
Jos Betts
@jos_betts
Senior editor @newlinesmag, has written some intellectual history; edits essays for @camlitrev.
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19-03-2017 01:33:24
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The disappearance of Lake Pergusa tells the story of the ongoing climate crisis impacting the Mediterranean and carries with it a legacy of intimate memories. It is a loss that the local community will have to come to terms with. Thanks New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/first-person/i…


NEW: As Georgia’s autocratic gov. toys with recognising Orthodox Christianity as the state religion, my latest for New Lines Magazine looks at the church officials pushing apologist narratives about Stalin’s reign. Special thanks as always to Amie Ferris-Rotman. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/geor…

An uplifting read on winemakers in Turkey overcoming countless obstacles to revive a millennia-old tradition, by Murat Oztaskin for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/turk…

Truly well deserved award for our editor in chief Hassan I. Hassan, creating the ever expanding and always brilliant New Lines Magazine from scratch - and then doing it all over again in Arabic, with مجلة الفراتس 👏👏👏

CALL FOR PITCHES on the U.S. election, expansively conceived: New Lines Magazine is looking for genuinely original stories, political/cultural reportage, personal essays, think pieces & historical takes on America from fresh, unexpected angles. DM or e-mail me: [email protected]

Compare Hezbollah’s Nasrallah only to Egypt’s Nasser, as a historical figure in the Middle East! Not just in stature, but also the possible effects of his demise on his cause. Hear us out - Kareem Shaheen & I unpack his legacy & future impact in New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/argument/end-o…

The EU spent over €200 million on Turkish removal centers that detain, abuse and forcibly deport refugees, a joint investigation has found. Brussels is aware, but poised to extend funding. “Inside Turkey’s EU-Funded Deportation Machine” New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/reportage/insi…


This week marks one year since I left Lebanon, where I had lived for over a decade. In New Lines Magazine, I recall why my wife and I decided it was time to go, with some thoughts about everything happening now. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/leav…
🚨🇬🇪 In a crucial vote in Georgia over the weekend, Moscow won as the pro-Russian ruling party quickly claimed victory. The EU now wants to look into reports of vote-buying and intimidation. Read New Lines Magazine for deeply reported coverage (a small 🧵)

My reckoning with the moment and what it might mean, for New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/argument/the-t…

If you read one thing about the Mazan rape trial, make it this piece, by Diane de Vignemont who found a sort of sisterhood in the courtroom and it’s surrounding, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/gise…
🔔 Dominique Pelicot found guilty of drugging ex-wife Gisèle and recruiting strangers to rape her for years. 50 more men are receiving verdicts now. Read Diane de Vignemont in New Lines Magazine on the French sisterhood the rape trial created newlinesmag.com/spotlight/gise…


Elon Musk has turned his sights on politics beyond the U.S. The political drama he has caused in Britain suggests that the results may be unpredictable, write Lydia Wilson and Jos Betts in New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-…
The Aga Khan died yesterday. Michał Kranz, in New Lines Magazine, reported on the Pamiris who fled Tajikistan and found an unlikely home in Poland, bolstered by the broader Tajik opposition movement: newlinesmag.com/reportage/pola…

Gaza might appear unique, but it is part of a decades-long pattern of the U.S. government denying, minimizing, downplaying and rationalizing genocide by American allies. Professor Stephen Zunes surveys the record for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/essays/by-reje…

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