Ben Hubbard
@NYTBen
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Istanbul Bureau Chief, The New York Times. Author of 'MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman.' Order here: https://t.co/cT1O7H1o5F. RPCV.
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Joined May 2011
First Pope in history to hold a baseball bat inside an airplane
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Syria's President Al Shara addresses the General Assembly today, the first Syrian president to do so since 1967. Read his profile from jihadist to rebel and statement, the many faces of Al Shara by @NYTBen
https://t.co/mG7jdVZPdk
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Ahmed al-Shara has shifted shapes many times during his ascent from rebel commander to national leader. This week, he is expected to be the first Syrian president to address the U.N. General Assembly...
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Today, on the 1st Intl Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances since the fall of the Assad regime, I'm holding in my heart Syrians who have not yet gotten the answers they deserve on the fate of their loved ones. The journey continues. All solidarity with the families 🤍.
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The stunning perfect balance with which simit sellers move through Turkey carrying hundreds on their heads. https://t.co/pVJpH3lDlP
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Make time for this stunning, rare piece of journalism this weekend. A Journey Across The New Syria by @NYTBen & @dguttenfelder
https://t.co/k8c6e1hbDm
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After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the length of the country to explore its hopes and its challenges.
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Two months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, I drove across Syria with @dguttenfelder, @hwaida_saad and other colleagues to see how Syrians were living through the momentous changes in their country. https://t.co/wAAB9eXZBo
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After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the length of the country to explore its hopes and its challenges.
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Stunning multimedia road trip through Syria from @NYTBen & @dguttenfelder takes you through one shattered place after another, stopping for scenes of bitterness & grace. https://t.co/OTtW0kjONy
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After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the length of the country to explore its hopes and its challenges.
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Leila Hashemi, a novelist in attendance, compared practicing Syria’s newfound freedoms to exercising when out of shape. “Your muscles are still tight from the lack of movement,” she said, flapping her elbows like wings — @NYTBen
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After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the length of the country to explore its hopes and its challenges.
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“His eldest son was killed by a government shell. He had another son, then another daughter, and his adult children bore him three grandchildren. The peach tree grew taller than him.” @NYTBen
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After decades of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war, can Syria put itself back together? Our journalists traveled the length of the country to explore its hopes and its challenges.
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The U.S. flag was hoisted Thursday outside of the long-shuttered ambassador’s residence in Damascus, in a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian government.
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The U.S. flag has been hoisted outside of the long-shuttered ambassador’s residence in Damascus. It's a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian government.
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White House correspondents protest lack of wire reporters on Air Force One
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The White House Correspondents Association says it is disturbed that no reporters from either The Associated Press, Bloomberg or Reuters were allowed on Air Force One to cover President Donald...
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Congrats to all winners of the @PulitzerPrizes--so much extraordinary (and sometimes perilous) work. I'm proud to be in the same business as today's winners. I'm especially thrilled that @declanwalsh won for coverage of Sudan, probably the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Bravo
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The New Yorker won three Pulitzers, and ProPublica was given the public service award for its coverage of the deadly consequences of state abortion bans across the country.
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Turkey arrests the mayor of Istabul, Ekrem Imamoglu, one of the country's most promiment opposition politicians. He was expected to be selected this week as his party's candidate in the next presidential election. https://t.co/TMJXZGKfDI
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The mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, was detained after prosecutors accused him of corruption and terrorism. The opposition said the arrest was politically motivated.
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"What is Ramadan – and other questions answered: A brief guide to the Islamic season of Ramadan for the curious, the bored, the uninformed & the ignorant." For my non-Muslim friends, I wrote this guide to Ramadan and fasting almost 15 years (!) ago. https://t.co/eZCdkoukko
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A brief guide to the Islamic season of Ramadan for the curious, the bored, the uninformed and the ignorant.
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Milletimizin gönlünde farklı bir yere sahip olan, Türk müziğinin duayen ismi Barış Manço’yu vefatının 26’ncı yıl dönümünde rahmetle ve saygıyla yâd ediyorum.
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Lots of journalists who covered the tragedies in Syria from the start inside and outside are realising that all the blood and tears they spent bringing those stories was not a pointless fart in the wind to be buried under the necessities of geopolitics and it's quite the thing
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