Ghida Ismail

Research and Statistics @UNDP and @WIEGO, covering global urban and socio-economic issues. Former @UN_Women and @WorldBank,

[Raseef22 English @Raseef22En]

How do we build a culture from below, one that resists erasure and insists on possibility even in despair?

Researcher Ghida Ismail (@Ghida234) takes us inside Beirut’s Zico House and the Sisyphean labor necessary for Lebanon’s cultural survival.
https://t.co/qUybAQ5PUA

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

My article on madness, forgetting and remembering in an imbalanced and unjust world order.

[UntoldMag @UntoldMag]

In the face of destruction and enforced forgetfulness, the madness of remembering is a weapon to reclaim Beirut’s identity and resist a world order built on erasure and imperial dominance.
By Ghida Ismail @Ghida234 #Beirut #Lebanon
https://t.co/ylFEJWxnDi

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Hamra street’s words when Lebanon is under Israeli aggressions.

[GlobalDev Blog @GlobaldevB]

Despite GDP showing progress in #Palestine before the Gaza #war, the daily realities of its people tell a different story. Our blog explores what these indicators miss and why they need re-evaluation.
https://t.co/7rtvx1bSpt

[GlobalDev Blog @GlobaldevB]

Les indicateurs de développement indiquent que la #Palestine était sur la bonne trajectoire avant le nouvel éclatement du conflit dans la bande de Gaza. La réalité quotidienne de sa population raconte une histoire bien différente.
@Ghida234
https://t.co/pDeaxJR49K

[Development Studies Association @devcomms]

Rethinking development indicators in the context of Palestine by @ghida234

Read the blog on @GlobaldevB here ⤵️
https://t.co/KjxxbSrT2E

[GlobalDev Blog @GlobaldevB]

Before the current war in #Gaza, GDP trends suggested progress in #Palestine. But daily life told a different story. Read our latest article ➡ https://t.co/7rtvx1cqf1 @Ghida234

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

I wrote a blog post on how current development indicators fail to accurately depict the reality in Palestine. I highlight the need to reevaluate how development is measured to help Palestinians secure their rights and freedoms.
@GlobaldevB @GDNint

[GlobalDev Blog @GlobaldevB]

Despite GDP showing progress in #Palestine before the Gaza #war, the daily realities of its people tell a different story. Our blog explores what these indicators miss and why they need re-evaluation.
➡ https://t.co/7rtvx1bSpt @Ghida234

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@mars_valdivia and I wrote a chapter on how internal mobility exacerbated the health and socioeconomic effects of the pandemic and what mechanisms drove differentiated impacts between migrant and local workers 12 cities worldwide.

[IOM Research @IOMResearch]

📢NEW! “Research Handbook on Migration, Gender, and COVID-19", edited by  @MarieLMcAuliffe and @CelineBauloz. This Handbook contributes to a better understanding of the implications of the #pandemic on #gender dynamics and roles in #migration.

👉 https://t.co/Fe76xv0o3O

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@EWErickson Shame shame on you, celebrating the killing of people.

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@MoJay23_ @medeabenjamin Thank you for your courage! 💜

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@russell_sl @YousefMunayyer So you are admitting that IDF is as “terrorist” as Hamas?

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@Starcourse @LHSummers the killing of more than 8000 civilians including more than 3000 children by Israel is just unfortunate collateral damage? It is not a murderous act? Is it because being killed by Israeli bombs makes your death less relevant? Or is it that Palestinian lives are less valuable?

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@DamnItsDutch @bendreyfuss And this thread compiles direct quotes from Israel’s leaders stating their goal to expel Palestinians

[Sigal Samuel @SigalSamuel]

There are more quotes in my @voxdotcom article, which explains that in Israel, calls to expel Palestinians have become increasingly mainstream.

Pro-expulsion rhetoric was getting loud even before the horrific Hamas attack. Now it's deafening.

https://t.co/V4nefY0MY2

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@YannaiGonch Also saying “not even mentioning that Hamas was democratically elected by Gaza” assumes that Gaza is a normally functioning “country” and overlooks that Gaza has been occupied by Israel since before Hamas. I dont think there is anything democratic here.

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@YannaiGonch 1) “from the river to the sea” calls for equal rights and justice for Palestinians, for a solution that ensures the dignity and freedom of Palestinians and Israelis from the river to the sea, to end apartheid and occupation. It does not invoke a “genocide”.

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@YannaiGonch Your inability to condemn the genocide of Palestinians by Israel makes me question your morality and your integrity as a faculty member.

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@YannaiGonch It is disappointing that faculty, like yourself and others, that should be better informed about the history and context of the conflict and should work for more justice and human rights for all, are just busy undermining the morality of students.

[Ghida Ismail @Ghida234]

@YannaiGonch 2) speaking of “genocide”, can you please acknowledge “genocide” against which people is happening now? I think now more than 4000 Palestinians civilians were killed by Israelis in the last 2 weeks.