Mat Nashed
@matnashed.bsky.social
Journalist for Al Jazeera English. Covering Sudan and Palestine.
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We can lament the collapse of the multilateral system, or we can be realistic and act knowing that bilateral, state-state processes have been the order of the day across the globe since Astana, if not before. That requires acknowledgment on all sides that a military solution in Sudan is impossible
October 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We can lament the collapse of the multilateral system, or we can be realistic and act knowing that bilateral, state-state processes have been the order of the day across the globe since Astana, if not before. That requires acknowledgment on all sides that a military solution in Sudan is impossible
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What is happening in Darfur is utterly devastating, made more painful by how we all saw it coming. You can’t really say you didn’t know, but if you didn’t, read this:
An atrocity foretold: How the RSF siege of El Fasher turned into genocidal slaughter
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...
An atrocity foretold: How the RSF siege of El Fasher turned into genocidal slaughter
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...
An atrocity foretold: How the RSF siege of El Fasher turned into genocidal slaughter
Communication networks are down but a deluge of shocking videos point to mass killings on a devastating scale.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
What is happening in Darfur is utterly devastating, made more painful by how we all saw it coming. You can’t really say you didn’t know, but if you didn’t, read this:
An atrocity foretold: How the RSF siege of El Fasher turned into genocidal slaughter
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...
An atrocity foretold: How the RSF siege of El Fasher turned into genocidal slaughter
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/202...
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I woke up this morning to a BBC report about a deadly Israeli air strike against a water station in Gaza, where mostly women and children lined up for H2O. reut.rs/3UfTxSZ
July 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I woke up this morning to a BBC report about a deadly Israeli air strike against a water station in Gaza, where mostly women and children lined up for H2O. reut.rs/3UfTxSZ
Objectivity in the context of Israel-Palestine is a code word for censorship.
July 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Objectivity in the context of Israel-Palestine is a code word for censorship.
Let me know the last time Israel ever respected a ceasefire: Not in Gaza, not in Lebanon and I strongly doubt it will do so in Iran.
More and more people in this region ask the simple question: How are we supposed to live under the domination of this colonial and imperial state.
Who can blame them
More and more people in this region ask the simple question: How are we supposed to live under the domination of this colonial and imperial state.
Who can blame them
June 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Let me know the last time Israel ever respected a ceasefire: Not in Gaza, not in Lebanon and I strongly doubt it will do so in Iran.
More and more people in this region ask the simple question: How are we supposed to live under the domination of this colonial and imperial state.
Who can blame them
More and more people in this region ask the simple question: How are we supposed to live under the domination of this colonial and imperial state.
Who can blame them
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All of this. All of this death, destruction and damage because no one will force Israel to stop. All of this just so Netanyahu can hold on to power until he dies.
How cheap the world views life in our region. Even after Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Palestine…there is no end to the cruelty.
How cheap the world views life in our region. Even after Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Palestine…there is no end to the cruelty.
June 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
All of this. All of this death, destruction and damage because no one will force Israel to stop. All of this just so Netanyahu can hold on to power until he dies.
How cheap the world views life in our region. Even after Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Palestine…there is no end to the cruelty.
How cheap the world views life in our region. Even after Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Palestine…there is no end to the cruelty.
“Now that Israel has started a war with Iran, everyone here in Gaza is scared that the world is going to forget about them."
My story for Al Jazeera.
aje.io/vsrf80
My story for Al Jazeera.
aje.io/vsrf80
Israel massacres in Gaza, lockdowns West Bank as attention shifts to Iran
As the world focuses on Israel’s war with Iran, violence against Palestinians has scaled up in the occupied territories.
aje.io
June 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Now that Israel has started a war with Iran, everyone here in Gaza is scared that the world is going to forget about them."
My story for Al Jazeera.
aje.io/vsrf80
My story for Al Jazeera.
aje.io/vsrf80
The hell with mainstream analysts who stupidly argued Hamas was the "genocidal" actor in order to deflect from Israel's explicit and stated intentions to commit genocide in #Gaza since the start of the war.
We still have people who want to be taken serious yelling, "But, Hamas."
We still have people who want to be taken serious yelling, "But, Hamas."
June 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The hell with mainstream analysts who stupidly argued Hamas was the "genocidal" actor in order to deflect from Israel's explicit and stated intentions to commit genocide in #Gaza since the start of the war.
We still have people who want to be taken serious yelling, "But, Hamas."
We still have people who want to be taken serious yelling, "But, Hamas."
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As always, @nesrinemalik.bsky.social perfectly and eloquently calls it as it is. She’s right: sanctions, embargo, criminal charges all required, yet all come too little too late.
We are yet to see what this war has done to a region of 450 million Arabs.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are yet to see what this war has done to a region of 450 million Arabs.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik
An air of complicity has prompted new rhetoric from UK and EU leaders. But it won’t redeem them – or change history’s course, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As always, @nesrinemalik.bsky.social perfectly and eloquently calls it as it is. She’s right: sanctions, embargo, criminal charges all required, yet all come too little too late.
We are yet to see what this war has done to a region of 450 million Arabs.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are yet to see what this war has done to a region of 450 million Arabs.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sudan's Security and Defence Council announced its severing diplomatic ties with the UAE over its support for the RSF.
May 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sudan's Security and Defence Council announced its severing diplomatic ties with the UAE over its support for the RSF.
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Sudan is in the early morning of May 6, and another drone strike has been reported, making it the 3rd day of attacks.
Reportedly, 4 targets hit so far: the airport, a fuel depot, warehouse & a naval base.
Port Sudan is the wartime capital & supposedly safe.
But nowhere is safe.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Reportedly, 4 targets hit so far: the airport, a fuel depot, warehouse & a naval base.
Port Sudan is the wartime capital & supposedly safe.
But nowhere is safe.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Today's quick update [May 5]:
- RSF drone strikes on Port Sudan for the second consecutive day, targeting strategic fuel depot.
- RSF attack on Elfashir, North Darfur repelled by SAF.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- RSF drone strikes on Port Sudan for the second consecutive day, targeting strategic fuel depot.
- RSF attack on Elfashir, North Darfur repelled by SAF.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
May 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Sudan is in the early morning of May 6, and another drone strike has been reported, making it the 3rd day of attacks.
Reportedly, 4 targets hit so far: the airport, a fuel depot, warehouse & a naval base.
Port Sudan is the wartime capital & supposedly safe.
But nowhere is safe.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Reportedly, 4 targets hit so far: the airport, a fuel depot, warehouse & a naval base.
Port Sudan is the wartime capital & supposedly safe.
But nowhere is safe.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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Israel has used human rights jargon and terms from IHL to provide a veneer of legality for its genocide in #Gaza.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.
My in-depth story for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.
My in-depth story for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
How RSF is adopting Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ in Sudan
For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same.
www.aljazeera.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Israel has used human rights jargon and terms from IHL to provide a veneer of legality for its genocide in #Gaza.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.
My in-depth story for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.
My in-depth story for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
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There's something to be said about the UAE increasingly behaving like- and aspiring to the level of impunity enjoyed by Israel.
"The RSF has also mimicked the Israeli tactic of carrying out mass expulsions under a humanitarian guise." - @matnashed.bsky.social
"The RSF has also mimicked the Israeli tactic of carrying out mass expulsions under a humanitarian guise." - @matnashed.bsky.social
How RSF is adopting Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ in Sudan
For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same.
www.aljazeera.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There's something to be said about the UAE increasingly behaving like- and aspiring to the level of impunity enjoyed by Israel.
"The RSF has also mimicked the Israeli tactic of carrying out mass expulsions under a humanitarian guise." - @matnashed.bsky.social
"The RSF has also mimicked the Israeli tactic of carrying out mass expulsions under a humanitarian guise." - @matnashed.bsky.social
Israel has used human rights jargon and terms from IHL to provide a veneer of legality for its genocide in #Gaza.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.
My in-depth story for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.
My in-depth story for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
How RSF is adopting Israel’s ‘template for genocide’ in Sudan
For years, Israel has used human rights terminology to whitewash killing civilians, now the RSF is doing the same.
www.aljazeera.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Israel has used human rights jargon and terms from IHL to provide a veneer of legality for its genocide in #Gaza.
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.
My in-depth story for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are now adopting the same practice to perpetrate atrocities in #Sudan.
My in-depth story for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
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"Entire cities and states have been decimated, pushing more than 12 million people to flee their homes. And yet, there has been limited media coverage of Sudan’s war - the experiences of Sudanese people have been neglected."
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
Sudan’s voices
People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.
interactive.aljazeera.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Entire cities and states have been decimated, pushing more than 12 million people to flee their homes. And yet, there has been limited media coverage of Sudan’s war - the experiences of Sudanese people have been neglected."
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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🇸🇩 "Some evenings, we would roam out in the valley. Nyala is beautiful, stunning scenery. Other days were for socialising with our neighbours, days and nights full of dallouka music, and jabana coffee sessions with the other women. Life was so nice before the war." #Sudan
#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
Sudan’s voices
People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.
interactive.aljazeera.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🇸🇩 "Some evenings, we would roam out in the valley. Nyala is beautiful, stunning scenery. Other days were for socialising with our neighbours, days and nights full of dallouka music, and jabana coffee sessions with the other women. Life was so nice before the war." #Sudan
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“Our family is spread across seven countries. I fear I’ll never see them again. That’s the fear I’ve had inside me since the start of the war.”
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
Sudan’s voices
People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.
interactive.aljazeera.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“Our family is spread across seven countries. I fear I’ll never see them again. That’s the fear I’ve had inside me since the start of the war.”
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
Sudan’s voices
People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.
interactive.aljazeera.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
Sudan’s voices
People impacted by the war speak out about their lives and how they will never be the same.
interactive.aljazeera.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#Sudan 's civil war is a war on civilians.
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
To mark the 2nd year of the conflict, we produced an interactive that features the voices of five Sudanese civilians whose lives have been upended by the war.
Here are there unheard stories.
Don't look away.
interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2025/sud...
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For decades, Israel waged a war on international humanitarian law by trying to create quasi-legal concepts to commit atrocities with impunity.
Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.
My latest for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.
My latest for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Unpacking Israel’s war on international humanitarian law
Israel has tried to legally justify its attacks and treatment of Palestinians, even as it goes against international law
www.aljazeera.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For decades, Israel waged a war on international humanitarian law by trying to create quasi-legal concepts to commit atrocities with impunity.
Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.
My latest for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.
My latest for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
For decades, Israel waged a war on international humanitarian law by trying to create quasi-legal concepts to commit atrocities with impunity.
Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.
My latest for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.
My latest for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Unpacking Israel’s war on international humanitarian law
Israel has tried to legally justify its attacks and treatment of Palestinians, even as it goes against international law
www.aljazeera.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For decades, Israel waged a war on international humanitarian law by trying to create quasi-legal concepts to commit atrocities with impunity.
Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.
My latest for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Now, Israel and its western allies risk destroying what's left of the human rights legal order.
My latest for AJE.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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‘Weakens cyberdefenses’ and ‘rising danger’ are not ‘neutral’ terms. So, the NYT, like the others, is fine with taking a stand when they want to. This is not a matter of journalistic ethics. It’s a matter of editorial policy.
April 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
‘Weakens cyberdefenses’ and ‘rising danger’ are not ‘neutral’ terms. So, the NYT, like the others, is fine with taking a stand when they want to. This is not a matter of journalistic ethics. It’s a matter of editorial policy.
Sara and Dalia are brilliant.
Good work @aymanmak.bsky.social and thanks for bringing more attention to #Sudan
Good work @aymanmak.bsky.social and thanks for bringing more attention to #Sudan
There is nowhere near enough discussions on Sudan, where the humanitarian situation is being described as the worst in human history. I sat to talk with two brilliant Sudanese commentators @bsonblast.bsky.social and @dalliasd.bsky.social to talk about war and more:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsuB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsuB...
Khartoum is Free, But the War Rages On
YouTube video by From the Periphery
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sara and Dalia are brilliant.
Good work @aymanmak.bsky.social and thanks for bringing more attention to #Sudan
Good work @aymanmak.bsky.social and thanks for bringing more attention to #Sudan