Dr Laura Watson
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Musicologist/Associate Professor, Maynooth University | BOOKS: Paul Dukas: Composer and Critic (2019); Dukas: Legacies of a French Musician (2019); Women and Music in Ireland (2022) | Sounding the Feminists | Memoirs | she/her
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Dr Laura Watson
@lauracwatson.bsky.social
· Aug 22
Famine has struck Gaza, says global hunger monitor
Famine has struck an area of Gaza and will likely spread over the next month, a global hunger monitor determined today, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more humanitarian a...
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Dr Laura Watson
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· Aug 16
Dr Laura Watson
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Dr Laura Watson
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· Jul 31
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The Guardian
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· Jul 23
Mass starvation spreading across Gaza, aid agencies warn, as pressure on Israel grows – Middle East crisis live
More than 100 aid agencies, including Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and Oxfam, say ‘our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away’
Palestine Red Crescent says the situation in Gaza is “only getting worse”, with spokesperson Nebal Farsakh calling it an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe”.
Farsakh said in a video posted to X on Tuesday that there has been no food, clean water or medicine entering the Gaza Strip for more than four months.
This has resulted in a catastrophe where people are literally starving to death.
More people are being admitted to hospitals with malnutrition especially among children, pregnant women and the elderly. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
Dr Laura Watson
@lauracwatson.bsky.social
· Jul 19
Dr Laura Watson
@lauracwatson.bsky.social
· Jul 19