#SYRIA

After 5 years and 3 months of work I finally defended my PhD thesis earlier this week. It was an extremely emotional experience and I am overly happy and proud
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20 years ago today, I was at a Damascus hair salon when an assistant rushed to tell us Hafez Assad had died. What I saw and lived in the next
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from the Gospel According to Luke 2:1-20In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius
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What a reply! That's the superiority of Ahlulbayt ع Reason why Imam Husain (as) did not give allegiance to Yazid.He remained firm on his determination till he got martyred
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The Armenian Genocide 1914The Assyrian Genocide 1914The famine of Mount Lebanon 1915The Greek Genocide 1913The Hamidian massacres 1894The Diyarbakır massacres 1895The Batak massacre 1876The Hakkari massacres 1843The Massacre of Aleppo
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1. There has always been a ton of smoke around the relationship between Trump and Erdogan, two of the most corrupt leaders in the world. Whatever happens in November, this
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300 followers down, happy to lose all 45k of the others to. I will not apologise for standing in solidarity with transgender people. They have all my love and support,
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Who is this person and how is someone so ignorant and also so confident about the MENA at the same time? Sunni dictatorships have supported Shia groups and Shia dictatorships
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Article & ThreadGenocide does not happen overnight.. 25 yrs after #Srebrenica, #UN still fails to prevent & protect. Human Rights has become a slogan, by which govs invade, destroy &
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As a lot of discussions already started on what to expect from #Biden within the #transatlantic relationship, let me list few ideas I laid out for @WashInstitute about what it
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This is immensely significant. A HUGE victory for diplomacy and peace. CONGRATULATIONS Israel & UAE!https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53770859Next up, as I argued in 2017 (https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/maajid-op/ ) for @
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I was a mess back then as an angry Trump supporter. Being a liberal has brought me down to earth in realizing the person I was. Having empathy encouraged me
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I went to Bologna a couple of weeks ago & visited the many bicycles and ate tortellini in an old school dining room staffed by men in white coats. My
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THREAD: The news of the pending appointment of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as SecDef has provoked a complex reaction. Here is a thread of @monkeycageblog posts summarizing relevant security studies
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In the context of recent terrorist attacks in France & after a week of outrage in Muslim countries over the Charlie Hebdo caricature, @EmmanuelMacron gave a long interview to @AJArabic
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A little thread of the beauty of cabinet card versos (inspired by @photograph_tut). CC designs start off simple (a stamp and address), become very ornate, then go on to black
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