EmptyNestExpat

American expat blogger recommended by the Wall Street Journal, London Telegraph, & Daily Sabah newspapers.
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[Dario Nardella @DarioNardella]

The Europe of mayors, the Europe of cities stands with Ekrem Imamoglu, stands for democracy and freedom in #Türkiye.
@EUROCITIES
@imamoglu_int

[EmptyNestExpat @EmptyNestExpat]

I enjoyed Twitter. It's sad to see it shrivel up and die. Wouldn't it have been wonderful to have had old Twitter for this USA clown show we've got going? #ExpatLife

[Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis @DrLoupis]

U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese on Israel's Alternate Reality:

“They Don't See Palestinians as Human Beings”.
https://t.co/Yz38lO8YGE

[Ibrahim Fawzy | إبراهيم فوزي @IbrahimSayedF1]

"Basim Khandaqji’s winning of the IPAF (@Arabic_Fiction) is a tribute to all prisoners who have been tormented for writing."

[Publishers for Palestine @pubforpalestine]

We're calling for a week of action for Nakba Day, May 14-21. Honour the memory of the Nakba. Join the resistance. #EndtheNakba https://t.co/LdLzdrpfoq

[ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social @arablit]

More about the event & add it to your calendar: https://t.co/QpUJuMd25D

[ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social @arablit]

Please join us Saturday, May 18.

More about the event (and add it to your calendar): https://t.co/QpUJuMd25D

About how to get the issue (available at select bookshops worldwide): https://t.co/xqjDkvxnbu

[ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social @arablit]

All profits go to our partners in Gaza, Majalla 28.

Find out more & order your copy of our Spring 2024 issue "Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!" here:

https://t.co/sU3RFGeE1N

[Dalia Hatuqa🪬🤌 @DaliaHatuqa]

So many beautiful things have been said about Shireen. Here is a reminder of the journalist and the woman that she was:

[Ramy Yaacoub @RamyYaacoub]

Till the day I die, I will never forget this scene. From the procession of the late Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral, on May 12, 2022, in Ramallah, one day after her assistantion by IDF forced in Jenin Camp.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

Exciting news: Today we at the @C4JDHowardU announced $200k in grants going to 10 newsrooms across 9 HBCUs for technology and equipment upgrades and to pay stipends for students to work at campus publications. Our HBCUs are brimming with talent. All they need are adequate resources! https://t.co/rLRBqMsqOZ

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

Student newsrooms at HBCUs to receive $200,000 in boost for journalism | US universities | The Guardian https://t.co/xvCJQ1Td9v

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

“The only way they (Israel) won’t drop bombs is if they don’t have any,” says the European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell.
https://t.co/prKjXlSnW7

[Mondoweiss @Mondoweiss]

In the first such divestment action by a major Christian denomination, the General Conference of The United Methodist Church has voted to divest from Israel bonds, and those of other countries carrying out prolonged military occupations.

https://t.co/7bx0BQJlXE

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

These are protests against a law that would copy a Russian law against "foreign agents"
Georgians don't want to become part of the Russian world

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

It was an honour to stand in solidarity with the amazing student organizers @occupyuoft.

As an alumni and former editor-in-chief of The Varsity, @UofT is where I learned to write and research.

These students have built an inspiring encampment that is a beacon for justice.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

I really do not understand the calculus of constantly insulting young people, and presuming what they do or do not know. Also, college students during the CRM didn’t have to understand the entire history of racism to know segregation was immoral. Did BLM protestors have to know the entire history of policing to protest what happened to George Floyd? This sort of haughty dismissal is just strange to me.

[EmptyNestExpat @EmptyNestExpat]

@carol4623 @FLOTUS @POTUS She's a white feminist. All @FLOTUS's talk is empty.

[EmptyNestExpat @EmptyNestExpat]

Respectfully, @FLOTUS, this death & destruction is the Biden family legacy in US History forever more.

This is what #GenocideJill & #GenocideJoe will be remembered for. Killing kids. 14,000 of them so far.

[خالد طعيمة - Khaled Tuaima @khaled_tuaima]

خمس دقائق وخمس وعشرون ثانية لن تتخيلو كم كلفني صناعة هذه القطعة، كنت قادرا على اختصارها لدقيقة أو دقيقتين لكن هذه حصيلة سبعة أشهر من العذاب، كل فريم في هذه القطعة كنت بين خيارات النجاة أو التوثيق، كل فريم محفوف بالموت، كل فريم يقاس زمنه بالسنين لدينا، هذه القطعة حاولت جاهدا وبعد معاناة مع ما نمر به أن تخرج غصبا عني أولا وآخرا فاقبلوها رسالة مني أنا الشاهد على الإبادة في شمال غزة.

#Gaza
#Palestine

[Juan Cole @jricole]

Macklemore knows more history in this one song than Hillary Clinton has known her entire life - signed, a historian