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Amro Ali
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Prof. of sociology/research fellow - , , . It's all about Egypt, Mediterranean, Arab world & philosophy. Spoutible.com/amroali
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The naysayers think America is withdrawing from the Middle East, but in fact it remains committed to building enormous white-elephant embassies designed to isolate its diplomats from the people they're supposed to be engaging with
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Things are progressing at our new compound!
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Egyptian children in Aswan handing out sweets to the Sudanese boarding the train to Cairo
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جميل جدا 
إحتفال أهل وأطفال أسوان بالسودانيين بمحطة القطار اثناء مغادرتهم من أسوان إلى القاهرة 
مهما كانت الفتنة ال بتحصل بين الطرفين لكن الدم والارحام والجيرة والانسانية يكسبوا 
#النوبة #أسوان #السودان
إحتفال أهل وأطفال أسوان بالسودانيين بمحطة القطار اثناء مغادرتهم من أسوان إلى القاهرة
مهما كانت الفتنة ال بتحصل بين الطرفين لكن الدم والارحام والجيرة والانسانية يكسبوا
#النوبة #أسوان #السودان
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Brave Palestinian journalist!
When I saw this video I felt compelled to provide subtitles for it.
"Don't touch me. Take your hand away!"
Like a BOSS. ✌😎🇵🇸
I hope you share this far and wide. As you know, Palestinian journalists get murdered by Israelis. This man is a hero.
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قام فريق منصة اللاجئين في مصر بإعداد دليل إرشادي محدث حتى مساء اليوم، لدعم الأشخاص القادمين من السودان إلى مصر
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#حوجة_سودانيين_في_مصر
#لا_للحرب #لازم_تقيف
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The recent flow of eugenics-adjacent, 19th c. racial theory style, and historically problematic public takes on Cleopatra VII thrown online these past few days on the basis of a trailer are perfectly timed for my piece on "Racing Ancient Egypt".
Yes, screenshots are being taken.
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What I can’t stand about the Netflix Cleopatra controversy is not the skin colour issue, but that it gave Egypt a much needed distraction from its real (socio-economic) problems.
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Egypt is clapping back on Netflix's controversial Cleopatra docudrama with its own documentary.
egyptianstreets.com/2023/05/01/egy
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To get a sense of the tectonic shifts taking place in the region, all one has to do is watch this video of a Saudi military officer welcoming an Iranian official in Saudi Arabia after the Saudi navy evacuated more than 60 Iranian citizens from Sudan.
Saudi military officer: “The… Show more
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any Egyptian who has made a colourist joke yk who u are especially with the relevant crisis in Sudan f3lan 3omry ma shoft nas nargaseya keda 3la haga mate3boosh feeha b rob3 geneh
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Amid improving ties between the two countries, Saudi Arabia helped evacuate Iranian citizens from Sudan. A Saudi channel has released this video showing the evacuees' departure from the King Abdullah Air Base in Jeddah.
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What a find!
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The travel magazine “Egypt and the Sudan” from the early 20th century that marketed colonial era visions of Egypt and Sudan to mostly British tourists. (Digitised by ees.ac.uk/a-magazine-for)
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❗Urgent Requests❗
Please reply with information of any case of any kind of urgent needs for the Sudanese who arrived in Egypt. We are coordinating with multiple entities that can help on the ground. #حوجة_سودانيين_في_مصر
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Western countries will do shit like this and then deny entry to people fleeing war for not “using legal channels” to seek asylum.
They call themselves civilized when the only difference b/w them & authoritarian gvts is that their murder weapon of choice is polite bureaucracy
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Replying to @wasilalitaha and @irmavandueren
Dear Wasila, we deeply regret the current situation you're in. We were forced to close the embassy and evacuate our staff. Unfortunately, this means we can't get to your passport. We advise to apply for a new passport with your local authorities.
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SAID IT PERFECTLY.
SIMPLE AND CLEAR. 👌🏽
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What is the doing to have TLS in Sudan get passports back to their owners so they can flee the war zone if/when they choose to?
The holding of these passports is forcing civilians to stay in a war zone and preventing them from seeking safe passage out of the country.
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This is an email sent to a close friend of mine trapped in Sudan because he was awaiting his UK Visa before the outbreak of war twitter.com/tekaldas/statu…
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Louder for the people in the back 👏🏽
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The image that went viral: A Saudi woman military officer evacuating an Indian child from war-torn Sudan as the rescue ships arrive at the port of Jeddah.
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"Beirut is a city of balconies.... Balconies and rooftops overflowed with greenery: geraniums, bougainvillea, rosemary, and frangipani. A city of gardens in midair."
—Day of Honey, by me
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I can’t even begin to unpack how deeply racist that tweet is. How you can even imagine tweeting that to someone whose passport you’ve essentially confiscated, whose survival you’re now pretty much regulating, is beyond me.
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Literally the worst nightmare. An embassy holds on to your passport, your country enters crisis, the embassy evacuates its staff, renders you officially stateless, and has the guts to tell you to apply for a new passport from the same country they’ve just run away from.
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Dear Wasila, we deeply regret the current situation you're in. We were forced to close the embassy and evacuate our staff. Unfortunately, this means we can't get to your passport. We advise to apply for a new passport with your local authorities.
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Egypt directs hospitals in Aswan and the surrounding governorates to provide Sudanese citizens fleeing the violence with all medical help needed.
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There’s only one conclusion: this was deliberate. Members of the missions deliberately left passports behind to prevent resettlement applications. Sudanese Brits & families are being left to confuse themselves in circles on evac for UKGov to avoid resettlement figures.
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Governments acting like a passport is just a piece of paper your local council will reissue on Tuesday.
I’ve never seen anything like this. I’ve worked for a European govt and in the EU - in the years of the refugee crisis. And yet, I’ve still not seen anything like this. WTAF?
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Dear Wasila, we deeply regret the current situation you're in. We were forced to close the embassy and evacuate our staff. Unfortunately, this means we can't get to your passport. We advise to apply for a new passport with your local authorities.
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It's time for embassies to drop their policies of holding people's passports hostage while they await visa approval for weeks and months.
When the visa is ready they can bring their passport.
There's no justification for holding it & preventing them from travel in the meantime.
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Replying to @wasilalitaha and @irmavandueren
Dear Wasila, we deeply regret the current situation you're in. We were forced to close the embassy and evacuate our staff. Unfortunately, this means we can't get to your passport. We advise to apply for a new passport with your local authorities.
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Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.
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Mersal is offering medical aid and baby milk to Sudanese in Egypt as well
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أي حد من إخواتنا السودانيين دخل مصر ومحتاج ألبان أطفال أو خدمات طبية عاجلة،
يكلم طواريء مرسال ٠١٢٢٤٥٠٧٢١٠
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Despicable.
Western embassies have evacuated without giving Sudanese people who were applying for visas their passports back.
Imagine being trapped in Sudan right now with no documents and being told we are “deeply sorry”.
That’s situation.
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My brother, a British citizen, has just been refused entry at the Egyptian border after over 48 hours of traveling in this mayhem - and was not given a reason. Apparently, he is not the only Brit who has been refused entry.
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The only official response we received from the #Dutch authorities "We advise you to apply for a new passport with your local authorities". I do not have words to describe how humiliating, delusional and disgusting this is. Parallel reality.
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Ways you can help #Sudan from the diaspora.
1. Donate — we have linked a number of verified and trusted fundraising efforts here:
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