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Dylan Baun

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Writer, historian, teacher—Youth and young people 20th century Lebanon and Palestine—The action is the juice

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Beirut Radical Imad Yusuf Nuwayhid was born in 1944 in the Lebanese village of Ras al-Matn. He came of age in the 1960s, splitting time between Beirut and Europe. And he died…

www.bloomsbury.com/us/beirut-ra... for preorder in us

22.09.2025 15:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LOVING the cover design for Beirut Radical. Pre-order now, out in UK in December, US in February :) @ibtauris.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

22.09.2025 15:46 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Reorienting Palestine: Facts on the Ground and Changing Hearts, Minds, and Policy by Dylan Baun and Andrew Scott he Palestine I saw bore so little likeness to the stories I read, and so much resemblance to systems I’ve known ~Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message When I first

But who those outsiders are and what platforms they use matters.”

Conceived before Israel’s expansion into Gaza and strike on Qatar but even more relevant as Israel continues to act with impunity. What can stop this impunity?

studychristianzionism.org/reorienting-...

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Reorienting Palestine: Facts on the Ground and Changing Hearts, Minds, and Policy by Dylan Baun and Andrew Scott he Palestine I saw bore so little likeness to the stories I read, and so much resemblance to systems I’ve known ~Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message When I first

Based on my prior work on Oliver, alongside an investigation of the politics of representation on the question of Palestine today, I have found that when paired with Palestinian voices, outsiders have the power to change popular opinion in the west on Palestine.

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Reorienting Palestine: Facts on the Ground and Changing Hearts, Minds, and Policy by Dylan Baun and Andrew Scott he Palestine I saw bore so little likeness to the stories I read, and so much resemblance to systems I’ve known ~Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message When I first

Whether through journalism, church work, or missionary activity, what they saw made them painfully aware of the conditions in Palestine.”

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Latest article with help from a student this time: “Though worlds and decades apart, these three figures [Scottish Quaker Daniel Oliver, Coates, Mother Agapia] are united by their experiences on the ground in Palestine as “outsiders.”

16.09.2025 19:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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04.08.2025 13:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Final proofs confirmed. Cover image soon to be finalized. Out of my hands and available Dec 11! Preorder here: bloomsbury.com/us/beirut-radical-9780755655281
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04.08.2025 13:55 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Proofs in hand, last thing I need to do before the book is out of my hands. I can feel it 😍😍. December publication still on track, preorder below: www.bloomsbury.com/us/beirut-ra...
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16.06.2025 21:50 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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❤️ to see Winning Lebanon getting good press years later. Thanks @bassel26.bsky.social for reviewing 👏

12.06.2025 20:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

“As the pressure grows on Syrian refugees to leave Lebanon, every effort must be made to ensure that repatriations remain safe [predicated on legally backed “go-and-see” visits to Syria], dignified, voluntary, and in line with international human rights conventions. “

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but at the time of writing, the transitional government had not yet presented a concrete plan or strategy to enable this.”

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”Syrian refugees had limited representation at the [Feb 2024 National] dialogue [in Damascus]. Recent bilateral discussions between Lebanese and Syrian delegations indicate that there is a willingness to facilitate Syrian refugee return,

12.06.2025 14:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Some choice quotes:

“negative rhetoric by certain politicians, coupled with anti-refugee media campaigns, have also contributed to an increasingly hostile environment for Syrian refugees, including through misinformation and the fueling of social tensions between refugees and host communities”

12.06.2025 14:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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From Exile to Uncertainty: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Consider Returning Home The fall of the Assad regime after almost 14 years of war has brought hope to many Syrian refugees that a long-awaited return home is possible. The shift also comes as welcome news for the governments...

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Maysa Baroud takes up one of the most important questions unaddressed in mainstream coverage on Lebanon: How does the govn and citizens treat the nearly 1.5 Syrian refugees in Lebanon? And what will happen to them after the Syrian revolution?

12.06.2025 14:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A prime example that the founders of political Zionism, here Thedor Herzl (1860-1904), had little regard for the inidgenous (unmentioned, Palestinian) population. They wanted them gone.

29.05.2025 13:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Copy editing time!! @ibtauris.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

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Beirut Radical Imad Yusuf Nuwayhid was born in 1944 in the Lebanese village of Ras al-Matn. He came of age in the 1960s, splitting time between Beirut and Europe. And he died…

And we are live! No cover art yet, but check out description, TOC and preorder Beirut Radical for December via link below 😍😍😍 www.bloomsbury.com/us/beirut-ra...

14.05.2025 14:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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