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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · May 5

Sami Zoughaib, Sami Atallah, Rana Habr and @monaharb.bsky.social for The Policy Initiative on the limited real import of Lebanese municipal elections, absent more transformative reform: www.thepolicyinitiative.org/article/deta...

The Policy Initiative - Why Elections don’t Matter until Municipalities are Radically Transformed

A month of voting won’t fix a thousand broken councils—Lebanon’s municipal elections will matter only after the municipalities themselves are radically transformed.

www.thepolicyinitiative.org

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Apr 25

NEW: Hundreds of Moroccan conscripts defected to join the Viet Minh during the French Indochina War, later staying and building lives in Vietnam. Basma El Atti tells their story — and that of the generation who returned to Morocco, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social.

newlinesmag.com/essays/vietn...

Vietnam’s Village of Moroccan Defectors

Hundreds of conscripted North Africans were sent to fight France’s war in Indochina — instead they found a new life in Southeast Asia

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Mar 14

Co-organizing this Winter Institute with dream team Sarah El Kazzaz, Rafeef Ziadah, Azadeh Mashayekhi & Noura Wahby.

Pls consider applying if eligible and kindly share.

beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...

Beirut Urban Lab - Call for Applications: Winter Institute on “Urban, Ecological and Infr

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Feb 21

For those in Barcelona, I am speaking at UPF on Monday, and the event is also streamlined --details in link: lnkd.in/dBuk9tcx

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Nov 19

Yesterday, Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah turned 43 years old, marking his 11th birthday behind bars, away from his family and friends.

May it be the last one apart from his loved ones.

Thinking of him as he is held illegally in custody beyond the completion of his sentence.

#FreeAlaa

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · Nov 17

Okay so so far we have starter packs for

Lebanon bsky.app/starter-pack...

Palestine bsky.app/starter-pack... via @danaelkurd.bsky.social

Egypt bsky.app/starter-pack... via @maitelsadany.bsky.social

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · Nov 17

After being in the ICU in critical condition, it is now being reported that Lebanese footballer Celine Haidar has died from the head injuries sustained in the IDF strike.

Football: Lebanese National Team Player Celine Haidar Injured in Israeli Strike

thisisbeirut.com.lb/articles/130...

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · Nov 17

I did a #Lebanon #Starterpack y’all

go.bsky.app/Rh15fzv

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Nov 16

Finally:
**dashboard tracking and mapping the urbicide and ecocide in Gaza:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/1...

Beirut Urban Lab - Tracking the Urbicide in Gaza

This project aims to document and track the urbicide unfolding in Gaza since October 7, 2023 upon digitally constructing an updated layered map and 3D model of Gaza. It is also an act of archiving tha

beiruturbanlab.com

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Nov 16

**Dashboard monitoring and mapping West Bank's violence:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/1...

Beirut Urban Lab - Monitoring Violence in the West Bank

Violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has increased tenfold since 2016, yet the day-to-day oppressive enactments of Israel’s unlawful occupation generally get little media attention&

beiruturbanlab.com

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Nov 16

**Mapping announced strikes on Sour/Tyre since October 2024:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...

Beirut Urban Lab - Mapping Israeli Announced Strikes on Lebanon

As Israel continues to expand its brutal war on Lebanon, more regions and localities are falling under fire. The repercussions in losses of life, homes, social and physical infrastructures, land and p

beiruturbanlab.com

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Nov 16

**Mapping one month of announced strikes on Dahiya since October 2024:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...

Beirut Urban Lab - Mapping One Month of Announced Strikes in South Beirut (September 27 -

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Nov 16

**dashboard mapping Israel's assault on Lebanon since Oct.23,,using ACLED data, with regular visualizations--latest here:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...

Beirut Urban Lab - Israel’s Assault on Lebanon, Sept. 2024

beiruturbanlab.com

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Nov 16

As I am getting lots of new followers (hi & thanks), this is a thread amplifying the Beirut Urban Lab's team work re: Palestine and Lebanon wars:

**dashboard mapping the government-designated shelters within public schools across Lebanon:
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...

Beirut Urban Lab - Government-Designated Shelters in Lebanon

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Nov 13

AUB's Urban Lab's latest:

36 “evacuation threats” for over 205 buildings, have targeted residential and commercial urban neighborhoods in South Beirut since the 27th of September 2024.

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · Nov 13

Here it is! A Starter Pack for Middle East News

A couple things
1) Inclusion in this list should not be taken as an endorsement, this is to crystalize the MENA ecosystem so it can grow

2) Limit's 150, so if I missed you, hit me in the replies & I'll get you in the next one
go.bsky.app/2pjNYfP

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Sep 5

Just published this story map examining nonprofits' roles in the urban recovery process after the Beirut Port Blast--with Luna Dayekh & colleagues at The Policy Initiative.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...

Beirut's Post-Blast Urban Recovery

A Story of Nonprofits, Aid and a Dysfunctional State

storymaps.arcgis.com

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nonprofits are often critiqued as a professionalized & depoliticized "republic" but they also form a complex ecosystem, where some managed to advance the horizon of urban & data commons, though imperfectly, & against huge odds.

Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Sep 5

Just published this story map examining nonprofits' roles in the urban recovery process after the Beirut Port Blast--with Luna Dayekh & colleagues at The Policy Initiative.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c169...

Beirut's Post-Blast Urban Recovery

A Story of Nonprofits, Aid and a Dysfunctional State

storymaps.arcgis.com

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Jun 26

Make sure to watch and please share widely: youtu.be/ECFpW5zoFXA?...

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Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raphmim.bsky.social · Apr 14

The @torproject.bsky.social just published an insightful report on how Israel's defense and surveillance industry, which is marketed as "field-proven" on Palestinians, exports to the rest of the world and threatens privacy and human rights everywhere.

Here are some examples 🧵⬇️

Screenshot of an article titled "Surveillance as a Service: The Global Impact of Israeli "Defense" Technologies on Privacy and Human Rights" by Esra'a Al Shafei, Falestine Saleh, and dated April 8, 2024

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Apr 15

Considering teaching an elective on the politics of (spatial, graphic, engineering) design--any suggestions are welcome!

Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Apr 15

WORD.
mondoweiss.net/2024/04/a-fe...

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · Apr 1

Nominations are now open for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize - and just one reader's nomination can make all the difference.

All the details, and the nomination form, are here: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize24

A line drawing shows a person reading a book, and the text "You could change a writer's life"

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Mona Harb @monaharb.bsky.social · Mar 26

Our article on Lebanon's 3RF, the aid program put together by the WB, EU & UN-agencies after the Port blast, is just out in Disaster Prevention & Management. For a copy, DM or email me. Co-authored with Sophie Bloemeke, Sami Atallah, & Sami Zoughaib

www.emerald.com/insight/cont...