Nahid Siamdoust
@nahid8
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Middle East & Media Studies prof @ UT Austin, ex-journalist
Joined June 2025
I took myself out of Twittersphere & lost all my connections. I’m back & building this back up… let’s connect.
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Iranian people are expressing real and long-standing grievances over economic hardship, corruption, political repression, and lack of accountability for government officials. These demands are legitimate and deserve to be heard on their own terms. And they have been met again
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We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. https://t.co/TgHP4d0hrg
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Now is a good time to remember that Dick Cheney's post 9/11 wars killed (conservatively) 4.5 million people and displaced over 38 million more, according to a study by Brown University.
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Trump let George Santos out of jail just to make it clear that if you're loyal to him, you can get away with anything. This isn't a democracy if one man decides what's a crime and what isn't. Time for everyone to wake up. This moment is more serious than many want to believe.
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⚡️Breaking: CNN’s Van Jones is among 16 mainstream journalists—including two New York Times reporters—serving as mentors in a new journalism fellowship explicitly created to help Israel win its “information war.” Drop Site’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports that Jacki Karsh, who
⚡️NEW from @DropSiteNews: Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War” Jacki Karsh says she founded the journalism fellowship to “shift some of the narrative” in Israel’s favor. By @sharifkouddous
https://t.co/Hvy4cPbHtI
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I've watched hundreds of hours of Gaza videos in the last 2 years, including content filmed by our brave teams inside the strip, and can confirm that the "dead Gaza baby" images are quite real, not the product of a "disinformation campaign" and that there is nothing funny about
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Why aren't the establishment Jewish groups who talk constantly about Jewish safety demanding that @davidrkadler go free? Because when Jews defy Israel, their safety no longer matters. They cease being Jews at all because for the American Jewish establishment, "Jew" means
My dear friend @davidrkadler was kidnapped & imprisoned by Israel for daring to bring aid to Gaza. Flotilla prisoners report horrific abuse. The US has failed its own citizen. David wouldn't want us to make this about him, but as he acted for Gaza, we must act to bring him home.
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Sick in the stomach.
I'm trying to think what would have happened to a public figure in America if they had joked about the horrific images of dead Israeli victims of the Oct 7th attack on a TV show in the days after Oct 7th. And whether a studio audience would have laughed. https://t.co/cZEJ1y8tTQ
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Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani in 1970: You don't exactly mean 'peace talks; you mean capitulation, surrendering?
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Using a powerful statistical technique called the synthetic control method, two economists show that the decimation of Iran's middle class - the engine for social change and moderation - was primarily caused by Western sanctions and not the chronic mismanagement of the Iranian
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“I'm Morgan Cooper, a U.S. citizen living in occupied Palestine for around two decades..” “This message is for every U.S. citizen. Who is paying taxes, SHAM€ ON YOU GUYS. This genocide wouldn't be possible without your complicity & your ignorance & your silence is complicity..”
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A Reuters investigation found that visual evidence of Israel’s strike on Nasser hospital that killed 22 people including 5 journalists in #Gaza last month contradicts Israel’s official account. First class reporting from @MaayanLubell @davidgauthier93 + https://t.co/qVHRIo5xeI
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The August 25 attack on Nasser Hospital killed 22, including five journalists.
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During our successfully conducted visit today to Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who was arrested in December 2024 and remains incarcerated in Israel, a serious and alarming picture emerged. Since his arrest, Dr. Abu Safiya has lost approximately 25
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The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?
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“The time of…Benjamin Netanyahu coming to this city and then making military decisions from this city to kill civilians…has to come to an end.” I asked @ZohranKMamdani if he still plans to arrest Netanyahu if he comes to New York. Full interview: https://t.co/sIyzVv3BCR
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Yet again @haaretzcom schools the Western media in basic truth telling. Unimaginable that @Telegraph, @thetimes or @nytimes would ever have balls or integrity to print this More and More Evidence Shows – Most of the Gaza War Deaths Are Civilians
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The World, my favorite daily news program on NPR, interviewed me about the music of Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom uprising 3 years on - hope you enjoy! https://t.co/hQT1CwGiAo
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The death of Mahsa Amini — a young Kurdish Iranian woman who was arrested and beaten in police custody — sparked widespread protests across Iran in September 2022. Protest songs became a powerful...
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