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laubast.bsky.social
Palestinian journalist, photographer, translator, and media analyst. I run the blog & digital strategy for the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA.
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It’s Inauguration Day. Read my latest for @thenewarab.bsky.social on the incoming Trump admin and what it means for the Palestine movement in the U.S. Hint, the Democrats waged a war on Palestine solidarity, but the war isn’t over: only the commanders have changed.  www.newarab.com/opinion/unde...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

📣CALL FOR SOURCES📣 If you're a journalist who is open to speaking with Laura about your experience, we can grant anonymity.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Are you a U.S. journalist who faced censorship/consequences over coverage of the Gaza genocide? I'm writing a feature for @prismreports.bsky.social in partnership w/Visualizing Palestine & want to highlight your experience (can be anon). DM or connect on Signal at media4palestine.01. Let's talk!

submitted 46 days ago • 5 comments

Dozens march in Washington,DC today protesting Israel’s assault on hospitals in Gaza & demanding the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. Israeli forces abducted Dr. Abu Safiya from the Kamal Adwan Hospital after they destroyed it and killed displaced and injured Palestinians.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Oof. Remember the Zionist mob attack against students, faculty, and journalists at UCLA? Some assailants have finally been arrested, & 4 faculty members & students are suing the university. Lailah Bezan mapped an immaculate report for @PalStudies on developments.👇🏽📰

submitted 65 days ago • 6 comments

*4 testimonies from Gaza* published by @palestinestudies.bsky.social in the past week 🧵 Dalia digs through the rubble of her 1st displacement, Malak weaves a narrative that will wreck you for days, Eman answers, 'Are you okay?' and Ghada honors the memory of her grandfather who reminds me of mine.

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Super important reporting of experiences by Muslim women studens advocated for Palestine during the genocide on their increasingly hostile U.S. campuses. + my photography used in the article! 📸

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

One year since Israel killed Refaat Alareer in Gaza. The poet & professor moved millions with his writing and defiance of the Israeli occupation. Yousef Aljamal honors his memory in the Journal of Palestine Studies. doi.org/10.1080/0377...

submitted 80 days ago • 8 comments

Arabs I'm corresponding with via email or text for the first time for work always assume I'm American/foreign. I love sending them a voicenote & getting the usual surprise reaction 'omg, you speak Arabic! you're Arab!' My first name is foreign my last name isn't but alas 🤣🤣🤣

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Last month, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism released survey findings “document[ing] the losses, humanitarian conditions, & multitude of challenges faced by Palestinian journalists” during the genocide in Gaza. @eksbainbridge.bsky.social reports ⬇️ www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...

submitted 81 days ago • 2 comments

Your support helps me commission more writers reporting justly on Palestine, especially those sending us testimonies during the genocide in Gaza. If you have used our work in anyway, please donate or share 💟🇵🇸

submitted 82 days ago • 4 comments

My fiancé ⬇️

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Israel violated the ceasefire agreement today, targeting Lebanese returning to homes on the southern border. You won't see reports of this in Western press, & if you do, it won't be reported as a violation but a justification in print for why soldiers opened fire to cease fire.

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

My 15 year old cousin needed to interview an “older successful relative” for his careers class and he asked me 😭 He also said since I work in the Palestine field he wanted to bring it up in class so people can be informed. Proud 🥲

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Editing a writer's tribute to Wafa Aludaini, a Palestinian journalist who was killed with her husband and two children —a 5-year-old child and 7-months-old baby— by an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 30 of this year. As I looked through interviews Wafa has given talking about the situation in Gaza, (1/4)

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

📣We have published a special issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies co-edited by @amahlbishara.bsky.social and Diana Keown Allan. Contributions to this volume address how diverse media forms shape and express Palestinian lifeworlds and politics. 📚🧵 tandfonline.com/toc/rpal20/5...

submitted 89 days ago • 3 comments

We are a group of autonomous writers, artists, educators and translators coming together to offer online courses and workshops to raise money for people in Gaza 🥀🥀🥀

submitted 99 days ago • 28 comments

"Journalists and media workers around the world have the moral duty to speak up against the use of journalism to manufacture consent for war, and to dissent to protect their Palestinian peers in Gaza." Icymi, powerful piece from @laubast.bsky.social & Sarah O'Neal www.thenation.com/article/soci...

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments

U.S. anti-terrorism legislation is anti-Palestinian ‘at the core,’ Laura Albast reports. A new report by Palestine Legal & the Center for Constitutional Rights explains how the weaponization of anti-terrorism has been deployed through a multi-pronged approach. prismreports.org/2024/03/07/u...

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Good morning migrators! We plan on being more active on this platform, so if you're looking for resources, stories, analysis, research, news, databases, encyclopedia, or knowledge surrounding Palestine and the Palestinians — give us a follow! 🇵🇸📚

submitted 101 days ago • 10 comments

It’s an honor to connect with all my new followers here! I’ll be sharing more content soon. In the meantime, be sure to follow @palestinestudies.bsky.social and my colleague @laubast.bsky.social to stay updated on our work at the Institute for Palestine Studies. palestine-studies.org

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