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Jan 2
1. Thrilled to see @peterfrankopan’s generous and engaging review of The New Byzantines in the @FT. 🧵
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To understand the tectonic changes sweeping the Gulf as a result of the Iran war, look to Oman. The one Gulf state Trump threatened to “blow up” and which its neighbors ostracized is now the biggest winner as the dust settles. 🧵
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3) The money matters too. Omani officials tell me that they think their country’s tourism sector will rebound quicker than other states. Oman will benefit from the reordering of trade flows also with its ports and Arabian Sea access in demand.
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4) read the full piece here:
middleeasteye.net/news/outli…
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The American Farm School was opened by U.S. missionaries outside Thessaloniki in 1903—such a storied institution that speaks to the history of Greece as part of the wider Levant. A pleasure to present The New Byzantines there!
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Sean Mathews retweeted
Jun 12
Father’s Day Flash Sale: Until Friday midnight, you can get 45% off any available title when ordering direct from our website. At Hurst, there's a book for any dad who likes to sound smart: from the glories of herring to the last stand at Bakhmut.
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Discount automatically applied at checkout.
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ALT Book covers of 'Rigby's Encyclopaedia of the Herring,' 'The Future,' 'The New Byzantines,' 'Italy in a Wine Glass,' and 'To Die with Such Men.'
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Jun 10
Worth reading. A calmly devastating account of what happened in Gaza.
Jun 10
Jean-Pierre Filiu’s A Historian in Gaza has been long listed for the 2026 @cgmoorefoundat1 Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing 👏🎉
ALT Jean-Pierre Filiu's author picture of him wearing a dark-coloured suit standing in front of a cream all, next to a mockup of his latest book, A Historian in Gaza. The cover features the Palestinian flag and black and white writing that reads 'A Historian in Gaza. Jean-Pierre Filiu. Author of Gaza: A History' and white writing in a green circle that reads 'A Guardian History Book of the Year'.
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Sean Mathews retweeted
Jun 11
Roughly the same with Palestinians. The idea that people speaking Arabic (or Arabic related dialects) come from Arabia is as bogus as saying that the French, Portuguese, and Spaniards come from the Latium province of Italy.
Jun 11
Good community note. (Hilariously, OP is an Israeli too.)
Today's Egyptians overwhelmingly descend from Ancient Egyptians. Both Copts and Muslims have a little bit of East African Ancestry, and Muslims have a little bit of Arabian ancestry that Copts lack.
Apart from religious extremists - Salafis, etc - Egyptians including Muslims take pride in their pre-Islamic heritage, just like Iranians do.
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15 Aug 2024
The Israelis are eliminating one of the last Christian Palestinians strongholds in the West Bank and the place I chose to stay when I was researching the Palestinian Christians in From the Holy Mountain. It is a place with an incredibly ancient history, a cradle of Christianity, and its people have some of the closest DNA matches to the people of the time of Christ. Why is no one reporting this?
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Jun 11
Scoop: The US's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, plans to visit Bahrain for his first wartime visit to the Gulf. Sources tell me the choice of a state on the frontlines of Iran's attacks is a sign of US support for the Al-Khalifa family.
middleeasteye.net/news/us-ma…
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Sean Mathews retweeted
🎙️ Coming up on London Greek Radio
📕 I will be speaking with Sean Mathews, Greek-American journalist and correspondent with Middle East Eye, in a fascinating conversation about his first book.
@LGR1033 @SeanPmathews @MiddleEastEye
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Jun 10
The mark of a successful book tour in London. Glad to see a new reader from London sending me this. Summer is coming. Get your copy of New Byzantines with @hurstpublishers before traveling to Greece.
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Jun 10
Listen to John Kyriakou and buy The New Byzantines w/ @HurstPublishers to understand how Israelis are pricing Greeks out of their housing market.
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Jun 10
Scoop: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to visit Bahrain in the coming weeks, Arab, Western and US officials told me. Visit planned as sign of support for Al Khalifa family in face of Iranian attacks.
middleeasteye.net/news/us-ma…
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Jun 10
‼️ Rare opportunity before summer kicks in. I am presenting The New Byzantines at the gorgeous American Farm School. Books will be available to buy. If you missed talks in London, DC, and Athens be sure to mark you calendars for 16 June. Order your copy w/@HurstPublishers
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Jun 9
“When Al-Aqsa's complexities are ignored, it becomes one of the most dangerous places on the planet"
@DanielSeidemann conf. MEE report that Israel/US eye stripping Jordan of custodianship. Dan's word is gospel on Jerusalem. If you dont take mine-take his
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Jun 9
The great @DanielSeidemann -who is interviewed in my book The New Byzantines about Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem confirms @MiddleEastEye 's scoop.
Breaking, dangerous and of utmost importance.
We have heard from a reliable source that there is indeed a US proposal to replace/annul Jordanian custodianship over Al Aqsa/Temple Mount, corroborating a May 25 report in Mideast Eye: middleeasteye.net/news/pales…
We have been told that a document has been circulated proposing to replace Jordanian custodianship with that of a consortium of international/interfaith parties, including Muslim/Arab and Jewish representatives, and coming from Jared Kushner/Arieh Lightstone or those closely in their orbit.
We have also been informed that the proposal was circulated among regional stakeholders and has encountered fierce opposition.
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Jun 9
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has shown that the era of big military bases in the Gulf is over, U.S. officials and analysts tell me. 🧵
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Jun 9
3) Experts say Gulf states and the U.S. could look to reassess basing, a lá Oman —the U.S. has access to Omani facilities but not a permanent presence. Oman has been one of the least hit countries by Iran amid the war.
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