Elle Kurancid

"What’s happening to Ukrainians today, Syrians have been going through for 12 years. This should not be repeated.” @274NC and photographer @BestOssam chronicle the devastation of war from Syria to Ukraine. lareviewofbooks.org/article/this-s…

Give us our daily bread: for Egypt, the world’s biggest wheat importer, Ukraine war is a disaster theguardian.com/global-develop…

@jenkam2014 @osamahfakih @K_Beckerle @ralfaqih @RAlmutawakel @Crisis_Action @fidh_en @CIHRS_Alerts - Are there clean hands in the armed conflict in #Yemen? - No. - What should #HRC45 do? - Support efforts of #AccountabilityNow To read the report of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen (GEE): ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HR…

“We are all entangled. Making each other sick. Keeping each other alive.”

"In essence, the photojournalist says, 'I want to make the struggles of the ‘unknowns’ known.' @helrasam and @274NC collaborate on a portrait of COVID-19 in Egypt. ow.ly/Ccks50BEQsY

“Defunding the police and defunding the military go hand in hand.“ #Deconstructed podcast: @MehdiRHasan and @MattDuss discuss the case for slashing the Pentagon’s budget. interc.pt/3fAxPTp

“This ‘protection’ is called, now, a massacre” — Layli Long Soldier on Wounded Knee and the Murder of George Floyd lithub.com/layli-long-sol… via @lithub

Arundhati Roy has a tendency to rile India’s media and political elites like no one else on the subcontinent. Perhaps that’s because no writer today writes with the kind of beautiful, piercing prose in defense of the wretched of the earth that Roy does. jacobinmag.com/2020/05/arundh…

'The virus comes for us': capturing the Covid-19 crisis facing Egypt's poor theguardian.com/global-develop…

Latest air war data for #Yemen: Saudi-led coalition air raids escalated for the third consecutive month in March rising to 227 bombings, a 46% rise from February and the highest number of air raids in a single month since November 2018. Full summary: mailchi.mp/ee1051515e7d/a…

"because now, in the era of the virus, a poor person's sickness can affect a wealthy society's health"

"Happiness becomes sadness, smiles become tears, and weddings become funerals as world powers dance in neglect.” —an open letter about war in Yemen by @Elhamhassan7: ow.ly/exyQ50yaqS2

Since last spring, Yemen has become a largely “forgotten war” once again, write @amiraalsharif6618, @274NC, and @Elhamhassan7: ow.ly/exyQ50yaqS2

NEW | @ACLEDINFO's 10 conflicts to worry about in 2020: • The Sahel • Mexico • Yemen • India • Somalia • Iran • Afghanistan • Ethiopia • Lebanon • United States Here's what to watch for in the coming year ➡️ bit.ly/2RlR4H3

Front and center at the entrance of the #UNGA building without a hint of irony: the “King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre” It lists Yemen, a country which Saudi keeps under medieval style siege and has bombed since 2015, as a recipient of the Kingdom’s aid program

"It may not come as a surprise that the largest industrial military in the history of the world is also the single biggest polluter on the planet." Thanks @MazMHussain for a great piece of reporting. theintercept.com/2019/09/15/cli…

This #Ramadan I'm thinking about the millions in Yemen who are also fasting, but not by choice. They will not eat before dawn or break their fast at sunset. They're not hungry; they're being starved. Join me in calling on Saudi/UAE/US to lift the blockade & end the war on #Yemen

Why should we Yemenis stop having babies and surrender to war? | Elle Kurancid, Elham Hassan and Amira Al-Sharif theguardian.com/global-develop…

This week marks eight years since the war in Syria began. @AliaMalek, International Reporting Director, talks to @npr about what lies ahead for her homeland. npr.org/2019/03/10/701…

Mwatana's chairperson @RAlmutawakel testified yesterday before @HouseForeign Committee at #US House of Representatives. "Congress has the power to change the fates of millions of #Yemen-i civilians, but must choose to do so". Read the full testimony here: mwatana.org/en/chairperson…