A century before "Fortress Europe" policies have clamped down on Tunisians coming to Italy, tens of thousands of Sicilians made the journey in reverse, seeking better fortunes on the Med's southern shore. A super fascinating read about the Sicilian Tunisians: newlinesmag.com/essays/a-cen...

Couscous in Marsala: The Long History of Sicilians and Tunisians

For centuries, the two communities exchanged populations, cultures and traditions that have left an imprint on both shores

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NEW: Seven months after Assad’s fall, an analysis of the violence in Sweida shows how international interference and internal paralysis are pushing the country back toward chaos, writes @hhassan.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/how...

How Foreign Agendas Hijacked a Local Crisis in Syria

Seven months after Assad’s fall, an analysis of the violence in Sweida shows how international interference and internal paralysis are pushing the country back toward chaos

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My latest, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social The Lebanese militant Georges Abdallah, who has been incarcerated in France for 40 years, was released today. His freedom and the question of what his incarceration meant have deeply divided the nation. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/fo...

Four Decades After His Imprisonment, France Can’t Stop Fighting Over Georges Abdallah

The Lebanese militant’s release is dividing the country — and not for the first time

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Hard to find a unique angle on a saturated topic like Epstein but @benlorber8.bsky.social has done just that — he examines the antisemitic underbelly of the MAGA obsession with the billionaire pedophile and warns against progressive amplification of these narratives. newlinesmag.com/argument/pro...

Progressives Have No Business Celebrating MAGA’s Epstein Revolt

Antisemitic conspiracy theories are central to the far right’s obsession with the sex-trafficking billionaire and his links to the global elite

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Geography nerds, this one is for you... can you point to Annobon on the map? The tiny islet is trying to win its independence from the country is says is its third colonial overlord in as many centuries. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/an...

Annobon Was Free a Century Before Haiti. Can It Find Independence Again?

The tiny islet in the Atlantic governed itself for almost 200 years and is now trying to separate itself from Equatorial Guinea’s dictatorship

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This is such a good one: It's got dueling paleontologists blowing up fossils, Congolese fishermen's close encounters with the supernatural, and Young Earth Creationists bushwhacking through the heart of the rainforest looking for a dinosaur to disprove Darwin. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

The Congo’s Dinosaur of Discord

Once a subject of Victorian fascination, the mokele-mbembe myth is now fodder for creationists on a quest to disprove Darwinism

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Meeting JD Vance was enough to kill Pope Francis

As a decades-old treaty begins to unravel and world powers eye new opportunities in Antarctica, a group of environmental lawyers is trying to save the southern continent with a curious new strategy... newlinesmag.com/reportage/sh...

Should Antarctica’s Ice Have Legal Rights?

As a decades-old treaty begins to unravel and world powers eye new opportunities, a group of environmental lawyers is trying to save the southern continent

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Get dressed up or be left out! I loved this story on Aso-Ebi — truly gets to the heart of a tradition that has infiltrated all sorts of corners of the social fabric in Nigeria. newlinesmag.com/reportage/ki...

‘Kin Cloth’ Brings People Together — and Sets Them Apart

‘Aso ebi,’ a tradition that started as a symbol of kinship, has evolved into a statement of social standing, a tool for shifting wealth and a canvas for all kinds of domestic drama

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I sat on the floor with my mom as we flipped through the pile of old black-and-white photos. What we found spread over more than six pages was a visual account of my grandfather’s days as a soldier in Libya.

My Grandpa, the Fascist?

An old family album sent me on a journey through Italy’s dark past in Libya

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📢📢📢PITCH CALL. I’m looking for pitches for two verticals at New Lines Magazine to run in April, May and June. Deadline for pitches is March 31. Read on for details.

The final nail in the coffin for anyone who ever believed that Big Oil was going to solve the climate crisis. It was always a lie. It was always greenwashing nonsense. It was never going to. And it never will. It was always profit over people and planet. To the death. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BP to slash renewables investment and ramp up gas and oil production.

The energy giant will announce its strategy later after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.

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A sizzling, truly marvelous piece of cultural history by @simongandrew.bsky.social about the making and mourning of the Egyptian musical legend Ahmad Adawiya You'll love this essay even if you've never heard Adawiya's music — which you will want to do after (no, *while*) reading it!

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NEW: Although a musical icon when he died, Ahmad Adawiya had a rocky road to stardom. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-m...

This Friday in London! Please come to the Frontline Club for a discussion of what 2025 is shaping up to be around the globe - from Russia to the Congo to Syria, many countries are facing major change. Reserve your free place here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-world-...

The Aga Khan died yesterday. A great time to revisit this @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece about the Pamiris, a community of Ismaili muslims, who fled Tajikistan and found an unlikely home in Poland, bolstered by the broader Tajik opposition movement: newlinesmag.com/reportage/po...

Poland’s Allure for Tajikistan’s Exiles

Despite recent right-wing populist rule, Warsaw has become a base for the Central Asian country’s refugees and political opposition

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If you've spent any time on TikTok (or Instagram reels) you've heard "Water" the breakout sensation by South African artist Tyla. More and more African artists are making it big on social media — can they break into the mainstream? newlinesmag.com/reportage/fr...

From Lagos to Los Angeles, the Global Rise of African Music

The Grammys are set to showcase some of the continent’s biggest artists, but as audiences grow, questions remain about who is profiting

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The world is worried about the jihadism of Syria’s new leaders, but the world may be missing the point, argues Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social in this powerful intervention in the Islamism/secularism debate in post-Assad Syria, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/argument/syr...

Syria Needs a Strong Society, Not a Strongman

The Islamism vs. secularism debate misses the point — the real struggle for the post-Assad state is democracy vs. authoritarianism

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A great conversation on thr meaning of home. Queue it up for the weekend! newlinesmag.com/podcast/hous...

House and Home in Syria and in Exile — with Ammar Azzouz, Wendy Pearlman and Lydia Wilson

Ammar Azzouz, author of “Domicide: Architecture, War and the Destruction of Home in Syria” and Wendy Pearlman, author of “The Home I Worked To Make: Voices From the New Syrian Diaspora” join New Lines...

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1. 🧵 The British Museum is a popular, beloved institution. Is there a way to square the circle — returning controversially acquired objects, yet also saving the collection for the millions of visitors it receives each year? youtu.be/xYdipAjMD0s

As a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Gaza takes hold, my friend @mohamhawish.bsky.social reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on survival amid unimaginable loss and the uncertainty around returning home. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/re...

Reflections on the Ceasefire in Gaza

A Palestinian father and journalist writes from exile on what the pause in fighting means, and the damage it cannot undo

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I feel like recently mining has become much more on our minds, as we learn about the implication of crucial metals and minerals in the supply chains of things we use everyday, from cars to cell phones. I've been loving editing these stories, including this one: newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

The Filipino Gold Miners Fighting To Use Explosives

Legislators face a choice between regulating and accepting the methods that keep small workings viable or pushing communities and their livelihoods into illegality

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“When Gosha arrived at the hotel, he looked exhausted but happy.” After we published an investigation into Russia’s illegal deportation of a teenage disabled boy — he was found.  newlinesmag.com/reportage/tw...

Two and a Half Years Later, a Disabled Ukrainian Boy Returns Home

After New Lines and The Reckoning Project published an investigation into Russia’s illegal deportation of the teenager, he was reunited with his family

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There is no better place on the internet to read deep, humane coverage of Syria than @newlinesmag.bsky.social. Just this week we published 6 different Syrian authors. Here's a thread of some of our best writing on Syria, starting here: newlinesmag.com/argument/lib...

Liberation in Syria Is a Victory Worth Embracing

The country is now free, yet some remain trapped in the past

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Trying to make sense of Aleppo's stunning fall? New Lines' Editor in Chief, @hhassan.bsky.social , who knows Syria's rebel factions better than anyone, breaks it down in this essential piece. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

The Backstory Behind the Fall of Aleppo

New Lines reports exclusively on the details leading up to Aleppo's fall

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