Ahmed Orban
@amiorbie.bsky.social
Pan-Arabist PhD candidate in Economic Sociology in the Arab diaspora.
All I want is a Free Palestine.
والشعب العربي المقرف برضه على جبيني..
All I want is a Free Palestine.
والشعب العربي المقرف برضه على جبيني..
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Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention facility: "The Trump administration is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent." mondoweiss.net/2025/03/lett...
March 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention facility: "The Trump administration is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent." mondoweiss.net/2025/03/lett...
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Fossil fuel companies should be forced to pay the public trillions in damages for the costs of their planetary arson. Instead they are trying to shut down one of the most important and storied environmental groups in the world. It's shameless - and it's not over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Fossil fuel companies should be forced to pay the public trillions in damages for the costs of their planetary arson. Instead they are trying to shut down one of the most important and storied environmental groups in the world. It's shameless - and it's not over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Calls for a general mobilization to respond to the coast this week opened a door for “everyone to come to the coast, whoever they are, some of whom want to settle scores on a sectarian basis,” Tartous-based journalist Ram Asaad said.
March 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Calls for a general mobilization to respond to the coast this week opened a door for “everyone to come to the coast, whoever they are, some of whom want to settle scores on a sectarian basis,” Tartous-based journalist Ram Asaad said.
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The President of the United States welcome a leader wanted by the ICC and officially endorsed ethnic cleansing.
Now would be a good time for our government to defend international law.
If they won’t say it, we will: Palestinians aren’t going anywhere.
Now would be a good time for our government to defend international law.
If they won’t say it, we will: Palestinians aren’t going anywhere.
February 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The President of the United States welcome a leader wanted by the ICC and officially endorsed ethnic cleansing.
Now would be a good time for our government to defend international law.
If they won’t say it, we will: Palestinians aren’t going anywhere.
Now would be a good time for our government to defend international law.
If they won’t say it, we will: Palestinians aren’t going anywhere.
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ICJ president’s plagiarism in Israel opinion ‘reflects poorly’, experts say - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icj-president-julia-sebutinde-alleged-plagiarism-israel-occupation-damage-court
ICJ president’s plagiarism in Israel opinion ‘reflects poorly’, experts say
The allegations against Julia Sebutinde raise questions about professionalism and judgment, but the credibility of the World Court is expected to remain intact
www.middleeasteye.net
January 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
ICJ president’s plagiarism in Israel opinion ‘reflects poorly’, experts say - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icj-president-julia-sebutinde-alleged-plagiarism-israel-occupation-damage-court
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UK government report identifies role of 'Hindu nationalist extremism' in Leicester riots - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-government-report-says-hindu-nationalist-extremism-involved-leicester-riots
UK government report identifies role of 'Hindu nationalist extremism' in Leicester riots
Leaked report - which ministers have rejected - marks the first time that Hindutva has been discussed in detail in a major policy document
www.middleeasteye.net
January 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
UK government report identifies role of 'Hindu nationalist extremism' in Leicester riots - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-government-report-says-hindu-nationalist-extremism-involved-leicester-riots
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🚨 TIMEP is recruiting two Senior Associates to support our Inclusive Economies Program! Applications are due by February 10.
⭐️ Senior Associate on Climate Finance: timep.org/2025/01/27/o...
⭐️ Senior Associate on Migration: timep.org/2025/01/27/o...
⭐️ Senior Associate on Climate Finance: timep.org/2025/01/27/o...
⭐️ Senior Associate on Migration: timep.org/2025/01/27/o...
January 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🚨 TIMEP is recruiting two Senior Associates to support our Inclusive Economies Program! Applications are due by February 10.
⭐️ Senior Associate on Climate Finance: timep.org/2025/01/27/o...
⭐️ Senior Associate on Migration: timep.org/2025/01/27/o...
⭐️ Senior Associate on Climate Finance: timep.org/2025/01/27/o...
⭐️ Senior Associate on Migration: timep.org/2025/01/27/o...
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UN human rights experts have condemned the arrest of prominent Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah in Switzerland, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech.
UN experts slam Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah’s arrest in Switzerland
They call the arrest of Electronic Intifada website’s founder ‘shocking’ and urge the Swiss government to release him.
aje.io
January 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
UN human rights experts have condemned the arrest of prominent Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah in Switzerland, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech.
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"Historic moment for Palestinians as 1.5 million displaced return home since the war began," reports Ibrahim al-Khalili from Gaza City.
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‘Day of victory’: Excitement as displaced Palestinians return to north Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza celebrate following a deal that allows displaced people to return to the north of the Strip.
aje.io
January 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Historic moment for Palestinians as 1.5 million displaced return home since the war began," reports Ibrahim al-Khalili from Gaza City.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
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I can’t describe this storm of emotions—joy, tears, scenes of families reuniting, finally returning home. For every Palestinian, for Gaza, this moment is just breathtaking.🕊️❤️
January 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I can’t describe this storm of emotions—joy, tears, scenes of families reuniting, finally returning home. For every Palestinian, for Gaza, this moment is just breathtaking.🕊️❤️
Absolute legend.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors
January 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Absolute legend.
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Israel put everything they could into ethnically cleansing the north of the Gaza Strip. The simple act of Palestinians returning home is a massive loss for Israel.
January 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Israel put everything they could into ethnically cleansing the north of the Gaza Strip. The simple act of Palestinians returning home is a massive loss for Israel.
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Palestinians of Gaza return home
❤️🇵🇸
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January 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Palestinians of Gaza return home
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❤️🇵🇸
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I expect a massive wave of sympathy for Colombia in Latin America, as there is for Denmark in Europe
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Trump retaliates against Colombia after it refuses deportation flights
Trump announces steep tariffs and immediately revokes visas of Colombian officials after the nation’s president says his country will not accept U.S. deportation flights.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I expect a massive wave of sympathy for Colombia in Latin America, as there is for Denmark in Europe
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
😂
January 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
😂
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There is no choice but to take decisive and radical action if we are to turn the tide against the dystopian reactionary tech oligarchy
@jfarkas.bsky.social and I in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
@jfarkas.bsky.social and I in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
Why It's Time to Fight Back Against the Dystopian Tech-Trump Oligarchy
Those who watched silently as reactionary tech bosses seized power in the US must now wake up and fight back, argues Johan Farkas and Aurelien Mondon
bylinetimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
There is no choice but to take decisive and radical action if we are to turn the tide against the dystopian reactionary tech oligarchy
@jfarkas.bsky.social and I in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
@jfarkas.bsky.social and I in the @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/26/t...
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US President Donald Trump has called on Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations to take a million and a half Palestinians from Gaza and “just clean out” the war-torn enclave.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/pj1e0g
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January 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
US President Donald Trump has called on Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations to take a million and a half Palestinians from Gaza and “just clean out” the war-torn enclave.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/pj1e0g
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/pj1e0g
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Worth noting that Biden also wanted to facilitate the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Most of the Jordanians I interviewed at all levels at the time always thought this was the endgame of the Abraham Accords paradigm...
www.reuters.com/world/egypt-...
www.reuters.com/world/egypt-...
Egypt's Sisi rejects transfer of Gazans, discusses aid with Biden
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that Egyptians in their millions would reject the forced displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, adding that any such move would turn the Egyptian peninsula into a base for attacks against Israel.
www.reuters.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Worth noting that Biden also wanted to facilitate the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Most of the Jordanians I interviewed at all levels at the time always thought this was the endgame of the Abraham Accords paradigm...
www.reuters.com/world/egypt-...
www.reuters.com/world/egypt-...
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The point is that if we are serious about countering the fascist onslaught, we must take responsibility if we are in a position to shape public discourse and reflect on what has gone wrong
This situation is as much if not more our failure than the far right's success
This is the bare minimum
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This situation is as much if not more our failure than the far right's success
This is the bare minimum
4/
January 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The point is that if we are serious about countering the fascist onslaught, we must take responsibility if we are in a position to shape public discourse and reflect on what has gone wrong
This situation is as much if not more our failure than the far right's success
This is the bare minimum
4/
This situation is as much if not more our failure than the far right's success
This is the bare minimum
4/