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Covering climate change, inclusive economies, and tech & society across the Middle East for @TRF_Stories | Views expressed my own
Jan 23, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
#BREAKING: Lebanon judge investigating blast has resumed his probe after it was stalled for over a year.

He's ordered the release of 5 people & charged another 8, including senior officials.

- @Reuters @Reuters #LEBANON: Victims' families have reacted w/cautious optimism.

William Noun: "I was at a funeral & suddenly I saw everyone picking up their phones & saying ‘Bitar is back!’ What do you mean Bitar is back?! It was a beautiful shock but we want to be sure no one stands in his way."
Sep 2, 2021 11 tweets 4 min read
Meet Ken.

The 31-year-old had a job as a clerk in Abu Dhabi, where he had lived since 2017. Here, he's on a plane heading back to Uganda - a flight he never planned to take.

1/ Ken was among 700+ African workers arrested in Abu Dhabi the night of June 24-25.

The raids had "no legal justification", said @euromedhr & @impactpolicies - who first documented them.

Full story is in link, but read the thread for Ken's story.

news.trust.org/item/202109021…

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Nov 17, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
#BREAKING: Rockets target US embassy, first after month of truce: security source - via @AFP @AFP #IRAQ: @AFP reporters in #Baghdad heard several loud blasts echoing from the Green Zone, followed by rapid-fire bursts and red flares indicating the US embassy's C-RAM rocket defence system was deployed.