Victor Salama

@vicosalama.bsky.social

Author, translator, researcher. Media in the Arab world, past & present, with the occasional football and #FPL posts. ♥️ = bookmark

Gaza authorities said that seven people were killed in Israeli strikes Saturday that also damaged a hospital's medical supplies, a day after Hamas said it agreed to the latest stage of a deal to end the war. u.afp.com/SHka

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Saudi Arabia’s economy shrank 4.8% year over year in Q2 2026 (the steepest decline since the COVID-19 pandemic) primarily because the US-Iran war caused a 24.7% collapse in the oil sector after the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed to shipping.

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Trump: "I've done more for you than your parents, okay? Your parents are okay. I'm not gonna knock to your parents, but I have been better to you than your parents."

⚽️🇳🇴 Affaire Balogun au Mondial-2026: la Fédération norvégienne de football va porter plainte auprès du Comité d'éthique de la Fifa après l'intervention de Donald Trump qui a précédé la levée d'une suspension contre l'attaquant américain Folarin Balogun.

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🇹🇳 What does Tunisia look like five years since Saied's 2021 power grab? Tomorrow, I'm pleased to be moderating a discussion of brilliant advocates on this topic: @tmegrisi.bsky.social, Sahar Mechmech, Mondher Tounsi, and Aymen Zaghdoudi. Join us at 10:00 am EST. It's not too late to register ⬇️

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy@timep.bsky.social · 2w ago

🔔 It's not too late to join us! This Thursday at 10 AM ET, we'll be hosting Mondher Tounsi, Sahar Mechmech, Aymen Zaghdoudi, and @tmegrisi.bsky.social to discuss Tunisia's political, economic, and foreign affairs landscape five years since Saied's power grab. Register now: timep.org/2026/07/09/t...

Je le dis régulièrement, mais ce qui manque surtout à bluesky c'est les gens qui font des shitposts de qualité. Les comptes qui font rire aux éclats, les comptes qui live-tweetent de la merde à la télé, les comptes qui nous tiennent au courant des gossips du moment, etc etc

A half-time show is an anti-football abomination. Players have gone through their career used to normal break. That rhythm disrupted, in the biggest game of their careers. It's of a piece with absurdly high ticket prices and Balogun controversy - Fifa ushering this through.