@AidaAlami

Reporter, migration/human rights. fmr @ColumbiaJourn visiting prof/alum. Words in @nytimes, @nybooks, @CJR, etc. Contributor, @OurWomenOTG. Board member, @AMEJA

 Moroccan always on the move
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Joined February 2011
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The New Yorker
@NewYorker21 May 2025
Noor Abdalla was eight months pregnant when her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested, in March. She hasn’t seen him since, and now has a one-month-old son. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/u3…
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imad stitou
@StitouImadOct 13
Sans commentaire !
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Ryan Grim
@ryangrimOct 8
If you're in DC on Tuesday 10/20, come to this Busboys screening of a film by @AidaAlami -- i'll moderate a Q&A after
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TMZ
@TMZOct 7
💜 Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of Saint-Denis, France, stood with and defended student protesters calling for better school conditions. Bagayoko was later given eye drops after being hit with tear gas by local police.
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Staggering take by someone who doesn’t even speak French….
The Atlantic
@TheAtlanticOct 7
Student protests have paralyzed France’s school system—but the violence sweeping the country as a result has little to do with these protesters’ pedagogical concerns, @thomaschattwill argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…

The Violence Sweeping France Was Never Really About Schools

Much of the protesting by students has become an exercise in nihilistic resentment.

theatlantic.com
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Mohamad Bazzi
@BazziNYUOct 6
Excellent statement by @AMEJA, which condemns Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza, Lebanon and across the region — and calls on news organizations not to repeat claims made in the IDF’s “Press Files” without independent verification | ameja.org/statements/idfclai…
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This has to be the video of the year. Bally Bagayoko who is the mayor of French city Saint-Denis shouts at police to “Stop!” and protects the student protesters.
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Écrits antisémites de Jordan Bardella : les preuves du mensonge «Propos délirants», «dinguerie», « faux grossiers »… Depuis nos révélations, le RN a violemment mis en cause le travail de Mediapart. Nous publions les documents au cœur de l’enquête. ➡️mediapart.fr/journal/france/…
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Tout à fait. C'est le même processus et calendrier qui régit l'inauguration des grands théâtres.
Le360
@Le360frSep 28
🇲🇦🗳️ Alors que les spéculations vont bon train et que les listes de candidats circulent avec insistance, le processus de désignation du prochain chef de gouvernement obéit à un calendrier et à des règles constitutionnelles stricts. Éclairage sur les étapes à venir, la portée exacte de l’article 47 et la nécessité impérative de s’en tenir aux faits institutionnels pour dissiper toute confusion au sein de l’opinion publique. → le360.info/B2fQgn
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Omar Radi@OmarRADISep 27
Je sors de la présentation de La más dulce, de Laila Marrakchi, au festival du film de Hamburg. Un film qui secoue et ne laisse pas indifférent, sur un registre que la plupart des réalisateurs marocains ont mal compris, mal interprété, et mal raconté. Le rendu de Laila Marrakchi sur ce drame continu fait de cette fiction un document pour l'histoire et contre l'oubli. @HamburgFilmFest
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Omar Radi@OmarRADISep 27
D'ailleurs, et c'est rare au Maroc, ce film a été déclenché par l'excellent travail qu'a accompli @AidaAlami sur les abus et l'enfer que vivent les ouvrières agricoles marocaines, saisonnières dans la cueillette de la fraise en Andalousie. Allez regarder le film et lisez l'article ! nytimes.com/2019/07/20/world…

Workers in Spain’s Strawberry Fields Speak Out on Abuse (Published 2019)

Ten Moroccan women who worked as pickers have filed suits complaining of sexual harassment and assault, rape, human trafficking and labor violations.

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Omar Radi@OmarRADISep 27
Je sors de la présentation de La más dulce, de Laila Marrakchi, au festival du film de Hamburg. Un film qui secoue et ne laisse pas indifférent, sur un registre que la plupart des réalisateurs marocains ont mal compris, mal interprété, et mal raconté. Le rendu de Laila Marrakchi sur ce drame continu fait de cette fiction un document pour l'histoire et contre l'oubli. @HamburgFilmFest
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From Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Steve Fainaru and former @WashingtonPost managing editor Philip Bennett comes the extraordinary story of foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid’s journey through war and revolution in the Middle East. Coming April 2027. bit.ly/47erJ85
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aboubakr jamai@aboubakrjSep 24
The number to remember: 7.2%. According to the Interior Ministry, turnout was 38%, but only 19% of 18-34 year-olds are registered to vote. 38% of 19% ≈ 7%. In the cities, it's likely even worse. A measure of the failure of Morocco's political system. 1/2
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Andy Hull
@AndyHull79Sep 23
Morocco goes to the polls today. @MyriamCherti spoke to @AidaAlami & @LynseyChutel for their @NYTimes piece on some of the issues on the ballot paper (or not) for today's election: nytimes.com/2026/09/23/world…

Youth Frustration and Migration Shadow Morocco’s Election

Unemployment and poor public services fueled the border crisis at Ceuta and Gen Z protests, but frustrated young people may stay away from the polls.

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🔴🇺🇸 [#DeportationProject] She had a US judge's protection against ever being sent back to Sierra Leone. Ghana sent her there anyway. In November 2025, Rabbiatu Kuyateh - a nurse who had lived and worked in the US for over 30 years - was expelled to Ghana, a country she had never set foot in, alongside 18 other deportees. Days later, she was forced onto another plane: destination, the very country she had fled for fear of persecution.
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$2800, east village
Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsSep 19
Kitchen display at the 'Museum of Living Under Communism' in Brasov, Romania.
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UptownBerber@HishamAidiSep 21
Mi Gente - The latest issue of Souffles magazine is out — the topic is Latin American studies in North Africa. See the table of contents and intro below.  18 essays in total: soufflesmonde.com
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Mohamad Bazzi
@BazziNYUSep 10
“Her reporting details how a longer history of surveillance, counterterrorism, immigration policy, suspicion of support for Palestine, and pop-culture and media narratives has placed American Muslim life under constant scrutiny” — excellent interview with @rozina_ali by @AidaAlami cjr.org/analysis/continuing-…

Rozina Ali: Continuing furies.

A new book by Rozina Ali asks us to reckon with decades of Islamophobia in the United States and the media’s role in it.

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Clint Combs
@Combs0294Sep 9
mprnews.org/story/2026/09/09… Adam Abdullah who immigrated to St. Paul, was told that they'll transfer him from Miami to Somila. They told Abdullah that they needed to fuel up in Cuba. He's now in Guantanamo. Court records show that he had a couple parking tickets.

St. Paul man arrested in ICE surge sent to Guantanamo Bay

Adam Abdullah has no criminal record, but the government is holding him at a military prison set up for terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

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Spain Declassifies Document Showing Morocco Was Warned of Migrant Crossing Plans - @nytimes nytimes.com/2026/09/09/world…

Spain Declassifies Document Showing Morocco Was Warned of Migrant Crossing Plans

Spain’s intelligence service had alerted Morocco about social media calls for a border exodus into Ceuta, which led to more than 100 deaths and a political crisis in Spain.

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AMEJA@AMEJASep 9
Join AMEJA on Thursday, October 22, in Brooklyn for the 2026 AMEJA Awards! Our biggest night of the year, featuring a fireside chat with the journalists @LeilaFadel, @farnazfassihi and @joesnellreports , and a performance by the comedian @natyourcolor. ameja.org/event-6816195
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