Rafqa Touma

Reporter @GuardianAus Still studying @UTSLaw @UTSFass

[Walkley Foundation @walkleys]

The winners for Innovation Journalism, supported by @MBA_Aust, are: Guardian Australia team, @GuardianAus. #walkleys

[Rafqa Touma @At_Raf_]

nervous hope is mixing *with* anticipatory dread (sorry for the typo)

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Nervous hope is mixing to anticipatory dread among Harris supporters watching the US election results come in at the Kent St Hotel in Sydney.

“Reality is starting to set in,” an American in Sydney says.
"It's like when you are on a roller coaster, you know the drop is coming."

[Rafqa Touma @At_Raf_]

Kent St Hotel, Sydney, is filling up with Australians and American expats supporting Kamala Harris as the US presidential election results roll in

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Supporters of Kamala Harris are watching US election results roll in at Kent St Hotel in Sydney

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American expats are filling in to watch the US election results roll in at a Democrats Abroad watch party in Kent St Hotel, Sydney

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“The fate of western democracy is on the line,” Hope, an American-Australian dual citizen, says. She is watching the US presidential election results roll in at a Democrats Abroad watch party in Kent St Hotel, Sydney.

[PLO Department of International Relations @PalestinePDP]

.@guardian by .@At_Raf_ & @Rachwani91

“I feel that I left them all behind and I rescued myself. I feel so much guilt, so much shame.”

https://t.co/qPD2Cqa9Yc

#Gaza #Palestine #HumanRights

[John Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd]

RIP Amy ‘Guardian Blog’ Remeikis 😢

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@NickEvershed nick+andy vs nick+andy

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Here’s more on those NSW Labor MPs expressing concern, from @catiemcleod
https://t.co/jNdO3J0eBI

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NSW premier Chris Minns says he hasn’t lost control of the caucus, after multiple MPs expressed concern re his protest rhetoric.

“Our priority was peace and security and social cohesion … The vast majority of my parliamentary party are completely behind … that sentiment.”

[Jane McAdam @profjmcadam]

This excellent piece by @BenDohertyCorro & @At_Raf_ shows all too starkly why our @KaldorCentre proposal for an emergency framework for humanitarian crises is needed. Even the Home Affairs Minister acknowledges here that its recommendations are important https://t.co/TGQbKJlNzp

[Paul Karp @Paul_Karp]

Fatima Payman singles out Rupert Murdoch as she decries mainstream media’s treatment of Muslim women - w @At_Raf_ https://t.co/GkjGZESf5p

[Rafqa Touma @At_Raf_]

Super packed trains this morning - services cancelled “due to track repairs at Central” according to a note on the TripView app

Was waiting for at least 20 mins due to delays, then couldn’t fit on the train when it did finally arrive

[Rafqa Touma @At_Raf_]

A 19m yacht has been left to float off Nowra coast after 2 people were rescued.

“Depending on conditions it may come in on the coast further down, it may go to New Zealand,” chief inspector Anthony Brazill said.

“Our priority is to rescue people, save lives, not save boats.”

[Rafqa Touma @At_Raf_]

@crystal_jane Congratulations ❤️😍

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@antloewenstein @GuardianAus ❤️🙏

[Antony Loewenstein @antloewenstein]

Powerful story by @At_Raf_ in @GuardianAus on newly arrived #Palestinians from #Gaza making a new life in #Australia and those helping them to succeed:
https://t.co/9qIdqjI3rK

[Rafqa Touma @At_Raf_]

@VirtuallyShanti 🙏🙏🙏