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Founded by Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, DAWN works to reform U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa, hold abusers accountable & magnify the voices of experts/activists from the region. dawnmena.org
“The change in Saudi Arabia seems to be from killing journalists behind closed doors to executing them in plain sight.”
— Abdullah Alaoudh (@aalodah.bsky.social), Senior Director for Countering Authoritarianism at @mideastdc.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) visits the White House, DAWN joins rights advocates outside the Saudi Embassy in D.C. to remind the world that MBS ordered Saudi agents to kill DAWN's founder Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“MBS’ visit mainly aims to refurbish his image in the U.S. ... both Trump and MBS will sit in the White House, in an embarrassing exchange of huge Saudi funds for more public popularity for both ... This will not serve the interests of the people of Saudi Arabia.”
— Hala Aldosari, DAWN Fellow.
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Khamis Ayyad is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Khamis Ayyad is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“The historian Tacitus wrote of the Roman conquest of Britain: ‘They created a desert, and called it peace.’ Who can be surprised that a lopsided ‘ceasefire’, with no Palestinian input and with the U.S. as the guarantor, allows Israel to fire at will?”
— Michael Lynk, Former UN Special Rapporteur.
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“It's a tragic irony that while Saudi Arabia carries out a record number of executions — including prominent journalist Turki al-Jasser, just a few months ago — MBS comes to Washington for his first visit since his regime’s ruthless murder of Jamal Khashoggi.”
@aalodah.bsky.social, @mideastdc.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today, 1 PM ET: Don't miss this DAWN and @mideastdc.org online event: Rightsizing the U.S.-Saudi Arabia Relationship: What to Make of Mohammed bin Salman's Washington Visit

With @aalodah.bsky.social, Hala Aldosari, and @sarahleah1.bsky.social

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Monday, Nov. 17, 9 AM ET/ 5 PM Istanbul, online book event: "From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine"

Co-authors Michael Omer-Man & @sarahleah1.bsky.social of DAWN, with Center for Islam and Global Affairs, Istanbul Zaim Universitesi

Watch: youtube.com/cigaistanbul
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Join DAWN and @mideastdc.org Monday, Nov. 17, 1 PM ET: Rightsizing the US-Saudi Arabia Relationship: What to Make of Mohammed bin Salman's Washington Visit

With MEDC's @aalodah.bsky.social, DAWN fellow Hala Aldosari, and DAWN's @sarahleah1.bsky.social

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Thursday at UC Berkeley: Join a book talk on "From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine," with co-author @sarahleah1.bsky.social of DAWN, and Professor Wadie Said.
🗓️: November 13
⏰: 4:00 - 5:30 PM
📍: 297 Simon Hall, Law School Building

Register: bit.ly/FromApartheid
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Americans "overwhelmingly oppose what Israel is doing and a majority want to stop weapons to Israel. What the Trump administration, and the Biden administration before it, are doing does not represent the will of our people,” said @sarahleah1.bsky.social.

Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFSv...
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"I'm not someone who repeats the idea that it has to be international journalists in Gaza to be able to tell the world what has been happening. Gazan journalists have been telling us since day one," Susan Akram, Director of BU Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, speaking from the Gaza Tribunal.
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Amer Mohammad Saada Rabee is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. Israel's government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Amer Mohammad Saada Rabee is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. Israel's government hasn't held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Jacob Flickinger is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Jacob Flickinger is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"With the failure of the institutional systems, the only alternative is organized and knowledgeable civil society that has the tools for the kind of advocacy that's needed to pressure States, but also to create alternative systems. And accountability is going to be critical now."
— Susan Akram
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mohammad Khdour is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Mohammad Khdour is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes.

DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"The ICC is the only international institution which can provide Palestinian victims with justice. It's the only avenue for justice Palestinian victims have," Professor Triestino Mariniello, a member of the legal team representing Gaza victims before the ICC, told DAWN at the Gaza Tribunal.
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM