@ziadaburish.bsky.social
Incredible work by Marc identifying and breaking down pro- #RSF and pro- #STC botnet's work re #Sudan, detailing how they are aligned w/ #UAE and anti #KSA, with a focus on whitewashed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) violence in #ElFasher.
🧵1/6 After the El Fasher massacre, I identified a large UAE-aligned influence operation on X promoting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Around 19,000 accounts showed strong indicators of automation - bots marcowenjones.substack.com/p/i-found-19... #Sudan #Dysinfluence
January 1, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Among orgs #Israel banning from #Gaza as of 1/1/2026:
Action Against Hunger
AFSC
CARE
Caritas
Danish Refugee Council
Defense for Children Intl
Intl Rescue Committee
MSF
Mercy Corps
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam
Relief Intl
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Action Against Hunger
AFSC
CARE
Caritas
Danish Refugee Council
Defense for Children Intl
Intl Rescue Committee
MSF
Mercy Corps
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam
Relief Intl
apnews.com/article/gaza...
List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending
Israel says it's suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in Gaza.
apnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Among orgs #Israel banning from #Gaza as of 1/1/2026:
Action Against Hunger
AFSC
CARE
Caritas
Danish Refugee Council
Defense for Children Intl
Intl Rescue Committee
MSF
Mercy Corps
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam
Relief Intl
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Action Against Hunger
AFSC
CARE
Caritas
Danish Refugee Council
Defense for Children Intl
Intl Rescue Committee
MSF
Mercy Corps
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam
Relief Intl
apnews.com/article/gaza...
The World Radicalized by the #Gaza #Genocide
via @alshabaka.bsky.social
al-shabaka.org/commentaries...
via @alshabaka.bsky.social
al-shabaka.org/commentaries...
The World Radicalized by the Gaza Genocide | Al-Shabaka
Tareq Baconi argues in this commentary how the Israeli genocidal campaign in Gaza has radicalized the world.
al-shabaka.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The World Radicalized by the #Gaza #Genocide
via @alshabaka.bsky.social
al-shabaka.org/commentaries...
via @alshabaka.bsky.social
al-shabaka.org/commentaries...
Reposted
I spent sixteen months reporting this story. It follows how surveillance tech is rewriting Gaza in real time — and what it’s doing to the people inside it. Reported in partnership with @justvision.org's Palestine Reporting Lab and published in @nymag.com
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I spent sixteen months reporting this story. It follows how surveillance tech is rewriting Gaza in real time — and what it’s doing to the people inside it. Reported in partnership with @justvision.org's Palestine Reporting Lab and published in @nymag.com
Beautiful interview with Tareq Baconi on his memoir,
"Fire in Every Direction"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
"Fire in Every Direction"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
‘What other silences filled my childhood?’: Tareq Baconi on excavating his queer and Palestinian identities
In his memoir, the author recalls the boy he loved while growing up in Jordan – and weaves the tale with his family’s history of dispossession
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Beautiful interview with Tareq Baconi on his memoir,
"Fire in Every Direction"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
"Fire in Every Direction"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Reposted
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.
thepublicsource.org/seed-saving-...
thepublicsource.org/seed-saving-...
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...
thepublicsource.org
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.
thepublicsource.org/seed-saving-...
thepublicsource.org/seed-saving-...
Reposted
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 must-read breakdown and analysis, and we are all the wiser for it!
It's finally here! Remember that weird group of Emirati influencers you keep seeing online. Well I've done a VERY deep dive, & the story is even weirder than you can imagine!
"Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing & the Emirati #Dysinfluencer Factory"
open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
"Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing & the Emirati #Dysinfluencer Factory"
open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
December 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A must-read breakdown and analysis, and we are all the wiser for it!
Incredibly important report by Middle East Studies Association (@mesa1966.bsky.social ) and Association of American University Professors (@aaup.org) exposing the weaponization of civil rights law to suppress campus speech concerning #Palestine.
mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
#FreeSpeech #CivilRights
mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
#FreeSpeech #CivilRights
Middle East Studies Association
New report from MESA and AAUP: “Discriminating Against Dissent: The Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine,” which is the first systematic empirical study of governmen...
mesana.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Incredibly important report by Middle East Studies Association (@mesa1966.bsky.social ) and Association of American University Professors (@aaup.org) exposing the weaponization of civil rights law to suppress campus speech concerning #Palestine.
mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
#FreeSpeech #CivilRights
mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
#FreeSpeech #CivilRights
Congratulations the winners & honorable mentions of annual book awards by Middle East Studies Association (@mesa1966.bsky.social). These works are a great window into some important topics & critical insights shaping the field. Looking forward to assigning as many of them as possible! #mesa2025
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Congratulations the winners & honorable mentions of annual book awards by Middle East Studies Association (@mesa1966.bsky.social). These works are a great window into some important topics & critical insights shaping the field. Looking forward to assigning as many of them as possible! #mesa2025
Much remains to be assessed and said about politics, economics, and everyday life in #Lebanon as 2025 draws to a close. A few thoughts and links to some really helpful work to unpack the specific issue of the current government's alleged reformist agenda or potential for it.
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Much remains to be assessed and said about politics, economics, and everyday life in #Lebanon as 2025 draws to a close. A few thoughts and links to some really helpful work to unpack the specific issue of the current government's alleged reformist agenda or potential for it.