
Umar Farooq
Journalist at Middle East Eye
storyteller, chaiwalla, jhelumi, journalist @middleeasteye https://t.co/R4L6QzvupW
Articles
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2 months ago |
middleeasteye.net | Azad Essa |Umar Farooq
US President Donald Trump's decision to host Benjamin Netanyahu as the first foreign leader to visit the White House is being viewed as an endorsement of Israel's devastating war in Gaza and underscores the level of dehumanisation faced by Palestinians, observers and human rights activists have said. Netanyahu, wanted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is visiting DC this week as Israel's military operation continues in and around the occupied West Bank.
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2 months ago |
middleeasteye.net | Umar Farooq
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a new executive order that aims to deport any international students on university campuses who have expressed pro-Palestinian sentiments or participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The order comes just a week after Trump instated a new travel ban that vaguely seeks to deport individuals "espousing hateful ideology".
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Jan 17, 2025 |
middleeasteye.net | Umar Farooq |Marco Carnelos
US President-elect Donald Trump is considering nominating Joe Kent as the next head of the National Counterterrorism Center, Politico reported this week, citing two sources, a move that could see another senior Trump official advocating for a reduced military footprint in the Middle East.
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Jan 3, 2025 |
middleeasteye.net | Umar Farooq
For the past several weeks, Maryam Kamalmaz has been relentlessly scouring social media and WhatsApp groups, searching for any news about the whereabouts of her father, who disappeared more than seven years ago in Damascus, Syria. Eight months ago, Maryam, 39, and her family were told by the US government that her father, Syrian-American psychotherapist Majd Kamalmaz, was likely dead as a result of his detention at the hands of the Bashar al-Assad government.
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Dec 19, 2024 |
middleeasteye.net | Umar Farooq
A group of Palestinian Americans, either trapped in Gaza or have relatives trapped there, has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, accusing it of abandoning Americans of Palestinian origin in Gaza during the ongoing Israeli war on the enclave.
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