Roberta Maggi

Development practitioner @UNODC_MCP | MENA | Associate Fellow @CARPOBonn | 🎓 @warstudies & @GVAGrad

[Emadeddin Badi @emad_badi]

This @hrw report on Colombian mercenaries deployed by the UAE to Sudan shows that they not only transited through the UAE, but also received training at at least two military facilities in Abu Dhabi before being deployed to fight in Sudan.

https://t.co/0sjDIxjSGb

[Reem @ReemWrites]

You can now honor Hamid in writing. This website brings together his articles, interviews, and body of work as a tribute to his professional contributions and his personal life.

With gratitude to @Kodouda for making this possible

https://t.co/ViNfneAI57

[UNODC for Middle East & North Africa @UNODC_ROMENA]

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💼Programme Support Officer
📍East Jerusalem, State of Palestine
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📍Algiers, Algeria
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[Emadeddin Badi @emad_badi]

ما زلت عاجزا عن تصديق رحيل حامد خلف الله.

جمعتنا في البداية مساحة أكاديمية ومهنية، بحكم عملي وإهتمامي بالسودان. لكن مع حامد كان من الصعب أن يبقى التواصل مهنيا فقط. كان في شخصيته ما يجعلك تنجذب إليه، وترغب في معرفته أكثر، وتشعر بالإمتنان لأنك حظيت بصداقته.

لم أعرفه إلا خلال السنة الماضية، لكنها كانت كفيلة بأن يترك في نفسي أثرا لا يمحى - فقد كنا نتراسل يوميا. كان حامد من أطيب الأرواح التي عرفتها؛ ذكيا، صادقا، نبيلا، كريما بوقته، ودافئ الحضور. كان من ذلك الصنف النادر من الناس الذين تشعر بحسن الحظ لأن الحياة جمعتك بهم.

من أجمل ما جمعنا أننا كنا نتبادل الرسائل عن العادات السودانية والليبية: التفاصيل الصغيرة، الطعام، الطقوس، العادات، الكلمات، المزاح، وما يجعل مجتمعاتنا مختلفة ومتشابهة في آن واحد... عرفت السودان من خلاله، وتعرف هو على ليبيا من خلالي.

لا أستغرب هذا السيل العارم من الحزن على رحيله. فقد كان حامد يحمل السودان في قلبه، ويحمل ثورته، وقضيته، و تطلعاته و توق شعبه للحرية و الكرامة أينما ذهب. محبته للسودان كانت معدية، فقد كانت جزءاً من روحه، ومن المعنى الذي عاش به ومعه.

حامد، كما عرفته، لا يحب الحزن. بل يصعب علي أن أتذكر لحظة رأيته فيها و الإبتسامة لا تزين وجهه البشوش، رغم كل ما كان يحمله من أعباء، وما مر به من إبتلاءات ومواجع. لذلك لا أريد أن أثقل عليه بالحزن، ولا أن أودعه بما كان سيضيق به صدره... لكن الفقد كبير، والغياب موجع، وهذا الرحيل أصعب من أن يستقبل إلا بقلب مكسور.

بعض الناس لا يحتاجون إلى زمن طويل كي يتركوا أثرا عميقا، و أنا على بقين أن حامد ترك في كل من عرفه أو إحتك به شيئا من لطفه، و نبله، و صدقه، و صفاء روحه.

أسأل الله أن يغفر له ويرحمه رحمة واسعة، وأن يرفع مقامه و منزلته في عليين، وأن يسكنه الفردوس الأعلى، وأن يربط على قلوب أهله وأحبابه، ويلهمهم الصبر والسكينة.

إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون.

[Mat Nashed @matnashed]

Hamid was friend and an inspiration. His intellect epitomised the raw humanism that made him such a beautiful person.

Hamid, I'll miss our many phone calls and the many inside jokes born out of dinners in Khartoum, Cairo and Beirut. I'll miss you.

Rest easy now, my dear friend.

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

We, the TIMEP family, are absolutely devastated by the news that the brilliantly talented and deeply empathetic Sudanese advocate Hamid Khalafallah has passed away. It was the greatest honor and privilege to host Hamid as a 2022-2023 nonresident fellow.

[Doug Christensen @d_christensen9]

Tomorrow night in Washington, DC:

[Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany]

There will never be enough words, @HamidMurtada.

But here I try. 💔

[Roberta Maggi @RobertaMaggi]

Hamid's kindness and brilliance lit up every room he walked into, even in the darkest times.

He was a truly wonderful and inspiring person, taken from this world way too soon. His passing leaves a hole in our hearts and community.

Rest in power, dearest Hamid 🕊

[Reem @ReemWrites]

بدري عليك يا حمودي @HamidMurtada

ليه تخلينا كدا برانا

إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

- Shame Within Borders -

Maintaining trade in times of genocide means valuing goods over humans. Markets over life.
This is not policy: it is a system. A clash of values.

It is either equality, freedom, solidarity. Or it is their contrary.
Please choose.

[ᴅʀ. ʜ.ᴀ. ʜᴇʟʟʏᴇʀ 🖖🏾 ⚜️ @hahellyer]

there's more anger at this statue being knocked down than thousands of Lebanese killed

[Mohamad Bazzi @BazziNYU]

“The Nakba of South Lebanon” — front page of today’s @LOrientLeJour

[Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸 @alexplitsas]

Happy to report that @shellykittleson is on her way to recovery and the epitome of resilience

You’ll hear from her soon

Thank you to everyone who helped to set her free

[Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸 @alexplitsas]

Request for Help:

.@shellykittleson is recovering and receiving treatment for injuries she received while being taken and held hostage. She is an independent journalist and lost everything when she was taken. Please consider helping as she recovers.
https://t.co/TlUlt9HVUj

[Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸 @alexplitsas]

Update: I have spoken to Shelly. She is recovering and being treated for some injuries. That is the reason she has not answered if you’ve tried to be in touch. She will speak when she is ready and asks for privacy in the interim

She lost everything

Help: https://t.co/TlUlt9HVUj

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

Day 1 of the ceasefire: bloodiest day of the war in Lebanon, one of the heaviest days of Iranian attacks on the Gulf since the first week, and also the Strait of Hormuz still isn't open

It's a ceasefire only in the sense that America has ceased firing and declared victory

[Will Christou @will_christou]

Chaos in Beirut as Israel carries out a wave of airstrikes across the country hitting what it said were more than 100 targets in ten minutes.

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

So if you're keeping score at home, the ceasefire includes Lebanon but also doesn't include Lebanon, America has agreed to all of Iran's demands and Iran has agreed to all of America's demands, America will recognize Iran's right to enrichment and also insist on zero enrichment, Hormuz is completely open but also Hormuz is subject to unclear limitations...

There are a lot of confident predictions about a deal that is still unclear and unfinished

Both sides are scrambling to portray this as a war-ending victory when there's a decent chance that the war hasn't even ended

[Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom]

Our first take on the ceasefire. It's a pause, a welcome step back from the abyss. But ignore the predictable spin from both sides: it's too early to predict what will happen next.

The negotiations in Islamabad will be complicated, to say the least, given the enormous gap between America and Iran.

If the talks fail, a renewed war is possible. But the war is deeply unpopular in America; Donald Trump is keen to have it done before he meets Xi Jinping next month; and the energy shock would likely be even greater next time. All of that is a constraint on Trump's ability to start another round.

The other option is that we go back to a version of the pre-war status quo: a battered Iran still under sanctions and the threat of further attack, sitting on a stockpile of 400kg of highly-enriched uranium. https://t.co/qU5wtzHGG9

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations.