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Sarah Dadouch | سارة دعدوش
@SarahDadouch
freelance journalist between Beirut and Damascus. Formerly @FT, @WashingtonPost, @Reuters.
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an email from one of Michigan’s Islamic schools to parents today
representation matters 😌
representation matters 😌
Had the Washington Post still been what it was a few years ago, we would have had a team dig into who was killed, what affiliation any may have had w/ISIS, and how clear was it that civilian casualties may occur.
Now, there is almost no capacity for that type of invaluable work.
Now, there is almost no capacity for that type of invaluable work.
#Jordan TV appears to suggest #Jordan's Armed Forces were aware that a woman & several children were at the site of one individual target -- but that the site was hit anyway.View quoted post on X
*IF* true, it'd suggest a willingness to accept disproportionate collateral damage (like #Israel?).
Both my parents went to Laique, so we grew up hearing about its storied history and the type of thought and diversity the school’s attendees represented.
After Assad’s fall, that was something we wished we would see revived and strengthened — not suppressed.
After Assad’s fall, that was something we wished we would see revived and strengthened — not suppressed.
A century ago, a French school in Damascus bet on nonconfessional, coeducational, bilingual learning. Its recent decision to separate boys and girls has Syrians asking what that wager still means.View quoted post on X
By historian @smoubayed in @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/essays/a-chang…
Excited to finally share the project we've been working on for 10 months — We Call Her Emma, a 6-part investigative podcast looking into the rise & fall of former first lady Asmaa al-Assad
w/@chloehadj @GaryJMarshall90 @ObserverUK @tortoise
1st episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-…
w/@chloehadj @GaryJMarshall90 @ObserverUK @tortoise
1st episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-…
podcasts.apple.com The girl from Acton | We call her Emma Ep1 Podcast Episode · Spiral | Tortoise Investigates · S20 E1 · 41m