John Matthews. Half-Jewish, half-Irish author of 24 books and journalist. International issues, with a strong focus on Israel-Palestine plus some books. I live in London with my family.
Exploring the delicate interplay of light and darkness in our world—where empathy, identity, and the unseen converge. Essays that illuminate the cracks, question the narratives, and linger in the shadows.
I AM ISRAEL: I am a Zionist who supports Israel's absolute right to self-determination to live in peace and security in the ancestral homeland of the Jewish People, Ha Eretz Yisrael, and I am opposed to all forms of antisemitism.
Masih Alinjead is an Iranian-American journalist, author, and women's rights activist. Alinejad is an outspoken critic of the Iranian government’s human rights abuses and its treatment of women and political opponents.
A channel about the buried, the obscured, the overlooked. Dispatches from the world’s most written-about, and least understood, patch of earth (the one between the river and the sea).
This is an endeavor to understand the history, vocabulary, and politics of modern Israel. I was initially confused by the 2024 campus riots, as they didn't fit my shallow and uniformed paradigm regarding the U.S./Israel/Middle East. I'm changing that.
A collection of all the essays, blogs, recipes, reviews, short stories and poems that the Author loves but literally no one has ever asked her to write. Deep Dives and Information Dumps from a proud Jewish Mother and born Nature Lover.
Too many things internationally and locally aren't what you've been told.
It's time to wake up.
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AN ANXIOUS GENERATION SEARCHES FOR HAPPINESS.
Substack presents the feature documentary based on The New York Times bestselling book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. Produced by Courtney Moorehead Balaker. Directed by Ted Balaker.
Writer, poet, 2-time heart transplant recipient. Scars are tougher than skin. Trauma survivor. Sharing poetry along with stories of hope and healing.
Currently writing a memoir, "Three-Hearted Girl."