Joshua Yasmeh
Foreign policy journalist | Iranian-American | J.D. Candidate @UChicagoLaw | [email protected]
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Navid Afkari: Iran executes young wrestler despite global outcry
Navid Afkari, 27, was accused of murder but he said he was tortured into confessing.
Iran: Secret execution of wrestler Navid Afkari a ‘travesty of justice’
Champion wrestler Navid Afkari has been executed in Iran in secret - this is a travesty of justice as he didn't have a fair trial and was tortured.
Pandemic is widening poverty gap between women and men, new UN findings show
For every 100 men aged 25 to 34 living in extreme poverty in 2021, there will be 118 women living on $1.90 or less per day, according to a new U.N. report. The findings offer one of the first insights into the pandemic's gendered — and long-term —...
I Owe My Life to a Widow Who Came to the U.S. From Syria
A century ago, my great-grandmother set out against all odds
All Together Now
How congregational singing became the norm in American synagogues
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All Together Now
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The FCC authorizes Amazon to build satellite internet network with over 3,200 spacecraft
The Federal Communications Commission declared on Thursday that Amazon may build its ambitious satellite internet system.
The End of the Middle East’s Trickle-Down Economy
The flow of remittances from Lebanon and the Gulf to Africa and Asia has come to a sudden, and devastating, stop.
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The flow of remittances from Lebanon and the Gulf to Africa and Asia has come to a sudden, and devastating, stop.
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A Country on the Precipice
In an interview, Dan Azzi discusses the many facets of Lebanon’s financial crisis.
Hostage siege ends after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix film
Gunman surrenders after video recommending 2005’s Earthlings posted on Facebook
Joshua Yasmeh
This is wild
Hostage siege ends after Ukrainian president endorses Joaquin Phoenix film
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How Racism Was First Officially Codified in 15th-Century Spain
In 1449, a Toledo edict made racial discrimination legal.
The World’s Most Technologically Sophisticated Genocide Is Happening in Xinjiang
The United States needs to formally acknowledge the scale of the atrocities.
FCC Designates 988 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Action Will Help Combat Rising Suicide Rates by Making It Easier for Americans in Crisis to Obtain Assistance from Trained Counselors
Farrakhan Remains Most Popular Antisemite in America
During his July 4 address, Farrakhan repeated the false claim that Jews are enjoined by their religion to poison prophets.
Do We Care About Human Rights?
Enough to do anything substantial about atrocities, anyway...
Dozens of graves in Europe's oldest Jewish cemetery vandalized, desecrate
It is currently estimated that anywhere from 50 to 100 gravestones were vandalized, including the grave of the Maharam of Rothenburg
Sudan reforms strict Islamist laws after 30 years
The ban on alcohol is lifted for non-Muslims, while the apostasy law and public flogging are scrapped.
Looming evictions may soon make 28 million homeless in U.S., expert says
"We have never seen this extent of eviction in such a truncated amount of time in our history," housing expert Emily Benfer said.
Coronavirus and sanctions hit Iran’s support of proxies in Iraq
Iran’s financial and military support for Shi’ite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq, a linchpin of its regional foreign policy, has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions, according to people familiar with the...
Britain's shameful role in Srebrenica - UnHerd
A quarter of a century ago, the UK enabled a genocide to take place. Are we doing so again?