NEW: Out today with New Lines Magazine, my investigation into Western support for a #GeorgianDream comms unit using troll accounts to attack critics and spread ‘pro-Russian’ disinformation. A 🧵on key findings… 1/11

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The Lede episode 'More Than Meets the Eye: Looking Twice at the History of Eyeliner,' featuring author Zahra Hankir and New Lines' Ola Salem, has been nominated at this year's International Women’s Podcast Awards.

🎧Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify: ow.ly/4iUM50RRIGf

African writers are producing science fiction and fantasy self-consciously rooted in the continent, rather than its diaspora. Kingsley Charles explores what sets Africanfuturism apart from Afrofuturism in this essay for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/review/the-ris…

NEW: A member of Kazakhstan’s political elite killed his wife and assumed he could get away with it. But society in the Central Asian country is changing, reports Aigerim Toleukhanova. newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…

A thoughtful gesture by Kais Saied, to make sure that Raisi wouldn't be the most incompetent head of state at his own funeral

.David Patrikarakos produced the most detailed profile of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, based on original reportage & David’s family story. New Lines Magazine ran this in 2021.

Raisi’s life mirrors the story of the Iranian state itself

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Tunisian prosecutors have issued a detention warrant against Migrants rights activist & former France terre d'asile director Sherifa Riahi. She will remain in pre-trial detention until May 21.

Sherifa, who was arrested last week, is a mother of two, including a two month old baby.

Brilliant analysis on how we're losing any ground for dialogue or debate on Palestine and Israel. A dangerous situation for everyone. By Alona Ferber for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/argument/the-d…

For the last many months, New Lines Magazine has commissioned stories on reproductive rights around the world. Check out this thread for some of the most fascinating writing on the topic you'll find just about anywhere:

The Globalist: Stephen Dalziel on Putin’s China visit. Bill Law بيل لو on #ArabLeague in #Bahrain , Paul Waldie reviews the papers and Erin Clare Brown on free speech in Tunisia. Plus: climate news with Sheena Rossiter (she/her) bit.ly/3UBkW1u

'Jane originally suggested — even proposing a doctoral dissertation on the subject — that the standing stone circles were further evidence of cultic practice, essentially a more domestic version of the mustatils.'

By Lydia Wilson for New Lines Magazine.

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In February, I joined a mind-blowing archaeological dig in Saudi Arabia - where discoveries are rewriting our whole understanding of the Stone Age. For New Lines Magazine, with thanks to Dr Hugh Thomas and team

This is the most exciting thing to happen to Arab journalism in a decade. Longform Arabic journalism and a true labour of love led by the inimitable Hassan I. Hassan

“Freedoms, Freedoms, the police state is over,” Massive gathering now inside the Lawyers’ Bar office in Tunis following an earlier raid on it earlier this evening and the arrest of prominent lawyer Sonia Dahmani.

As Macklemore goes viral for his pro-Palestine song ' #HindsHall ,' many are criticizing Palestinian-American artist DJ Khaled for his continued silence on the war in Gaza. Recently, Maysa Mustafa asked whether Khaled's voice is even needed anymore. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/dj-k…