Mona Abouissa
@bogouse
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Literary reportage journalist.
Between Cairo and London
Joined October 2009
Doctor in Gaza: "Everywhere you go.. you see funerals, you see death, buildings collapsing. It's like you're watching a movie about the end of life.. Kids are crying & screaming, there's no electricity, there's no internet.. you feel you could be next" https://t.co/08l8kVxnLk
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🔴 UPDATE FROM GAZA We are providing surgical and inpatient care, while preparing medical donations for hospitals and health facilities, in Gaza today. Hospitals are overcrowded with injured people, there is a shortage of drugs, consumables, and fuel for generators...
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“You find yourself getting into pointless arguments with your new roommate, who is a tall, curvy floor lamp named Clarence.”
newyorker.com
Symptoms may include an excessive interest in dinner planning, fugue states involving Martha Stewart’s Instagram, and losing all sense of time and purpose.
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The nominees for the inaugural True Story Award have been decided. The jury read and evaluated a total 924 submissions, and following internal deliberations, 39 articles were selected across 13 language categories. https://t.co/DLqscg2vh3
#TSA2019 #truestoryaward
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After three years of crusading & scavenging & #writing & rewriting, my farewell to Egypt's unfaltering generals could be found here. #literary #reportage #print
WPJ's summer issue will be out soon! This time, we're looking at megalomania, and the issue features stories ranging from the celebrity status of Egypt's generals to a Soviet-era Mongolian dictator's (lack of) literary prowess. Subscribe today: https://t.co/51M4xgJsH2
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Explosion heard in Zamalek minutes ago is a gas pipe. No injuries #Egypt
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There was a huge explosion right next to my place in Zamalek -- any idea if a bomb or gas explosion?
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My quinquennial #crusade with #Egypt's most #faithful. #literary_reportage and #illustration #Islamists #Communists #generals #structure
Is there a thread linking men of religion, political ideology & military institutions? Perhaps their faith in them? https://t.co/RF0kw2BuXz
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10 people were arrested Sunday in clashes with security forces on Warraq Island, where 30 buildings were demolished https://t.co/OqDf5qrjL3
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'If you are meditating and a devil appears, make the devil meditate too.' - Jodorowskyian lifehacks: https://t.co/mb68LxvOSi
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Vous appréciez Orient XXI ? On a besoin de vous pour continuer à exister. Voici comment nous aider : https://t.co/swaNLSmXYa
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an attack against free media in Egypt: the case of @MadaMasr
@MfaEgypt @francediplo_EN @francediplo_AR @AlAhramWeekly
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Take a trip 40 light-years away to one of the seven Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Download poster: https://t.co/t8N2ZsMXWV
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Bulletproof,feral, I-won-that-damn-war cockiness fits him flawlessly. Like apron on butcher.Sauvage.He's got an ongoing hit-list.Am I on it?
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