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Founded by @Jkhashoggi in 2018, DAWN works to reform U.S. FP in the ME, hold abusers accountable & magnify the voices of experts/activists from the region.

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"I ran on a free Palestine... I wasn't going to change my stance just because AIPAC came saying, 'Hey, you need to be silent.' I wanted to be the one that would stand up and fight," says Cori Bush in an interview with DAWN. Read our interview w/Cori Bush: dawnmena.org/all-i-lost-was…

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The UK must impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its ministers and also consider suspending it from the UN to meet its “fundamental international legal obligations”, more than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges said. theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

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"We live every moment with our hearts clenched in fear, knowing we could be ripped away. But we refuse to stop. We continue to fight for survival, to protect each other and to keep moving forward. We ignore the odds," writes Yahya al-Masri from Gaza. dawnmena.org/a-displaced-ro…

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"Sanctions are not the only cause of economic collapse." Rena Netjes [email protected] and Sophie Fullerton analyze the impact of sanctions relief for Syria, along with plans to transition Syria's economy from state-control to a liberal model based on free-market competition.dawnmena.org/lifting-sancti…

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"Europe must actionably demonstrate to Israelis that ethnic cleansing and annexation of Palestinian territory comes with real, expensive costs." Hugh Lovatt, ECFR Senior Policy Fellow, assesses European governments' latest shifts on Israel. dawnmena.org/is-europe-fina…

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"I write as a witness to the arbitrary deprivation of nationality in Kuwait, where I was born... and grew up... denied the right to belong to my homeland. Classified as 'stateless,' my life has been marked by a lack of basic human rights," Ahmad Benswait. dawnmena.org/a-crisis-of-st…

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"That's what keeps me up at night—knowing that we haven't saved everyone. We haven't fixed the issues. And we have this regime that has four years to do more harm. We're going backwards," says Cori Bush in an interview with Democracy in Exile. dawnmena.org/all-i-lost-was…

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“We remember who we are: a people who've been displaced, oppressed and crushed under the weight of history. But also a people who resist, endure and never forget. We carry our past with us. We build our future one step at a time,” Yahya al-Masri in Gaza. dawnmena.org/a-displaced-ro…

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"We may be witnessing the start of a fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy that few thought possible in our lifetime: the decoupling of U.S. interests from Israeli national security," writes DAWN's @RaedJarrar, in a review of recent Trump decisions. dawnmena.org/the-decoupling…

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"I ran on a free Palestine... I wasn't going to change my stance just because AIPAC came saying, 'Hey, you need to be silent.' I wanted to be the one that would stand up and fight," Cori Bush tells Democracy in Exile. See the interview: dawnmena.org/all-i-lost-was…

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Join Today: Defending Democracy in the Muslim World: Why Democracy is Crucial in the Age of Global Authoritarianism, w/Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy MPAC Speakers include DAWN's @Sarahleah1 12 PM, Jamal Al-Tahat 1:30 PM Online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… DC in-person: eventbrite.com/e/defending-de…

Join Today: Defending Democracy in the Muslim World:  Why Democracy is Crucial in the Age of Global Authoritarianism, w/<a href="/CSID_DC/">Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy</a> <a href="/mpac_national/">MPAC</a>

Speakers include DAWN's @Sarahleah1 12 PM, <a href="/Jama16673Al/">Jamal Al-Tahat</a> 1:30 PM

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"Effective diplomacy requires consistency and credibility—qualities largely absent from the current approach," writes DAWN's advocacy director Raed Jarrar, analyzing Trump's recent "decoupling of U.S. interests from Israeli national security." dawnmena.org/the-decoupling…

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"Europe and its partners can amplify Israel’s anti-Netanyahu faction while reinforcing the Israeli voices insisting that a ceasefire and diplomacy offer the only path to securing Israel’s long-term future," writes Hugh Lovatt, @ecfrmena senior policy fellow. dawnmena.org/is-europe-fina…

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"El-Kurd articulates the painful reality of being punished for speaking out, and yet, never rewarded for being right," Yahia Lababidi writes in his book review of Mohammed El-Kurd's "Perfect Victims." dawnmena.org/perfect-victim…

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In an era where Palestinian voices are often filtered, misrepresented or erased, Mohammed El-Kurd’s Perfect Victims rejects euphemism and the safety of distance, speaking directly and with profound moral clarity. dawnmena.org/perfect-victim…

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"El-Kurd’s critique of dehumanization is sharp: 'Our massacres are only interrupted by commercial breaks. Judges legalize them. Correspondents kill us with passive voice.'" Yahia Lababidi reviews Mohammed El-Kurd's book "Perfect Victims" for Democracy in Exile. dawnmena.org/perfect-victim…

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"Trump's Middle East policy has always resembled a weathervane—spinning dramatically with the changing winds of personal relationships." DAWN's Raed Jarrar analyzes Trump's "decoupling of U.S. interests from Israeli national security" in Democracy in Exile. dawnmena.org/the-decoupling…

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"Education in Gaza represents hope for a better future—despite the genocide. It is the weapon with which the Palestinian people confront Israel’s attempts to destroy their identity." Writer Shadi Salem from Gaza on education as resistance. dawnmena.org/education-in-g…

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What does the destruction of #Gaza mean for the legal case for #genocide? Join DAWN’s executive director Sarah Leah Whitson and fellow experts Jehad Abusalim, Yara Asi, PhD, Raz Segal, and Yousef Munayyer on 6/11 for this urgent conversation. RSVP + details👇 arabcenterdc.org/event/a-histor…