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@qabdulzahra Shelly Kittleson often worked without formal assignments from editors and on a shoestring budget, taking shared taxis to lawless corners of Iraq where militia rule outweighs government control: @samya_kullab profiles the journalist kidnapped in Iraq apnews.com/article/iraq-k…

Britain is 6% Muslim. Germany 5%. France 10%. Sweden 9%. Belgium 7%. Those are not the numbers of a country becoming Islamic. Those are the numbers of a minority. A fairly small one. For comparison, the United States is 5% Muslim and has spent the last 25 years bombing Muslim-majority countries, which is, coincidentally, where most of the refugees are coming from. “Intentional elimination of indigenous people and culture.” That phrase deserves a moment. The United States eliminated its indigenous people. Actually eliminated them. Deliberately. With policy and rifles and smallpox blankets. Europe took in Syrian doctors and Afghan interpreters. These are not the same thing, and using the language of genuine genocide to describe a German city having a kebab shop is an insult to history. The culture argument also collapses on inspection. France still makes the wine. Germany still makes the cars. Sweden still makes everyone feel guilty about their work-life balance. Britain still makes the queue an art form and the food a punishment. Nothing has been eliminated. The Eiffel Tower is still there. So is Beethoven. So is Rembrandt. What has actually changed is that European cities are more diverse, more interesting, and still significantly safer and more liveable than the cities of the country currently most agitated about all of this. Nobody is being replaced. You’re just angry that the continent you’ve decided to hate on is still, stubbornly, doing rather well.

Pretty jaw-dropping investigation by @newhumanitarian on Adeso & Degan Ali's work "Whenever you hear Degan speak, she speaks about decolonising, ”a current Adeso staffer told TNH . “But when you come within her organisation, it’s the direct opposite.”

AlertNet was, alongside IRIN, one of the very few organisations treating humanitarian news as a beat worthy of specialist attention, proper journalism and reporting. But under the @TRF, AlertNet already had long since morphed into Trust.org and latterly Context.

@alexmassie Sending condolences from all of us to all of you

@alexmassie A fitting tribute to a wonderful man and writer. For another Coll boy heading out into the world and wanting to write, your pa was a true inspiration. He never wasted a word, was generous with his time and his counsel, and incredibly difficult to overcome at Mrs Brown [Verify].

Allan Massie, 1938-2026 open.substack.com/pub/alexmassie…

@alexmassie From his rugby columns to his literary reviews to his political and cultural commentary and, of course, his award-winning novels, Allan's writings have always been pithy, thought-provoking, and an inspiration to so many, including myself. Send him my very best, please!

Very grateful to David Robinson for this lovely piece about my father who, at the age of 87 and after 50 years as a contributor, has filed his last copy to The Scotsman. share.google/TpGoF5Xh14LDJF…

@alexmassie Very, very distant echoes - so distant, in fact, that one wonders if they are echoes at all or merely wishes upon a star

"As many fine judges have noted, there are echoes of a left-handed Gordon Greenidge here..."

This is utterly shameful. @UNHCR_BGD @IOMBangladesh #rohingya

'Myanmar earthquake worsens one of the world’s largest and most neglected humanitarian crises' with @6oldberg for @newhumanitarian thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/…

A respected humanitarian. A troubling arrest. A death in custody. No explanations. More than 16 months after the death of Hisham al-Hakimi in Houthi custody, many questions remain. New investigation by @newhumanitarian unpacks what happened: thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations…

Most reporting on the M23 crisis in DR Congo is using mistaken framings, suggesting the conflict is purely driven by a desire to plunder the region’s rich mineral resources. Opinion from @judithverweijen and @ethuin:⬇️ buff.ly/40TxRPO

Here's the 2nd of 3 start-of year analyses from the @newhumanitarian team: This one is on 13 crises around the globe that demand your attention heading into 2025. Look out tomorrow for our policy editors' take on the trends shaking up the aid response. thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/…

Every year, the specialist @newhumanitarian edit team publishes 3 start-of-year analyses (on trends that will drive humanitarian needs, on specific geographic crises, and on the latest issues shaking up the aid policy response). Here is the first for 2025: thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2025/…

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“It’s not a Lahore issue. It’s not a winter issue. It’s a Kabul to Calcutta issue. It’s a year-long issue" @urwish_26 and I for @newhumanitarian on pollution in Pakistan (and South Asia as a whole) thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2024/…

Reading many of the statements from the organisations supposed to uphold IHL and provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance to Palestinians, you'd think Israel had done little wrong in Gaza - @newhumanitarian says this has to change: thenewhumanitarian.org/editorial/2024…

You can read the archives of #SyriaDeeply through our partnership with the @newhumanitarian, another terrific publication that has covered #Syria, #refugees and global crises. Stories that need more focus and depth. deeply.thenewhumanitarian.org/syria

The task ahead for Syrians trying to rebuild after decades of dictatorial rule is immense, especially as humanitarian needs were already at record levels even before rebels drove out Bashar al-Assad. @annieslem from @newhumanitarian lays out the situation: thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2024/…

In this week's Friday essay, Jeff Sparrow argues that writers have a responsibility to take sides @Jeff_Sparrow @UniMelb theconversation.com/friday-essay-a…