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Monique El-Faizy

@moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social
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Paris-based journalist and author

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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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How avoiding what makes us uneasy diminishes us.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For those of you who think that Dominique Pelicot was an outlier, or that this is a French problem, EUROPOL launched a special project specifically to combat drug-facilitated sexual abuse. Notice that the US is a partner. It’s everywhere. www.europol.europa.eu/how-we-work/...
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Project MEDUSA – A project dedicated to combat drug-facilitated sexual assault | Europol
Project MEDUSATarget: Drug-facilitated sexual assaultPartners: Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States.Duration: April 2026 – ongoingProject...
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I don’t need a study to tell me this. At the most difficult moments of my life, the sea is where I found solace. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The rise of blue-space therapy: how the sea is helping people deal with trauma, anxiety and addiction
‘Sea cures’ are not new but the idea that exposure to oceans, rivers and lakes can be medicine for the brain is gaining traction
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We need to have zero tolerance for sexual abuse, regardless of on which side of the aisle it takes place. Also, we saw this coming. How about we start reacting at the first hint of impropriety instead of hoping the crisis never arises. Truth will out. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
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Calls Mount for Platner to End Campaign After Rape Accusation
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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The Penumbra of Abuse
The trial of a Pelicot disciple and the heavy legacy of childhood trauma.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Why is my Instagram Feed Full of Basketball?
I'm still indifferent to the sport but I've become a full-blown Wemby fan
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
It was a privilege to share a stage with these women. So many important subjects broached; there’s never enough time. I’m grateful to the @journalismfestival.com for providing a platform for women’s voices, among many others.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Yes, because these kinds of actions have worked out well in the past. Tyranny is imposed incrementally. It’s time for the courts to hit the breaks. Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
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Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
But so much hotter than a weighted blanket. midlifeinparis.substack.com/p/heated-riv...
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Right. Because men with privilege rarely face consequences for sex crimes. It’s infuriating. Prosecutors Plan to Drop 2 Charges Against Alexander Brothers www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/n...
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Prosecutors Plan to Drop 2 Charges Against Alexander Brothers
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
There was always going to be more to this story; there had to be. Because—sadly—there are generally few consequences for powerful men who commit sex crimes. I had a hard time believing that was enough to prompt Charles to strip him of his title. Watch this space www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested at Sandringham estate
Former prince arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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Study Abroad, Grown-Up Edition
This time with no homework.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I really wanted to be wrong on this…but it was clearly his next step #seenthismoviebefore
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Deepening, in work and in connection. open.substack.com/pub/midlifei...
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On writing, love, and friendships new and old
How a trying stretch yielded lasting gains
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
France added a consent clause to its rape law last month. At least one court didn't get the message. A famous lawyer was acquitted last week when the court decided he didn't intend to rape his intern. A change in law is important but not enough. The culture needs to change too.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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The Midlife Condition Doctors Often Overlook
As estrogen drops, ADHD symptoms often surge—but most women are left undiagnosed, dismissed, or misinformed.
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rormul.bsky.social @rormul.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Bags of cash. Russian mafia. Gold bars. Crypto wallets. Drunken Australians. A $60million jet. Domestic violence. Meet the Dubai-based Irish horse-racing heir Michael Burke allegedly at the centre of a global money laundering web. villagemagazine.ie/dubai-heir-c...
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Dubai Heir, Congo Air - Village Magazine
When Paris police picked up a drunk Australian carrying €195,000 in cash, they uncovered an alleged money-laundering scheme led by a Dubai-based Irish horseracing heir linked to British royals.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
What if the message behind a beloved book is not as benign as it seems? open.substack.com/pub/midlifei...
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The Dark Lesson of The Giving Tree
On the dangerous idea that women are here to give—and men are entitled to take.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
When a kick-ass reporter uncovers a story as crazy as any thriller. villagemagazine.ie/dubai-heir-c...
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Dubai Heir, Congo Air - Village Magazine
When Paris police picked up a drunk Australian carrying €195,000 in cash, they uncovered an alleged money-laundering scheme led by a Dubai-based Irish horseracing heir linked to British royals.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
While much about the appeal trial for the only of Gisèle Pelicot's rapists to have contested his conviction was depressingly familiar, there were hopeful glimmers indicating that change is underway. www.thepersistent.com/gisele-pelic...
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When Gisèle Pelicot Speaks, People Listen
Last week, she was exasperated, angry and indignant.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
This is not an exaggeration of what is happening in the U.S. This is history repeating itself. Only we can stop it, and only en masse.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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In ChatGPT We Trust
Why our growing faith in AI should worry us
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Alaa was a symbol for all who wanted to believe in a better Egypt. He & his family paid dearly for his refusal to give up that hope.He is finally free. I pray he & his family are able to heal. Egypt Pardons Most Prominent Political Prisoner www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...
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Egypt Pardons Most Prominent Political Prisoner
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
On growing up, leaving, and redefining what it means to belong. midlifeinparis.substack.com/p/between-ho...
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Between Home and Belonging
What a recent visit to my parents taught me about identity, roots, and the spaces in between
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This is why I will always pay more to avoid riding with Uber when I can. Not because I fear being assaulted myself, but because the company doesn't prioritize the safety of women. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/b...
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Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Tales of sexual abuse are always upsetting, but they’re particularly hard to stomach when the victims are young. Abuse of young children was one of the many unexplored elements of the Pelicot trial. Every time I read one of these stories, my heart breaks all over again. nypost.com/2025/07/30/u...
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Ex-girlfriend of Delta pilot arrested on plane is also charged with joining in abuse of her daughter
The mom not only knew her daughter was being abused, she watched — and even participated, according to the documents.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
As we grow more polarized and disconnected, we are losing our capacity to feel for one another. When that happens, we all suffer. midlifeinparis.substack.com/p/the-distan...
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The Distance Between Us
On empathy, objectification, and the subtle ways we stop recognizing each other’s humanity
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
attended the homage to Gisèle at the Avignon Festival and wrote about it for @thepersistent.bsky.social www.thepersistent.com/pelicot-tria...
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‘I Couldn’t Stay Away’
A reenactment of the Dominique Pelicot trial takes on a life of its own, becoming as real as the trial itself.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Buckle up kids.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
What is it that prevents people for standing up for what’s right—or that motivates those who do? We Will Regret Not Standing Up to This Venomous Cruelty www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...
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Opinion | We Will Regret Not Standing Up to This Venomous Cruelty
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Ten years? Is it time for France to revisit its rape sentencing guidelines? www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
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French doctor handed 10-year jail term for abusing patients
A French court sentenced a doctor to a 10-year prison term on Saturday for raping nine of his patients during medical consultations, according to a lawyer representing some of the victims.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
This really, really makes me angry. @thepersistent.bsky.social www.thepersistent.com/india-marita...
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A Colonial-Era Law Made Marital Rape Legal in India. The Government Refuses to Change it.
In India, arranged marriage is a common practice. Some marriages work out, of course, while in others, a family’s honor is protected, whatever the cost.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Every time I see one of these stories, I wonder who are these ICE thugs and where did they find them? Do they train them to be this aggressive or do they just find people who are already that way? Brad Lander Is Arrested by ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...
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Brad Lander Is Arrested by ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
It takes action, not words, to rebuild systems. If you’re not doing anything concrete, can you really call yourself an ally? midlifeinparis.substack.com/p/men-steppi...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.” Doechii at the #BETAwards
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Well, duh. Could have seen this coming. Let's hope he realizes he's shooting himself in the foot here and finds a way to dial it back quickly.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
For my book, I asked @equalitynow if countries with consent-based rape are better at prosecuting sex crimes than those without. They said the best laws in the world are meaningless if not adequately enforced--meaning it can all come down to one person. bit.ly/43Z6W6E
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Untested: New podcast takes listeners inside a detective's hunt for a sexual predator
In Untested, an exclusive podcast from USA TODAY and Witness, a detective brings listeners along as she tracks a sexual predator.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The men inside the kiosk where I bought these were speaking Arabic. Not the North African Arabic one hears in Paris, a familiar one. “I’m Egyptian too” I said n Arabic, and we went on to have a basic conversation. It was the first time I’d used Arabic in years. I’ve retained more than I'd realized.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Daily Dose of Beauty Caravaggio. Chiaroscuro. Sublime.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Daily Dose of Beauty
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Daily Dose of Beauty I spent today at SciencesPo J-school judging final projects. The thing I enjoy most about teaching is seeing how young people view the world, and these projects are a remarkable window onto that. These students are remarkably enthusiastic and still beautifully unjaded.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
My moment of beauty today is the time I spent with friends. At the end of the day, connection is everything. Also, I drank a wee bit more than perhaps I should have. And sometimes that’s a good thing. A thing of beauty, even.
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Daily Dose of Beauty I spent the day at home. The sky was gray, so I figured I’d have to dig through the archives for my moment of beauty. And then I glanced up from my computer and a glimmer of sunlight was illuminating the reflection on my window.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Laila Soueif is the mother of human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who is being held as a political prisoner in Egypt and one of the most intelligent and compassionate people I know. Laila is on a hunger strike protesting his continued detention, and her survival is in jeopardy. #FreeAlaa
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Daily dose of beauty
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Daily dose of beauty
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
When we were reporting the Trump book, we knew there were many, many women out there who couldn't talk to us because they had signed NDAs. NDAs enable bad actors to keep committing crimes in the dark. This would be an important step forward. observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...
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The great unmuzzling: Parliament’s debate on banning non-disclosure agreements | The Observer
Workplaces have used NDAs to cover up harassment, discrimination and abuse
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Monique El-Faizy @moniqueelfaizy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
What are your tricks for staying positive when everything feels bleak? midlifeinparis.substack.com/p/finding-li...
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