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"I don't want to lose my mother." Saana Soueif, daughter of Laila Soueif and sister of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, tells #R4Today she doesn't want her mother to die, as Laila reaches 150 days on hunger strike in protest at Alaa's continued detention in Egypt.

A full-scale Israeli military assault on Rafah is taking place. Thousands of people have been killed and all main hospitals have shut down. The UK must suspend arms transfers to Israel to prevent their use in further atrocities. #CeasefireNOW map.org.uk/campaigns/susp…

My debut play has been announced. Honoured to have been held by @FuelTheatre on its journey out into the world. It’s called Nowhere. And it will be on in October. See you there.

Israel has turned Rafah into hell on earth, setting a supposed “safe area" of plastic tents aflame and burning many Palestinians alive. Stop all arms to Israel now! Call on @DanishMFA to stop its vessel Marianne Danica carrying arms to Israel now! loom.ly/81d_E3Q

“My little son was jumping yesterday with extreme joy after the good news about the truce. Today, we buried him.” Gaza, Rafah

Amazing work from @AmnestyUK If only @RishiSunak actually cares about arbitrarily detained Brits abroad! #FreeMehran #FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll

"A profoundly moral and purposive refusal is at the heart of these campus uprisings...a refusal by the young to mirror the supine posture of so many of their elders," @prospect_uk asked me to write something on the protests. This is open access with thanks to the editors.

The world’s conscience could have died today. Justice at the #ICJ has given it hope for survival. Thank you South Africa. Again and forever. Now let us stop this with redoubled force, with the words of international law upheld and clearly behind us. #CeasefireNOW

Has anyone else noticed that the standard of journalism has gone up as more people actually read South Africa’s #ICJ document? The quality of the work in distilling information and sources is impeccable, and devastatingly powerful. If you haven’t read it yourself, please do: icj-cij.org/sites/default/…

I also watched this video. And what destroyed me as I watched it, is that this father still looked to the camera in hope that his predicament and devastating grief would touch someone somewhere and make a difference. We must carry his broken heart and heal this world. #CeasefireNow

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Mourn the dead and fight like hell for the living. The dove is from Bethlehem, the scales of justice for everywhere & the #ICJ. Because all live are sacred. #MLKDay2024 #Emmys2024 #Oct7Day100 #CeasefireNOW

And in other news, I have the honour of being nominated alongside the incredible Elizabeth Debicki for a @CriticsChoice award. She’s not on X. So please make enough noise that she hears you. Our journey together was an incredible one, and Elizabeth I am forever grateful to you. #TheCrown

Israel is holding nearly 2,900 Palestinians in administrative detention, which means no charge or trial & is indefinitely renewable says @HaMokedRights. This is historic high. I met some of the women & teens recently released from AD in the truce deal🧵independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

We must hold each other’s grief, through truth and justice. We must step into difficult territory. Because all lives are sacred. This will never end until the occupation is over. We must have peace within this generation. We owe it to our children, and to the thousands of children and people who have died already. #PermanentCeasefire

Haunting words from @ICRC surgeon treating injured in Israel's assault on south Gaza: “If you could bring here anyone who wasn't sure, got them to smell stench of rotting flesh, to see maggots creeping from wounds, to hear kids scream as there's not enough analgesia & they want their mum who's not coming as she's dead, they might feel different"

A double amputee toddler his limbs in a box, a burned child screaming for his mum-he doesn't know is dead- as there's no pain relief, an 8-yr-old his brain exposed. @ICRC surgeon describes treating the wounded in Israel's assault on Khan Younis, Gaza🧵 independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

It was a moment to hold in my soul, not just a series of images. And to my children, I said every time you see me touch my heart it is also for you. It is from parenthood and childhood that this moment comes. We cannot have another generation of this violence and this injustice. We must do the hard work for it to end. #PermanentCeasefire #CeasefireNow

Children blockade @FCDOGovUK demanding ceasefire in Gaza, laying a teddy for every child killed. #Parents4Palestine

Yet another salvo against one of Egypt's last remaining (if not the last remaining) independent news outlets, staffed w.brave reporters and editors: Journalists from @MadaMasr today stood trial, accused of offending MPs for a story on corruption. theguardian.com/world/2023/mar…

!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🧿✨🧿✨ SO proud ☺️❤️