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On the high-tech path to destruction

By Khaled Diab Rather than humans becoming enslaved by robots, machines have become the new slave or serf class, with

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My fellow Americans, socialism is not an insult

By Rebekah Crawford I may never be able to convince a Trump voter not to vote for Trump, but I

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Robust health systems are society’s first line of defence against pandemics

Belgium has long been written off as a dysfunctional and failing state, yet its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been surprisingly functional

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Post-ISIS Mosul, pt 1: The final death of a city?

Its building turned to dust, its citizens traumatised and impoverished, Mosul may have been ‘liberated’ from ISIS but it has become a graveyard. Can this razed and devastated city ever be free again?

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Economic recovery means little to Europe’s working poor

Europe is experiencing an economic recovery but many of the jobs being created a keeping people poor rather than lifting them out of poverty.

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One year on: The curing power of solar energy in Gaza

Gaza’s devastated infrastructure and fuel shortages cause avoidable deaths. A crowd-funded initiative will save lives with solar power in hospitals.

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Economy Egypt 

Egypt’s popuflation problem

June 26, 2008February 4, 2023 Khaled Diab 0 Comments birth, children, development, economy, education, Egypt, health, inflation, parenthood, society

Spiralling inflation has refocused attention in Egypt on overpopulation. But is birth control enough without other reforms?

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Health Science 

Hay fever and the big sneeze

May 11, 2008February 10, 2023 Khaled Diab 0 Comments health, lifestyle, research, science

Hay fever season is coming early this year. It’s time for sufferers to ready for battle – but finding effective relief is no sneezing matter.

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A class action lawsuit by investors accuses Elon Musk of a “deliberate course of carnival barking, market manipulation and insider trading” when it came to the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. This manipulative behaviour is something I warned about at the time. theguardian.com/technology/20… twitter.com/DiabolicalIdea…

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16:08 · June 2, 2023
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Are you an expert in EU policy and passionate about the climate? You could be the next member of our dynamic and versatile team. Deadline for applications: 25 June More info: carbonmarketwatch.org/about/j… pic.twitter.com/eJfrm64MEm

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15:32 · June 2, 2023 ·
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@DiabolicalIdea

Those who burn their tongues on the soup, blow into the yoghurt. This has to count as one of my favourite (Egyptian) Arabic expressions.

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10:59 · June 2, 2023
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So nice to read this about one of the finest essays @newlinesmag has run. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-gi… twitter.com/diabolicalidea… pic.twitter.com/vEQ8rO85Zl

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21:01 · May 31, 2023 ·
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@DiabolicalIdea

"It’s not lost on me that I learned about Hedwig Klein from an Arab writer.... and through his courage I received the gift of Hedwig’s story" My essay about the persecuted Arabist Hedwig Klein and resonated with a Jewish woman unaware of the the Nazi roots of her trusty Hans Wehr twitter.com/tabletmag/stat…

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19:52 · May 31, 2023
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I guess so, in the colour conscious India,most of the villains in movies are dark and unfair. twitter.com/DiabolicalIdea…

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15:36 · May 27, 2023 ·
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@DiabolicalIdea

If having pale features makes you fair, does being dark mean you are unfair?

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10:25 · May 27, 2023
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@DiabolicalIdea

The family of Sanda Dia, the black student who died in a cruel initiation ritual, only received partial justice. The fraternity students who forced Dia to perform degrading and dangerous rituals were only sentenced to 300 hours community service #SandaDia theguardian.com/world/2023/ma…

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08:11 · May 27, 2023
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@DiabolicalIdea

The idea that European Council President Charles Michel can offset his frequent private jet use is a flight of fancy. If @CharlesMichel is serious about reducing his carbon footprint, he can: * Stop using private jets * Fly economy class * Fly less carbonmarketwatch.org/flights… twitter.com/pgreenfielduk/…

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09:19 · May 26, 2023
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@DiabolicalIdea

The English so enjoy standing in line that they line up a string of unnecessary letters to spell out the monosyllabic word 'queue', when they could so easily just write 'q'.

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15:38 · May 25, 2023
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