1. 🧵On the podcast this week, @rayajalabi and @qunfuz2 join @FaisalAlYafai to discuss visits to the White House by the leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia, and critical elections in Iraq. https://t.co/3n9z3EC7ds

A farmers’ initiative is taking root across the fields and ruins of Idlib, Syria, as traditional seeds are revived by communities “determined to replant life where war had erased it,” reports @PalomaDinechin, for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/crdtWlqVBX

“Everywhere, the same story repeats: Heritage becomes commodity, reverence turns into spectacle.” @nadabakri covers the outrage after Lebanon’s Jeita Grotto was turned into a wedding venue, for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/zSKgbRVplU

“With the Taliban cultivating closer ties with India, sources tell me that Islamabad is already planning regime change.” @tamhussein reports Islamabad is quietly shopping for a new Afghan proxy, for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/G5lPvPpji0

Syria is holding its first public trial since Assad’s fall, a live-broadcast reckoning over the coastal massacres in March that brought alleged perpetrators on both sides before the same judge. @subhash_anagha reports for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/cuVb2HUHyY

A moment of disagreement on this week's pod, when @qunfuz2 says "identity is a matter for novelists and poets". Listen in below. Full episode with @rayajalabi talking Iraq, MBS and Syria @newlinesmag: https://t.co/slJPsdY4QP

A 2020 oil spill devastated livelihoods in Mauritius and created a groundswell for political change, but the island's faltering search for justice is putting that dream to the test, reports @lormallinder for @newlinesmag.

Here is my latest - it's a journey that touches on the past, the present and perhaps even the future.

NEW: Pakistan once supported the Taliban to serve its regional interests. Now, as the relationship collapses and Kabul courts India, Islamabad is quietly shopping for a new Afghan proxy, writes @tamhussein for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/G5lPvPpji0

A 2020 oil spill devastated livelihoods in Mauritius and created a groundswell for political change, but the island's faltering search for justice is putting that dream to the test, reports @lormallinder for @newlinesmag.

Built by the French as a “regulated” red-light district, Bousbir in Casablanca became a prison for Moroccan women — and a tourist fantasy for Europeans, writes @katyaphipps for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/b9PeIUMKN9

“Both the Eritrean and Ethiopian governments prioritize the survival of their regimes more than anything else. If one of them feels threatened enough, that would be the trigger for war.” A single misstep can lead to war, argues @mkheirom for @newlinesmag https://t.co/5NAaGIuoke

“In American cinema, as in American life, the siren song of anti-politics is sounding.” @MonicaLMarks reflects on recent films depicting a future U.S. defined by vigilantism, insurgencies and violence, for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/rC3633tFq4

“On the island, everyone refers to the disaster by the name of the ship: Wakashio.” @lormallinder reports on Mauritius’ faltering search for justice in the wake of a 2020 oil spill, for @newlinesmag https://t.co/pERN6pN1Jl

What makes this review-essay by @MonicaLMarks so illuminating—beyond her rich insights on Civil War, The Order, Eddington and One Battle After Another—is her reading of the responses to these films on the left and the right, and what they reveal about our ideological condition ⤵️

Syria is holding its first public trial since Assad’s fall, a live-broadcast reckoning over the coastal massacres in March that brought alleged perpetrators on both sides before the same judge. @subhash_anagha reports for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/cuVb2HUHyY

For anyone interested in 🇺🇸 political violence—or in films like Eddington & One Battle After Another—this piece is for you. You may think I understood the art. Or you may vow to never bring a political scientist to the cinema 😂 I appreciate all feedback. Thanks @newlinesmag!

Syria begins its Coastal Massacre trial In a moment long demanded by victims’ families, a live-broadcast reckoning has brought alleged perpetrators of violence on both sides of the uprising in March before the same judge. @subhash_anagha for @newlinesmag. https://t.co/i4loT5gDjY

Several recent movies depict an American future defined by vigilantism, insurgencies and violence. @MonicaLMarks reflects on what these films — and the polarized responses to them — reveal about the current crossroads of U.S. politics, for @newlinesmag.

Casablanca. Sous le régime colonial français, des milliers de femmes et de jeunes filles furent emprisonnés à Bousbir, le plus vaste quartier réservé à la prostitution d'Afrique https://t.co/hXMG2osUSu @newlinesmag

The Financial Times’ Raya Jalabi @rayajalabi & author Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz2 discuss elections in Iraq, and White House visits by the leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia -- with @FaisalAlYafai 🎙️🎤 https://t.co/wEm5P20boP