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Diana Kruzman

@dkruzman.bsky.social
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I write and report at the intersection of the environment, human rights, and geopolitics. Current @icwa.org fellow in Amman/Cairo/Beirut. Writing in @thebaffler.com, @newlinesmag.bsky.social, @jewishcurrents.bsky.social & etc. Californian at large. She/her

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Institute of Current World Affairs @icwa.org · 28/09/2026
High interest rates as well as religious prohibitions against usury have pushed many Jordanians to seek alternative forms of financing like jam'iya, a lending circle, Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social reports. Rising prices are putting increasing pressure on locals: www.icwa.org/amman-jordan...
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‘Everything is more expensive’ - ICWA
For increasing numbers in Jordan, salaries aren't enough to cover the cost of living, ICWA fellow Diana Kurzman reports from Amman, Jordan.
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Pragathi Ravi @pragathiravi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Last November, I travelled to Jordan to understand how farmers farmed in one of the most water-poor countries. I encountered stories of hardship, remarkable ingenuity, resilience, and a country staying organised with fewer resources. For @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/wa...
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Water Scarcity in Jordan Is Causing an Agricultural Crisis
Farmers are reeling under the dual pressures of depleting groundwater and climate change
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Jordanians pretty universally agree that their economy is doing poorly. But the country just got upgraded to "upper-middle-income" status by the World Bank. What explains the disconnect? I explored that question in my latest dispatch: dispatchesaftercollapse.substack.com/p/everything...
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‘Everything is more expensive’
With economic inequality rising in Jordan, desperation is driving creative solutions.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 17/09/2026
📣 CCNow is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! Our awards program honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the climate story. Together, their work constitutes the leading edge of climate storytelling. ...🧵↓
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Institute of Current World Affairs @icwa.org · 17/09/2026
Salaries in Jordan aren't enough to cover the cost of living, Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social reports from Amman. Jordan relies on imports for most of its food and energy needs, and prices have risen following the US-Israeli war against Iran: www.icwa.org/amman-jordan...
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‘Everything is more expensive’ - ICWA
For increasing numbers in Jordan, salaries aren't enough to cover the cost of living, ICWA fellow Diana Kurzman reports from Amman, Jordan.
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In my latest for @thebaffler.com, I considered how Mongolia’s neoliberal turn has affected its nomadic herding culture & economy, as well as its environment:
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Institute of Current World Affairs @icwa.org · 02/09/2026
In the Jordanian capital Amman, how are residents attempting to solve the problems plaguing the city’s east—lack of job opportunities & green spaces? @dkruzman.bsky.social explores investments in city parks like Queen Rania Abdullah in her first dispatch from Jordan: www.icwa.org/amman-jordan...
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A tale of two cities - ICWA
In her first dispatch, ICWA fellow Diana Kurzman investigates the growing wealth gap between east and west Amman, Jordan.
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Institute of Current World Affairs @icwa.org · 19/08/2026
In her first dispatch from Jordan, Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social examines the capital's city planning and growing wealth gap between east and west: www.icwa.org/amman-jordan...
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A tale of two cities - ICWA
In her first dispatch, ICWA fellow Diana Kurzman investigates the growing wealth gap between east and west Amman, Jordan.
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
For @thenation.com, I wrote about the weapons supply chain, direct action & what this moment asks of journalists: www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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The Weapons Manufacturer Next Door
It’s been six years since I began attending pro-Palestine demonstrations. The most recent campaign at the Brooklyn Navy Yard feels different.
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I landed in Amman on July 2 to begin my @icwa.org fellowship. One week later, the U.S. resumed airstrikes on Iran — and then I began hearing air raid sirens. I wrote a short piece on the mood in Jordan right now. open.substack.com/pub/compass1...
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Letter from Amman
Behind an appearance of normality, airstrikes on Jordan are raising questions about its uncomfortable dependence on the US.
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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
In military training zones within nature reserves, the army “literally goes in with tanks and helicopters to prepare for going to invade Gaza,” Mazin Qumsiyeh explained. Diana Kruzman reports on the Israel's environmental cover for dispossession: jewishcurrents.org/the-ecology-...
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The Ecology of Dispossession
Israel's nature reserves in the West Bank use the language of conservation to restrict Palestinian life while facilitating settlement expansion.
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I've started a new Substack! I'll be reposting my @icwa.org dispatches here, as well as occasionally sharing other content. Follow along: dispatchesaftercollapse.substack.com
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After Collapse | Diana Kruzman | Substack
Dispatches from Middle Eastern societies surviving through and adapting to multiple and intertwined crises, from economic to social, political and environmental. Click to read After Collapse, by Diana...
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Institute of Current World Affairs @icwa.org · 22/07/2026
Newly launched fellow Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social reporting from the Dead Sea.
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
While in Ukraine, I also reported another story, my first for Foreign Policy, about the movement for "green reconstruction." Entrepreneurs and environmental groups are pushing the country to introduce renewable energy and circular economy principles into its reconstruction plans.
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In my first piece for The Baffler, I traveled to Ukraine to report on the growing power of agribusiness. More than four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, farmers, activists & academics are raising the alarm about the transformation of farmland, which is flying largely under the radar:
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A nation that helped shape modern war reporting is now treated as peripheral. In the wake of journalist killings, the consequences are clear, writes Zahra Hankir. www.cjr.org/feature/who-...
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Who is left to cover Lebanon?
A nation that helped shape modern war reporting is now treated as peripheral. In the wake of journalist killings, the consequences are clear not only for members of the press, but for how the story of...
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Jesse Hirsch @jessehirsch.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
All indications are that a novel method of pulling nitrogen from the air could revolutionize fertilizer production. But farmers worry it's too good to be true. New from @dkruzman.bsky.social: ambrook.com/offrange/tec...
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Pulling Nitrogen From the Air
At a moment where fertilizer trade concerns are dominating headlines, a revolutionary sourcing alternative has emerged — as if from thin air.
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I’ll be giving an update on my IWMF-supported project later this month & celebrating Kim Wall’s life and legacy! Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/845870...
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
My latest from my reporting trip to Ukraine last fall — a story that was really two years in the making… thank you to @amiefr.bsky.social and New Lines for giving it a home.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 12/02/2026
📣 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! 🔔
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adam mahoney (he/him) @adamlmahoney.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
NEW: Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities Black community advocates in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf. capitalbnews.org/trump-venezu...
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Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities
Communities in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf.
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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Israel’s war and occupation in Palestine has damaged vast amounts of cropland. In the West Bank, a social enterprise is equipping farmers with the resources they need to cultivate their lands and establish autonomy over food production. @pragathiravi.bsky.social www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Some news: I’m moving to Beirut in May! Incredibly honored and humbled for the opportunity to return to this country & region to research grassroots solutions under difficult economic & political conditions. I’ll be writing monthly dispatches for the ICWA website, so make sure to follow along!
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Earth Island Journal @earthislandjournal.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Zambia’s Kafue River once fed local farms and communities, but the expansion of foreign-owned copper mines are now polluting this vital artery and the surrounding lands. Journalist Diana Kruzman (@dkruzman.bsky.social) traces the impact on people and ecosystems. www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
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The Rising Costs of Zambia’s Copper Boom
Already implicated in serious environmental harms, the nation’s mining industry looks poised to grow — with US support.
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Shameless plug for my Substack (which I’m trying to post on more frequently… will see how that goes) where I share additional thoughts & photos from my reporting trips as well as background on the stories I do! Here’s my newest post: thejailoo.substack.com/p/yes-anothe...
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Yes, another Aral Sea story
But not the one I set out expecting to write, and possibly not the one you were expecting to read.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The drying up of the Aral Sea is a powerful warning from history and a reminder of our choices today — the economies we prioritize, the nature we neglect and the future we risk. @dkruzman.bsky.social travels to Central Asia, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Environmental Disaster and Hopeful Revival in Central Asia
From the United States to Jordan, lakes are shrinking, but the history of the Aral Sea may offer lessons for the future
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Excited for my first byline in @newlinesmag.bsky.social, reported with support from the Overseas Press Club Foundation!
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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Our special issue on "Religion, Activism, & Community Action" is here! Articles on religious leaders supporting immigrants, clergy paying for abortions, multifaith organizing, the Catholic Worker, queer religious activism, pro-Palestinian rabbis, a new TV series on religion & more! therevealer.org
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
An honor to judge this year's awards with so many incredible stories!
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Urgent ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza, the world’s deadliest place for journalists. By @azmatzahra.bsky.social, @meghnadbose.bsky.social, and @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/feature/urge...
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Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza
Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.
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Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Finally made the migration from that other site -- sharing my website with my latest stories for any new followers on here who may be confused: www.dianakruzman.com
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Diana Kruzman
I'm a reporter covering the environment, religion and urbanism in the U.S. and abroad.
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