Who emerged stronger from the U.S.-Iran peace deal — and who was left worse off? On the podcast this week, Negar Mortazavi and @dannypostel.bsky.social join @faisalalyafai.bsky.social to unpack the agreement’s geopolitical fallout. https://f.mtr.cool/dcnwkgcyxi
Wonderful turnout last week for our conversation with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Suzy Hansen at Frontline Club - despite the heat and the first England game. (Kudos to the man who arrived in an England shirt, so he could talk Turkey then watch England vs Croatia. A true Balkans enthusiast.)
"Iran agreed because they finally got a pretty good deal." The brilliant Negar Mortazavi joined Danny Postel and I on @newlinesmag.bsky.social this week to discuss the winners and losers of the Iran peace deal. Listen in🎙️https://newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-winners-and-losers-of-the-iran-peace-deal/
ICYMI: Britain is in the midst of a political crisis. Yet behind the palace intrigue lies a bigger question — nobody seems able to explain what Britain is anymore, @faisalalyafai.bsky.social argued in @newlinesmag.bsky.social in May.
How To Lose a Prime Minister in Two Years
Britain is on the verge of changing prime minister once again, having cycled through leaders with alarming speed since the Brexit vote in 2016. One reason for the revolving door at the top of U.K. politics is the lack of a convincing story about where the country is going.
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🎧: @hannahluci.bsky.social joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on The Lede to discuss the conflicts on the continent’s margins, from Transnistria and Syria to Crimea https://f.mtr.cool/mtqkkcglph
It’s been a pleasure to interview both @hannahluci.bsky.social and Suzy Hansen on @newlinesmag.bsky.social's The Lede. Tonight, I get to speak to them in person in London. Come join us: 🎟️https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-discussion-the-long-reach-of-authoritarianism-tickets-1986437808960
Good conversation between @faisalalyafai.bsky.social & Suzy Hansen, particularly on the "fundamental omission of so much information" in news coverage that leaves us with startling un-human understandings of places in headlines – from Turkey to Iran and beyond: newlinesmag.com/podcast/how-...
How Authoritarianism Came to One Istanbul Street
Journalist and author Suzy Hansen joins Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast to discuss what one Istanbul neighborhood reveals about Turkey under Erdoğan, and her new book, "From Life Itself."
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NEW: Looking forward to welcoming Suzy Hansen @hannahluci.bsky.social to Frontline Club next week for a conversation about their new books. Tickets here 👉https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-discussion-the-long-reach-of-authoritarianism-tickets-1986437808960
Despite the heatwave, the audience at the Frontline Club @newlinesmag.bsky.social turned out for a fascinating conversation with Arwa Damon, Olesya Khromeychuk on Friday evening. @lsmwilson.bsky.social and I talked conflict, love, patriotism (and Italian socks). 👏
"The biggest social problem in Syria is that there is blood between us." @qunfuz.bsky.social, one of the most astute writers on modern Syria, joins me on The Lede to talk revolution, justice and anger. Listen @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/podcast/when...
NEW: "In Silicon Valley, the adage is that technology doubles in power every two years. Britain has managed to find its own version, a new prime minister every couple of years, each somehow less powerful than the last." My latest in @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/running-note...
How To Lose a Prime Minister in Two Years
Britain is on the verge of changing prime minister once again, having cycled through leaders with alarming speed since the Brexit vote in 2016. One reason for the revolving door at the top of U.K. pol...
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The Iran war will change the #Gulf, in ways that are only now becoming clear. Next week I'll be at Frontline with a stellar panel - Sanam Vakil, Dina Esfandiary, Randa Ghazy and Michael Stephens. We'll talk security, strategy and life. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
Panel discussion: The Gulf at a Turning Point
How war is changing security, strategy and everyday life across the Gulf.
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I like these photos Louis James took of me. But I rather worry he's caught me in my auctioneer era. Anyway Tara Kangarlou and I will be there tomorrow with @khalidabdalla.bsky.social @jomanak.bsky.social and Farah Nabulsi. Last few tickets, so, going once... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...
🎧 Why is the far right—from Russia to Serbia to the US—so titillated by the Eastern Orthodox Church's aura of medieval-ish darkness, its crusader fantasies fueled by the iconography of “Christendom”? @jasminmuj.bsky.social & @faisalalyafai.bsky.social discuss on the @newlinesmag.bsky.social podcast
The Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s cast a long shadow that looms over the current conflict. @dannypostel.bsky.social and @faisalalyafai.bsky.social explain how it gave rise to ideas and slogans like “sacred defense” that continue to shape Tehran's strategies.
The Long Shadow of the Iran-Iraq War
The bloody eight-year conflict continues to shape the strategic culture of the Islamic Republic, and might offer lessons for the present
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NEW @qunfuz.bsky.social reviews five recent books on the Syrian revolution for @newlinesmag.bsky.social. Books by: Rime Allaf, Loubna Mrie, Anand Gopal, Nour Ghazal Aswad, and Patrick Haenni and Jerome Drevon newlinesmag.com/review/how-s...
How Syria’s Revolution Was Misunderstood, by Its Rulers and the World
Across five books, a portrait emerges of an uprising shaped by division at home and blindness abroad
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As the ceasefire begins, Lebanese around the world are thinking of home. On this week's podcast Nada Bakri and Zahra Hankir reflected on what it means to be, as Nada put it in her essay for @newlinesmag.bsky.social, "far from the land of good news". Listen here: newlinesmag.com/podcast/why-...
"The Trump paradox was always that he could be taken seriously without being taken literally. But that may no longer hold." Christin El Kholy and I in @newlinesmag.bsky.social today, on how Slopaganda came of age: newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sl...
Slopaganda Comes of Age
The Trump paradox was always that he could be taken seriously without being taken literally, but that may no longer hold
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This week on the Lede Rana Dasgupta joined me to discuss war, oligarchy, his new book After Nations and "the end of American hegemony". Listen to the full episode @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/podcast/how-...
#Bitcoin and #Satoshi are back in the news after @nytimes.com offered a new name. But NYT doesn't explain the central human question: why has $100bn remained untouched for years? And I think only Gabriel Gatehouse has offered a good answer. We discuss it here: newlinesmag.com/podcast/how-...
How America’s Margins Became the Mainstream
Journalist Gabriel Gatehouse joins New Lines’ Faisal Al Yafai to discuss how exploring America’s fringe movements is the key to understanding the modern United States.
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The Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s cast a long shadow that looms over the current conflict. @dannypostel.bsky.social & @faisalalyafai.bsky.social explain how it gave rise to ideas that continue to shape Tehran's strategies
The Long Shadow of the Iran-Iraq War
The bloody eight-year conflict continues to shape the strategic culture of the Islamic Republic, and might offer lessons for the present
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"War and oligarchy are not alien to the nation state." Rana Dasgupta joins me on The Lede for a wide ranging conversation about 'After Nations'; why the nation-state is failing its citizens; and a world in crisis from China to Iran. @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/podcast/how-...
We had a sold out audience at Frontline Club for a discussion about Rime Allaf's new book "It Started in Damascus: How the Long Syrian Revolution Reshaped Our World". The brilliant @halagorani.bsky.social joined us, offering insights on her trip back to Syria 👏 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Article on the Iran-Iraq War's long shadow w/ my @newlinesmag.bsky.social colleague @faisalalyafai.bsky.social drawing on insights from @amir-moosavi.bsky.social, Mehran Kamrava, @hbanai.bsky.social, Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Annie Tracy Samuel & @keshavarziana.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/essays/the-l...
The Long Shadow of the Iran-Iraq War
The bloody eight-year conflict continues to shape the strategic culture of the Islamic Republic, and might offer lessons for the present
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"There are contrasting definitions of freedom." Anand Gopal joins @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on The Lede to discuss two decades of war in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, and his new book, "Days of Love and Rage." newlinesmag.com/podcast/less...
NEW: Largely forgotten in the West, the "Sacred Defense" (Defa-e-Muqaddas) of the Iran-Iraq war shaped the ideas, people and institutions now fighting the #Iranwar. @dannypostel.bsky.social and I on the long shadow of a defining conflict. In @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/essays/the-l...
The Long Shadow of the Iran-Iraq War
The bloody eight-year conflict continues to shape the strategic culture of the Islamic Republic, and might offer lessons for the present
newlinesmag.com
NEW: The Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s cast a long shadow that looms over the current conflict. @dannypostel.bsky.social and @faisalalyafai.bsky.social explain how it gave rise to ideas and slogans like “sacred defense” that continue to shape Tehran's strategies. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-l...
The Long Shadow of the Iran-Iraq War
The bloody eight-year conflict continues to shape the strategic culture of the Islamic Republic, and might offer lessons for the present
newlinesmag.com
"What does freedom mean? There are contrasting definitions of freedom." My convo with Anand Gopal was interesting because it's so broad - it starts in Manbij, Syria, but ranges across Iraq, Afghanistan and even modern America. Listen @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/podcast/less...
On March 22, 1945, Arab states met in Cairo to form the Arab League —an effort at regional unity whose legacies still shape Mideast politics today. Recently, @faisalalyafai.bsky.social & @chriselkholy.bsky.social explored how pan‑Arab ties shape debates over the Iran war
‘Those Who Wrap Themselves in America Are Naked’
As the Iran war intensifies, the Gulf Arab states are beginning to openly question the US role in the region
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