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@EllenKnickmeyer

This is my Middle East Twitter account. My enviro one: Reachable via Signal, SecureDrop for secure comms, tips.

Joined June 2010

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    A journalist has led the campaign against a mosque in VA as head of his homeowners' association. The WSJ says his activism is not a conflict of interest. Ethics experts say it's tricky: “A reasonable person could see this as approving the exclusion of Muslims..."

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    14 hours ago

    The federal shutdown has furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and crippled national parks, but National Park Service rangers outnumbered visitors at just one site Friday - the one at the Trump International Hotel.

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    BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chairman Powell says he will not resign if asked to do so by President Trump.

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    22 hours ago

    Saudi Arabia will face Qatar in the Asian Cup on January 17. Game set to be tense, and not just because it could determine the fate of their group

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    24 hours ago

    A moment I didn’t think I’d see - musician serenades US Marine General Austin Renforth and Iraqi General Jalil Rubaie on very relaxed walk-about among the crowds in downtown

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    Jan 3

    Someone has already made a slight alteration to the map that hangs in Rashida Tlaib’s new congressional office.

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    Jan 3

    The scene outside Rashida Tlaib’s new office as she awaits her swearing in this morning. Linda Sarsour is here, comedian Mo Amer, Arab American activists, 100 kids from Detroit arrived by bus.

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    Jan 2

    A couple years ago, when I was writing for American Dad!, I needed an Arabic speaker for a small part. Our casting director recommended a Saudi comedian, who happened to be in LA for a couple months shooting a tv show. His name is Fahad Albutairi.

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    Jan 2

    Group of British MPs and lawyers sent a letter to the Saudi ambassador in London asking to visit detained women activists (KSA currently doesn’t have an ambassador to the UK)

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  10. Syria's not particularly sandy. The Middle East and North Africa as a whole are not sand pits.

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  11. Beirut is quite purse-snatchy. There's a whole etiquette of it, like leaving your contacts inside in hopes the thieves will return your purse after taking the money.

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  12. I depend on . I need . Please don’t make me have to drop , .

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    Jan 1

    Four senior Western executives have quit the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, walking away from salaries of up to $1m, because they're frustrated with "MbS's micromanagement and an unclear investment strategy."

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    Jan 1

    Scoop: Netflix pulls episode of ’s comedy show after Saudi complaint

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    Dec 31

    The ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto, are riding aboard New Horizons. They are about to pass Ultima Thule & head out to the stars. -- at

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    Dec 31
    Replying to and

    With powerful photos from -- a key player all year in the terrific work that has done in digging into the stories and images behind the war in Yemen. For more Yemen photos from be sure to see

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    31 Dec 2018
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    31 Dec 2018

    Starvation in Yemen is getting worse as corruption diverts international food aid from those who need it, the finds in the latest in its year-long coverage of the conflict.

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    31 Dec 2018

    UAE appeals court upholds 10-year jail sentence and $270,000 fine against activist Ahmed Mansoor for criticising the government on social media

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    29 Dec 2018

    Yet another ill member of family died in Sana'a . Far more are dying from lack of proper healthcare and hunger than direct fire in . This is by all means a humanitarian catastrophe where casualties of human apathy higher than military kills.

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