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Bordering on inhumanity: How Slovenia and Croatia illegally deport refugees and migrants

Rather than being allowed to apply for asylum, thousands of refugees and migrants attempting to enter Slovenia and Croatia are being illegally and often violently spirited across the border to Bosnia, and out of the EU. 

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Greek island teaches Europe how to welcome refugees

The Greek island of Tilos has hosted more than seven times its population in refugees… and has done so with dignity, respect and with almost no external assistance.

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Lesbos: “No matter how hard you swim, you can never save all of them”

Despite the massive efforts of volunteer lifeguards, refugees are losing their lives in the Mediterranean. Europe must act… and out of compassion.

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Freedom of repression in Egypt

The Republic of Tahrir revolutionaries dreamt of an Egypt of freedom, but the only thing that seems free these days is the value of human dignity.

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For a questionable cause

Should organisations raising money for foreign militaries or to perpetuate occupations enjoy charitable status?

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Khaled Diab’s tweet nothings

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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@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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@hxhassan

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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@greensparker

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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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@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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Khaled Diab
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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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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@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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Khaled Diab
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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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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

That the parent who demanded the banning of 'The hill we climb' couldn't tell Amanda Gorman and Oprah Winfrey apart speaks volumes about ignorance and racism. That the school banned the poem speaks volumes about ignorance and racism. This is the hill that freedom dies on. twitter.com/TheAmandaGorma…

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13:44 · May 25, 2023
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Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

At another level, Henry Kissinger was a ruthless and unscrupulous political manipulator who committed war crimes that led to widespread death and destruction and helped prop up some of the vilest regimes of the time. thenation.com/article/world/…

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21:53 · May 24, 2023
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