Marc Owen Jones

Really pleased to have just published this piece in the latest issue of Daedalus (journal for the @americanacad published by MIT Press ) edited by Lisa Anderson, Rabab El-Mahdi, Seteney Shami. In it I discuss the perils and dangers of digital research in/on the Middle East based…

Lammy condemning grotesque scenes, is he condemning Israel or just the images?

Fortunately the latest special issue of Third World Quarterly focuses on Gaza - thank God for journals with some backbone theguardian.com/education/2025…

A travesty for academic freedom. Well this is one of the reasons I use the term "alethocide" - the systemic killing of truth in the service of mass atrocities like genocide. It goes beyond simply censorship theguardian.com/education/2025…

Congratulations to @Aljaberzoon for this new appointment!

تعيين د. خالد جمال الجابر مديرًا عامًا لمجلس الشرق الأوسط للشؤون الدولية #نديب_قطر | #قطر 🇶🇦

I'm thrilled to be speaking at the 2025 MEPRA Qatar Leadership Majlis under the theme 'Outlook for PR in the Middle East.' 🗓️ Date: 9th September 2025 📍 Location: Doha, Qatar ⏰ Time: 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM Local Time Join me and other industry leaders as we explore the…

It's kind of fitting that AI thinks that the fraud journalist Stephen Glass is now a football coach. Game recognise game.

Michael Kleiner of Netanyahu's cabinet on the BBC saying Hamas are responsible for all Palestinian victims just as Hitler was responsible for the deaths of all Germans and Russians in WW2. Insanity. open.spotify.com/episode/2Bzy4f…

BBC debate have unhinged Likud representative but not Hamas member - remember Likud party leadership are essentially accused of genocide open.spotify.com/episode/2Bzy4f…

“The bigger problem is that Tulsi’s paper is such shit. Her reference to ‘deep state officials’ is amateurish, silly, and undercuts the whole damned document.' theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Starmer will recognise Palestine when there are no more Palestinians there theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

So far the UK police have arrested someone for holding up a cartoon from @PrivateEyeNews , and threatened to arrest a woman for holding a "Free Gaza" and "Israel is committing genocide" sign. In the latter case a Judge even said of the officer did not understand the law!

This story is so dystopian, using anti-terror legislation to arrest a man for holding up a cartoon from a beloved national magazine at a peaceful demo. I really lost it though when the police got the suspect's name after finding his "senior bus pass" theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…

Now, do the Epstein files.

I wonder how many people know that the UN security council mediator Folke Bernadotte was assassinated by a group that included Yitzhar Shamir, who later became the Israeli PM. Needless to say no justice was done. Israel's impunity never ceases to amaze me.

Read this, feel shame

Jfc. It's called ethnic cleansing, forced march/migration, genocide. "Convincing other countries to 'take' hundreds of thousands of Palestinians " is the most outlandish euphemism/propaganda I can think of.

Musk is gonna fore Grok soon

THIS IS THE FACE OF TERROR IN THE UK. "White, who is the secretary of the Merseyside Pensioners Association and cares for her husband who has cancer, said police said she could attend medical appointments but could be arrested if she visited a shop" theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

"Caretakers, including UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, are also in need of care now, doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians, among them, UNRWA staff are hungry. Many are now fainting due to hunger and exhaustion while performing their duties." theguardian.com/world/live/202…