Author of The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor, ex BBC journalist, founder of Moon Station Athens. 2nd novel in progress set in late 20th Century London.
Joined July 2013
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12 Mar 2025
I accidentally deleted this link from an earlier tweet! So here it is again soas.ac.uk/about/event/how-l…
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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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Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/e…
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A poignant poetic & deeply insightful farewell to Istanbul from @hannahluci
Istanbul’s descent into darkness engelsbergideas.com/essays/i…
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Apr 2
Oh dear, when a world leader threatens to, or boasts of, bringing an enemy 'back to the Stone Ages where they belong', I feel that we are all drawn back a little towards the Stone Age (if that's not an insult to the Stone Age).
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Now that the most powerful nation on earth is ruled by an ugly man who’s proud to be selfish, brutal & wildly barbaric and who shamelessly promotes the doctrine of Might is Right, we can finally choose if we really want to live in a world like this. The mask has truly fallen.
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Jan 25
It's a caricature of femininity, and a must for any woman who wants to climb the ranks in MAGA world. But there are deeper reasons the look is so in demand, experts say. huffpost.com/entry/mar-a-lag… # via @HuffPostLife
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Jan 20
Last night I discovered that the director of American Psycho (film circa 2000) had a brief relationship with T Blair when they were both at Oxford. Also the film briefly mentions Donald Trump and shows the back of Ivanka at an upscale NYC restaurant. Prophecy or intuition?
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24 Sep 2025
When people at the very top are black and white thinkers, we’re in serious trouble. We need a very different breed of leaders in every sphere.
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18 Sep 2025
Oligarchs with agendas are funding the fake Left vs Right football game. Let's wake up and create a system of information and problem solving that isn't funded by them. Otherwise, we are toast.
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22 Aug 2025
10. Two girls gallop full speed on sheep in Cornwall, 1969
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6 Jun 2025
İyi bayramlar to all, and here is my bayram gift to you: my new Substack İstanbul 34.4, launchıng today with weekly dispatches on city life and politics, cats and gossip, and anything else that tickles my interest. Please read and subscribe! hannahluci.substack.com/
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30 May 2025
My interview with the wacky, insightful and rather brilliant @RaphaelCormack published by English Pen’s online journal
Ancient Magic vs. Modern Magic: Raphael Cormack in Conversation with Rana Haddad pentransmissions.com/2025/05… via @englishpen
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13 May 2025
Just came across this piece which I wrote for @MarkazReview in November 2021, about the trials and tribulations of watching the world you grew up in systematically portrayed with glaring and stubborn distortions themarkaz.org/syria-through-…
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8 May 2025
My interview with novelist @sofkazinovieff on her latest novel published today by @LittleBrownUK
A Playful Ode to A Difficult Dad athensinsider.com/a-playful-…
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2 May 2025
Spring from my window in Athens, as I try to stop distracting myself. The question is: to write or to live? Without living, stories are empty of substance, feeling and meaning. But without sitting still on a chair and making things up that didn’t happen, there are no books 😜☕️
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