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Wendy Pearlman

@wendy-pearlman.bsky.social
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Professor of Middle East politics at Northwestern University. Author of "We Crossed A Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria" and "The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora." sites.northwestern.edu/wendypearlman

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide By Navi Pillay share.google/o4YK5nLqcHsG...
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Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide (Published 2025)
The chief judge of the Rwandan genocide tribunal has concluded that Israel is guilty of the “crime of crimes” in Gaza.
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Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Alhakam's powerful words about his house in Aleppo open the chapter titled "Losing" in my book, "The Home I Worked to Make." In this beautiful essay, he describes renovating that very home today. Let the era of losing forever be replaced with rebuilding. #Syria www.hidden-cities.com/p/home-again...
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Home Again in Aleppo
On finally returning to Syria from exile to rebuild what was lost.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us in Chicago this Saturday Oct. 3, for a conversation between our Politics Editor @dannypostel.bsky.social and historians Peter Cole and Elizabeth Todd-Breland about the contentious politics of Chicago’s public monuments.  REGISTER HERE: f.mtr.cool/8mtyoso6nq
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page headline of The National, Scotland
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I feel as if we are holding a spoon and trying to empty the sea,” said Ahmed Alyan, a UN engineer. 61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Knesset barred today the only two Palestinian led parties from running in the coming election. According to an overwhelming majority in the Knesset, the constitutional meaning of a Jewish State is a state where Palestinian citizens cannot run for parliament.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Middle East Research and Information Project @merip.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
¡¡VOLUME 24, ISSUE 3 IS NOW OUT!! shorturl.at/HJoDx shorturl.at/q86ih Incl. work by @geniakostka.bsky.social, @liselhintz.bsky.social, @draege.bsky.social, @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, @evgenyroshchin.bsky.social, @brunoleipold.com, @delibnet.bsky.social, @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social,...
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 10/09/2026
The U.S. government is criminalizing a campus labor union at the University of Michigan for supporting Palestine. We are calling on fellow labor organizers to resist this dangerous act of repression mondoweiss.net/2026/09/the-... #Palestine #Israel
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 10/09/2026
BREAKING: In August, *every single one* of the 2,646 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 12,901 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 02/09/2026
Israel regards any kite flown in Gaza as an "act of war" and has ordered the army to treat them like drones. "I don't know what we can do that won't anger Israel," says Muhammad Owais, 13, who struggles to understand the rules of this new reality. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/chil...
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Children in Gaza are afraid flying their kites will get them killed
Israel regards any kite flown in Gaza as an “act of war” and has ordered the army to treat them like drones. “I don’t know what we can do that won’t anger Israel,” says Muhammad Owais, 13, who…
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Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This makes my year! Thank you so much, @lokman.org. And thank you Syria, for challenging everything I thought I knew about the meaning of home, expanding it in a million ways, and continuing to reshape in new directions I never imagined.
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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Do you know the worst part? Everyone's gotten used to Gaza being bombed; it's become normal, something we're associated with. I want to tell you that every time we see and hear the bombing, we relive the same terror and panic, our hearts leaping from our chests. I don’t wanna anything Just know
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Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
In this piece by @profpetercole.bsky.social and his colleagues, the CRR19 team describes their incredible public art project, which has transformed the streets of #Chicago into places of historical memory. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
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Remembering victims of 1919 Chicago race riot: 38 names set in stone
A Saturday bike ride will celebrate the completion and installation of 38 memorials.
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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
In late 2024, after the Assad regime fell, displaced Syrians began to trickle, then stream, home. @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social visited the country for the first time in 2025 to meet in person some of the many people she had interviewed over the years.
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“Dear Syria … ” - Public Books
“Here I was, crossing from Lebanon into Syria and from the realm of other peoples’ stories into that of lived experience, including my own.”
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Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It took a long time to process my trips to Syria & even longer to write about it. Over 14 years collecting Syrians' stories, I built a relationship to the country that was both intimate & vicarious. This essay shares new stories I heard when I visited & also my own. www.publicbooks.org/dear-syria/
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“Dear Syria … ” - Public Books
“Here I was, crossing from Lebanon into Syria and from the realm of other peoples’ stories into that of lived experience, including my own.”
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
JD Vance has described the violence in Lebanon as "These things are always a little bit messy" Israel has so far killed 4,106 and injured 12,153 people since March 2
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aljumhuriya.net @aljumhuriya.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
“Today, the killer Amjad Youssef stands on the stage of accountability, while the killer Samir Kaakeh stands on the stage of power.” ✍️ Yassin al-Haj Saleh aljumhuriya.net?p=63862 #DoumaFour #Tadamon #Syria #Justice #AmjadYousef #JayshalIslam
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Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Israel is trying to erase Bint Jbail. World powers could put a stop to the ethnic cleansing. What war looks like now with @mbazzi.bsky.social on Order from Ashes @centuryintl.bsky.social
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Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Another nail in the coffin of whatever tiny amount of decency exists in the role of the US in the world. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...
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Trump Push to End Key Humanitarian Protection Reaches Supreme Court
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/04/2026
According to the Lebanese National News Agency, these panels supply the town with electricity, which is needed for its water supply, and Israel destroyed homes, roads and olive trees as well.
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Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Read this great book review essay & then come to Chicago's Pilsen Community Books on 4/30 to hear Loubna Mrie & Anand Gopal discuss their extraordinary work. I could not agree more with @qunfuz.bsky.social's praise for these vital new books & the need for them to be read far & wide.
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This is what Israel has done to Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon
Aerial view of large scale devastation inflicted on the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, with an Israeli tank parked in the center of the photo.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Horrendous. Very clearly a war crime, rendering, entire towns and villages uninhabitable. There’s no justification for this in war. None.
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Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What a wonderful initiative! 👇
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Bassam Khawaja @khawaja.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"This is how we spend cease-fires in Gaza: We clean what’s left of our destroyed homes and try to retrieve the bodies of our beloved." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/o...
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Opinion | Gaza’s Rubble Is the Grave of Its Future
Six month’s after the cease-fire, ordinary Gazans contemplate their future while living with the wounds of war.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 09/04/2026
‘The sun was out in London and people were going about their daily lives as if all was well in the world. In Lebanon, meanwhile, people went to sleep to the smell of smoke and woke up to the sound of drones.’ @loubnaelamine.bsky.social on the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...
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Loubna El Amine | A Hundred Airstrikes in Ten Minutes
Yesterday morning, after the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, many displaced people in Lebanon...
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Shabana Mir @shabana.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This could be your child, in your home. It's paid for by your taxes. Beirut, Lebanon.
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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 08/04/2026
International Committee of the Red Cross “outraged by the devastating death and destruction” in Lebanon today Heavy explosive weapons with wide-area effects struck densely populated areas More than 100 killed, hundreds wounded, incl. women, children, medics — @icrc.org www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...
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Lebanon: ICRC outraged by deadly strikes in densely populated areas
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is outraged by the devastating death and destruction in densely populated areas across Lebanon today following intensified military operations.
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Lina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Israel's concept of a ceasefire: we bomb what we choose, on any pretext, with total confidence that the world won't hold us accountable for violating the ceasefire that we've agreed to.
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"What we are witnessing is the renewal of a nakedly imperial project: a politics of permanent siege, existential paranoia, and millenarian last stands." @joelleabirached.bsky.social on apocalyptic politics and the assault on Lebanon
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Millenarian Fantasies
In Lebanon, Israel seems to be following the same logic it deployed in Gaza: emptying out entire areas through what amounts to ethnic cleansing.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut Wednesday afternoon without warning, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. @apnews.com
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
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Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Israel's systematic bombing of Iran's key industrial infrastructure, steel works, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals... is designed to destroy Iran's economy, prevent post-war reconstruction, setting the country on the path to becoming a failed state www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/w...
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Israel Strikes Iran’s Largest Petrochemical Complex
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“The hills around Ramallah are becoming more militarized by the day, with settler outposts being erected on high grounds and masked settlers brandishing machine guns roaming the area, ready to attack anyone daring to take a walk.” Raja Shehadeh:
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Standing at the Gates of Hell
In the West Bank, the war on Iran has removed all restraints on settler violence against Palestinians.
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Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Shelly Kittleson is a wonderful human being and journalist. I feel lucky to have spent time with her in Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan and see her commitment to people in the Middle East. I am hoping that she is safe and returns to freedom immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/w...
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American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Security Officials Say
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Wendy Pearlman @wendy-pearlman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The UN details violence in Suwayda, saying: “Expanded efforts to pursue accountability for all perpetrators, regardless of affiliation or rank, are urgently needed to rebuild trust among the victim communities, alongside genuine dialogue to resolve root causes.” #Syria www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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UN Syria Commission releases report on July massacres and other grave violations committed in Suwayda and calls for expanded accountability measures
GENEVA – The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic today released a new report on the brutal violence that tore through Suwayda in July, leaving more than 1,700 p...
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Israel has been attacking Lebanon and violating its sovereignty since at least 1968, when Israeli commandos landed in helicopters at Beirut airport and destroyed 12 passenger planes belonging to Lebanese airlines
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Israel's long history of incursions and invasions in Lebanon
Israel, which has engaged in border warfare with Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement for a year in parallel with the Gaza conflict, has a long history of military incursions and invasions in Leba...
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Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Grassroots efforts are emerging to support displaced families in Lebanon - please help fund them. This is one I trust: Lebanon’s Mental Health Emergency Response donorbox.org/embrace-leba...
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Lebanon’s Mental Health Emergency Response | Embrace (Powered by Donorbox)
Lebanon’s Mental Health Emergency Response War and displacement are reshaping daily life across Lebanon. Families are leaving their homes, shelters are overcrowded, and communities are under attack. T...
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Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Grassroots efforts are emerging to support displaced families in Lebanon - please help fund them. This is one I trust: 'Support for families Staying in South Lebanon' 4fund.com/7s9ab7
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Support for families Staying in South Lebanon – Donate on 4fund.com
We are launching this appeal in response to the ongoing war in Lebanon and on the Lebanese people and isolation of families who have decided to remain in the South, despite the bombing of all bridges ...
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Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Grassroots efforts are emerging to support displaced families in Lebanon - please help fund them. This is one I trust: “Think of Others,” a chosen recipient of the Lebanon Humanitarian FundFundraiser for families displaced to North Lebanon in 2024 www.instagram.com/p/DVmKXK8DSkg/
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Israel destroys the seven bridges on the Litani River and effectively annexes over 8% of Lebanon. Greater Israel brought to you by the expansionist Netanyahu regime. A crime, under international law.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
"Having endured +2 years of relentless physical, political and legal attacks, most fiercely in Palestine, UNRWA has reached breaking point. The risks to Palestinians’ rights and the stability of the region are immense." -Philippe Lazzarini's outgoing message www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing | Philippe Lazzarini
I bow out of my role for the organisation at a perilous time for the international law. There are consequences not just for Palestinians, but the wider Middle East, says Unrwa commissioner-general Phi...
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has made explicit comments today on seizing sovereign Lebanese land: "the new Israeli border must be the Litani." In any other context, a sitting Cabinet member's declaration of annexation would make headline news www.newarab.com/news/israeli...
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Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon
Israel strikes southern Lebanon as the finance minister pushes the Litani border plan, and northern routes are cut, forcing evacuations amid the war on Lebanon.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
And 20% of all residents of Lebanon have been forcibly displaced by Israel already. In less than a month.
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