Sudanese refugees fleeing atrocities are confronting a hidden mental health crisis marked by trauma and rising suicide rates. @maddisonsawle looks at how a generation scarred by war is being abandoned long after escaping Sudan, https://t.co/xupk2lnLB4
What Remains of South Africa’s Industrial Dream
In the Vaal Triangle, built on steel and cheap power, communities are navigating the long-term effects of factory closures and failing infrastructure.
By Tristen Taylor & Nathalie Bertrams in @newlinesmag https://t.co/LySj7n1eUf
The highest offices in the new Syrian state are being parceled out among the rural towns that fought hardest in the revolution, replacing the Assads’ Qardaha with a constellation of competing centers of gravity.
By Kamal Shahin for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/GS3XEqTy0I
A century ago, a debate was ignited over the dating of pre-Islamic Arabic poetry. The body of verse known as Jahili reveals a distinct experience of the natural world, one that tells in favor of its authenticity.
Superb essay by @habboush in @newlinesmag https://t.co/bfAIURORsd
NEW: On the eve of Shavuot, a holiday about Jewish peoplehood, Netanyahu shared a video aimed at exacerbating political divisions by weaponizing grievances, writes @lisang. https://t.co/Rdp8Rzv5Tb
A growing movement in Spain’s Andalusia argues that everyday gestures and half-remembered prayers are the unwritten remnants of Muslim Iberia, and an answer to the far right’s narratives about national identity, writes Chahrazade Douah for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/rtzY1dBuRv
Megastreamer Hasan Piker is the subject of heated debate in the Democratic Party, especially over his views on Israel. But his fondness for the Chinese government may be a deeper problem, writes @newlinesmag Politics Editor @DannyPostel. https://t.co/wb1xlB2E6J
When it attacked Iran, Israel nearly dragged the UAE into a regional war.
In one of our current top reads, @lisang spoke to several experts about why, despite this, the relationship between the two countries is now stronger than ever. https://t.co/riVHm48WW9
Megastreamer Hasan Piker is the subject of heated debate in the Democratic Party, especially for his views on Israel. But his fondness for the Chinese government may be a deeper problem, writes @newlinesmag Politics Editor @DannyPostel. https://t.co/YlED6ji37V
Seven Arab countries are full members of the body that runs Eurovision, yet in 70 years, only one of those nations has competed.
@UnaHajdari explains why for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/CjejjPgUbI
Read my colleague @lisang's piece on the scandals and excesses surrounding Sara Netanyahu. The essay explores allegations of abusive behavior, freeloading, and political interference. I later asked Lisa what prompted her to write it. https://t.co/9PuDiUFrdt
Egypt’s proposed family law reforms promise modernization. Critics say they instead expose how deeply citizenship, marriage and divorce remain governed through sectarian religious systems rather than equal civil law. @chrysographer takes a closer look.
https://t.co/M246WSJIRP
No other outlet has this important story, not in English not in Arabic.
A universal story that really shows his evil can be so banal.
https://t.co/npV6WPdrR2
NEW: Mega-streamer Hasan Piker is the subject of heated debate in the Democratic Party, especially for his views on Israel. But his fondness for the Chinese government may be a deeper problem, writes @newlinesmag Politics Editor @DannyPostel. https://t.co/wb1xlB2E6J
"Is Dubai the New Israeli Dream?"
The gov't is importing hundreds of thousands of workers from poor countries on 5 year visas to do the jobs Israelis do not want and Palestinians cannot have. But the policy comes at a cost. My latest for @newlinesmag
https://t.co/zA9yB3bw7o
Editor's Pick:
By day, Hala Mounir Mohammad built a following as a Syrian hairdresser and beauty instructor. But by night, former detainees say that she served as a feared guard in Assad’s prison system. @PalomaDinechin speaks with her parents, her neighbors and survivors: https://t.co/uMyMnNWtaD
Reproductive technologies are increasingly playing a role in global conflicts. Fertility tech has become a policy tool and opened a new frontier for ethical questions provoked by war, particularly in Israel and Ukraine, writes @MdLadly https://t.co/IfQd678W3Y
In Sudan's Nuba Mountains, drones supplied by Egypt, Turkey, Iran and the UAE are killing civilians by the hundreds and blurring accountability in a war already fought with impunity.
Dispatch by @sophie_neiman for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/P8LAf3p9Wh