🔴 Hunger is widespread in Gaza and people are dying. 🔴 Deadly malnutrition among children is reaching catastrophic levels. 🔴 Food is dangerously scarce, and clean water is below emergency levels . 🔴 Aid is severely restricted and dangerous to access. This is a man-made

Doctors and medical staff in Gaza say their increasing hunger and the lack of available food due to Israel’s blockade is beginning to leave them too weak to provide urgent medical care to patients inside hospitals full of malnourished & injured civilians. trib.al/9w3azox

✨ Excited to share that I will be stepping into a new role as Program Director for the Faith & Global Health Initiative at @GeorgetownGHI which involves coordinating the new Georgetown–Lancet Commission on Faith, Trust, and Health. Grateful to work with Deus Bazira, Oliver

After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…

Join us on July 29 @ 11am ET as Mona Yacoubian Diana Rayes, PhD MHS Bachir Tajaldin & Lolwa Al-Abdulmalek discuss Syria's public health system during the country's fragile transition. Access the virtual event using the link below 👇 csis.org/events/stabili…

Really looking forward to being a part of this critical conversation next week with CSIS CSIS Middle East on the rehabilitation of the Syrian health system as one of the vital pillars for stabilization and long-term recovery. Tune in next Tuesday at 11am Eastern / 6:00pm

“Children in the Gaza Strip are starving to death. “Severe malnutrition is spreading among children faster than aid can reach them, and the world is watching it happen. "Children must be protected - not killed, and not left to starve." unicef.org/press-releases…

Trauma can have lasting effects on human biology. Syrian-American social scientist Diana Rayes, PhD MHS dives into how her family’s experience during the 1982 Hama massacre shapes her understanding of the tragedy. thinkglobalhealth.org/article/author…

“After the horrors of the second world war, Rwanda, Myanmar and Srebrenica, the world said “never again”. Without action, there’s a risk it will shrug its shoulders and say “never mind”.” theconversation.com/gaza-is-starvi…

The North Star Policy Initiative (NSPI) held its launch event in Washington, D.C., where Emgage Foundation shared more about NSPI's mission of championing thoughtful and principled policymaking. We were honored to be joined by policy professionals and public servants from

Shared my thoughts in National Interest on the complex portfolio that Ambassador Tom Barrack has been tackling in Syria and the Levant at a pivotal moment for the region. nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-ea…

Join CNAS for a panel discussion on conflict prevention in Syria and the Middle East, moderated by North Star Policy Initiative senior advisor Adham Sahloul: northstarpolicyinitiative.substack.com/p/nspi-senior-…

Looking forward to this event taking place today, August 7th, at 1:00pm Eastern, moderated by Adham Sahloul and featuring Mona Yacoubian Ibrahim al-Assil إبراهيم الأصيل and Daniel Schneiderman. Registration below ⬇️

Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza continued to report a lack of food across the enclave, while medical teams warned that hospitals are overwhelmed by a daily influx of injured people and close to “near-total collapse." news.un.org/en/story/2025/…

Very few Syrians have made the decision to return to their home country from Germany since the fall of autocrat Bashar Assad last December. The vast majority of them have remained but say they fear for what their future might hold in either country. infomigrants.net/en/post/66261/…

Staggering numbers of Palestinians now being shot in Gaza as they try to find food at GHF sites, or along UN convoy routes. More than 4,500 people treated in a single Red Cross clinic. Almost 1,400 across two MSF clinics. Total is more than 12,000, according to health ministry.

Recent hostilities in Sweida have demonstrated the fragility of Syria’s political transition and the challenges it faces in addressing the humanitarian crisis. Diana Rayes, PhD MHS outlines policy priorities to address the politicized humanitarian landscape. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…