Mat Nashed

It's been nearly 2 years since I posted on Blue Sky. But I wanted to share my latest story that explores the notion of home in a region that has endured decades of Israeli aggression? I try to illustrate that through the eyes of three women from south #Lebanon. inkstickmedia.com/fear-loss-an...

Lebanon signed away its right to pursue legal action against Israel for its war crimes in southern Lebanon. Lebanon's deputy prime minister now says individual Lebanese citizens still have the right to bring cases against Israel before European courts. What a pathetic and weak government.

It's been nearly 2 years since I posted on Blue Sky. But I wanted to share my latest story that explores the notion of home in a region that has endured decades of Israeli aggression? I try to illustrate that through the eyes of three women from south #Lebanon. inkstickmedia.com/fear-loss-an...

I spoke to the Australian program Global Roaming about Sudan. I highlighted the RSF;s atrocities, the need to see this war as a counter-revolution directed at grassroots politics and how both sides - and their backers - enable one another in many ways. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

It was really a pleasure to do this with @miraalhussein.bsky.social and Hamid Khalafallah. Thanks for inviting me on to speak about #Sudan

We can lament the collapse of the multilateral system, or we can be realistic and act knowing that bilateral, state-state processes have been the order of the day across the globe since Astana, if not before. That requires acknowledgment on all sides that a military solution in Sudan is impossible

What is happening in Darfur is utterly devastating, made more painful by how we all saw it coming. You can’t really say you didn’t know, but if you didn’t, read this: An atrocity foretold: How the RSF siege of El Fasher turned into genocidal slaughter www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...

Objectivity in the context of Israel-Palestine is a code word for censorship.

Let me know the last time Israel ever respected a ceasefire: Not in Gaza, not in Lebanon and I strongly doubt it will do so in Iran. More and more people in this region ask the simple question: How are we supposed to live under the domination of this colonial and imperial state. Who can blame them

All of this. All of this death, destruction and damage because no one will force Israel to stop. All of this just so Netanyahu can hold on to power until he dies. How cheap the world views life in our region. Even after Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Palestine…there is no end to the cruelty.

“Now that Israel has started a war with Iran, everyone here in Gaza is scared that the world is going to forget about them." My story for Al Jazeera. aje.io/vsrf80

The hell with mainstream analysts who stupidly argued Hamas was the "genocidal" actor in order to deflect from Israel's explicit and stated intentions to commit genocide in #Gaza since the start of the war. We still have people who want to be taken serious yelling, "But, Hamas."

As always, @nesrinemalik.bsky.social perfectly and eloquently calls it as it is. She’s right: sanctions, embargo, criminal charges all required, yet all come too little too late. We are yet to see what this war has done to a region of 450 million Arabs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sudan is in the early morning of May 6, and another drone strike has been reported, making it the 3rd day of attacks. Reportedly, 4 targets hit so far: the airport, a fuel depot, warehouse & a naval base. Port Sudan is the wartime capital & supposedly safe. But nowhere is safe. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Israel has used human rights jargon and terms from IHL to provide a veneer of legality for its genocide in #Gaza. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan. My in-depth story for AJE. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

Israel has used human rights jargon and terms from IHL to provide a veneer of legality for its genocide in #Gaza. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan. My in-depth story for AJE. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

Always a pleasure to speak with al-Jazeera’s Mat Nashed. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

“Our family is spread across seven countries. I fear I’ll never see them again. That’s the fear I’ve had inside me since the start of the war.” #KeepEyesOnSudan

#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians. To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war. Here are there unheard stories. Don't look away. interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...

#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians. To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war. Here are there unheard stories. Don't look away. interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...

For decades, Israel waged a war on international humanitarian law by trying to create quasi-legal concepts to commit atrocities with impunity. Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order. My latest for AJE. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

For decades, Israel waged a war on international humanitarian law by trying to create quasi-legal concepts to commit atrocities with impunity. Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order. My latest for AJE. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

‘Weakens cyberdefenses’ and ‘rising danger’ are not ‘neutral’ terms. So, the NYT, like the others, is fine with taking a stand when they want to. This is not a matter of journalistic ethics. It’s a matter of editorial policy.

How are people in the Arab world expected to make peace with a genocidal and expansionist state as its neighbour? This is the question on people's mind, as they watch Israel continue its genocide in #Gaza and colonial aggression on the #Westbank , #Syria and #Lebanon

Sara and Dalia are brilliant. Good work @aymanmak.bsky.social and thanks for bringing more attention to #Sudan

He's alive.

I woke up this morning and found that a doctor in Rafah wrote me in the middle of the night: "I just wanna say something from here under fire...after so many times for displacement It seems that our next exodus is a displacement to heaven" I don't know if he is dead or alive. #Gaza

The absolute cynicism of world politics is quite horrifying: It forecasts where we are heading and what we have normalised.

In early March, Syrian armed groups descended onto the coast after an insurgency attack by Assad loyalists. Sectarian-motivated killings against Alawites soon followed. Many Alawites now fear they will never be safe in the new #Syria. My story for AJE www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Imagine what the news coverage would be like if Hamas had just killed 700+ Israelis. But it’s Palestinians being murdered, so it’s a foot note. Hundreds of children brutally killed with US-supplied weapons, but life goes on like nothing is happening.

In early March, Syrian armed groups descended onto the coast after an insurgency attack by Assad loyalists. Sectarian-motivated killings against Alawites soon followed. Many Alawites now fear they will never be safe in the new #Syria. My story for AJE www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

The idea it represents something new or Trumpian is false. Across Europe, govts have smeared anti-War protests as 'pro-Hamas' and Antisemitic. For decades, Muslims have had their rights and citizenship undermined. The arrest of Khalil exists in a constellation of anti-Muslim language and policy.

The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is part of the long War on Terror, which has encouraged: - Brutal crackdowns on critical activism - The deportation of those from non-White, esp Muslim backgrounds It is a pattern evident not just in an increasingly fascist US, but replicated across Europe today.

The US is hunting and disappearing university students to protect a foreign country from criticism. Let that sink in.

No matter your background and irrespective of whether you agree with his political beliefs or not, if you're not terrified that a US permanent resident could be subject to deportation and greencard revocation without due process, then you are in deep need of a history lesson.

An overview of what happened on the Syrian coast. syriadirect.org/blood-on-the...

- Senior state health official: 13,000 people recorded killed & injured in North Darfur due to the ongoing clashes between SAF and RSF in the state. - UN Human Rights Office: over 10,000 people have been imprisoned by RSF in detention centers in Khartoum State. #KeepEyesOnSudan

The freeze on USAID funding risks exacerbating an already catastrophic hunger crisis in #Sudan, caused by the warring parties who have blocked and weaponised aid throughout the war. My latest for Al Jazeera. aje.io/oepv5a

The freeze on USAID funding risks exacerbating an already catastrophic hunger crisis in #Sudan, caused by the warring parties who have blocked and weaponised aid throughout the war. My latest for Al Jazeera. aje.io/oepv5a

Putin Agrees to Help Trump Broker Nuclear Talks With Iran - @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Is your NGO forced to sign a statement agreeing to transphobia, opposing climate justice, or anything like that in order to get US funding? You can send me a msg on Signal at @ ayoub.02

Ukraine needs support. No question. Also…given von der Leyen’s political outlook, the terrifying thing for me is what this means for people migrating to Europe across the Mediterranean.

Pure gaslighting. German media is grimly fascinating because you will see media outlets report the phrase “Nakba 2.0” without explaining what the Nakba actually was.

Israelis and their leaders are openly threatening Palestinians with 2nd Nakba in #Gaza , even as they continue to publicly deny that the first ever occurred in 1948 My latest for @ajenglish.bsky.social with Maram Humaid from #Gaza on Israel's cognitive dissonance. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...