Ramy Yaacoub

In the midst of the darkest times, there will always be those who resist. May we know them, may we support them, may we be among them. ✊🏼❤️

📣 Allies in Ohio, South Carolina, West Virginia!

Free DC is running a campaign asking residents of each to contact the governor and ask that the National Guard deployed to DC be recalled.

OH freedcproject.org/news/for-all...
SC freedcproject.org/news/for-all...
WV freedcproject.org/west-virginia

📢 After 2.5 whirlwind, relentless, and rewarding years at @open-society.bsky.social, I’ll be stepping down as Director of MENA Programs & moving on to a new adventure at the end of the month. Grateful to @nowrojeeosf.bsky.social, @alexsoros.bsky.social, et al. Stay tuned for more on what’s cooking🫡🖖

Viktor Orban tried to ban the Budapest Pride parade. He got the biggest one yet. Steve Hendrix reports from the Hungarian capital

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

This was not a full-page ad I was expecting to see in the Sunday NYTimes today

Holding Syrian Christians and Syrians in my heart as news trickles in of a harrowing attack on Mar Elias Church in the Dwel'a area of Damascus. According to eyewitness reports, a man entered the church, began shooting, and then carried out a suicide bombing.

Suicide bomber kills at least 20 in Greek Orthodox church in Syria during Divine Liturgy State media says a suicide bomber in Syria has detonated himself inside a church filled with people, killing at least 20.

Suicide bomber kills at least 20 in Greek Orthodox church in #Syria during Divine Liturgy

apnews.com/article/syri...

"Only the dead have seen the end of war." George Santayana

They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days.

But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼

🚨NEW REPORT: exposing clever new hacking tactic.

🇷🇺Russian state-backed hackers used an App-Specific Password attack against prominent Russia expert @keirgiles.bsky.social

It's like they knew what we all expect from 🇷🇺...and then did the opposite 1/

By us @citizenlab.ca & Google's GTIG

🇱🇧 Lebanon recently held municipal elections for the first time in nearly 10 years. What do the results tell us? And what may this mean for the much-awaited 2026 parliamentary elections?

Don't miss @timep.bsky.social's event ft @alaasayeg.bsky.social, Soha Mneimneh, Ali Mourad, and Jean Kassir.

In exile, I've met some of the most incredible advocates, the most talented journalists, the most unrelenting lawyers. But all too often, the space for them to continue their work from abroad is not present. Humbled that we play a small part in creating that space at @timep.bsky.social.

📢 Must watch: An AI produced video by the German based Dor Brothers. While exaggerated, honestly, it issome of the strongest artistic political commentary I have seen on domestic US politics these days.

🔊 Sound on 🔛

🎥: youtu.be/V4zwIhS2iZk?...

This is credible reporting ⤵️

Regional update from MENA

And justice for all . . .

#PatriotGames

Parliament, NGOs urge British PM to act to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah More than 100 British parliamentarians, and 32 human rights organisations, have written to the British Prime Minister urging him to use all the tools at his disposal to free the British-Egyptian priso...

As Sanaa Seif, sister of detained British-Egyptian citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah, provides a deeply worrying update on their mother's hunger strike, we at TIMEP reiterate our call on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act urgently and immediately to #FreeAlaa: fairsq.org/parliament-n...

In Washington, DC?

Drop by Dupont Circle tomorrow at 6 pm to stand in solidarity with hunger-striking mother Dr. Laila Soueif who is protesting the continued unjust detention of her son British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.

Details here: www.facebook.com/share/1C7wVt...

#FreeAlaa

The legendary James Hatfield at the Metallica #M72 concert in DC - May 28, 2025

🎉 An exciting day here at @timep.bsky.social, where we are welcoming 11 brilliant advocates and experts who are the frontlines of the movement to reimagine a more just, more equitable, and more peaceful MENA region.

Humbled at the trust our fellows have in us to embark on this journey together. 🙏

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Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

Are there any good "Chicago" bars in DC? 🤔

This thread ⤵️

🎉 We’re thrilled to share that @washingtonian.com has named our ED @maitelsadany.bsky.social as one of the 500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy in Washington, a recognition that celebrates TIMEP's commitment to centering MENA voices in MENA policy: www.washingtonian.com/2025/05/07/w...

We proudly celebrate TIMEP's founder, @ramyyaacoub.bsky.social, who is also featured in this year's @washingtonian.com list. His belief that "policy is people" shaped TIMEP at its birth and continues to guide everything we do. We are deeply grateful for his leadership and compass over the years.

Alf mabrouk, @maitelsadany.bsky.social!

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Once a "TIMEPer," always a TIMEPer, I would not be where I am in my career without TIMEP's past and current team members. 🙏❤️