Falah Mousa
@falahmousa.wsocial.eu
www.falahmousa.com Author and researcher. I explain how power works, why societies change and how global events shape everyday life. Europe, the Balkans, AI and climate.
Deported to the Balkans? Some EU governments want to send people refused asylum to centers outside the EU. Balkan countries could host them in return for funding. But if these people cannot go home, who looks after them who pays for years of care? Read: f.falahmousa.com/balkans #Balkans #Europe
Tourists need beds. Workers need homes: Holiday rentals can leave fewer homes for locals. #Croatia raised taxes on short-term rentals in 2025. Can the waiter serving your dinner afford to live nearby? That tests tourism’s success. #Balkans See IMF report: f.falahmousa.com/homes
An ebook you must travel to read The British Library keeps some ebooks under legal deposit. You can find them in its catalogue, but you must visit the library to read them. Preserving books matters. So does making them accessible to readers. #Books Source: British Library: f.falahmousa.com/Library
Albania wants to join the EU, but still allows luxury resorts on protected land. People have protested for 100 days. I don’t think a tourism project should matter more than the people who live there or the wildlife they are trying to protect. #Balkans f.falahmousa.com/Flamingo
Albania: Why Build Resorts on Protected Land? And Who Decides What Happens to Albania’s Coast: Residents or Investors?
It’s been 100 days of the “Flamingo Protests” testing whether Albania's European future will protect the environment.
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I am Falah Mousa, an author and researcher. I write about books, publishing, culture, society and ideas that deserve serious discussion. My articles and books are available at www.falahmousa.com. #Books #Publishing
Falah Mousa
I am an author and researcher dedicated to political, cultural, security, and humanitarian studies, with a particular emphasis on the Arab world, the MENA region, and the Balkans.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina’s election campaign has officially begun, and monitors have already recorded hundreds of irregularities. The real test is simple: will any party explain what it will change, how much it will cost and when it will be done? #Balkans
Some of the best books we read come from a personal recommendation. Which book would be worth discussing here, and what makes it worth reading? #WSocialBooks #Books
WHY DO OLDER BOOKS BECOME HARD TO FIND? A publisher can keep a title technically available while doing little to help readers discover it. Should publishers explain how they support older books, or is attention reserved for new releases? #WSocialBooks #Books
WHEN SHOULD A REVIEWER STOP READING? Finishing every book may sound fair, but a reviewer also owes readers an honest account. If a book is abandoned, should the review explain why, or should unfinished books receive no public judgment? #WSocialBooks #Books
WHO IS WORTH FOLLOWING FOR BOOKS ON W? I created a Starter Pack of publishers, reviewers, booksellers and serious readers. It is for useful book discussions, not sales. Which account should be added? #WSocialBooks #Books wsocial.eu/start/did:pl...
WHO ORDERED HER MURDER? Malta’s investigative #journalist was killed by a car bomb in 2017 while exposing corruption and links between politics and business in Malt. Nearly nine years later, Malta and Europe still do not know who ordered her killing. Attached are more details. #Europe #Books
1/6 WHO WILL OWN BALKAN TOURISM? Bosnian, Serbian and Albanian groups are buying and developing hotels and resorts across the region. This may change who earns from tourism, how destinations are developed and what Western European visitors find when they arrive. #Balkans
SCHENGEN RULES AND BALKAN TRUCKERS Truckers from BiH, Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro plan to block EU borders on 14 Sept over Schengen stay limits. Should rules designed for visitors apply in the same way to professional drivers working across borders? #Balkans
THE VALUE OF A REVIEW A serious review does more than recommend or dismiss a book. It explains what the book is trying to do, where it succeeds and where it fails. That kind of criticism is becoming rarer, but more necessary. #WSocialBooks #Books
Who Decides Where €409bn Goes? The EU plans about €409bn for competitiveness, including a €234bn new fund. Big business wants a formal voice in setting priorities. Companies should be heard, but those hoping to benefit from the money should not shape the rules. #Europe f.falahmousa.com/Readit
Who Decides Where Europe’s Money Goes?
As part of its new economic stimulus package, the EU has plans to spend hundreds of billions of euro's on Research & Technology as well as on European Industry. This includes the proposed
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Who Pays for Europe? Europe says it wants stronger defence, more AI, better infrastructure and greater energy security. But six major contributors want the EU budget cut by hundreds of billions. So what exactly should Europe stop paying for? #Europe
BALKANS VOICES ON W This feed brings together reporting and analysis on politics, democracy, the economy and daily life across the Balkans. To join, follow @falahmousa.wsocial.eu and use #Balkans. Travel promotion, advertising and unrelated posts are excluded. Suggestions are welcome.
BOOKS & PUBLISHING ON W This feed brings together serious posts about books, publishing, reviews and how books reach readers. To join, follow @falahmousa.wsocial.eu and use #Books or #Publishing. Sales spam and unrelated promotion are excluded. Suggestions are welcome.
KOSOVO’S POWER PROBLEM Kosovo A and B are coal power plants run by the state-owned KEK. KEK’s licences to generate electricity at the plants expire on 4 October. The regulator cannot renew them because its board lacks a quorum. Could political deadlock threaten power supply? #Balkans
WHO DECIDES IF A BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY AI? Pangram an AI detector said that much of the novel Shy Girl was AI-written, and the publisher Hachette later cancelled the book. If these tools can affect whether writers are published, should writers have a right to challenge the result? #Books
BOOKS NEED A COMMUNITY ON W A Books & Publishing community could help independent books and publishers reach people who would otherwise never discover them. @matsps.wsocial.eu @wsocial.eu @anna.wsocial.eu Would #W consider creating one, or letting users build communities themselves? #Books
Falah Mousa@falahmousa.wsocial.eu · last wk.WHO DECIDES WHICH BOOKS BECOME VISIBLE? Independent publishers now have their own weekly bestseller list, based on sales through independent bookstores. It is a small change with a bigger question: can publishing build discovery systems outside the dominance of the biggest firms? #Books
AFTER A FOREST BURNS, SHOULD WE REBUILD THE SAME FOREST? After the fire at Serbia’s Deliblatska Peščara, experts are debating which trees should return and whether to wait before replanting. In a hotter climate, restoration may mean adapting the landscape, not recreating the past. #Balkans
WHO DECIDES WHICH BOOKS BECOME VISIBLE? Independent publishers now have their own weekly bestseller list, based on sales through independent bookstores. It is a small change with a bigger question: can publishing build discovery systems outside the dominance of the biggest firms? #Books
CAN A COUNTRY CONTROL ITS AI WITHOUT ITS CLOUD? UNDP is testing sovereign cloud infrastructure for public-sector AI, reducing reliance on major foreign providers. The real question is no longer who has AI, but who controls the infrastructure beneath it. #AI www.falahmousa.com/CAN-A-COUNTR...
Iceland has voted against restarting talks to join the EU. The result was close: 52.8% voted no and 47.2% voted yes. Many voters were worried about fishing rights and national control. What would the EU need to change before Icelanders reconsider?
AI is already being used by banks and financial companies. The concern is simple: if many banks use similar AI systems, one serious error or cyberattack could affect them all. Are regulators prepared for this risk?
China’s factories have slowed for a second month. Weak demand at home could lead Chinese companies to sell more goods abroad at lower prices. That may help consumers, but it could hurt European manufacturers. Which European industries are most at risk?
WHAT MAKES YOU ABANDON A BOOK? For me, it is rarely a slow opening. I stop when the characters do not feel believable or the writer keeps explaining what the story should reveal on its own. What makes you put a book down, and what keeps you reading past the first chapter?