Sinan Antoon سنان أنطون

An excerpt from my latest novel, #Of_Loss_and_Lavender, which is published today, from @otherpress ! Its two main characters are Iraqi refugees from US wars! jadaliyya.com/Details/47250 via @jadaliyya

UPDATE: Israeli forces fire white phosphorus shells in southern Lebanon 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/ohi6b8?update=…

If you haven't heard, the release of Jadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Anton's (@sinanantoon) latest novel, Of Loss and Lavender, is now available from @otherpress! In this achingly beautiful novel of trauma, memory, and identity, two Iraqi men struggle to start a new life in the United States after the Gulf War. Sami, a retired doctor, lives with his son and grandchildren in Brooklyn. As he tries to navigate this new city, it becomes increasingly clear that he is losing his memory due to dementia. Every day, he sinks deeper into old memories of a life in Iraq before the war. Omar arrived in the US with no family. He has run away from Baghdad with a fake identity. As a deserter, he was punished by having an ear cut off, an unmissable mark of shame. From Detroit to a farm in New Jersey, Omar works menial jobs, creates a new identity, comically passing as Puerto Rican, and dreams of reconstructive surgery to get his ear and his dignity back. As their stories unexpectedly converge, Of Loss and Lavender creates a moving portrait of life in exile, deftly exploring the aftermath of war and relocation. Check out an excerpt from the book on Jadaliyya.com!

A friend in Cuba just notified me that every single patient in that hospital that was on ventilators died tonight. I don’t have words.

"Uri Tsafon" ("Awaken, O North") is an Israeli group founded in 2024 to occupy & colonize south Lebanon. The movement believes that Israeli control of southern Lebanon is essential to Israel's security. They "call for Jewish settlement in this area, which is an integral part of the historic Land of Israel." Afte rall, it was part of the tribal lands of Asher and Naphtali thousands of years ago! The movement's logo, pictured below, consists of a cypress tree, a symbol of Lebanon, & a Star of David. uritsafon.com

عراد مبنية فوق قرية فلسطينية مهجرة اسمها "تل عراد". وأغلب من يسكنها مهاجرون روس.

His name was Chadi Ammar. Israel killed him while he was repairing the internet connection of a village in southern Lebanon. Chadi had a name, a family, hopes and dreams, but his hopes and dreams will never be realised. 💔

In her weekly newsletter, our publisher talks about the recently published novel OF LOSS AND LAVENDER saying it is "exactly the kind of story about emigration that we want to read!" Read the full newsletter and follow author @sinanantoon. mailchi.mp/otherpress/lav…

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In this achingly beautiful novel of trauma, memory, and identity, two Iraqi men struggle to start a new life in the United States after the Gulf War. Read more about OF LOSS AND LAVENDER here: bit.ly/4bSLcyl @sinanantoon

Some beautiful images of Kfarkela before it was destroyed.

Eid Mubarak to the heart of Lebanon, the people of the South, who are living in tents, schools, cars, as their homes are destroyed & they are displaced, again. Eid Mubarak to those who stay, who refuse, again. Eid Mubarak to all those who love their country, its people, its land

ذاكرة الحاضر: القنابل والموسيقى والبربرية alquds.co.uk/?p=4407246

Yeah, but am still worried about Shari`a! Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/…

20 % of Lebanon’s population is now displaced…

Eid Mubarak to our mothers in tents, our children without limbs, and our fathers under the rain. Eid Mubarak to our sisters making their morning coffee on a makeshift stove, our prisoners in blindfolds, and our brothers crushing the tanks. Eid Mubarak to the jewels of our ummah.

As Iranians celebrate new year festival of Nowruz today, a rainbow appeared over the sky of Tehran. This is the first time since the 1980s that Iran is marking Nowruz during a war.

This 100-year-old woman in Lebanon is refusing to be forcibly displaced and leave her home amid intensified Israeli attacks.

Activists in Mexico City smashed a wax statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, destroying its face with hammers

٥٠ ألف يتيم في غزة. فأي عيد سيكون؟

50,000 orphaned children are welcoming the first day of Eid al-Fitr without their fathers, who were killed by the Israeli occupation army in Gaza.