Max Weiss on Translating the Gaza Doctorโs Words for the Times, and the Paperโs Failure to Cover His Abduction and Torture
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Max Weiss on Translating the Gaza Doctorโs Words for the Times, and the Paperโs Failure to Cover His Abduction and Torture
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15.01.2026 12:30 โ ๐ 45 ๐ 30 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 4Thank you, @jeremyfaust.bsky.social, for this public service; we have all wanted to see the protocol of this deeply unethical trial being funded by RFK Jr in Guinea-Bissau, Iโm grateful you obtained it and have published it
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Release day is tomorrow! The cover features Farhad gifting Shirin a milk channel. Not possible for most, so you could gift this book instead.
Can be found most places you buy books online.
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Gaza has around 20,000 unexploded Israeli bombs amid up to 70 million tonnes of rubble, posing a massive threat to Palestinians, as removal is blocked by Israelโs ban on heavy equipment, according to the Government Media Office.
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A personal essay, on some the books that have shaped me earlier:
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Though Said dreams of earning a PhD in physics, this book represents all the ways that this dream is deferred.
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Coming soon!
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Hello Ahmed, I have your donation link saved and will contribute when I can. Take care โค๏ธ
31.08.2025 22:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0BBC News headline: Frankenstein is monster success at Venice film festival
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
31.08.2025 12:07 โ ๐ 24721 ๐ 4657 ๐ฌ 199 ๐ 116UNRWA chief says aid airdrops a dangerous โdistractionโ, could kill starving Palestinians.
26.07.2025 14:30 โ ๐ 95 ๐ 36 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 3you win some, you newsom. Such a loser.
Great thread! People like Newsom are weaponizing playing dumb. We're not playing.
This an urgent appeal.
Donate to support the Institute for Palestine Studies and help maintain Palestinian knowledge production
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I'm old enough to remember occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, a never ending war of terror that killed over 4 million people.
And using same rhetoric we hear now- manufacturing consent through racist demonization. And blatant lies.
People's liberation never comes through imperialist terror, ever.
"Religion bad, me smart" became a way to avoid ever thinking about history, geography, politics, or anything else.
08.05.2025 15:21 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It's high time people understood that their political values can't be applied selectively. They either apply both here and abroad, or they're meaningless. You're either for democracy and equality everywhere, or you're not.
The price of inconsistency is what we're seeing all around us today.
Reports on the seizure of books at Educational Bookshop & arrest of owner Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmed Muna for "disturbing public order".
โThey took every book that had the Palestinian flag on it":
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For your weekend listening:
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Israeli forces have killed 70 Palestinians, including 10 children, in the occupied West Bank since the start of the year, says the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
03.02.2025 17:54 โ ๐ 311 ๐ 155 ๐ฌ 19 ๐ 7The Palestinian Prisoners Club says โevery time prisoners are released, we find the prisonersโ bodies reflecting the level of crimes committed against them, including torture that is unprecedented in its level after October 7โ.
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These sayings are beautiful and wise, and will resonate. "I am a human being. Nothing human can be alien from me." -Terentius Afer, as quoted by Maya Angelou. (Not one of the quotes from this book, but if you would not automatically pick this one up, maybe a reminder to consider it)
30.01.2025 03:35 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Cover shaped ๐ฑ Love it, so excited!
23.01.2025 18:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Afghans, including those approved for US entry, are left in limbo after President Trump suspends refugee resettlement
22.01.2025 23:17 โ ๐ 188 ๐ 61 ๐ฌ 14 ๐ 5The writing is as good as the beautiful cover ;)
Even if history books haven't been your thing in the past, you may find this chronology format appealing.
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The Israeli military is burning down and destroying homes in the village of Taybeh on the eastern sector of the border, reports Lebanonโs National News Agency.
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30.12.2024 23:09 โ ๐ 660 ๐ 48 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Any local library's greige shelves can be spruced up by Crescent Books! Please request your library stock the books you are interested in reading.
Our full catalogue is here:
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