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I study Middle East and North Africa
In 1961, French police killed over 100 Algerian protestors in Paris, beating, shooting, and drowning them in the Seine.
The crime was denied for decades.
Photos were hidden.
History tried to forget.
But memory resists.
#history #MENA #MiddleEast #life
August 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The church of El Adra, with a nun standing outside the porch with the gospel resting on the stone rest, In may of 1909, khakh-Turkey #history #MiddleEast
August 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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“Hamas doesn’t want peace,” he says — while missiles launch in the background. #DoubleStandards #Gaza #MiddleEast #Trump #Netanyahu #IsraelPalestine
July 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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NEW✨ What makes #politics in the #MiddleEast so unstable?

The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East by @fawazgerges.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social reviewed by Abidullah Baba.
What makes politics in the Middle East so unstable? - LSE Review of Books
The Great Betrayal by Fawaz Gerges examines political instability in the Middle East over the past century, from colonial influence to authoritarian rule,
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July 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September.

#Canada #Palestinianstate #UN #MarkCarney #middleeast #UnitedNations
July 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Zoulikha was arrested on October 15, 1957, publicly displayed chained to an armored vehicle while addressing the crowd, then tortured for ten days before being brutally executed by being thrown from a helicopter on October 25, 1957.
August 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM