten
4 were shot
15 (including journalists) suffered injuries from tear-gas inhalation
1 man was beaten
4 were shot
15 (including journalists) suffered injuries from tear-gas inhalation
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The Old City of Nablus was recently invaded by IOF soldiers who shot and assaulted Palestinians in the vicinity.
1 man was beaten
4 were shot
15 (including journalists) suffered injuries from tear-gas inhalation
1 man was beaten
4 were shot
15 (including journalists) suffered injuries from tear-gas inhalation
Reposted by Ryan Swan ريان سوان
Mark Carney's speech boils down to "we always knew but we never said it out loud because it served us well too, until it doesn't"
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Mark Carney's speech boils down to "we always knew but we never said it out loud because it served us well too, until it doesn't"
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
The New Reich.
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The New Reich.
The Israeli state has accelerated its abductions of Palestinians across the WB since attention has turned to Venezuela.
Last week the IOF abducted:
2 from Jenin & Nablus
5 from Tulkarem
2 from Ramallah
And from Kisan, an entire family:
imemc.org/article/isra...
(& more reports since then.)
Last week the IOF abducted:
2 from Jenin & Nablus
5 from Tulkarem
2 from Ramallah
And from Kisan, an entire family:
imemc.org/article/isra...
(& more reports since then.)
Israeli Forces Abduct Entire Family Near Bethlehem
Israeli forces abducted an entire Palestinian family on Saturday evening after invading the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. ...
imemc.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The Israeli state has accelerated its abductions of Palestinians across the WB since attention has turned to Venezuela.
Last week the IOF abducted:
2 from Jenin & Nablus
5 from Tulkarem
2 from Ramallah
And from Kisan, an entire family:
imemc.org/article/isra...
(& more reports since then.)
Last week the IOF abducted:
2 from Jenin & Nablus
5 from Tulkarem
2 from Ramallah
And from Kisan, an entire family:
imemc.org/article/isra...
(& more reports since then.)
This is very important. The group of racists - Perth’s Peaceful [sic] Protest - has recently upped its disinformation about ‘illegal undocumented immigrants’, gaining more traction. Fascist groups from out of Perth will likely be turning up to join Perth-based racists.
🚨Tomorrow 10am🚨
Please share and support if you can!
Please share and support if you can!
January 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
This is very important. The group of racists - Perth’s Peaceful [sic] Protest - has recently upped its disinformation about ‘illegal undocumented immigrants’, gaining more traction. Fascist groups from out of Perth will likely be turning up to join Perth-based racists.
I've already seen 2 articles today that use Putin’s foreign policy as a measure of Trump’s, or strongly imply that Trump has been inspired by Putin.
The attack on Venezuela for natural resources is entirely consistent with the long-established US imperial agenda, and not simply due to bad leaders.
The attack on Venezuela for natural resources is entirely consistent with the long-established US imperial agenda, and not simply due to bad leaders.
January 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I've already seen 2 articles today that use Putin’s foreign policy as a measure of Trump’s, or strongly imply that Trump has been inspired by Putin.
The attack on Venezuela for natural resources is entirely consistent with the long-established US imperial agenda, and not simply due to bad leaders.
The attack on Venezuela for natural resources is entirely consistent with the long-established US imperial agenda, and not simply due to bad leaders.
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Abd el-Fattah's historic tweets are leading to calls for his UK citizenship to be revoked, and a UK Government review of his case, while Nigel Farage's history of racism and Nazi goose-stepping has led to a few Guardian front pages.
December 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Abd el-Fattah's historic tweets are leading to calls for his UK citizenship to be revoked, and a UK Government review of his case, while Nigel Farage's history of racism and Nazi goose-stepping has led to a few Guardian front pages.
Humanitarian and development actors have "consistently propped up the occupation, undermined Palestinian resistance, and weakened Palestinian agency and sovereignty"
Excellent polemic by Dr. Yipeng Ge and Layth Malhis for @thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/opinion/how-...
Excellent polemic by Dr. Yipeng Ge and Layth Malhis for @thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/opinion/how-...
How humanitarianism in Gaza entrenches Palestinian oppression
Behind humanitarianism in Gaza lies a system that manages survival while denying Palestinian sovereignty, write Yipeng Ge & Layth Malhis.
www.newarab.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Humanitarian and development actors have "consistently propped up the occupation, undermined Palestinian resistance, and weakened Palestinian agency and sovereignty"
Excellent polemic by Dr. Yipeng Ge and Layth Malhis for @thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/opinion/how-...
Excellent polemic by Dr. Yipeng Ge and Layth Malhis for @thenewarab.bsky.social
www.newarab.com/opinion/how-...
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On Thursday, Israeli colonists drove 2 cars in a raid on the East side of Nablus. They ran over a Palestinian, fracturing his legs. They then crashed one of the cars and left the city.
imemc.org/article/nabl...
imemc.org/article/nabl...
Nablus: Israeli Colonizers Injure Palestinian in Car-Ramming Attack
Illegal Israeli colonizers rammed a Palestinian young man with their vehicle, on Thursday night, after storming the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Media ...
imemc.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
On Thursday, Israeli colonists drove 2 cars in a raid on the East side of Nablus. They ran over a Palestinian, fracturing his legs. They then crashed one of the cars and left the city.
imemc.org/article/nabl...
imemc.org/article/nabl...
The UK will be implementing its vague, obscure & oppressive 'earned settlement' proposals in 2026.
Anyone hoping to settle in the UK – & anyone working with migrants – would benefit from this in-depth reading of the proposals: freemovement.org.uk/briefing-the...
From @freemovement.bsky.social
Anyone hoping to settle in the UK – & anyone working with migrants – would benefit from this in-depth reading of the proposals: freemovement.org.uk/briefing-the...
From @freemovement.bsky.social
Briefing: the implications of the “earned settlement” proposals and what they might mean in practice - Free Movement
We’ve now had a few weeks to digest the “earned settlement” policy document, which outlines the proposed changes to the settlement system ahead of the public
freemovement.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The UK will be implementing its vague, obscure & oppressive 'earned settlement' proposals in 2026.
Anyone hoping to settle in the UK – & anyone working with migrants – would benefit from this in-depth reading of the proposals: freemovement.org.uk/briefing-the...
From @freemovement.bsky.social
Anyone hoping to settle in the UK – & anyone working with migrants – would benefit from this in-depth reading of the proposals: freemovement.org.uk/briefing-the...
From @freemovement.bsky.social
Depraved. Just as Palestinian lives are worth nothing to those politicians, so are the lives of those who hunger for justice in Palestine.
www.thenational.scot/news/2570167...
www.thenational.scot/news/2570167...
MPs laugh after minister rejects meeting Palestine Action hunger strikers' families
MPs laughed as a minister rejected a request to meet with the families of imprisoned Palestine Action-affiliated hunger strikers.
www.thenational.scot
December 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Depraved. Just as Palestinian lives are worth nothing to those politicians, so are the lives of those who hunger for justice in Palestine.
www.thenational.scot/news/2570167...
www.thenational.scot/news/2570167...
While the Danish government isn't considering the US threat to the Global South (intensifying by the day), this discourse is important. A European state has now publicly presented the US as an imperial power in all but name.
www.highnorthnews.com/en/danish-in...
www.highnorthnews.com/en/danish-in...
Danish Intelligence Warns U.S. “Hemispheric Approach” Raises Arctic Security Uncertainty
A sharper U.S. focus on its “immediate region” and the hemispheric approach of Washington’s new National Security Strategy has created doubts in Copenhagen about America’s long-term role in the Arctic...
www.highnorthnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
While the Danish government isn't considering the US threat to the Global South (intensifying by the day), this discourse is important. A European state has now publicly presented the US as an imperial power in all but name.
www.highnorthnews.com/en/danish-in...
www.highnorthnews.com/en/danish-in...
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The NSS is like a version of the Eisenhower Doctrine written by the KKK. A commitment to intervene aggressively abroad (especially in Europe) to uphold white supremacy and foreclose the emergence of multi-ethnic democracy. Its a declaration of political race war from a gang of white supremacists.
I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The NSS is like a version of the Eisenhower Doctrine written by the KKK. A commitment to intervene aggressively abroad (especially in Europe) to uphold white supremacy and foreclose the emergence of multi-ethnic democracy. Its a declaration of political race war from a gang of white supremacists.
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On Thursday, Israeli colonisers attacked a man and his daughter on the Ramallah–Nablus road, south of Nablus. Both were injured & the colonisers set their car on fire.
On Friday, IOF shot worshippers near a mosque in Odala, near Nablus. One man was killed, Baha Rashed.
Source: IMEMC News
On Friday, IOF shot worshippers near a mosque in Odala, near Nablus. One man was killed, Baha Rashed.
Source: IMEMC News
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On Thursday, Israeli colonisers attacked a man and his daughter on the Ramallah–Nablus road, south of Nablus. Both were injured & the colonisers set their car on fire.
On Friday, IOF shot worshippers near a mosque in Odala, near Nablus. One man was killed, Baha Rashed.
Source: IMEMC News
On Friday, IOF shot worshippers near a mosque in Odala, near Nablus. One man was killed, Baha Rashed.
Source: IMEMC News
Very smart move. Israel's annexing of cuisine from the Arab World won't stop at "Israeli Couscous" or "Israeli Falafel"
cairoscene.com/Eats/UNESCO-...
cairoscene.com/Eats/UNESCO-...
UNESCO Adds Koshari to Global Heritage List for 2025
Egypt’s go-to comfort dish has made its way onto UNESCO’s heritage list for 2025, spotlighting the everyday food traditions carried by families, vendors and neighbourhoods across the country.
cairoscene.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Very smart move. Israel's annexing of cuisine from the Arab World won't stop at "Israeli Couscous" or "Israeli Falafel"
cairoscene.com/Eats/UNESCO-...
cairoscene.com/Eats/UNESCO-...
A good article, centring Alawites not only as victims but also now political actors through their recent protests in Tartus, Latakia, Homs and Hama.
by @haidhaid22.bsky.social
en.majalla.com/node/328524/...
by @haidhaid22.bsky.social
en.majalla.com/node/328524/...
Syria's coastal protests come with a critical message
What they reveal is far more consequential than their modest turnout suggests
en.majalla.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A good article, centring Alawites not only as victims but also now political actors through their recent protests in Tartus, Latakia, Homs and Hama.
by @haidhaid22.bsky.social
en.majalla.com/node/328524/...
by @haidhaid22.bsky.social
en.majalla.com/node/328524/...
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Our 45th anniversary event saw a full house on Thursday 🎉
Thank you to all those who came & more thanks to the excellent speakers Nadia el Nakla (Dundee City Council), Nehad Khanfar (Association of Palestinian Community UK) & Mike Arnott (Dundee TUC)
Here's to another 45 years of solidarity!
Thank you to all those who came & more thanks to the excellent speakers Nadia el Nakla (Dundee City Council), Nehad Khanfar (Association of Palestinian Community UK) & Mike Arnott (Dundee TUC)
Here's to another 45 years of solidarity!
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Our 45th anniversary event saw a full house on Thursday 🎉
Thank you to all those who came & more thanks to the excellent speakers Nadia el Nakla (Dundee City Council), Nehad Khanfar (Association of Palestinian Community UK) & Mike Arnott (Dundee TUC)
Here's to another 45 years of solidarity!
Thank you to all those who came & more thanks to the excellent speakers Nadia el Nakla (Dundee City Council), Nehad Khanfar (Association of Palestinian Community UK) & Mike Arnott (Dundee TUC)
Here's to another 45 years of solidarity!
It's not just all of Palestine that Zionist colonial ambitions target. Syria, beyond the Golan, is part of 'Greater Israel', as this attack by freelance colonists shows: www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
Israeli settlers who breached Syria border returned by military
Dozens of Israelis calling for the return of Jewish settlement in southern Syria intended to establish new outpost
www.middleeasteye.net
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It's not just all of Palestine that Zionist colonial ambitions target. Syria, beyond the Golan, is part of 'Greater Israel', as this attack by freelance colonists shows: www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
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Our handbook has a page on the publisher site :)
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
www.bloomsbury.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Our handbook has a page on the publisher site :)
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
The Dundee-Nablus Twinning Associationcelebrates almost half a century of friendship and solidarity with Nablus this coming week.
🇵🇸 Worth attending for those in Dundee 👇
🇵🇸 Worth attending for those in Dundee 👇
Come & join us to celebrate 45 years of twinning with Nablus next week!
⏰ Thursday 27th of Nov, 6.45pm
📍The Queens Hotel, Nethergate, Dundee
Speaker line up attached below.
Free & open to all but please reserve:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...
⏰ Thursday 27th of Nov, 6.45pm
📍The Queens Hotel, Nethergate, Dundee
Speaker line up attached below.
Free & open to all but please reserve:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...
Celebrating 45 years of Twinning with Nablus
An evening of celebration with speakers from Nablus and Dundee . Sales of Palestinian products for yourself or for Christmas gifts.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Dundee-Nablus Twinning Associationcelebrates almost half a century of friendship and solidarity with Nablus this coming week.
🇵🇸 Worth attending for those in Dundee 👇
🇵🇸 Worth attending for those in Dundee 👇
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Pure and unadulterated BULLSHIT
The EU is directly responsible for the deaths of thousands upon thousands of lives. Simply because they’re labeled “migrants” does not mean that their lives don’t matter
In fact, if we respected their lives, the lives of those labeled “citizens” would be far better
The EU is directly responsible for the deaths of thousands upon thousands of lives. Simply because they’re labeled “migrants” does not mean that their lives don’t matter
In fact, if we respected their lives, the lives of those labeled “citizens” would be far better
The European Convention on Human Rights turns 75 today!
Respect for human rights is one of the founding values of the European Union and a fundamental aspect of its external relations.
Find out how the EU protects and promotes human rights worldwide ➡️ link.europa.eu/yYBWXB
Respect for human rights is one of the founding values of the European Union and a fundamental aspect of its external relations.
Find out how the EU protects and promotes human rights worldwide ➡️ link.europa.eu/yYBWXB
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Pure and unadulterated BULLSHIT
The EU is directly responsible for the deaths of thousands upon thousands of lives. Simply because they’re labeled “migrants” does not mean that their lives don’t matter
In fact, if we respected their lives, the lives of those labeled “citizens” would be far better
The EU is directly responsible for the deaths of thousands upon thousands of lives. Simply because they’re labeled “migrants” does not mean that their lives don’t matter
In fact, if we respected their lives, the lives of those labeled “citizens” would be far better
A huge win for students at the University of Manchester as they vote overwhemingly for their Uni to cut ties with Tel Aviv University.
This is an inspiration for others to pressure their universities to boycott the genocidal state.
thecradle.co/articles/man...
This is an inspiration for others to pressure their universities to boycott the genocidal state.
thecradle.co/articles/man...
Manchester students vote to sever ties with Tel Aviv University
Universities and research bodies worldwide are escalating academic boycotts against Israel over its genocide in Gaza
thecradle.co
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A huge win for students at the University of Manchester as they vote overwhemingly for their Uni to cut ties with Tel Aviv University.
This is an inspiration for others to pressure their universities to boycott the genocidal state.
thecradle.co/articles/man...
This is an inspiration for others to pressure their universities to boycott the genocidal state.
thecradle.co/articles/man...
Erhurman has a specific political programme, is pro-unification and is not an Erdogan yes-man. This is less about the Turkish state "re-thinking federalism," and more likely to be about the forms of punishment Erhurman will receive.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-nor...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-nor...
How the Northern Cyprus election may prompt Turkey to re-think federalism
Ankara could revive unification talks if EU comes up with right incentives and the Greek Cypriots take a bold move
www.middleeasteye.net
October 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Erhurman has a specific political programme, is pro-unification and is not an Erdogan yes-man. This is less about the Turkish state "re-thinking federalism," and more likely to be about the forms of punishment Erhurman will receive.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-nor...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-nor...