Faisal Al Yafai

Last year we won at the Signal Awards for our Gaza coverage. This year, we've been nominated for best Talk Show, for our episode “The War We Don't See" with @arwadamon.bsky.social Want to vote for us for the Listener’s Choice Award? vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting... @newlinesmag.bsky.social

A glimpse of our @newlinesmag.bsky.social event last night at the Frontline Club in London. A packed crowd listened to @yarotrof.bsky.social @christinalamb.bsky.social talk conflict, war, Ukraine and Russia and answer audience questions for 50mins! 👏 DM me to join mailing list for the next one.

1 🧵Week in Review: From Putin’s musings on immortality to Ukraine’s fight for defense independence, this week’s stories also covered trans sterilization in Europe, Lebanon’s Sufi traditions and Gaza’s firewood crisis:

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China’s Rise, American Reckoning In a new audio essay, New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai considers how the recent meeting of non-Western leaders in China could mark a shift away from decades of American global dominance.

4🧵 In this episode of a new season of The Lede, @faisalalyafai.bsky.social considers how the gathering of non-Western leaders reflects a world shifting away from U.S. dominance.

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A new season comes to London! We'll be at the Frontline Club with @yarotrof.bsky.social @christinalamb.bsky.social talking Ukraine, Russia and Trofimov's novel No Country for Love. Join us: eventbrite.com/e/private-li... @newlinesmag.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social

Read this. I guarantee you there's at least one nugget that will make you sit up and say, "They did...what?"

"These are the last days of centrism." It's one of the questions I am most intrigued by as we watch the horror in #Gaza: can our view of the world survive this? Here I ask Omar El Akkad what comes next. Listen @newlinesmag.bsky.social👇

For #AugustReplays I'm bringing back this fascinating conversation with Prof Gerges - we talk Gaza, Syria, the tangled history of authoritarianism. And of course Nasser and Mosaddegh. Listen @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-... @fawazgerges.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social

We start #AugustReplays with one of the biggest political stories of 2025, the apparent cover up of Joe Biden's declining health.

Alex Thompson, co-author of “Original Sin” joins me on The Lede.

Full episode @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...

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Voting for The Webby Awards ends this week, and @newlinesmag.bsky.social The Lede is currently in the lead. (But CNN are right behind us, coughs.) Take a moment to do the honours, if you can: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Having these raw conversations is genuinely a privilege. Listen here as I ask @arwadamon.bsky.social if there's a part of her that feels guilty if she feels fine in the face of what she witnessed in Gaza. Full episode @newlinesmag.bsky.social smag: newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...

1. 🧵 @arwadamon.bsky.social tells @faisalalyafai.bsky.social why she was recently denied entry into Gaza, why wars vanish from the public eye, and the personal cost of her years witnessing conflict.

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An important and timely conversation with Arwa Damon on today's @newlinesmag.bsky.social The Lede. It's the third conversation I've had with Damon over Gaza, and perhaps the most personal. Listen here and watch out for the video version, coming soon newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-...

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@arwadamon.bsky.social in conversation with @faisalalyafai.bsky.social about her recent time on the ground in Gaza is up for a well-deserved
Webby Award in the "Best Interview" category! Please spend a few seconds voting for it:
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New interview loading @newlinesmag.bsky.social.... I'm really excited to share this week's conversation. Stay tuned later this week for the guest.

Join us this Weds at the Frontline Club to discuss a real life murder mystery - the disappearance of @thetimes.com' David Holden in Cairo in 1977. I'll be in conversation with Manu Midolo, Peter Gillman, @scribblercat.bsky.social and Mark Lowen. Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

We're back at the Frontline Club this Friday, for a fascinating discussion on how AI, algorithms and disinformation are reshaping truth, power and politics. With the brilliant @oliviasolon.bsky.social @vickiturk.bsky.social | @newlinesmag.bsky.social Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/feeds-fake...

"Once in a while, you get to see something like this happen. Syria can breathe." Back from Damascus @janinedigi.bsky.social joined @kshaheen.bsky.social and I on @newlinesmag.bsky.social The Lede to talk about justice, from Ukraine to the Middle East. Listen in: newlinesmag.com/podcast/afte...

This was such an interesting conversation with @erikmbaker.bsky.social. Entrepreneuralism is baked into the fabric of modern America, but Baker explores with me how its history is surprisingly recent. Listen @newlinesmag.bsky.social👇

Join us on Friday evening at the Frontline Club with @michelawrong.bsky.social and @faisalalyafai.bsky.social hosted by @newlinesmag.bsky.social where I will be talking about Russia, Ukraine and my book Punishing Putin, which will be on sale. Lots to discuss. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...

Tonight in London! Come see us at The Frontline Club, in conversation with Stephanie Baker and Michela Wrong, as we start off @newlinesmag.bsky.social series of events. We'll be talking Russia, Ukraine, Congo, Rwanda, Syria and much more. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...

I love how many flag references there are in this Joanna Andreasson illo. I count six (and maybe, if you squint, the shortlived 1960s flag with three stars, one representing Iraq) | Full story by Rasha Elass on Syria's constitution @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/essays/a-cen...

Looking Ahead in 2025 — with Kareem Shaheen, Lisa Goldman, Danny Postel and Faisal Al Yafai Kareem Shaheen, Lisa Goldman, Danny Postel and Faisal Al Yafai consider the upcoming second Donald Trump presidency, the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, possible turbulence in Europe and the future for...

What will be the biggest stories of 2025? A @newlinesmag.bsky.social panel argues about what might happen in the US, Ukraine, Gaza, Syria and elsewhere. With @kshaheen.bsky.social @dannypostel.bsky.social and Lisa Goldman newlinesmag.com/podcast/look...

Syria Is Alive With Possibility After 15 years of exile, I returned to Damascus, where I found a familiar city with an unfamiliar sense of hope

NEW: After 15 years, Faris Zwirahn returned to Syria. As he writes in this essay, what he found in Damascus was both familiar and different. The city is the same — but its inhabitants are smiling. newlinesmag.com/first-person...

YouTube video by New Lines Magazine Looking Ahead in 2025 — with Kareem Shaheen, Lisa Goldman, Danny Postel and Faisal Al Yafai

As the incoming Trump administration prepares to round up, detain & deport immigrants on a colossal scale, @kshaheen.bsky.social @lisang.bsky.social @faisalalyafai.bsky.social & I debate whether immigration is a “real” issue, on the @newlinesmag.bsky.social podcast 🎧

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Preserving Afghanistan’s Soul: A Race Against Time From his house in California, a young member of the country’s diaspora is digitizing his homeland’s sounds

“They’ve got a twisted kind of intelligence, and they know exactly how to destroy it all.”

Embedded in Omid J.’s quest is a desire not only to protect Afghanistan’s music from the Taliban but to preserve its diversity.

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Thank you to the hundreds of guests and journalists from dozens of publications who joined our @newlinesmag.bsky.social events at The Frontline Club in London this year. New events coming in 2025! #2024wrapped

1. 🧵 On our most recent episode of The Lede podcast — @kshaheen.bsky.social
discussed the logical fallacy of leftist “anti-imperialists” supporting the Assad regime while they claim to support Palestine, with Rasha Elass and @faisalalyafai.bsky.social.

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A packed house at the Frontline Club in London for our last @newlinesmag.bsky.social event of the year. Stephen Sackur was in excellent form, gamely answering the questions instead of asking them. More events next year 👏