Nas

A former yoga junkie, suffer daily chronic pain and seeking better ways 2 live and yes my camel 🐫 has more attitude than me 🌈✨oh and I follow the 🌙

[Nas @Nasreen_and_I]

Pretty accurate- the birthplace of wahabbiasm #KSA and Al Saud https://t.co/NKkEwJLVNA

[Shireen Al-Adeimi @shireen818]

Another Yemeni family wiped out by Saudi airstrikes. Another injustice that can neither be forgotten nor forgiven.

And if you're still defending Saudi Arabia, making excuses for its crimes, or downplaying what it's done to Yemen, this is what you're supporting.

[Nas @Nasreen_and_I]

Facts! Thank you for this.
Why Yemen is Still a Thorn in Saudi Arabia’s Side 🇸🇦 #saudi #iran #mbs #... https://t.co/mwK4w0p3zC via @YouTube

[Nas @Nasreen_and_I]

@shireen818 Ain’t happening! For sure

[Shireen Al-Adeimi @shireen818]

No civilians deserve to be killed in war. None. But if you condemn the deaths of 13 civilians in Saudi while ignoring the hundreds of thousands of Yemenis who were starved & killed during 11 years of Saudi aggression, take a moment to reflect on your selective outrage & humanity.

[Hussain Albukhaiti حسين البخيتي @HussainBukhaiti]

Aftermath of Saudi airstrikes on
Shoab market , one of the busiest area in Sanaa Yemen.
Its been reported ofdozens have been killed and injured

[Shireen Al-Adeimi @shireen818]

A reminder from 2017, 2 years into the Saudi war & blockade on Yemen.

Sana'a airport remained closed until 2022, when limited flights to Jordan were allowed to operate.

In July, Saudi bombed the airport to stop a flight from landing, breaking the ceasefire & reigniting the war.

[شَ @sh_9013]

صنعاء ، كما كتبها المقالح 🇾🇪

[Shireen Al-Adeimi @shireen818]

Look at how then-Saudi Ambassador Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud laughs while making this crude remark following a question about cluster weapons that were killing Yemeni civilians. This was in 2016, I think.

As vile then as they are now.

[Nas @Nasreen_and_I]

@shireen818 Very true and accurate @shireen818

[5Pillars @5Pillarsuk]

🇺🇸🌙 CALIFORNIA OFFICIALLY RECOGNISES EID AS STATE HOLIDAY

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law formally recognising Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays.

This means:

- Muslim state and school employees can take Eid off using existing personal-holiday credit or other available leave.

- Public schools and community colleges can choose to close for Eid through locally negotiated arrangements.

But it does not mean everyone in California automatically gets Eid off, nor does it create an extra paid holiday for all workers.

The move nevertheless gives the two major Islamic festivals formal recognition in California law and has been welcomed by Muslim organisations as an important step for the state’s one million strong Muslim community.

[The Honey Badger @Nance726]

On paper, I’m in my 50’s & it’s really confusing…
In my head, I’m 35.
At a concert, I’m 25
After 10pm, I’m 72.
Getting up off the floor, I’m 93.
When someone makes me mad, I’m 2
BUT-
When an 80’s song comes on,
I’m 17, drunk in a field, & my mom thinks I’m at a sleepover
🤪

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza. 

May peace be our future.

[Nas @Nasreen_and_I]

💕 ✊🏽

[Aaron Maté @aaronjmate]

At the UN for The Hague Group meeting with the man who exposed Gaza’s Gravediggers. @normfinkelstein @orbooks

[Yasameen Al-Nadheri ياسمين الناظري @YNadheri]

مع الجمهورية ضد حكم الميليشيات
سبتمبر مجيد ❤️

[Nas @Nasreen_and_I]

@omeisy 💯

[Hisham Al-Omeisy هشام العميسي @omeisy]

The Houthi takeover of Mayyun and advance along the Red Sea coast is not simply a story of Houthi military strength. It is also the consequence of years of fragmentation, competing agendas and lack of coordination within the anti-Houthi camp.

The Houthis have consistently shown an ability to exploit these divisions. While their opponents debate command structures, responsibilities and political differences, the Houthis move quickly, seize territory and create new facts on the ground.

The consequences are now much bigger than Yemen. Control of Mayyun and positions overlooking Bab al-Mandab gives the Houthis unprecedented leverage over a strategic global shipping route—at precisely the moment Iran is exerting pressure over the Strait of Hormuz.

The lesson is difficult to ignore: unless Yemen’s government and anti-Houthi forces unify their political and military decision-making, receive serious and desperately needed support, the Houthis will continue turning their opponents’ divisions into strategic gains. My 2 cents for the @nytimes

https://t.co/CmsqwsmbZ1

[Hisham Al-Omeisy هشام العميسي @omeisy]

Houthis mamaged to push through, Hays, Al-Khawkhah and now Mocha, effectively capturing most of the western coast. The government defensive line appears to have been overwhelmed and the National Resistance Forces has been ordered to establish an alternative command center in a safer location.

The fighting is now shifting south toward Dhubab, which is considerably more consequential strategically because it sits directly on Bab al-Mandab opposite Perim/Mayyun Island.

Control of Dhubab and Perim are key to controlling the maritime chokepoint. Houthies are moving toward positions from which they could exert substantially greater military pressure over the strait and the Red Sea.

Where Iran maintains severe pressure on Hormuz while the Houthis establish the ability to seriously disrupt Bab al-Mandab, you effectively have pressure on both maritime exits of the Arabian Peninsula. The regional and international implications and consequences are dire.

[Hisham Al-Omeisy هشام العميسي @omeisy]

Over the past two days, Yemen has witnessed a worrying escalation in fighting, particularly along the western coast and around Taiz. Once again, it is Yemenis who bear the heaviest cost: lives lost, families displaced, livelihoods disrupted, and communities already exhausted by more than a decade of conflict facing renewed uncertainty.

But the human cost of Yemen’s war is accompanied by another, less visible legacy: the destruction of the environment.

Years of conflict have damaged agricultural land, contaminated water resources, degraded ecosystems, and undermined the natural resources on which millions of Yemenis depend. The widespread use of landmines and unexploded ordnance is particularly devastating—not only killing and maiming civilians, but rendering farmland, roads, grazing areas, and entire communities unsafe long after the fighting moves elsewhere.

This makes the publication of the new study, War and the Environment in the Middle East: Degradation, Governance, and the Way Forward, by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung FES), particularly timely. The study is available here: https://t.co/Bp1URoOvRd

I was privileged to contribute the Yemen chapter, “Scorched Earth: Environmental Impact of the Conflict in Yemen,” (P.45) examining how years of war have damaged Yemen’s land, water, agriculture, biodiversity, and environmental governance—and how these consequences will continue to shape Yemen’s recovery long after the guns fall silent.

The renewed escalation is a reminder that we cannot think about the consequences of war only in terms of what happens on the battlefield. Environmental destruction is also a humanitarian, economic, and development challenge—and ultimately a challenge to sustainable peace.

My sincere thanks to Astrid Becker at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung for her support throughout the process, to David Ramin Jalilvand who initiated this important project, and to Dr. Tobias Zumbrägel for his leadership and support.

I also want to thank the other amazing authors and contributors whose expertise and perspectives made this study possible: Abdalftah Hamed, Dr. Ahmed H. Hilles, Anna Ackermann, Doug Weir, Sammy Kayed, Sarine Karajerjian, and Tobias Ide. It was a privilege to contribute alongside such an accomplished group.

As Yemen faces another dangerous moment, understanding—and addressing—the environmental consequences of conflict must be part of any serious discussion about the country’s future, recovery, and peace.

[Egypt National Team @EgyptNT_EN]

Nothing feels better than welcoming our heroes home 😍🇪🇬

#egyptnt
#FIFAWORLDCUP

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"Pull up my piece... I can't wait... Patrick, will you give me permission to read from your screen... this is a great moment for me, taking over your show... your viewers are getting some good facts today..."

Great moment on the @PBDsPodcast when I got to take over the show, read out facts and figures my own article, and prove that Donald Trump won by a very narrow margin in 2024 and not by a landslide, as he so often and falsely claims.

Receipts: