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Thomas Sorlie
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Consulting • Lectures • Analysis Dept. of Defense, al-Hurra TV, VOA Former Student of Imam at Darrus Salam, ATL MA in Islamic Studies Africa * Middle East * Türkiye * Islam Beşiktaş supporter. Kara Kartal! 🦅 Part-time film snob. 🎥🎬
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Great performance from Bale👌🎬
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It’s official. In 2025, America’s Mayor is an American Muslim Immigrant.

NYC has elected Zohran Mamdani as mayor—the first Muslim American in history to hold this position.

Tonight is the beginning of a future where we flex the power of many over the money.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/zohran-mam...
Zohran Mamdani Makes History As New York City's First American Muslim Mayor
Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Not the Finish Line — It’s the Starting Gun
www.qasimrashid.com
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congrats to NYC but Milwaukee already elected 3 socialist mayors…
Tonight's viewing.

I'm all about the limited re-releases of classic films! 🎥🎬

@moremovies.co.uk
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Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been jailed and banned from filmmaking. Will the acclaim for his latest, the stirring “It Was Just an Accident,” protect him from authorities, or make him a target once again?
After being persecuted for decades, Jafar Panahi could win an Oscar
The Iranian director has been jailed and banned from filmmaking. Will the acclaim for “It Was Just an Accident” protect him — or make him a target once again?
www.washingtonpost.com
“The discussions with the SDF [Syrian Democratic Forces] are continuing. There are no positive or practical steps [taken so far],” Shibani told Al-Monitor on the sidelines of the Manama Dialogue Conference in Bahrain. “In general, the trajectory is positive,” Shibani added.

Al Monitor
Syria’s Shibani says no concrete progress in integration talks with Kurds
Syria’s foreign minister cites a “positive trajectory,” but Damascus and Kurdish officials remain deadlocked despite US-brokered efforts to unify the country’s political and military structures.
www.al-monitor.com
"The message delivered to loyalists points to a critical challenge facing the 43-year-old president, according to Syrian officials and analysts: how to pivot from an insurgency to a civilian government without replicating the endemic corruption of Assad’s reviled police state."
@timesofisrael.com
No spoils of war: Syria’s new ruler lays down the law to loyalists
Sharaa has launched a crackdown on corruption as he attempts to transform an insurgent movement into a functioning government
www.timesofisrael.com
“Before 31 December, a coup will happen in the Sahel,” the former official continued. “Mali will go first and then you’ll have the same domino effect that we’ve seen between 2020 and 2023, with all of these countries falling one after the other.”

@theguardian.com
How al-Qaida-linked jihadist group JNIM is bringing Mali to its knees
Political instability and fuel shortages caused by rebel group is driving Mali to brink of becoming Islamist republic
www.theguardian.com
"By putting her main rival Tundu Lissu on trial for treason and barring others from contesting the presidency, Hassan has crossed autocratic thresholds that other leaders have not. Activists have been arrested, brutalised or disappeared."

@theconversation.com
Tanzania: President Samia Hassan’s grip on power has been shaken by unprecedented protests
The regime once seemed untouchable. Now anything feels possible.
theconversation.com
"The assault came just a day after the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that this year’s olive harvest in the occupied West Bank has been the most violent since 2020, with Israeli settlers and soldiers vandalising more than 4,000 olive trees."
Israeli forces attack Palestinian olive farmers in occupied West Bank
<article data-history-node-id="430980" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-attack-palestinian-olive-farmers-occupied-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-attack-palestinian-olive-farmers-occupied-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces attack Palestinian olive farmers in occupied West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><article data-scroll-anchor="true" data-testid="conversation-turn-126" data-turn="assistant" data-turn-id="request-6901b48e-cf20-832a-9f2e-41bb2cc7fcbc-46" dir="auto" tabindex="-1"> <p data-end="83" data-start="0">Palestinian farmers in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, say Israeli forces attacked them as they harvested olives, according to the Wafa news agency.</p> <p data-end="519" data-start="245">Mohammed Fanoun told Wafa that soldiers “verbally and physically assaulted” him and his brother in the Sidr Ein Fares area, detained them for several hours, and later arrested his brother. He said the troops also damaged their harvested olives and confiscated their tools.</p> <p data-end="800" data-start="521">The assault came just a day after the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that this year’s olive harvest in the occupied West Bank has been the most violent since 2020, with Israeli settlers and soldiers vandalising more than 4,000 olive trees.</p> </article> </div> </div> </article>
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"Zimbabwe Council of Churches General Secretary Kenneth Mtata warned in a statement that Mnangagwa’s bid to extend his term would undermine all his efforts to re-engage the world and bring Zimbabwe in from the cold."

Institute for Security Studies
Mnangagwa’s third term bid foments violence | ISS Africa
The ruling party’s decision to extend President Mnangagwa’s second term in office is inflaming tensions in Zimbabwe.
issafrica.org
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This should be the biggest news story in the world right now
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he's ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria as he stepped up his criticism that the government is failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country.
Trump threatens Nigeria with potential military action, escalates claim of Christian persecution
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria.
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