Journalist at The New Yorker. Ex-NYT. Author of “Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East.” [email protected]
New York, NY
Joined January 2009
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New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State.
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And for the bigger picture, start here:
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Come for @anniekarni’s writing, stay for Lauren Boebert’s frank appraisal of her own divorce journey: “My best friend was a little skank and she ruined my marriage.”
Why Couldn't I Stop Telling People About My Divorce | Vogue vogue.com/article/some-perso…
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In Donald Trump’s second term, he is rejecting the law that he, in 2019, signed to shore up confidence in American democracy. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
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David Kirkpatrick spoke with top Biden Administration officials about their handling of the war in Gaza. “I will say straightforwardly—we should have put more pressure on Israel to take a different approach,” Jake Sullivan, Biden’s former national-security adviser, said. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/nr…
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Top officials from the Biden Administration now express regret over their failure to rein in Netanyahu. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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A critically important accounting of how the Biden administration failed Gaza, by @ddk_nyc newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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Jake Sullivan regrets not doing more to restrain Israel. Biden fell into "the trap" of deferring arms halt thinking deal was imminent. "I will say straightforwardly—we should have put more pressure on Israel to take a different approach," he tells @ddk_nyc newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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+ 1. We are so appreciative. Thank you for the interest in our work.
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In an excerpt from their terrific new book, @yjtorbati and @bozorgmehr detail how the Islamic Republic systematically crushed Iran's burgeoning tech sector.
After the 2015 nuclear deal, Ayatollah Khamenei feared opening the country's economy would be a Trojan horse for political subversion. The IRGC moved in to block a successful, independent private sector—and to co-opt the data and technology of these young entrepreneurs for state control.
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The attacks on Farnaz Fassihi, one of four bylined reporters on our ground-breaking story about the plan to place the former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power in Iran, are entirely baseless.
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Non-Senate/Metro post: My 5yo son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes when he was just 17 months old. It's a brutal diagnosis for anyone (especially kids), but he fights it like a champ every single day!
Every year we fundraise on his behalf to raise funds for research, draw attention to this worthy cause, and to show him that he isn't fighting this alone.
Every dollar counts. If you're so inclined, chipping in as little as $5 or $10 would go a long way for @BreakthroughT1D and T1D kids around the country. www2.breakthrought1d.org/sit…
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Just got manhandled by an Israeli police officer and prevented from entering Al Aqsa mosque compound, even after showing them my US license and Israeli press card.
When I objected to not being allowed in, they threatened to arrest me.
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Some meetings leave an impression; ours apparently left a fragrance.
Thank you, Mr. President @realDonaldTrump, for your generosity and for topping up this precious gift. May the spirit of that meeting continue to shape a stronger relationship between Syria and the United States.
The mayor of New York is observing Nakba Day.
Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.
Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us — one of home, tradition and memory over generations.
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I am so heartbroken.
Israel has just shot my 30-year-old aunt in the chest while she was sitting with her three young children in a school shelter in Jabalia Camp. She is in critical condition; the bullet pierced her chest and exited through her back, devastating her lungs and spleen.
At the moment she was hit, she was holding her one-year-old son. He fell from her lap as she collapsed and was found bleeding from one of his ears.
I just spoke with my uncle, who told me that Israel has been using subsonic bullets lately. He said his sister is the second mother in the camp to be shot in the chest today.
Please pray for her and our family. Her husband was abducted by Israel in November 2024, and we still have no word on his condition.
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One of our best journalists - let go by the @washingtonpost with many others
Termination day. A lay-off is a funny thing. 10 years of your life and then someone just cuts the bungee cord, without a thank you, goodbye, or even a chance to bid farewell to the constellation of colleagues who inhabited your world all that time. I’m grateful for all the opportunities the Washington Post gave me, and for the friends I made along the way. Onwards.
This ex-spy helped stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon. And this article was among the most intense that I have ever reported:
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
