Daybreak in Gaza: Stories of Palestinian Lives and Culture is out NOW. This book is a record of this extraordinary place, its people & of a culture preserved by those people themselves. Profits from the book will be donated directly to Medical Aid for Palestinians #DaybreakinGaza

Superb investigative journalism into Israeli war crimes in Gaza and the brutal executions of innocent civilians. No British or America newspaper or media company has produced anything as detailed or devastating as this

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The Afghan govt and the Chinese MCC have agreed to underground mining at #MesAynak. Long list of caveats – will the ancient Buddhist city be able to withstand the vibrations – but still great news for the heritage site: theartnewspaper.com/2024/10/09/tal…

Sophie Kazan Makhlouf reflects on the UAE's creative scene from its formation in 1971 to the present day in her latest book The Development of an Art History in the UAE: An Art Not Made to Be Understood. Read Melissa Gronlund's National newspaper review thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2…

Another night of horror in the #Gaza Strip. A strike hit a hospital courtyard, burning the tents where people were sleeping. Just before this, an UNRWA school sheltering families was hit in Nuseirat. That same school was going to be used as a #polio vaccination site today.

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I caught up with the أرشيف الشرائط السورية‎ Syrian Cassette Archives archive to learn about the extraordinary music genres and vectors of transmission they've discovered via their expanding collections of Arabic cassette tapes thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2…

Once again, Pankaj Mishra, we don't deserve you. Read this if you haven't about the abject failure of Western academia and journalists, from 9/11 to the present. From n+1 nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

Smart thinkers in the field of art and film! The role of director of LUX is now open – an amazing opportunity to lead this incredible organisation in London: lux.org.uk/about/jobs/

Do we know how much the conscience of a Labour minister currently costs? What is your going rate David Lammy ? I hope they made it worthwhile. This is a far, far bigger story than that nonsense about Starmer's Taylor Swift tickets. And you can bet it will get far less coverage

In Melissa Gronlund's article in today's The Art Newspaper, read her deep dive into #ALIPH: why were were founded, our mission & projects, and how we are set up to be flexible and responsive to protect cultural heritage during crises and conflicts. theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/29/ins…

What a fantastic analysis of the fragmentation of Palestinian art since the Nakba. By Nadi Abusaada for the The Avery Review averyreview.com/issues/69/the-…

Israel has just occupied a chunk of Syria. Am yet to hear our government speak out against this new invasion of sovereign territory Israel takes more Syrian territory and hits chemical weapons sites - on.ft.com/4iv8prR via Financial Times

"I can confirm that illegal excavations were a persistent problem, especially in the areas around Aleppo. Most of these illegal excavations were protected by the Syrian regime’s secret police." turkiyetoday.com/region/assad-i…

“I sat down and started to tell him — 'There was this bird —,' He interrupted me. ‘What is a bird?” Watch this short video interview — about a child discovered in a notorious Syrian prison — from beginning to end.

A status report on Syrian museums and archaeological sites suggests some looting and break ins at important sites, including Deir ez-Zor and Tartus cc: ATHAR Project linkedin.com/posts/khaled-h…

There's so much going on and the NYT is reprehensible in so many ways – but hats off to Declan Walsh for his Sudan reporting

Bye, Musk's Twitter. That's enough now.