HUGE HUGE NEWS FROM EGYPT!! Egyptian President Sisi has issued a presidential pardon for activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah.

I'd love to live in a country where making a mistake on a mortgage application is no big deal but accepting a large bribe is still a crime

NYC! Members of Palestine's premiere dance troupe, El-Funoun, will be in town Oct 9–13. Register today for their presentation Tawasol – "a living archive of memory, identity, and the enduring spirit of dabke" – and/or a dabke workshop Details ⤵️ www.amplifypalestine.org/el-funoun-2025

Doctors Against Genocide conference this weekend in Ann Arbor. Registration at: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

I enjoyed being in conversation with Dr. Raz Segal to address the Threats to #FreeSpeech and #Palestinian Civil Rights caused by the codification of IHRA Definition of #Antisemitism in to law, hosted by @rucsrr Watch and share widely! youtube.com/watch?v=ohh2...

Israel fails to comply with UN’s 12-month deadline to end occupation - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-12-month-deadline-israel-end-occupation-expires

"I'm laying there in bed in the morning, and thinking, What can we do? What's left is Leahy Law... We have a mechanism to theoretically stop funding the Israel Defense Forces, which would significantly hamper Israel's ability to continue the genocide," Dr. Mark Brauner tells DAWN.

Disabled Palestinian woman killed in Israeli-designated 'safe zone' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/disabled-palestinian-woman-killed-israeli-designated-safe-zone

If You're Wondering What Charlie Kirk Believed In, Here Are 14 Real Quotes In light of his death, Charlie Kirk's legacy is being remembered through these viral quotes. www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...

Gaza death toll rises to 68 since dawn - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-rises-48-dawn

As Charlie Kirk is quickly canonized by Trump and his movement, a full depiction of his impact on American politics is largely being sidestepped. Kirk built his movement with falsehoods, and his advocacy was laced with racist and bigoted statements.

“These are human beings. They have stories… They wanted to just live a life like you and I. But they have been dehumanized for so long that we just turn a blind eye,” Adil Husain, an emergency physician who served in Gaza, told DAWN in an online event with other U.S. doctors.

Islamophobic racial tropes are pervasive in public discourse and in turn contribute to harassment, discrimination and physical harm of Muslims. Register for Dr. Saher Selod’s lecture on “A Global Enemy: Muslims and 21st Century Racism.” Register for the lecture at: go.rutgers.edu/freespeech

In Gaza, western colonialism has been unmasked - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-truth-about-western-colonialism-unmasked

‘Stop starving Gaza’: Cosmetics giant Lush closes UK stores in solidarity with Palestinians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/stop-starving-gaza-cosmetics-giant-lush-closes-uk-stores-solidarity

Join us on 9/10 to explore the rise of authoritarianism in #Egypt under President #Sisi. Speakers: @saharazizlaw.bsky.social, Nathan Brown, @maydarwich.bsky.social, Abdel-Fattah Mady, Robert Springborg For more info and to register👇 arabcenterdc.org/event/egypts...

Over 80 Israeli robots detonated in Gaza's residential areas in less than a month - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/over-80-israeli-robots-detonated-gazas-residential-areas-less-month

www.newsweek.com/texas-redist... Group of Texas residents are suing Governor Greg Abbott, alleging the redrawn districts in the new congressional map approved by the Texas Legislature are racially discriminatory.

This is tyranny.

In response to the formal request of Minister Riyad Mansour, State of Palestine's Permanent Observer to the UN, during the August 10 UN Security Council Meeting, for "an immediate international protection force to save the Palestinian people from certain death," DAWN issues the following statement:

Any time you have certain government practices normalized, there is little stopping the government from expanding that behavior to other groups." #RutgersLaw Prof. @saharazizlaw.bsky.social on the increased encouragement to US citizens to use the ICE tip line: www.northjersey.com/story/news/2...

"The End of Cuban Exceptionalism in American Migration Policy", co-authored by #RutgersLaw Prof. @saharazizlaw.bsky.social , has been reprinted by Bender's Immigration Bulletin: plus.lexis.com/api/permalin... #lawsky

The man's arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal. [via @wbur.org]

The attacks on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social are exactly what @saharazizlaw.bsky.social and I wrote about in our widely acclaimed paper, Presumptively #Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the #Palestine- #Israel Discourse. You can find it at csrr.rutgers.edu/issues/presu... 1/

"All Americans must demand that our elected officials shut down GHF and require Israel to allow the thousands of trucks of food and medicine at the border to enter Gaza... Our silence causes tens of Palestinians to die by starvation daily.” — @saharazizlaw.bsky.social

A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson. Tilson sits at a whopping .8%. Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.

“I am begging Democrats to embrace candidates who can authentically speak to the electorate they’re running to represent, whether they’re in red, blue, urban or rural areas.” @rebeccakkatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

Mahmoud Khalil Released, Underlying Islamophobia Continues It is not illegal to oppose genocide. It is not illegal to protest US foreign policy and criticize a foreign nation, including Israel. Here is my analysis. open.substack.com/pub/saharazi...

If you do not want to pay billions of dollars and send US troops to fight Israel’s war against Iran, write to your elected officials and let them know. No forever wars in the Middle East. Spend the money on our schools, infrastructure, healthcare and economy. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-w...

When the ADL calls for civil rights violations of a minority group, it is not a civil rights organization. substack.com/@saharazizla...

The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

The U.S. Senate works on the Big Ugly Bill to cut a trillion dollars from health care for tax breaks to the rich. On #CareTalk live Adam Hoyer @protectourcare.org discusses w/ me @healthcarevoices.org & @louisenorris.bsky.social Diane @socialsecurityworks.org#CareTalkanswer your health ins q’s.

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

ADL Fuels Islamophobia and Betrays Its Civil Rights Mission academeblog.org/2025/06/16/a...

"The ongoing international intervention in Syria risks creating a country unfamiliar to me and to the millions of displaced Syrians worldwide." Ghada Rifai writes in DAWN's Democracy in Exile on how external powers are "pursuing agendas that deepen divisions and prolong conflict" in Syria.

NEW: A right-wing think tank known for drafting model legislation for state GOP lawmakers, is expanding its state-level anti-voting efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Check out this new report on Hindu nationalism in the US. This political ideology is all over this current US admin and is a threat to pluralism and democracy.

“Americans carry a heightened responsibility... to stop the genocide in Gaza. Without our government’s... support, Israel cannot continue to kill tens of thousands of children, women, and men while intentionally starving 2.3 million innocent Palestinian civilians.” @saharazizlaw.bsky.social

Hindu nationalism, also known as Hindutva, is a transnational far-right political ideology grounded in Hindu supremacy. In India, Hindu nationalists advocate a strict form of ethnonationalism that reimagines the secular Indian republic as an exclusively Hindu csrr.rutgers.edu/issues/hindu...

Mouin Rabbani surveys Israeli politics, the fate of the Palestinians, and Trump’s fundraising tour of the Middle East. Meron Rapoport, co-author of a recent investigation for +972 Magazine, on Israel’s strategy of destruction in Gaza. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

NEW: We identified at least 14 officers in the Chicago Police Department who, according to disciplinary records, have faced multiple accusations of sexual assault or misconduct in the past 10 years. Most have not been convicted. With @invisible.institute

UN Warns 14,000 Babies in Gaza Could Die Within Days Without Immediate Aid | TIME | Public debates should no longer be whether Israel is committing genocide, but rather what consequences its leaders should face for committing what is clearly genocide. time.com/7286958/isra...

Gaza has seen a sharp escalation in the past 48 hours. At least 153 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes, many of them civilians. Ground forces are now pushing deeper into Khan Younis, after declaring it a combat zone and ordering mass evacuations. #GazaUnderAttack

Gaza: Latest Israeli Plan Inches Closer to Extermination www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

"The 1948 Nakba and Today's Gaza Genocide Are Two Sides of the Same Coin" On Nakba Day, writing for Zeteo, Diana Buttu reflects on the suffering in the Strip and on how, for 77 years, Palestinians have been invisible to Israelis – and much of the world.

On this Mother’s Day, I am praying for the Palestinian mothers in Gaza trying to keep their children alive during a genocide. Everyday looking for food to feed them, looking for a safe place to protect them from being killed by Israeli bombs and killer drones. You are (s)heroes.

The Right to Be Hostile www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

You are literally brainwashed www.readthemaple.com/youre-litera...