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Gnarled old Middle East hand. I may retweet stuff I find notable but may not agree with.

Joined June 2009
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Is there somebody from #Microsoft out there who can link me to a human re your SwiftKey app which is a maddening disgrace & cd easily be fixed. Pls DM
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#Iran's Islamic regime seems to have crushed its latest and greatest challenge - for the moment. The story is far from over. An execution stayed: Why the Islamic Republic might cling to power in Iran codastory.com/polarization/a… @CodaStory
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A timeless and timely reminder at a time when the #BBC is under attack : facebook.com/share/v/1CsBD6n…
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We have lost a great writer on the Middle East, a great friend, an exemplar of modesty in a profession plagued by ego. His Gun and the Olive Branch remains a classic. David Hirst, 1936-2025. theguardian.com/world/2025/s…
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PM of #Israel @IsraeliPM The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong are respected, and alliances are made with the strong, and in the end peace is made with the strong. 8:05 PM · Aug 29, 2018
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In the first episode of Table for Two, I sat down with legendary BBC correspondent Jim Muir. From Lebanon’s civil war to the Kurdish uprising, Baghdad post-2003, and encounters with Talabani, Barzani, Nasrallah & more. 50 years of frontline journalism. Coming soon @964English @964arabic @964kurdi #TableForTwo
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Fun Fact #293 : #Trump's fave word #tariff comes from Arabic : taarif (تعريف) meaning Notification, instruction, announcement etc..
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#Israel apparently stealing ancient olive trees from #south_Lebanon. Really? Is that in the ceasefire agreement?
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One life at a time...There's a daunting ocean of need in #Gaza, but anything you can spare to give to PGDP will go direct to individuals in need on the ground. Every penny. donkeysaddle.org/palestine-g…
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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs killed Benjamín Netanyahu
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#Lebanon : News people : pls note that #Dahieh is not a place name like #Beirut, it's a word that means "suburb". So when you say the Dahieh suburb, you're saying "the Suburb suburb". I just say "the southern suburbs".
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Jewish Miriam Margolyes says it like it is, it looks like Hitler has won.
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Scary stuff. Fantasy or future reality? open.substack.com/pub/adamto…
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This is Rasha. A Palestinian citizen of Israel. She’s a beauty shop owner in very north of Israel who couldn’t be further from Gaza in Majd al-Krum. Her crime? A social media post expressing sadness and solidarity with Palestinians in Rafah after the tent massacre. Via @ShusterNoam + hrebat IG
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