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Rainfall in this part of the Sahara is a rare occurrence, typically happening once every decade. Significant rains have been recorded in 1985, 1995, 2006, 2015, and most recently in September 2024. When rain does fall, however, the impact is often devastating. 🔗 https://raseef22.net/english/article/1099663?t=25-50481-whatsapp

Smuggling and human trafficking networks commit horrific violations and grave abuses against irregular African migrants. Testimonies reveal that these cross-border crimes are often carried out with the complicity of security officials affiliated with factions in the Yemeni conflict, who accept bribes to enable these operations without legal repercussions. 🔗 https://raseef22.net/english/article/1099616?t=25-50460-whatsapp

Ever since I came to Italy, and after my tongue began to stumble through the Italian language with its stretched musical tones, my Arabic language began to gradually disappear from my dreams. At that moment, I wondered: In what language do the sons and daughters of migrants dream in? 🔗 https://raseef22.net/english/article/1099655?t=25-50480-whatsapp

“The issue here is that the world has gotten so used to dehumanizing Palestinians that they don't even bat an eye when they hear numbers like 200,” Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer based in Haifa, tells Raseef22. “They don't even think twice to question the system of mass incarceration that Israel has put into place.” 🔗 https://raseef22.net/english/article/1099593?t=25-50442-whatsapp

According to Shoufani, Teddy Katz was the only researcher who fully exposed the falsehood of the Israeli account. As a result, he faced severe backlash for his revelations, especially since Katz firmly asserted that a thriving Palestinian village was completely wiped out by the Zionists. He backed his claims with audio-recorded confessions from the perpetrators themselves 🔗 https://raseef22.net/english/article/1099590?t=25-50441-whatsapp

Unfortunately, the bottles of clean air are not free in Lebanon. Instead, the government granted a private company the exclusive right to monopolize the air. Do not be surprised, dear reader—Lebanon, despite all its progress, has managed to preserve its long-standing legacy of monopolies. And now, that legacy has extended to clean air as well. 🔗 https://raseef22.net/english/article/1099565?t=25-50431-whatsapp

After October 7th, Thomas Hofmann, TUM’s president, issued a statement declaring his personal support for the university’s Israeli partners and emphasizing the university’s solidarity with the Israeli people. At the time, over 1,500 people had been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to a report released by the World Health Organization. 🔗 https://raseef22.net/english/article/1099555?t=25-50430-whatsapp

> A video circulating on social media shows a group of Syrian General Security officers physically and verbally assaulting a transgender person. The footage includes scenes of beating and threats such as: “Take out your manhood so we can cut it off.” > Many in Syria expressed “support” for this violence, commenting: “Looks like these guys are planning to rid us of these disgusting sights in the streets." Others, however, condemned it, saying: "This is not the Syria we love”, “In today's Syria, no one should be humiliated,” and "The video shared by the officers, where they are beating a trans person, is very ugly and horrifying. It will severely damage Syria’s standing in the international community.” > For more info: https://www.instagram.com/raseef22en/

Clients often perceive Arab women through a stereotypical lens, imagining them as submissive and oppressed. Frequently, these women are asked to perform the roles of slave girls or dancers, sometimes even being ordered to wear the hijab or abaya. 🔗 https://raseef22.net/english/article/1099482?t=25-50419-whatsapp

Last week, Chinese startup DeepSeek launched a free AI assistant that it claims uses less data at a fraction of the cost of incumbent services—and the past few days have seen DeepSeek sweeping the groundbreaking AI chatbot and sending US stocks plunging. The global market was left in a frenzy as the small Chinese startup seemingly came out of nowhere and wiped off nearly $1 trillion off US tech giants in a single day. 🔗 https://raseef22.net/english/article/1099513?t=25-50417-whatsapp