Abdi Latif Dahir

Middle East Correspondent for @nytimes. Email: [email protected]

[Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif]

For a year, my colleague @ScheckNYTimes and I looked into why domestic workers from across East Africa, who are promised jobs and a better life in Saudi Arabia, continued to face abuse, starvation and death. Here's what we found. https://t.co/Q8ljBANy8K

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▫ Lebanon's best chance at disarming Hezbollah only crumbled

▫Militants re-entrench after war in Iran and attacks by Israel
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[Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif]

“We have to be happy and celebrate, even if it’s only for a short time”: Across the Middle East, from Lebanon to Gaza and Yemen, Eid this week has been marked less by family gatherings and festive meals than by mourning, displacement and uncertainty https://t.co/EfNyBdO1c4

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In south Lebanon, Eid came with the deafening booms of Israeli strikes, the thud of shelling and the buzz of drones. “It’s a difficult Eid,” said Hanan Khalil, a resident of Baysarieh, where deserted streets reflected the unease hanging over the region https://t.co/BQIOy5hZ9H

[NetBlocks @netblocks]

📈 Confirmed: Live metrics show a partial restoration to internet connectivity in #Iran on day 88, after 2093 hours of near-total isolation from international networks, the longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history. It is unclear if the restoration will be sustained.

[Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center @Kennedy_HRC]

.@Lattif and @ScheckNYTimes are the 2026 RFK Book & Journalism Awards John Seigenthaler Courage in Journalism & International Print Award winners for their work for The New York Times.

Migrant abuse in the Gulf is tragically well documented. But The Times uncovered something darker — a network of companies controlled by some of the most powerful figures in Saudi Arabia and East Africa. The very people who could protect workers are profiting off their exploitation: members of the Saudi royal family; the families of the presidents of Uganda and Kenya; top lawmakers; and Kenya’s solicitor general; even members of parliament in charge of safeguarding workers.

Our heartfelt congratulations to Abdi, Justin, and The New York Times. To learn more about this year’s winners, please visit: https://t.co/NAz1ChfCd4

[Maggie Haberman @maggieNYT]

Among the details of our reporting: new military intelligence assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz.

[Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif]

Hundreds gathered on Sunday to mourn at least eight members of a Lebanese family -- including a 6-month-old baby -- killed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier. “They are all gone,” grieving relatives cried as ambulances carrying their bodies departed. https://t.co/N8uYF1t0aB

[The New York Times @nytimes]

@nytopinion See Saher Alghorra’s photography documenting the toll of Israel’s attacks in Gaza. https://t.co/Ok8WSc12dM

[Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif]

Across southern Lebanon’s lush, undulating vistas, Israel is razing border villages to pave the way for a broader occupation. Satellite images and video footage show streets reduced to rubble, with little left to mark where homes and businesses once stood
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[Isma'il Kushkush @ikushkush]

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2026 awarded to the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate https://t.co/aJBWDjeSgZ

[Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif]

When the war in Sudan began, I spoke with Hamid often. One memory that stays with me is how he and his family woke early on Eid day (April 21, 2023) to bake cookies, trying to restore some normalcy to the day — only to abandon it as fighting resumed in Khartoum. Allah yarhamhu!

[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.

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe has been awarded 8m Kenya shillings ($62,000; £46,000) for breaking the marathon record and getting a gold medal. He also received a vehicle number plate 01:59:30 - his official record time.

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[Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif]

As wars rage across the Middle East, content creators and influencers from the region are turning out edgy material on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to cope with the conflicts and bring levity to a pain that often feels too raw. My latest piece. https://t.co/bBz56PAoyI

[Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif]

When a ship comes under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the first places its distress call is likely to be heard is thousands of miles away, on a military base outside Portsmouth, on the south coast of Britain.

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[Abby Sewell @sewella]

Wounded Lebanese journalist Zeinab Faraj recounts hours of agony when Israeli strike killed colleague Amal Khalil https://t.co/lFQpjVX7Ze

[Athletics Kenya @athletics_kenya]

HISTORIC MOMENT

Sebastian Sawe of kenya breaking Sub2 in men’s marathon

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1:59:30. Humanity just got faster.

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“What cease-fire are you talking about?” said Kamil Mohamed Mansour, who fled the village of Tallouseh in southern Lebanon, and who said he lost his home, savings and farmland. “I have lost everything and am sitting here alone.” https://t.co/b3vwAsZQ1m

[Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif]

In Lebanon, the rare ambassadorial-level talks with Israel in Washington have been received with a mix of anger, unease and faint hope. My report from Beirut.

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