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Ramy Yaacoub

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🥷 at @open-society.bsky.social. ex @timep.bsky.social. Rocket Scientist @EmbryRiddle. M.A. @ausis.bsky.social. Political Analyst. Scuba Diver. English, Arabic, y un poco de Español 🇨🇦🇪🇬🇺🇸 Twitter: @ramyyaacoub

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Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · Nov 17

بسم الله... نبتدي على نضيف، البلوكات وقتي وقتي ... رش مايه يبني، واستعنا على الشقا بالله... خش فينا يسطى...

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Aug 20

In the midst of the darkest times, there will always be those who resist. May we know them, may we support them, may we be among them. ✊🏼❤️

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Aug 20

Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣 Allies in Ohio, South Carolina, West Virginia!

Free DC is running a campaign asking residents of each to contact the governor and ask that the National Guard deployed to DC be recalled.

OH freedcproject.org/news/for-all...
SC freedcproject.org/news/for-all...
WV freedcproject.org/west-virginia

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Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · Jul 23

📢 After 2.5 whirlwind, relentless, and rewarding years at @open-society.bsky.social, I’ll be stepping down as Director of MENA Programs & moving on to a new adventure at the end of the month. Grateful to @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social, @alexsoros.bsky.social, et al. Stay tuned for more on what’s cooking🫡🖖

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M🍁tthew Hay Br🏈wn @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · Jun 28

Viktor Orban tried to ban the Budapest Pride parade. He got the biggest one yet. Steve Hendrix reports from the Hungarian capital

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Jun 22

This was not a full-page ad I was expecting to see in the Sunday NYTimes today

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Jun 22

Holding Syrian Christians and Syrians in my heart as news trickles in of a harrowing attack on Mar Elias Church in the Dwel'a area of Damascus. According to eyewitness reports, a man entered the church, began shooting, and then carried out a suicide bombing.

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Kareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social · Jun 22

Suicide bomber kills at least 20 in Greek Orthodox church in #Syria during Divine Liturgy

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Suicide bomber kills at least 20 in Greek Orthodox church in Syria during Divine Liturgy

State media says a suicide bomber in Syria has detonated himself inside a church filled with people, killing at least 20.

apnews.com

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Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · Jun 22

"Only the dead have seen the end of war." George Santayana

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Jun 20

They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days.

But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · Jun 18

🚨NEW REPORT: exposing clever new hacking tactic.

🇷🇺Russian state-backed hackers used an App-Specific Password attack against prominent Russia expert @keirgiles.bsky.social

It's like they knew what we all expect from 🇷🇺...and then did the opposite 1/

By us @citizenlab.ca & Google's GTIG

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Jun 18

🇱🇧 Lebanon recently held municipal elections for the first time in nearly 10 years. What do the results tell us? And what may this mean for the much-awaited 2026 parliamentary elections?

Don't miss @timep.bsky.social's event ft @alaasayeg.bsky.social, Soha Mneimneh, Ali Mourad, and Jean Kassir.

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · Jun 18

🔔 Join us on Thursday, June 26 at 11 am EST for an event exploring the recent Lebanese municipal elections and what the results tell us in the lead up to the 2026 parliamentary elections, featuring Ali Mourad, Soha Mneimneh, ‪@alaasayeg.bsky.social‬, and Jean Kassir.

timep.org/2025/06/18/p...

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · Jun 13

In exile, I've met some of the most incredible advocates, the most talented journalists, the most unrelenting lawyers. But all too often, the space for them to continue their work from abroad is not present. Humbled that we play a small part in creating that space at @timep.bsky.social.

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · Jun 13

We hold in our hearts those who have similarly been driven away from their homes. As the space for organizing across MENA narrows, we recommit to honoring Sarah’s memory by supporting MENA advocates in exile today through a fellowship named in her honor. timep.org/sarah-hegazi...

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Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · Jun 13

📢 Must watch: An AI produced video by the German based Dor Brothers. While exaggerated, honestly, it issome of the strongest artistic political commentary I have seen on domestic US politics these days.

🔊 Sound on 🔛

🎥: youtu.be/V4zwIhS2iZk?...

Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · Jun 13

This is credible reporting ⤵️

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · Jun 13

The U.S. and Iran were scheduled to meet Sunday to continue nuclear talks.

Trump told Israel publicly and privately not to attack before the talks were over.

Israel clearly believes they can force the U.S. into this war of their choosing.

Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · Jun 13

Regional update from MENA

Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · Jun 4

And justice for all . . .

Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · May 31

#PatriotGames

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The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · May 30

As Sanaa Seif, sister of detained British-Egyptian citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah, provides a deeply worrying update on their mother's hunger strike, we at TIMEP reiterate our call on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act urgently and immediately to #FreeAlaa: fairsq.org/parliament-n...

Parliament, NGOs urge British PM to act to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah

More than 100 British parliamentarians, and 32 human rights organisations, have written to the British Prime Minister urging him to use all the tools at his disposal to free the British-Egyptian priso...

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · May 30

In Washington, DC?

Drop by Dupont Circle tomorrow at 6 pm to stand in solidarity with hunger-striking mother Dr. Laila Soueif who is protesting the continued unjust detention of her son British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.

Details here: www.facebook.com/share/1C7wVt...

#FreeAlaa

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Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · May 29

The legendary James Hatfield at the Metallica #M72 concert in DC - May 28, 2025

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · May 21

🎉 An exciting day here at @timep.bsky.social, where we are welcoming 11 brilliant advocates and experts who are the frontlines of the movement to reimagine a more just, more equitable, and more peaceful MENA region.

Humbled at the trust our fellows have in us to embark on this journey together. 🙏

The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · May 21

🎉 TIMEP is thrilled to announce the members of its 2025-2026 Nonresident Fellowship cohort: @justinsalhani.bsky.social, Ahmad Helmi, @shehh.bsky.social, Samy Akil, Mahitab Mahgoub, Iyed Hamadi, Sarah Hamza, Jean Kassir, Lina Ghoutouk, Dina Kamel, and Lina Marwan.

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Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · May 17

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 16

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 16

Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

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Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · May 8

Are there any good "Chicago" bars in DC? 🤔

Ramy Yaacoub @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social · May 8

This thread ⤵️

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · May 8

You're not going to laughing when we have NYC excommunicated.