
Nermeen Shaikh
Producer and Co-Host at Democracy Now!
Writer at Truthout
Co-Host & Producer, Democracy Now! nermeen[at]https://t.co/qj9euWzTVH
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2 weeks ago |
truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Nermeen Shaikh
The cuts have already caused some 300,000 deaths and could lead to more than 3 million preventable deaths per year. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! Published June 13, 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the termination of all remaining overseas employees of USAID to complete the dismantling of the six-decade-old agency. USAID was an early target of Elon Musk and DOGE.
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2 weeks ago |
truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Samantha Borek |Nermeen Shaikh
Condemnation is growing of President Trump’s travel ban that went into effect Monday, banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and the Republic of Congo. It also imposes heightened restrictions on people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
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3 weeks ago |
truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Zack Kligler |Nermeen Shaikh
We speak to political scientist Neve Gordon and medical anthropologist Guy Shalev about their new article, “The Shame of Israeli Medicine,” which looks at the “complicity of the Israeli medical establishment with Israel’s egregious violations of international law.” The article’s third author, Osama Tanous, is a Palestinian citizen of Israel and has not been able to make media appearances for fear of reprisal by the Israeli government.
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4 weeks ago |
truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Nermeen Shaikh
Image Credit: Left: Breaking the Silence Israel has repeatedly claimed without evidence that Hamas endangers civilians by hiding behind human shields. It turns out, however, that Israel has systematically used Palestinians as human shields in violation of both international and Israeli law.
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1 month ago |
truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Nermeen Shaikh
We speak with Dr. Victoria Rose, a British plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has been on three medical missions to Gaza since the start of Israel’s war on the territory. She joins us from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where she’s been treating patients for over a week, and describes horrific injuries amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment, limited medical supplies and widespread malnutrition making it harder for people to heal. “Children are particularly taking the brunt of this,” she says.
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