Shirin Jaafari
@shirinj.bsky.social
Reporter for The World radio program 📻 🎙🎧
Eyes on the Middle East.
Email: Shirin_Jaafari@wgbh.org
http://www.pri.org/people/shirin-jaafari
Eyes on the Middle East.
Email: Shirin_Jaafari@wgbh.org
http://www.pri.org/people/shirin-jaafari
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If you want a feel for how people in Gaza and in Israel are processing the news of the last 24 hours, no question, you want to hear the voices gathered by @shirinj.bsky.social and @matthewjbell.bsky.social for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas - The World from PRX
US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after two years of a deadly conflict. Israeli hostages are expected to be released by early next week, and Israel’s army is...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you want a feel for how people in Gaza and in Israel are processing the news of the last 24 hours, no question, you want to hear the voices gathered by @shirinj.bsky.social and @matthewjbell.bsky.social for @theworld.org theworld.org/segments/202...
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Do you know what it’s like trying to sleep at night in a war zone?
Or how that would affect you after 1, 2, 3 years or more?
The last line of this story by @shirinj.bsky.social is A+.
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Or how that would affect you after 1, 2, 3 years or more?
The last line of this story by @shirinj.bsky.social is A+.
theworld.org/segments/202...
Peaceful sleep is a dream in war zones - The World from PRX
“I hope that one day, even for just one day, I could sleep peacefully, without fear.” That’s a statement from a 19-year-old who has been living through Israel’s war in Gaza for the past 22 months. For...
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August 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Do you know what it’s like trying to sleep at night in a war zone?
Or how that would affect you after 1, 2, 3 years or more?
The last line of this story by @shirinj.bsky.social is A+.
theworld.org/segments/202...
Or how that would affect you after 1, 2, 3 years or more?
The last line of this story by @shirinj.bsky.social is A+.
theworld.org/segments/202...
“What I witnessed in Gaza, it wasn’t just a graveyard for innocent children. It has become a graveyard for our humanity.” Save The Children’s Shaima Al-Obaidi told me today. @theworld.org
August 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“What I witnessed in Gaza, it wasn’t just a graveyard for innocent children. It has become a graveyard for our humanity.” Save The Children’s Shaima Al-Obaidi told me today. @theworld.org
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I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“
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Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
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August 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
"It’s not just the horror, but the horror combined with the helplessness." @lsmwilson.bsky.social
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Covering Gaza
A New Lines editor records her conversations with Palestinians about the challenges of living and writing in the territory
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July 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"It’s not just the horror, but the horror combined with the helplessness." @lsmwilson.bsky.social
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"You showed us that love for your homeland could look like rage.
That mockery could be holy.
That art wasn’t just decoration.
It was a demand."
Beautiful tribute by Laila Mokhiber for @rollingstone.com
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That mockery could be holy.
That art wasn’t just decoration.
It was a demand."
Beautiful tribute by Laila Mokhiber for @rollingstone.com
mena.rollingstone.com/tribute/to-z...
To Ziad Rahbani, From Laila Mokhiber - Rolling Stone MENA
The senior communications director at UNRWA pens her love letter to the late Ziad Rahbani.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"You showed us that love for your homeland could look like rage.
That mockery could be holy.
That art wasn’t just decoration.
It was a demand."
Beautiful tribute by Laila Mokhiber for @rollingstone.com
mena.rollingstone.com/tribute/to-z...
That mockery could be holy.
That art wasn’t just decoration.
It was a demand."
Beautiful tribute by Laila Mokhiber for @rollingstone.com
mena.rollingstone.com/tribute/to-z...
I'm sorry, what???
"At least 28 patients may not have been deceased at the time organ procurement was initiated"
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"At least 28 patients may not have been deceased at the time organ procurement was initiated"
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US begins organ-transplant reform as 'signs of life' found before some retrievals
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a reform of the organ-transplant system and threatened to close a major procurement body, after a probe found premature attempts to start organ retrieval while patients showed signs of life.
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July 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm sorry, what???
"At least 28 patients may not have been deceased at the time organ procurement was initiated"
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"At least 28 patients may not have been deceased at the time organ procurement was initiated"
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Have you ever held a four-year-old child who is so thin that he or she weighs the same as a one-year old? Alex de Waal @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social speaks to my colleague @shirinj.bsky.social about the devastating situation in Gaza in this report on @theworld.org Really worth a listen
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'I have forgotten what fruit tastes like': Mass starvation grips the Gaza Strip - The World from PRX
After four months of near-total siege by Israel, people in Gaza are starving. According to the United Nations, at least 1 in 3 people are going multiple days without eating. Death from hunger is risin...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Have you ever held a four-year-old child who is so thin that he or she weighs the same as a one-year old? Alex de Waal @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social speaks to my colleague @shirinj.bsky.social about the devastating situation in Gaza in this report on @theworld.org Really worth a listen
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This is an amazing app. A map of all the urban fruit trees near you with info on the timing and quality of their fruit. You’re welcome!
Now maybe I can find/try some local pawpaws this year…
fallingfruit.org
Now maybe I can find/try some local pawpaws this year…
fallingfruit.org
Falling Fruit
A massive, collaborative map of the urban harvest uniting the efforts of foragers, freegans, and foresters around the world. Explore and share information about the sources of free food in your neighb...
fallingfruit.org
July 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is an amazing app. A map of all the urban fruit trees near you with info on the timing and quality of their fruit. You’re welcome!
Now maybe I can find/try some local pawpaws this year…
fallingfruit.org
Now maybe I can find/try some local pawpaws this year…
fallingfruit.org
"Cornish said staff at one of the hospitals where MSF operates had to give blood as most Palestinians are now too poorly nourished to donate."
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Gaza doctors give their own blood to patients after scores gunned down seeking aid
Doctors in the Gaza Strip are donating their own blood to save their patients after scores of Palestinians were gunned down while trying to get food aid, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.
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June 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Cornish said staff at one of the hospitals where MSF operates had to give blood as most Palestinians are now too poorly nourished to donate."
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www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Incredible reporting by @shirinj.bsky.social, who speaks with survivors of Assad’s chemical attacks, now that they can finally tell their stories.
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Survivors of Assad regime’s chemical attacks are demanding justice — and support - The World from PRX
During the 13-year civil war in Syria, the forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad carried out some of the most horrific chemical attacks in recent history. One of them was in April 2018, in ...
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June 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Incredible reporting by @shirinj.bsky.social, who speaks with survivors of Assad’s chemical attacks, now that they can finally tell their stories.
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This is a very tough time for all of us in public media.
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GBH cuts more than 40 staffers in new layoffs
The layoffs come as public media faces increased scrutiny and funding threats from the federal government.
www.wgbh.org
June 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is a very tough time for all of us in public media.
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"Just as biased medical research resulted a diagnostic and treatment system based on male bodies, the almost exclusively male sound- engineering world seems to have established a vocal baseline that still haunts us today."
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The Sound of Her Voice
Despite her success, Mary Margaret McBride did not like the thought that she sounded like other women on the radio. Because everyone thought women on the radio sounded annoying. Today a story of the v...
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May 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Just as biased medical research resulted a diagnostic and treatment system based on male bodies, the almost exclusively male sound- engineering world seems to have established a vocal baseline that still haunts us today."
continuous-wave.beehiiv.com/p/the-sound-...
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We’re halfway through our roadshow week in San Diego. We’ve been broadcasting live out of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social studios. Our show hosts, supervising producer and editors have been busy interviewing guests for the show and meeting KPBS staff, donors and listeners like you!
April 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We’re halfway through our roadshow week in San Diego. We’ve been broadcasting live out of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social studios. Our show hosts, supervising producer and editors have been busy interviewing guests for the show and meeting KPBS staff, donors and listeners like you!
US sends 'largest' trade mission to Iraq to boost economic ties www.newarab.com/news/us-send...
US sends ’largest’ trade mission to Iraq to boost economic ties
The visit is the largest US trade mission to Iraq in the more than 100-year history of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
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April 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
US sends 'largest' trade mission to Iraq to boost economic ties www.newarab.com/news/us-send...
"An infection can also lead to other issues, including lung and heart damage and microbiome changes in the gut, that may not always be recognized as long Covid but can still have a lasting effect on our health."
A Clearer Picture of Covid’s Lasting Effects on the Body www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...
A Clearer Picture of Covid’s Lasting Effects on the Body www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...
Covid’s Long-Term Effects on the Lungs, Gut, Brain and More
Five years on, scientists are starting to understand how the virus can lead to long-term, sometimes invisible changes.
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March 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"An infection can also lead to other issues, including lung and heart damage and microbiome changes in the gut, that may not always be recognized as long Covid but can still have a lasting effect on our health."
A Clearer Picture of Covid’s Lasting Effects on the Body www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...
A Clearer Picture of Covid’s Lasting Effects on the Body www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/w...
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 🧵 Here’s a thread of inspiring stories and interviews about remarkable, innovative and daring women from around the world that we've covered this past year. 🌐
🛵 Motorcycle taxis are increasingly being driven by women in Uganda.
🛵 Motorcycle taxis are increasingly being driven by women in Uganda.
Motorcycle taxis are increasingly being driven by women in Uganda - The World from PRX
In Uganda, motorcycles are one of the most popular forms of public transport. In the capital city, Kampala, there are hundreds of thousands of them. Until recently, all of them were driven by men. But...
theworld.org
March 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 🧵 Here’s a thread of inspiring stories and interviews about remarkable, innovative and daring women from around the world that we've covered this past year. 🌐
🛵 Motorcycle taxis are increasingly being driven by women in Uganda.
🛵 Motorcycle taxis are increasingly being driven by women in Uganda.
First census in nearly 40 years
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46.1 million people were counted in Iraq's first census in nearly 40 years
The final results of Iraq’s first census in nearly 40 years show the population has reached 46.1 million.
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February 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
First census in nearly 40 years
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Gulf’s biggest operator of American fast food restaurants — which runs some 1,850 outlets around the region under brands like KFC and Pizza Hut — blamed geopolitical tensions and weak consumer demand for 9% fall in revenue and 39% drop in profit in 2024 compared to a year earlier.
@semafor.com
@semafor.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Gulf’s biggest operator of American fast food restaurants — which runs some 1,850 outlets around the region under brands like KFC and Pizza Hut — blamed geopolitical tensions and weak consumer demand for 9% fall in revenue and 39% drop in profit in 2024 compared to a year earlier.
@semafor.com
@semafor.com
In 2021, six women in Afghanistan made history by taking part in the country's first-ever all-female flight. Six months later, the Taliban took over. The women had to flee or go into hiding. I caught up with two of them. @theworld.org theworld.org/stories/2025...
They were part of Afghanistan’s first-ever all-female flight. Then their lives were turned upside down. - The World from PRX
In 2021, six women — two pilots and four cabin crew — participated in Afghanistan’s first-ever all-female flight. It was a historic moment. Their photos and videos were shared all over the world. Then...
theworld.org
January 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In 2021, six women in Afghanistan made history by taking part in the country's first-ever all-female flight. Six months later, the Taliban took over. The women had to flee or go into hiding. I caught up with two of them. @theworld.org theworld.org/stories/2025...
"In some ways, Nefertiti tells us more about ourselves than she does about her."
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Why the fashionable and the famous still look to Nefertiti, 3,300 years after she reigned | CNN
In 1924 when the world came face-to-face with the likeness of the Ancient Egyptian queen for the first time, it sparked a fascination that endures to this day.
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January 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"In some ways, Nefertiti tells us more about ourselves than she does about her."
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After watching researchers try to recover bodies from the 1918 flu in the Arctic, I went back to school to study the social history of epidemics. I couldn't understand why 1918 sparked no major memorials, no novels, no plays. How could societies collectively agree to forget mass death?
Welp.
Welp.
January 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
After watching researchers try to recover bodies from the 1918 flu in the Arctic, I went back to school to study the social history of epidemics. I couldn't understand why 1918 sparked no major memorials, no novels, no plays. How could societies collectively agree to forget mass death?
Welp.
Welp.