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Journalist. Words Former political correspondent in Middle East. MS . Views mine.

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Joined September 2009
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    Mar 29

    Arab and Muslim governments are playing a part in fueling anti-Muslim hate as part of a campaign to fight dissent at home & abroad. Some forged alliance with right-wing groups in the West dedicated to advancing anti-Islamic bigotry From and me:

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    10 hours ago

    . called it: Bezos Investigation Finds the Saudis Obtained His Private Data via

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    8 hours ago

    The Daily Beast has just published a piece by Gavin de Becker, head of Bezos's investigation team. The investigation points to Saudi involvement in the Bezos Blackmail Scandal.

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    16 hours ago

    This is a very important piece. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and their mouthpieces are ironically among the closest allies of right-wing forces in Western countries. They hated the Arab Spring so much they want to make sure Muslims don’t enjoy democracy even in America.

    Arab and Muslim governments are playing a part in fueling anti-Muslim hate as part of a campaign to fight dissent at home & abroad. Some forged alliance with right-wing groups in the West dedicated to advancing anti-Islamic bigotry…
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    18 hours ago

    Seeing how the recent piece by & in has triggered so many idiots, I'm going to boost it every time it shows up on my timeline.

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    20 hours ago

    In their desperate bid to cling on to power, some Arab regimes have forged alliances of convenience with the racist far-right in Europe and America, argue and This is reminiscent of the Cold War alliances between conservative Arab and Western forces.

    Arab and Muslim governments are playing a part in fueling anti-Muslim hate as part of a campaign to fight dissent at home & abroad. Some forged alliance with right-wing groups in the West dedicated to advancing anti-Islamic bigotry…
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  7. Mar 29

    I’ve been getting messages from people wanting to sign up to slimming dance classes. Just to clarify: You’ve got the wrong Ola Salem.

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  8. Retweeted
    Mar 29

    Arab regimes spend millions of dollars on think tanks, academic institutions, and lobbying firms in part to advance Islamophobia.

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    Mar 29

    As part of their efforts to demonize Islamists in the West, Arab regimes find themselves in a weird alliance with anti-Muslim bigots. Intentional or not, this informal alliance has effects beyond targeting extremists. ⁦⁩ & I explain:

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    Mar 29

    A must-read piece by and : Arab Regimes Are the World’s Most Powerful Islamophobes

    As part of their efforts to demonize Islamists in the West, Arab regimes find themselves in a weird alliance with anti-Muslim bigots. Intentional or not, this informal alliance has effects beyond targeting extremists. ⁦⁩ & I explain:
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  11. Mar 29

    Nicely put

    Your friendly reminder that in January, enough Brexit voters died and Remain voters turned 18 that the country flipped to Remain. So now we are wasting millions in tax money to (desperately attempt to) implement a decision which dead people want
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  12. Mar 28

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    BREAKING: We had labneh
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    Mar 28

    "We are still in the fight for a permanent solution because we still have lives after March 31st, 2020." Liberians in US welcome DED extension, but call for permanent solution (My latest with for )

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  14. Mar 28

    The announcement by the SPA news agency on Thursday did not identify the three women but several reports named them as blogger Eman al-Nafjan, Aziza al-Youssef, a retired lecturer at King Saud University, and academic Rokaya al-Mohareb.

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    Mar 25

    As we all consider what's next in the struggle against , anyone interested should be reading 's paper for , which lays out its strategy for a "long war." - "Out of the Desert: 's Strategy for a Long War"

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  16. Mar 24

    “As president of the United States, I will not have kind words to say about authoritarian leaders around the world who espouse bigotry and hatred,” Bernie Sanders told about 200 Muslims at a Mosque in Southern California during rally.

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  17. Mar 24

    Breaking: At AIPAC conference, the prime minister of Romania announces they will move their embassy to jerusalem, "the capital of the State of Israel," she adds.

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    Mar 23

    Many won’t like it but I’ll say it: Syria owes a *great* deal of gratitude to the men & women of the Syrian Democratic Forces. The SDF should be seen as work in progress, a decentralization & democratic project that needs to succeed.

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  19. Mar 22

    Seven candidates running in the 2020 presidential race said they will not attend next week's AIPAC conference.

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    Mar 22

    Coming up - Despite ongoing fighting in , WH declares that ISIS controls no more territory in Syria or Iraq. is there for us, and we get perspective from the insightful on what he calls a "milestone, but not the end of ISIS."

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