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Jad Salfiti

@jadsalfiti.bsky.social
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🇬🇧🇵🇸 British-Palestinian independent journalist

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michaelbarenboim.bsky.social @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Our next Kilmé Talks event tomorrow at @lettretage.de features @jadsalfiti.bsky.social , award-winning British-Palestinian journalist specializing in the intersection of culture and politics. We will talk to Jad about how Palestine became a queer issue. www.lettretage.de/programm/akt...
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Jad Salfiti @jadsalfiti.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
When women or people of colour wear a suit, the media becomes oddly fixated. I get into it for The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
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What Zohran Mamdani’s suit tells us about the man and the way society is changing
In politics, clothes matter – as the mid-market formal wear favoured by the new, young New York mayor testifies
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Jad Salfiti @jadsalfiti.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 The decades-long, complex intersection of Palestine and LGBTQ+ movements — and how Palestine became a vital queer issue. 🇵🇸 My latest for The Nation. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Today in @thenation.com: a rich, insightful piece from @jadsalfiti.bsky.social on the complex, decades-long intersection of the Palestine and queer movements, and why Palestine has become such a vital queer issue. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Why Palestine Matters So Much to Queer People
Palestinian identity can “upend the whole world order, if done right, if spun right, if we activate it enough. And I think queerness is a very similar kind of identity.”
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Jad Salfiti @jadsalfiti.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Why you can’t see rainbows under the rubble. My latest for the Guardian. 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔗 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jad Salfiti @jadsalfiti.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Journalists are meant to hold power to account. But what happens when their newsroom leaders suppress reporting? My 6-month investigation into German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle and their coverage of Gaza and solidarity protests, for Al Jazeera English www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12...
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As Gaza war rages, Deutsche Welle insiders accuse outlet of pro-Israel bias
Journalists at the German media network say newsroom leaders instil fear and dehumanise Palestinian suffering.
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Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Palestinians File German Complaint on Media Giant Axel Springer’s Business in Israeli Settlements – my latest for @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2024/12/03/a...
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Palestinians File German Complaint on Media Giant Axel Springer’s Business in Israeli Settlements
German media giant Axel Springer is facing regulatory complaint by Palestinians about its business in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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Jad Salfiti @jadsalfiti.bsky.social · 20/07/2023
For the New Arab, I spoke to the Palestinian community in Germany who say that speaking out about Palestinian human rights or criticizing the Israeli government can lead to social or professional shunning. Watch now - Germany's Palestine Problem: rb.gy/awzo0
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How Germany's history of antisemitism is used to silence pro-Palestine activism
What’s it like to speak up about Palestine, or criticise Israeli government policies, in a country where authorities are known to conflate anti-Zionism with ...
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