This was one of my fav conversations to date. Do check it out, its something of a deep dive into, well, what makes us human. Our emotions.

On the early Arabic hunting poetry as a portal to another world.

A great conversation between James Montgomery of Cambridge University and Lydia Wilson on New Lines Magazine podcast The Lede

newlinesmag.com/podcast/a-port…

“We have to interpret the world through the poetry, and the poetry is the only thing we have to go on.” James Montgomery of Cambridge University tells Lydia Wilson on New Lines Magazine podcast The Lede how early Arabic poetry is a portal to another world. newlinesmag.com/podcast/a-port…

Loved geeking out on Arabic poetry with the always brilliant James Montgomery for New Lines Magazine pod The Lede

Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” and Shidyaq’s “Leg Over Leg” were both published in 1855, one in English and the other in Arabic. Through their common concerns, both helped pave the way for modernism, writes Lydia Wilson for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/essays/how-two…

Hundreds of attacks w/chemical weapons in #Syria have taken thousands of lives with impunity. Please sign this petition for a special tribunal and share widely. Accountability matters. #Ghouta #Douma #KhanSheikhoun #Sarin

An honour and pleasure to discuss Nasser and my book at the Frontline Club in London on Friday with Lina Khatib & New Lines Magazine colleagues Faisal Al Yafai & Lydia Wilson.

Huge thanks to all who attended & organised. Video forthcoming on the New Lines YouTube channel.

Reposting this thread on the shared cypherpunk roots of #Tor , #Wikileaks , #Bitcoin , and #filesharing for the weekend crew (apologies) with another (real!) photo from the NRL archives, this time of some of our favourite military-academics consulting The Orb.

Informative and engaging exchange last night with Lina Khatib Alex Rowell Lydia Wilson Faisal Al Yafai of New Lines Magazine discussing Rowell’s new book, ‘We Are Your Soldiers: How Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World’ Frontline Club - huge thanks to all. Tam Hussein

At the Frontline club listening to the great Alex Rowell & Lina Khatib about Nasser and Rowell's book 'We are your soldiers'

Two unique ways to delve into Damascus society after the war — read them together

A Ramadan diary by Zeina Shahla | زينة شهلا newlinesmag.com/spotlight/a-jo…

- Danny Makki on a Ramadan soap opera set in postwar Syria, and its unabashed portrayal of the Syrian society newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-…

NEW: Is the legacy of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser due for a rethink?

On this week’s episode of The Lede, Alex Rowell, author of “We Are Your Soldiers: How Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World,” makes his case. newlinesmag.com/podcast/rethin…

Great to hear my New Lines Magazine colleague Alex Rowell tonight discuss his new book on Egypt’s Nasser, with Lina Khatib Frontline Club

A delightful conversation with Lina Khatib Alex Rowell Lydia Wilson Faisal Al Yafai
about Nassar and power dynamics across the Arab world Frontline Club - huge thanks to all and New Lines Magazine Tam Hussein

Such a great night at Frontline Club discussing Nasser and his long legacy over the Arab world - everyone should read Alex Rowell’s book on the subject: it’s gripping, and important.

This is a really interesting podcast on Alex Rowell's new book. If you are in London tonight, he will be live on stage Frontline Club discussing it with New Lines Magazine colleagues - with a book signing after 👉eventbrite.com/e/nassers-long…

Huge news if you follow Jihadism or Syria and Iraq:

Abu Maria Al-Qahtani dies in northern Syria; rumors he’s been assassinated.

This is a profile of him based on close knowledge of & conversations with him by me in New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/argument/what-…

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I grew up hearing about Nasser as a “great hero”; as the years went by the narrative did not remain static even among those who originally adopted that impression. Much of his legacy is still relevant in the Arab world today but not in a linear way.

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