Posts by Yahia Shawkat
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8TH RC21-IJURR FOUNDATION-IJURR DOCTORAL SCHOOL IN COMPARATIVE URBAN STUDIES. VIENNA (AUSTRIA), 9-22 JULY 2026.
Apply by 2 January 2026 at midnight GMT. See the instructions here:
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As the world shifts its gaze away from Palestine, the series stands as documentation of the continued ethnic cleansing and offers testimonies and stories from those facing displacement, homelessness and violence from settlers.
Alexandria, Egypt's second largets city, saw its population more than quadruple over the last 74 years to 5.6 million people. This map animates data from eigh censuses and estimates between 1947 and 2024. Still curious? Read full study here
marsadomran.info/en/2025/11/4...
Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس @sharifkouddous The Israeli military destroyed as much of Gaza City as it could before being forced into a ceasefire agreement which took effect yesterday. Watch the video from the ground (2nd one) by the indefatigable @AbdSabbah91 embedded in this piece:
devastation awaiting families returning north in their latest report. Read: “Thousands of Palestinians Return to Gaza City to Find a Wasteland of Rubble” at the link below.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/displaced-...
Join me Monday as I discuss the importance of social rental homes and the social function of private property
📅 October 13th | 2:00pm CET | 3:00pm Cairo/Nairobi
💻 Online | Register here 👉 lnkd.in/grB8B3b8
While playing with the thread of ex-French pres Sarkozi's criminal indictment I stumbled upon this battle between Libya and Chad en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_...
Path of Ryanair FR318 on 03.10 attempted 3 landings before diverting to third airport landing safely... with only six minutes of fuel left. We must rethink commercial flying www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
⭕️New: Egypt Begins Construction of Camp for Gaza’s Forcibly Displaced Ahead of Ceasefire Talks
Hours before indirect ceasefire talks b/w Hamas & Israel are set to begin…Egypt has started building what it calls the largest camp to shelter those displaced from north Gaza, Al Arabiya reported Sunday
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
🛑 Drop Site Urges the Immediate Release of Global Sumud Flotilla Participants, Including Drop Site Journalist Alex Colston
www.dropsitenews.com/p/drop-site-...
The Global Sumud Flotilla seemingly breached Israel’s blockade of Gaza while provoking an Israeli response that triggered anger and reprisals from various governments.
It’s one of the most successful acts of civil disobedience in recent history.
Socialists can't wave away concerns about the feasibility of a future socialist society — we need to offer people credible answers.
Hauswand mit abbröckelnden Fliesen, die Streetart Figur Human Bean von Dave the Chimp winkt. Schriftzug: Neukölln hilft.
10 Jahre 🎂
Es gibt uns seit einem Jahrzehnt, dieser Umstand hätte uns in den vergangenen Tagen emotional fast umgehauen.
Auch wir wollten 2015 während dem
" #Flüchtlingssommer " nur kurz einspringen, bis die Politik hauptsächliche Stukturen geschaffen hat.
#Neukölln #Flüchtlingshilfe
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Aha! I've moved to brave on my phone, but still on firefox on computers. Maybe time to complete the switch
Experts warn that the one-click homebuying sites Zillow and Redfin are steering consumers to the platforms’ own mortgage lenders, squeezing out competition and discouraging buyers from finding cheaper options.
🔴 Gaza Media Office disputes Israel’s claims on displacement: While the Israeli military says 350,000 have fled Gaza City and the north, Gaza officials say that number is only 190,000 and over 1 million remain, refusing to leave despite relentless bombing and genocide.
As Saher writes, this isn’t just water policy. It’s about who gets to survive austerity, and who is left behind.
🔗 Read: https://f.mtr.cool/tonfbzwquc
#Egypt #WaterCrisis #IMF #Privatization #SocialContract
Powerful new Banksy mural on the Royal Courts of Justice building shows a judge hitting a protester lying on the ground with his gavel, with blood splattering the placard.
The Spanish government announces sanctions, including a #MilitaryEmbargo, against genocidal Israel.
The tide is turning. BDS is a legal obligation, not just a moral one. Sanction Israel now.
Together, let’s end this!
Antipode volume 57, number 5 -- our September 2025 issue -- out now, including a seven-article Symposium, "A Global Era of Disposability: The Anthropocene, The Apotheosis of Waste" antipodeonline.org/2025/09/08/v...