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إعلام مكرَّس لإنتاج صحافة معمّقة وغير مساوِمة لخدمة المصلحة العامّة
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إعلام مكرَّس لإنتاج صحافة معمّقة وغير مساوِمة لخدمة المصلحة العامّة
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Scholar Umayyah Cable’s “Mainstreaming Palestine: iCinematic Activism and Solidarity Politics in the United States” (@uminnpress.bsky.social) traces decades of cinematic resistance, showing how Palestinians have fought erasure on screen.
December 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Scholar Umayyah Cable’s “Mainstreaming Palestine: iCinematic Activism and Solidarity Politics in the United States” (@uminnpress.bsky.social) traces decades of cinematic resistance, showing how Palestinians have fought erasure on screen.
Last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom.bsky.social), Amnesty International (@amnesty.org), & 3 U.S. lawmakers urged accountability for Israel’s Oct. 13, 2023 strike in south Lebanon that killed Issam Abdallah, critically injured Christina Assi, & wounded 5 other journalists.
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom.bsky.social), Amnesty International (@amnesty.org), & 3 U.S. lawmakers urged accountability for Israel’s Oct. 13, 2023 strike in south Lebanon that killed Issam Abdallah, critically injured Christina Assi, & wounded 5 other journalists.
The story of Lebanon’s seven lost villages is one of colonial greed & forced displacement. From Tarbikha to Salha, generations of families were stripped of citizenship, land, & identity.
Dana Hourany documents their history: https://thepublicsource.org/lebanon-lost-stolen-villages
Dana Hourany documents their history: https://thepublicsource.org/lebanon-lost-stolen-villages
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The story of Lebanon’s seven lost villages is one of colonial greed & forced displacement. From Tarbikha to Salha, generations of families were stripped of citizenship, land, & identity.
Dana Hourany documents their history: https://thepublicsource.org/lebanon-lost-stolen-villages
Dana Hourany documents their history: https://thepublicsource.org/lebanon-lost-stolen-villages
A draft law in Lebanon seeks to regulate seed trade, adding to mounting pressures on farmers. In 2022, Christina Cavalcanti & Chris Trinh (@christhaotrinh.bsky.social) documented how farmers practiced seed saving to resist corporate monopolies.
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Seed Saving and Food Sovereignty in Lebanon
By linking seed sovereignty to food sovereignty, a handful of seed saving initiatives in Lebanon are participating in a bottom-up attempt to center the daily practices, struggles, and knowledge of agr...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A draft law in Lebanon seeks to regulate seed trade, adding to mounting pressures on farmers. In 2022, Christina Cavalcanti & Chris Trinh (@christhaotrinh.bsky.social) documented how farmers practiced seed saving to resist corporate monopolies.
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🏆 We’re proud to announce that “Stolen By a Map: The Haunting History of Lebanon’s Villages” by Dana Hourany has been shortlisted for the Outstanding Contribution to Peace Award by the Fetisov Journalism Awards.
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🏆 We’re proud to announce that “Stolen By a Map: The Haunting History of Lebanon’s Villages” by Dana Hourany has been shortlisted for the Outstanding Contribution to Peace Award by the Fetisov Journalism Awards.
في الذكرى الثانية لاستشهاد رفعت العرعير، نضع بين أيديكم ترجمةً عربيةً لنصّه المنشور ضمن كلمة ما بعد التحرير في "Gaza Unsilenced".
يقدّم الترجمة عاصم النبيه، ويكتب عن رفعت الذي كان واضحًا إلى حد أربك أصدقاءه وأخاف أعداءه.
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يقدّم الترجمة عاصم النبيه، ويكتب عن رفعت الذي كان واضحًا إلى حد أربك أصدقاءه وأخاف أعداءه.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
في الذكرى الثانية لاستشهاد رفعت العرعير، نضع بين أيديكم ترجمةً عربيةً لنصّه المنشور ضمن كلمة ما بعد التحرير في "Gaza Unsilenced".
يقدّم الترجمة عاصم النبيه، ويكتب عن رفعت الذي كان واضحًا إلى حد أربك أصدقاءه وأخاف أعداءه.
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يقدّم الترجمة عاصم النبيه، ويكتب عن رفعت الذي كان واضحًا إلى حد أربك أصدقاءه وأخاف أعداءه.
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On June 13, 2025, Israel launched a surprise attack on Tehran. For 12 days, grassroots mutual aid networks helped evacuate students, deliver groceries, & more.
Alex Shams (@alexshams.bsky.social) spoke to Iranians who turned despair into solidarity.
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Alex Shams (@alexshams.bsky.social) spoke to Iranians who turned despair into solidarity.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched a surprise attack on Tehran. For 12 days, grassroots mutual aid networks helped evacuate students, deliver groceries, & more.
Alex Shams (@alexshams.bsky.social) spoke to Iranians who turned despair into solidarity.
🔗 thepublicsource.org/tehran-solid...
Alex Shams (@alexshams.bsky.social) spoke to Iranians who turned despair into solidarity.
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“The Only Liberated Place”: Birzeit University and the Fight for the Future of Palestine #FreeFalastin
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Birzeit University and the Fight for the Future of Palestine
From classrooms to prison cells, Birzeit students navigate checkpoints, surveillance, and arrests in the fight for Palestine’s future.
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September 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“The Only Liberated Place”: Birzeit University and the Fight for the Future of Palestine #FreeFalastin
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“We are abiding by UN Resolution 1701, which calls for a halt to hostilities,” an army source said. “We are committed from our side, but Israel is not.”
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Since most of the army’s funding and training come from the U.S., Abi Raad said, Lebanon is restricted from acquiring advanced weapons.
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Since most of the army’s funding and training come from the U.S., Abi Raad said, Lebanon is restricted from acquiring advanced weapons.
“The Israelis are dangerously close,” Khodor Zahra said. “They shoot anyone who approaches. If we die today, no one will ask about us.”
🔗 Read the full story by Dana Hourany: thepublicsource.org/lebanon-bord...
🔗 Read the full story by Dana Hourany: thepublicsource.org/lebanon-bord...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“We are abiding by UN Resolution 1701, which calls for a halt to hostilities,” an army source said. “We are committed from our side, but Israel is not.”
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Since most of the army’s funding and training come from the U.S., Abi Raad said, Lebanon is restricted from acquiring advanced weapons.
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Since most of the army’s funding and training come from the U.S., Abi Raad said, Lebanon is restricted from acquiring advanced weapons.
In South Lebanon, farmers continue to face Zionist aggression on their lands. Dana Hourany spoke with four farmers from Houla, Chebaa, Mays al-Jabal, and Kfar Kila who returned to scorched land, spoiled crops, and dead livestock.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In South Lebanon, farmers continue to face Zionist aggression on their lands. Dana Hourany spoke with four farmers from Houla, Chebaa, Mays al-Jabal, and Kfar Kila who returned to scorched land, spoiled crops, and dead livestock.
🔗 thepublicsource.org/lebanon-bord...
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At Bread&Net last week, our journalist Layla Yammine presented a database documenting names, locations, & dates of death of martyrs killed by Israel since October 2023.
🔗 Coverage in Almodon:
🔗 Coverage in Almodon:
توثيق شهداء الحرب الإسرائيلية على لبنان.. كمهمة مدنية
عُقِدَت جلسة "الأدلة في مواجهات السرديات: توثيق الجرائم خلال الحرب"، ضمن مؤتمر "خبز ونت" الذي نظمته مؤسسة "سميكس" في بيروت.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
At Bread&Net last week, our journalist Layla Yammine presented a database documenting names, locations, & dates of death of martyrs killed by Israel since October 2023.
🔗 Coverage in Almodon:
🔗 Coverage in Almodon:
In this interview with Khalil Kawtharany and Karim al-Amine, Arab academic Ali Kadri offers a searing indictment of imperialism’s logic in the Global South: war, waste, and the commodification of death.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In this interview with Khalil Kawtharany and Karim al-Amine, Arab academic Ali Kadri offers a searing indictment of imperialism’s logic in the Global South: war, waste, and the commodification of death.
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🔗 thepublicsource.org/global-south...
Our journalist Layla Yammine joins Hussein Chaaban of Legal Agenda at Bread&Net to lead a workshop on using legal, journalistic, linguistic & tech tools for documenting wartime evidence through local investigations.
🗓️Oct. 30
🕜1:30PM
📍Beirut
🗓️Oct. 30
🕜1:30PM
📍Beirut
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our journalist Layla Yammine joins Hussein Chaaban of Legal Agenda at Bread&Net to lead a workshop on using legal, journalistic, linguistic & tech tools for documenting wartime evidence through local investigations.
🗓️Oct. 30
🕜1:30PM
📍Beirut
🗓️Oct. 30
🕜1:30PM
📍Beirut
The Global Sumud Flotilla is about six days from reaching Gaza. Since setting sail earlier this month, it has come under Israeli drone attacks. This week, Spain and Italy have announced they will send ships to protect the flotilla.
September 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The Global Sumud Flotilla is about six days from reaching Gaza. Since setting sail earlier this month, it has come under Israeli drone attacks. This week, Spain and Italy have announced they will send ships to protect the flotilla.
At Birzeit University, getting a degree can mean doing time in Zionist prison.
In our latest (Dis)order Report, Maysa Mustafa and Zach Hussein recount the experiences of Birzeit students who have been surveilled, arrested, or killed by the Israeli occupation.
In our latest (Dis)order Report, Maysa Mustafa and Zach Hussein recount the experiences of Birzeit students who have been surveilled, arrested, or killed by the Israeli occupation.
September 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
At Birzeit University, getting a degree can mean doing time in Zionist prison.
In our latest (Dis)order Report, Maysa Mustafa and Zach Hussein recount the experiences of Birzeit students who have been surveilled, arrested, or killed by the Israeli occupation.
In our latest (Dis)order Report, Maysa Mustafa and Zach Hussein recount the experiences of Birzeit students who have been surveilled, arrested, or killed by the Israeli occupation.
Hundreds gathered at Corniche Ain al-Mreisseh yesterday to honor the more than 3,000 people injured in the Israeli Mossad’s act of terrorism last year.
⬇️In pictures
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⬇️In pictures
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September 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hundreds gathered at Corniche Ain al-Mreisseh yesterday to honor the more than 3,000 people injured in the Israeli Mossad’s act of terrorism last year.
⬇️In pictures
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⬇️In pictures
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⛵🇵🇸Jaldia Abubakra, Masar Badil's executive committee member, is aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla en route to her homeland: Gaza.
She told Julia Choucair Vizoso & Farah-Silvana Kanaan (@farouha.bsky.social) last month: “We have to valorize the resistance."
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She told Julia Choucair Vizoso & Farah-Silvana Kanaan (@farouha.bsky.social) last month: “We have to valorize the resistance."
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Inside the Revolutionary Path of Masar Badil
Jaldía Abubakra on how Masar Badil is building a revolutionary Palestinian movement from exile.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
⛵🇵🇸Jaldia Abubakra, Masar Badil's executive committee member, is aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla en route to her homeland: Gaza.
She told Julia Choucair Vizoso & Farah-Silvana Kanaan (@farouha.bsky.social) last month: “We have to valorize the resistance."
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She told Julia Choucair Vizoso & Farah-Silvana Kanaan (@farouha.bsky.social) last month: “We have to valorize the resistance."
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Stories by journalists embedded with an invading force often become the ‘master narrative.’
Mainstream media comply with occupying forces that also kill unembedded journalists. Habib Battah (@habibbattah.bsky.social) & Christina Cavalcanti unpack this:
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Mainstream media comply with occupying forces that also kill unembedded journalists. Habib Battah (@habibbattah.bsky.social) & Christina Cavalcanti unpack this:
thepublicsource.org/media-ethics...
September 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Stories by journalists embedded with an invading force often become the ‘master narrative.’
Mainstream media comply with occupying forces that also kill unembedded journalists. Habib Battah (@habibbattah.bsky.social) & Christina Cavalcanti unpack this:
thepublicsource.org/media-ethics...
Mainstream media comply with occupying forces that also kill unembedded journalists. Habib Battah (@habibbattah.bsky.social) & Christina Cavalcanti unpack this:
thepublicsource.org/media-ethics...
Netanyahu has offered military escorts to foreign journalists for guided tours of Gaza that sanitize and legitimize genocide.
We call on our peers to refuse to embed with these Israeli propaganda tours. #BoycottIDFEmbeds
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We call on our peers to refuse to embed with these Israeli propaganda tours. #BoycottIDFEmbeds
Read our statement: thepublicsource.org/media-embeds...
September 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Netanyahu has offered military escorts to foreign journalists for guided tours of Gaza that sanitize and legitimize genocide.
We call on our peers to refuse to embed with these Israeli propaganda tours. #BoycottIDFEmbeds
Read our statement: thepublicsource.org/media-embeds...
We call on our peers to refuse to embed with these Israeli propaganda tours. #BoycottIDFEmbeds
Read our statement: thepublicsource.org/media-embeds...
Our homepage has gone dark in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues. 🔗 www.thepublicsource.org
#ProtectJournalistsinGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza #BoycottIDFEmbeds
#ProtectJournalistsinGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza #BoycottIDFEmbeds
September 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Our homepage has gone dark in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues. 🔗 www.thepublicsource.org
#ProtectJournalistsinGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza #BoycottIDFEmbeds
#ProtectJournalistsinGaza #LetReportersIntoGaza #BoycottIDFEmbeds
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Excellent investigation by @thepublicsource.bsky.social on Western media outlets that agreed to go on embeds with Israeli troops occupying parts of Gaza and Lebanon — and the skewed coverage they produced
What the Media Won’t Tell You When It Embeds With the Military
When reporters embed with an invading army, do we get journalism or propaganda?
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August 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Excellent investigation by @thepublicsource.bsky.social on Western media outlets that agreed to go on embeds with Israeli troops occupying parts of Gaza and Lebanon — and the skewed coverage they produced
In October 2024, journalists from some of the world’s largest and most influential news organizations — @wsj.com, @nytimes.com, BBC, & others—piled into armored vehicles & Jeeps. The Israeli military was about to take them for a ride: a guided tour of occupied southern Lebanese villages.
August 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In October 2024, journalists from some of the world’s largest and most influential news organizations — @wsj.com, @nytimes.com, BBC, & others—piled into armored vehicles & Jeeps. The Israeli military was about to take them for a ride: a guided tour of occupied southern Lebanese villages.
صباح الثاني من شباط ٢٠٢٥، اخترق زورقان إسرائيليان المياه اللبنانية متجهين مباشرة نحو الصيادين عاطف أحمد جهير وابن عمه محمد. اختطف العدو عاطف بينما هرع محمد لطلب النجدة من مخابرات الجيش اللبناني، لكن دون جدوى. 🧵
August 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
صباح الثاني من شباط ٢٠٢٥، اخترق زورقان إسرائيليان المياه اللبنانية متجهين مباشرة نحو الصيادين عاطف أحمد جهير وابن عمه محمد. اختطف العدو عاطف بينما هرع محمد لطلب النجدة من مخابرات الجيش اللبناني، لكن دون جدوى. 🧵
Has the city rush stolen away our tetas’ kitchen traditions?
Reflecting on her grandmother’s traditional kitchen, journalist Layla Yammine reflects on how the fast-paced lifestyle of Beirut has distanced us from ancestral food culture.
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Reflecting on her grandmother’s traditional kitchen, journalist Layla Yammine reflects on how the fast-paced lifestyle of Beirut has distanced us from ancestral food culture.
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From Mouneh to Takeout: How Beirut Ate My Teta’s Recipes
In a city of fast food, power cuts, and cramped kitchens, journalist Layla Yammine reflects on what’s lost when traditional Lebanese cooking fades away.
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August 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Has the city rush stolen away our tetas’ kitchen traditions?
Reflecting on her grandmother’s traditional kitchen, journalist Layla Yammine reflects on how the fast-paced lifestyle of Beirut has distanced us from ancestral food culture.
🔗 thepublicsource.org/mouneh-zero-...
Reflecting on her grandmother’s traditional kitchen, journalist Layla Yammine reflects on how the fast-paced lifestyle of Beirut has distanced us from ancestral food culture.
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What is Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement?
In this interview, Jaldía Abubakra speaks about her role in Masar Badil, the collective’s vision for a liberated Palestine, and the shifting ties of public opinion on Zionism. ⬇️
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In this interview, Jaldía Abubakra speaks about her role in Masar Badil, the collective’s vision for a liberated Palestine, and the shifting ties of public opinion on Zionism. ⬇️
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August 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What is Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement?
In this interview, Jaldía Abubakra speaks about her role in Masar Badil, the collective’s vision for a liberated Palestine, and the shifting ties of public opinion on Zionism. ⬇️
thepublicsource.org/masar-badil-...
In this interview, Jaldía Abubakra speaks about her role in Masar Badil, the collective’s vision for a liberated Palestine, and the shifting ties of public opinion on Zionism. ⬇️
thepublicsource.org/masar-badil-...