Lydia Wilson
@lsmwilson
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@lsmwilson.bsky.social. Culture editor @newlinesmag, affiliated @CambridgeFames. Words in @nybooks @TheTLS @LAReviewofBooks, etc. Editor @camlitrev.
Joined May 2010
I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel @dianabuttu asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal? https://t.co/URm9dDpGEV
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Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies, with crushed legs and gunshot wounds to the head, that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
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How did a humble kitchen spice shape the modern world? Once worth its weight in gold, pepper drove exploration, financed empires and transformed trade routes. Watch @lsmwilson on this episode of In Focus. š„ https://t.co/vwZ47NreMb
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Once the most valuable spice in the world, pepper sparked global trade, conquest and empire-building. This episode of In Focus follows its journey from ancient India to European power struggles over...
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Ancient Egypt is at the heart of so much history - including the occultism of interwar Britain, as the source of divine and secret wisdom. @jos_betts takes a closer look for @newlinesmag.
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The land of Osiris and Set was hugely important to two of the periodās occultists, though in very different ways
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Life on Display: A Reading List on Museums A selection of essays by Elizabeth Blackwell on the theme, featuring a @newlinesmag essay by @lsmwilson. https://t.co/IH4jzFxWH9
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A reading list on how museums reflect culture.
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Scenes in Chicago are just insane - and we have our own @newlinesmag editor @dannypostel reporting from the ground:
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The spectacular repression of ICE is leading ordinary residents of the Windy City to protest and activism
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In Gaza, the ceasefire feels like the first deep breath after years of suffocation, @7assan3yman for @newlinesmag.
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Reunited on the shores of the Mediterranean, four friends reflect on what comes next
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1.š§µāNo matter how hard it is, the alternative of surrender is worse.ā @yarotrof and @christinalamb join @FaisalAlYafai and @lsmwilson on this episode of the podcast about storytelling and narrative in the Ukraine war, recorded live @frontlineclub. https://t.co/a0FDOrEsw1
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The shooting of Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi is an obscenity beyond words. The targeting and murder of Palestinian journalists MUST now be the subject of independent criminal investigations.
This was Palestinian journalist Saleh AlJafarawiās final post before he was murdered today. He was on Israelās list of journalists marked for assassination, the same list that Anas Al Sharif and Hossam Shabat were on. He was 28 years old. The genocide is not over.
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Very excited to finally share this story!! Thank you to @newlinesmag and @lsmwilson for all your work shaping this piece.
NEW: When Ras Tafari Makonnen, later Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, adopted 40 Armenian orphans, he could never know the lasting mark they would leave on the countryās music. @irinaacostache traces the fascinating story for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/ZulDTssB9w
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My name is Professor Ahmed Hankir. I am a Consultant Psychiatrist and recipient of the World Health Organisation Director General Award for Global Health. I am demanding for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who is being held captive by the Israeli
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IF THIS IS NOT HOSTAGE TAKING, WHAT IS? Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who insisted on staying with his patients in his bombed hospital even after his own son was murdered. Since then he has been held in one of Israel's torture facilities.
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This belongs in every headline today!! Abducting him from inside a hospital was a war crime. Killing his son, Ibrahim, was a war crime. Destroying the hospital was a war crime. Holding him, torturing him, for ten months now, is a war crime. Staying silent in the face of all
āļø BREAKING: CNN reports that Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal. āThe occupation refused to release Dr Hussam Abu Safiya,ā a Hamas official told CNN on Friday. šššš So you call it a āpeace planā?
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For the first time in polling history, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians over Israelis. And the shift just isnāt with Democrats. Younger Republicans ā those under 50 ā are 41 points less likely than older Republicans to side with Israelis.
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A deep insight into how settler communities are expanding - to secular Israel. Fantastic reporting and writing from @lisang in @newlinesmag.
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The religious-nationalist right has targeted Israelās most secular, liberal city
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šµšø Breaking: 22-year-old Palestinian, held without charge or trial since May 2024, dies in Israeli custody ā the 78th Palestinian āprisonerā to die since Oct 7. The Palestinian Prisonerās Society said Ahmad Khdeirat, from Adh-Dhahiriya near Hebron, entered prison with diabetes,
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Badenoch says Britain needs bold ideas and a positive vision. In high praise, she says Labour needs to be reminded that the last 14 years "weren't all bad"
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Iām sorry, but I need to say this. Itās deeply upsetting that so few people are talking about the Palestinian detainees who are occasionally released by Israel. This is a photo of one of them, released just five days ago after being held for months. These individuals have
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š§µ New Lines Magazine turns 5 this week! To mark the occasion, weāve asked our editors to share some of the most memorable stories weāve published since we began. Here are some of our top stories from 2020:
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Painfully brilliant writing from my colleague Samer Badawi, about "the vertigo, felt by all Palestinians, at having become at once the object of the worldās pity and the subject of its scorn." For @newlinesmag.
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Beyond a lasting ceasefire, what Gaza needs most is to be understood on its own terms ā and for its people to be heard
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