Souad Mekhennet
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The search of a young man for his father and the truth. Excerpt from our book The Eternal Nazi on
@TheAtlantic
http://t.co/1BdRkNHIVn
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A video obtained by
@washingtonpost
on Wednesday purports to lay out movements of the 15-man
#Saudi
team that
#Turkish
authorities suspect of carrying out the abduction or killing of Saudi journalist Jamal
#Khashoggi
. with
@LovedayM
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U.S. Marine Corps Bans Confederate Battle Flag Displays - The New York Times
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Where is Jamal? My colleague
@LovedayM
and I spoke to the fiancé of
#JamalKhashoggi
, who also confirmed this photograph showing the
@washingtonpost
contributor’s last known moments as he entered the
#SaudiArabian
consulate in
#Istanbul
.
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The Washington Post received exclusively
#passport
scans of men
#Turkish
officials say were involved in killing of
#JamalKhashoggi
. W/
@kfahim
.
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Exclusive: The Kremlin is trying to build an ‘antiwar’ coalition in
#Germany
, marrying its far right and far left, according to a trove of Russian documents reviewed by The Washington Post. W/
@CatherineBelton
@shaneharris
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In the city of
#Antakya
#Hatay
region, some neighborhoods are fully destroyed now. People are looking for survivors. It is very cold and necessary equipment to reach people as soon as possible is urgently needed, according to survivors.
#Turkiye
#earthquake
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Thank you
@simonwiesenthal
for the recognition of my work for
@washingtonpost
and my books. I am deeply honored: Souad Mekhennet awarded International Leadership Award by Simon Wiesenthal Center - The Washington Post
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President Trump and his top aides are working behind the scenes to sideline the World Health Organization on several new fronts as they seek to shift blame for the coronavirus pandemic to the world body. By
@John_Hudson
@jdawsey1
& me
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A Reporter’s Cry on Live TV: ‘I’m Getting Shot! I’m Getting Shot!’ - The New York Times
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After months of research, with
@gregpmiller
: Inside the surreal world of the Islamic State's propaganda machine:
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Very honored to receive the special
#NannenPrize
. Almost 20 years ago i started my
#journalism
studies at the
@Nannenschule
in
#Hamburg
#Germany
. Thanks to my familie, friends and colleagues from
@washingtonpost
,
@nytimes
,
@zdf
and others who have accompanied me on this journey
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Very honored and humbled to become the recipient of the
#2017
Daniel Pearl Award.
#journalism
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Jamal Khashoggi’s final months as an exile in the long shadow of Saudi Arabia. With new details about his life and contacts. Latest with
@gregpmiller
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Two young women were beheaded in the Atlas Mountains six months ago. The video was too depraved even for
#ISIS
. But it found a massive audience on the
#FarRight
. Latest with
@gregpmiller
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Secret Service has paid as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump’s properties, illuminating president’s little known business relationship with the government. By
@fahrenthold
,
@OConnellPostBiz
,
@CarolLeonnig
and
@jdawsey1
.
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“My name, for the record, is Gurbir Grewal,” he wrote on Twitter. “I’m the 61st Attorney General of NJ. I’m a Sikh American. I have 3 daughters. And yesterday, I told them to turn off the radio.”
#USA
#NewJersey
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Exclusive: U.S. officials systematically misled the public about the war in
#Afghanistan
, confidential documents obtained by The Post reveal
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Tomorrow is
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
. If there is one thing I am proud of, it's the
#book
"The Eternal
#Nazi
" co-authored with
@nkulish
. As a
#Muslim
in
#Germany
I remember how the
#Jewish
community showed solidarity when we were attacked by right-wing extremists.
#NeverForget
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Today is publication day for my new book, I WAS TOLD TO COME ALONE. I am so proud to be sharing my story with you!
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NEW: Investigators and western security officials are skeptical that the Andromeda yacht alone blew up the Nord Stream pipelines – and suspect it may be a decoy. By
@shaneharris
@smekhennet
@LovedayM
@michaelbirnbaum
@BradyinBerlin
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W
@Anthony_Faiola
first
#interview
with
#AnisBenHatira
since he left
#Germany
and joined
#Gaziantepspor
in
#Turkey
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What a gesture.. very touching and a slap into the faces of all people who want to spread hatred and divide.
#islam
#Barcelona
#terrorism
The father of the youngest victim of the Barcelona attacks embraces an imam in an emotional show of unity
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Mit
@Anthony_Faiola
unsere Geschichte über
#Anis
ben
#Hatira
mit
#Interview
.
#Islam
#Politik
#Medien
#T
ürkei
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Honored and deeply touched about this wonderful
#news
: Souad Mekhennet wins the 2018 Ludwig Börne Prize - The Washington Post
#USA
#Germany
#Frankfurt
#journalism
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Scholz says response to
#Russia
will be ‘united and decisive’ if
#Ukraine
is invaded. Our
#exclusive
interview with the chancellor of
#Germany
@washingtonpost
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Allan A. Ryan, who hunted down Nazis hiding in America, dies at 77
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She is unlike anyone who has ever served in
#Congress
. This is the complicated
#American
story of
#IlhanOmar
. By
@GregJaffe
and me :
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Playing one group against the other is NOT helping at all.
#terrorism
is not a question of
#nationality
or
#religion
!
#travelban
#USA
#EU
So these are the kinds of memes Persian immigrants are sharing on FB , "Iranians who bring you the best!"
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Latest with amazing
@JobyWarrick
: U.S. increasingly sees Iran’s hand in the arming of Bahraini militants
#security
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In wake of Ukraine war, U.S. and allies are hunting down Russian spies. Latest with
@gregpmiller
@emilyrauhala
@shaneharris
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#BenHatira
under attack in
#Germany
for work with a
#charity
also affiliated w
#WhiteHelmets
w/
@Anthony_Faiola
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In
#LosAngeles
erhielt ich vom
@simonwiesenthal
im
@musoftolerance
den „International Leadership Award” für meine journalistische Arbeit und für die Suche nach einem
#MostWanted
#Nazi
. Jüngste Preisträgerin und erste Person mit muslimischer Abstammung. Thank you
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Austria’s far-right government ordered a raid on its own intelligence service. Now allies are freezing the country out. Latest with
@griffwitte
! A
#rabbi
told us “I receive every week threats from right-wing Austrians.”
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Living in a city with no water: ‘This is unbearable’: “The entire city of more than 150,000 was without safe drinking water, with no end in sight. Many residents here say they adapted long ago to catastrophic government failure.”
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U.S. military is taking custody of two
#British
men accused of involvement in Islamic State killings of
#American
hostages. Great teamwork w/
@nakashimae
@rachelweinerwp
@Missy_Ryan
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In their effort to silence the 59-year-old writer,
#Saudi
officials eliminated a domestic nuisance who had angered the country’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Latest w/
@JobyWarrick
and
@LovedayM
#JamalKhashoggi
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Souad Mekhennet named The Post’s International Security Correspondent - The Washington Post
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Secret UN documents trace hundreds flights bringing arms and mercenaries to Libya.
Part of our deep dive on all that has gone wrong since Gaddafi was ousted during Arab Spring a decade ago.
@gregpmiller
@missy_ryan
@raghavanWaPo
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Gerührt, wahnsinnig geehrt und überwältigt ! In den frühen Morgenstunden in
#LosAngeles
erhielt ich diese
#Nachricht
aus
#Deutschland
: Investigative Reporterin: Souad Mekhennet erhält Ludwig-Börne-Preis - Feuilleton - FAZ
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"between those who want to build bridges and those who would rather see the
#world
in polarities(..)"
#Uk
#US
#Europe
#MiddleEast
#book
In I WAS TOLD TO COME ALONE,
@smekhennet
addresses the clash facing the world--West and East--today.
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Very interesting side event last night
@MunSecConf
. Thank you
@DuezenTekkal
for organizing it. Wonderful to see so many amazing women attending .
#Russland
u. das
#iran
. Regime pflegen eine "strategische Partnerschaft", die mörderisch ist. Anlässlich der
@munsecconf
fragen wir mit
@HawarHelp
unsere Gäste
@NatalieAmiri
,
@Klitschko
u.
@n_roettgen
, wie
#Ukraine
u. die Bewegung für
#JinJiyanAzadi
Bündnisse schmieden können.
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Wonderful
#news
about my upcoming
#book
#IWasToldToComeAlone
!
#journey
#security
#ISIS
#AlQaeda
#taliban
#jihad
#2017
See which of our
#books
made
@PublishersWkly
's Best of Summer 2017 lists:
#readersadvisory
#collectiondevelopment
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Wie ein
#Muslim
während der Anschläge auf ein jüdisches Geschäft Leben von Kunden rettete:
http://t.co/oFlhD2MMMa
#Paris
#charliebhebdo
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Records shed light on online harassment of Jamal Khashoggi before his killing. By
@JobyWarrick
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Next week my book with
@nkulish
- The Eternal Nazi - hits stores. Original article
http://t.co/4mgi3Tpgyf
& trailer
http://t.co/lsEX04MUCz
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Trump communicated with Giuliani and others on unsecure lines, balked at efforts to rein in his cell phone use and gave other world leaders his cell number. By
@paulsonne
,
@jdawsey1
,
@gregpmiller
&
@nakashimae
:
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At a sprawling tent camp in
#Syria
,
#ISIS
women impose a brutal rule. “Half a year after the territorial defeat of the Islamic State, the vast sprawl of tents at the al-Hol camp is becoming a cauldron of radicalization.” latest w.
@leloveluck
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Thank you ,
@morningmika
,
@JoeNBC
for the interview on
@Morning_Joe
about my new
#book
#Iwastoldtocomealone
.
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In today’s
@Jerusalem_Post
an ad supporting the
#moroccan
national team
#AtlasLions
with the words: “We are all Moroccans” That’s a first in history as well.
#WorldCup2022
#DimaMaghrib
Front page ad in the
@Jerusalem_Post
this morning. Seems one of our readers is a big fan of the Moroccan national team and I can understand: It has been a pleasure watching them play. Best of luck tonight.
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Far-right groups make plans for continued attacks before and after Inauguration Day - The Washington Post By
@shaneharris
, me and
@raz_nak
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GOP struggles with message amid national debate over police and racial justice
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Antisemitische Äußerungen von Kanye West: Krankheit rechtfertigt keinen Judenhass via
@derspiegel
@samelou
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Gen. Charles Q. Brown takes over Air Force, makes history as first Black service branch chief
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Russia co-opts far-right politicians: Internal Kremlin documents reviewed by
@washingtonpost
show for the first time that Voice of Europe was part of an influence campaign established by the Kremlin.
@CatherineBelton
and
@smekhennet
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E.U. throws Ukraine $54 billion lifeline after Hungary drops opposition
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U.S. deaths from covid-19 pass 60,000 as hopes rise for a drug treatment. Fauci says a second U.S. wave is inevitable.
By
@agearan
@PostRowland
@lauriemcginley2
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Happy about paperback pub day of
#Iwastoldtocomealone
! Thank you
@StMartinsPress
!
#book
#security
#USA
#Europe
#MiddleEast
#terrorism
#women
#journalism
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D.C. attorney general sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6 attack
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Talked with
@BeckyCNN
about the
#GenderPayGap
also in
#journalism
.
#AsEquals
#Europe
#USA
#MiddleEast
#Dubai
#InternationalWomensDay
“If [a male colleague] gets hit by a bullet or I get hit by a bullet, we will both bleed.” Journalist
@smekhennet
on equal pay for equal work.
#InternationalWomensDay
#AsEquals
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It was an honor receiving the award. Thank you for being there with me
@ktumulty
!
@washingtonpost
#journalism
#USA
#Chicago
#DanielPearl
Happening now: WaPo’s
@smekhennet
accepts the Daniel Pearl Award from the Chicago Journalists Assn.
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ISIS attacks surge in Africa even as Trump boasts of a ‘100-percent’ defeated caliphate. Our latest with
@DPAQreport
and
@JobyWarrick
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The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance into Harvard - ProPublica
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Here the article with
@adamgoldmanNYT
in
@washingtonpost
uncovering the identity of
#JihadiJohn
!
@RichardKerbaj
@HBODocs
: Jihadi John’: Islamic State killer is identified as Londoner Mohammed Emwazi - The Washington Post
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Please retweet! Our colleague Jason is still detained in
#Iran
:
Tomorrow, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian will have been detained in Iran for 500 days
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Yes! I admit that when it comes to soccer in
#Germany
I am always with
#EintrachtFrankfurt
! And what a result against
#BayernMunich
! Herzlichen Glückwunsch aus den
#USA
!
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Only 81 years ago
#Nazi
#Germany
launched an anti
#Jewish
pogrom during
#Kristallnacht
or the Night of Broken Glass. But
#synagogues
are again under attack and a 89-year-old Holocaust survivor in
#Italy
has to be under police protection due to threats.
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Spreche heute bei
#Lanz
über mein
#Buch
,
#Deutschland
vor der
#Wahl
,
#IS
,
#medien
u.v.m .
@ZDF
@CHBeckLiteratur
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Just left the
#MSC2022
where I moderated for the first time.
Thank you
@RugeBoris
for the invitation and for organizing the panel with
@gantzbe
,
@AnwarGargash
and the participant from Bahrain. Also thanks to
@HNeumannMEP
and
@PeterRNeumann
for your questions. Goodbye
#munich
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Even
#Egypt
couldn't offer this amount of political drama. Seems more like a mixture of
#Dynasty
,
#Dallas
and
#HouseOfCards
in one ;-)
I know I sound like a broken record after the last 18 months but America keeps reminding me of Egypt
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Nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords allegedly from NIH, WHO, Gates Foundation and others are dumped online. With
@craigtimberg
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Latest with
@JobyWarrick
#Bin
Laden’s son steps into father’s shoes as al-
#Qaeda
attempts a comeback .
#IS
#security
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1. This story by
@ErikWemple
This story shows the difficulties Of covering the world of extremism and terrorism. Only a few journalists have the experience of covering International extremism and terrorism since the attacks on September 11.
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Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is ‘chief of the tribe’ in a cowed House of Saud with
@karendeyoung1
@sullivank
and
@kfahim
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As Trump vows crackdown on ‘antifa,’ growth of right-wing extremism frustrates Europeans - The Washington Post our latest w.
@rachelweinerwp
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Gut, dass in
#Deutschland
auch wieder über
#Rassismus
und Diskriminierung diskutiert wird. War bereits ein großes Thema, als ich vor zig Jahren im deutschen
#Journalismus
Karriere machen wollte. Am Ende bin ich bei
@washingtonpost
gelandet.
Wir sprechen heute mit dem Moderator und Kabarettisten
@mariusjung2
über Sprach-
#Rassismus
im Alltag.
@heutejournal
um 21:45 Uhr.
#Alltagsrassismus
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NEW: The Trump administration has denied
#PebbleMine
a permit, devastating blow for the controversial project. It is a win for
@BristolBayToday
@TroutUnlimited
@NRDC
as well as
@DonaldJTrumpJr
@nick_ayers
@TuckerCarlson
By
@eilperin
and
@brady_dennis
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Thanks to my wonderful colleagues from
@washingtonpost
and
@WashPostPR
for the great support.
#NannenPrize
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#book
#review
@newyorker
: Souad Mekhennet’s “I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad”
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Ambassador
@RichardGrenell
guten Morgen! As my colleague
@John_Hudson
wrote we stand by our story. I believe also you might find interesting what federal minister of Defence of
#Germany
@akk
was quoted with in
@AFP
today related to our story.
@washingtonpost
@RichardGrenell
Hey Rick. Either you’re not telling the truth or you’re out of the loop on an important issue related to U.S.-European diplomacy. Whichever it is, we stand by our story.
@smekhennet
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Far right-wing and radical Islamist groups are exploiting
#coronavirus
turmoil. Experts and security officials say they are concerned about the swell of calls from extremists to strike at a time when they believe they could get away with
#terrorist
acts.
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