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I’ve spent the past 6+ months feeling appalled and helpless at my country’s role in Israel’s war, and the hysterical response to anti-war advocacy within the US. The best way I’ve found to make sense of things—and to limit my doom-scrolling—is to read a lot of books. 🧵📚
The booming drugs business that we describe is just one aspect of a much deeper crisis, of which we see many signs region-wide. By the same token, mental health is becoming less of a taboo. We’d like our own research to be part of this rising awareness. synaps.network/post/syrian-dr…
Historically, Lebanon has been more open than Syria when it comes to drug use, particularly in nightlife. Today we see new patterns of abuse spreading in both countries. @AlexGSimon describes the situation in Syria. Some additional thoughts on Lebanon: synaps.network/post/syrian-dr…
Discussions of Syria's booming drug trade mostly focus on those who profit from it. Many more, however, are those who suffer. Addiction has spilled from Syria's battlefield into schools, nightclubs, and homes. Our latest tells this side of the story synaps.network/post/syrian-dr…
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3K Followers 5K Following Works on gov reform, peace agreements, displacement + land rights + conflict in cities. Pseudoacademic. PhDcand @Cambridge_Uni @CambridgeLandEc@AlexGSimon @SynapsNetwork So to avoid existential dread you are doing light reading about climate catastrophe? Any other tips 😂
Natalie Koch, “Arid Empire” – On the unlikely connections between Arizona and the Arabian Peninsula, and what they tell us about colonialism and over-exploitation. (This is an honorary addition to this list; I read it before October 7.) goodreads.com/book/show/6332…
Jane Mayer, “Dark Money” – On how right-wing billionaires captured American politics and culture, not least in order to free themselves of environmental regulation. goodreads.com/book/show/2783…
Madeline Ostrander, “At Home on an Unruly Planet” – On how climate change and environmental mismanagement threaten our conception of home—including a brilliant discussion of environmental injustice in Richmond, California. goodreads.com/en/book/show/5…
@hebagowayed – On how refugees resettled to the US, Canada, and Germany are folded into domestic systems of welfare, precarity, and inequality. goodreads.com/en/book/show/5…
Isabel Wilkerson, “The Warmth of Other Suns” – On the “Great Migration” of Black Americans from the Jim Crow South. goodreads.com/en/book/show/8…
Jonathan Blitzer, “Everyone Who is Gone is Here” – On how the US abetted horrific violence in Central America, and then locked out the people fleeing from it. goodreads.com/en/book/show/1…
@RosannaXia , “California Against the Sea” – On the tumultuous present and future of my home state’s coastline, and the historic exclusion of Black/Brown/Native communities. (And extra thanks to Rosanna for inspiration on other books!) goodreads.com/en/book/show/1…
Michelle Nijhuis, “Beloved Beasts” – On the white colonial roots of the global conservation movement, and slow but important progress toward something more rooted and rounded. goodreads.com/en/book/show/5…
Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Braiding Sweetgrass” – On what indigenous wisdom teaches us about the environment and the world, and how it runs up against contemporary American science and culture. goodreads.com/en/book/show/1…
Amitav Ghosh, “The Nutmeg’s Curse” – On the intimate relationship between colonialism and climate change. (Also, Ghosh’s “Great Derangement” and “Smoke and Ashes.”) goodreads.com/book/show/5733…
I’ve tried for an eclectic spread, but largely focused on themes of colonialism, environmental stress, and migration. It occurred to me to share a subset of the books I found most eye-opening and inspiring, in case useful to others. In no particular order:
I’ve spent the past 6+ months feeling appalled and helpless at my country’s role in Israel’s war, and the hysterical response to anti-war advocacy within the US. The best way I’ve found to make sense of things—and to limit my doom-scrolling—is to read a lot of books. 🧵📚
More recommendations are of course extremely welcome and appreciated! (Photo is from the fast-growing "Environment" section of our @SynapsNetwork library)
Total revenues estimated in the Budget 2024 amount to LBP 308,435 billion, compared to LBP 277,923 billion in the 2024 budget proposal.
The dangers of the diesel generators that have been powering Lebanese cities in the absence of any real governance can be felt, heard, smelled and seen, but for years residents have been left in the dark as to the real health effects. My Guardian debut 👇
‘Where can you hide from pollution?’: cancer rises 30% in Beirut as diesel generators poison city theguardian.com/global-develop…
Today on #worldbookday I find myself strolling through of the greatest intellectual streets in the world; Al Mutannabi in Baghdad. It’s path adorned with curated libraries and century old treasures makes for a book lovers paradise.
It's an extraordinary time to be discussing Palestine in Germany, which has banned speakers critical of Israel from stepping foot on German soil or even appearing at conferences by video. I'll be giving talks in Berlin on May 6 and in Frankfurt on May 7. Details below:
Why I was banned from Germany: In the name of protecting Israel’s security, the German government has sunk to farcical new authoritarian lows. newstatesman.com/diary/2024/04/…
In sum: This tool is less a way of quantifying trends than exploring intuitions, and building new ones. Here, I used it explore the regional dimension of trends we have seen up close in Syria and Lebanon, but which reverberate far beyond. synaps.network/post/syrian-dr…
(Nerd alert): Arabic poses distinctive challenges. Technically, the word for "addiction" is إدمان. But most people drop the ء, in favor of ادمان. You might search it with or without the definite article ال. All are functionally the same. But Google treats each separately.