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William Deknatel, Windway Estate aka William J. Kohler Residence (1937) Sheboygan, WI Windway Estate was originally built for Kohler heir and future three-term Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. The property was added to the NRHP in 1988. Photos: WI Historical Society

I take it back the analogy for all this isn't post-soviet shock therapy. The parallel is the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. This is colonial governance in the metropole. Good morning everyone a 22 year old from the Heritage Foundation just disbanded the army.

The Iraq War never ended:

A heartfelt piece by Yemeni journalist Afrah Nasser أفراح ناصر 🇾🇪 🍉 speaks to all Yemenis about our struggle to tell our own story in a media & think tank world where “Yemeni lives only matter when victimhood serves an external narrative," as she wrote. #Yemen dawnmena.org/listening-to-y…

My latest essay on why Yemen deserves a better media coverage & the importance of listening to Yemeni voices. dawnmena.org/listening-to-y… grateful to Democracy in Exile Frederick Deknatel freddydeknatel.bsky.social DAWN MENA for publishing this.

If you read one critique of the international community's preferred narratives about #Yemen, make it this one by Afrah Nasser أفراح ناصر 🇾🇪 🍉. dawnmena.org/listening-to-y…

When the war began on March 19, 2003, George W. Bush called it "the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, free its people and defend the world from grave danger." It sounded like a neoconservative fantasy, and it was, writes Frederick Deknatel freddydeknatel.bsky.social dawnmena.org/the-unlearned-…

“The way forward is not through changing flags or pledging blind loyalty to new leaders—it's through finding common ground and seeing each other as Syrians for the first time.” Lina Sergie Attar in our new roundtable on Syria’s transition after Assad: dawnmena.org/the-threats-to…

From how to rebuild the country to whether the new authorities can contain sectarian reprisals, there is no shortage of obstacles to Syria's post-Assad political transition. In our new Roundtable, 11 experts take stock of the challenges ahead. Thread: dawnmena.org/the-threats-to…

From sportswashing to diplomacywashing: David Wight on how Saudi Arabia is using high-profile diplomatic talks to whitewash its global image and present itself as a "peacemaker." dawnmena.org/saudi-arabia-i…

My latest: By selecting Saudi Arabia to playact as mediator, Trump/Putin have gifted the Saudi monarchy with images of supposed diplomacy calculated to launder the Saudi royals' reputation. The world should not fall for this #diplomacywashing. #OilMoney dawnmena.org/saudi-arabia-i…

"I feared living my entire life in exile. I walk the streets feeling a sense of connection, belonging, happiness and relief. I am here. I am finally in Homs." ammar azzouz 🥀 عمّار عزّوز in Democracy in Exile on returning to Syria after 14 years. dawnmena.org/returning-to-s…

At first glance, Syria Street looks like any other busy road in Tripoli. But the bullet holes that riddle the apartment blocks and shopfronts suggest it has not always been so peaceful… Assad’s fall threatens to reignite sectarian strife in N. Lebanon. dawnmena.org/assads-fall-th…

“What I really want to do is to make art that influences the system, that tries to change it or question it.” From our 2021 interview with Gianluca Costantini by Frederick Deknatel freddydeknatel.bsky.social on how art becomes activism and “speaking for those who can no longer speak.” dawnmena.org/art-that-makes…

Join us this Wednesday for a wide-ranging discussion on Syria's future after Assad, featuring Lina Sergie Attar, Amr Al-Azm, Loubna Mrie, Steven Heydemann and Line Khatib—moderated by Democracy in Exile's Frederick Deknatel freddydeknatel.bsky.social. April 23 at 11 a.m. Eastern time here on X Spaces: x.com/i/spaces/1ZkKz…

For too long, I have watched Yemenis struggle not only to survive their reality but to have it properly understood outside #Yemen—and to have their voices heard. dawnmena.org/listening-to-y… Democracy in Exile DAWN MENA

This Week in Democracy in Exile: • Abdelhalim Abdelrahman on the Leahy Law and Israel's killing of Amer Rabee. • Anagha Subhash's report from Damascus on the first Easter since Assad's ouster. • Yahya al-Masri's essay from Gaza on the ceasefire's collapse: mailchi.mp/dawnmena.org/t…

My years of researching and advocating for shade have finally led to this — a plea to embrace tall buildings for the shadows they cast. New from me in New York Times Opinion nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opi…