I published two stories today. It was a great honor to work with Afeef Nessouli on the one documenting the genocide and famine in Gaza. Afeef spent 9-weeks there, and we tracked how the U.S. dismantling USAID & UNRWA has made getting food deadly for kids, men, women, queer & trans Palestinians
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
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July 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I published two stories today. It was a great honor to work with Afeef Nessouli on the one documenting the genocide and famine in Gaza. Afeef spent 9-weeks there, and we tracked how the U.S. dismantling USAID & UNRWA has made getting food deadly for kids, men, women, queer & trans Palestinians
Life update…I’m proud to share that Afeef Nessouli and I have won a Global Reporting Grant from the Pulitzer Center.
July 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Life update…I’m proud to share that Afeef Nessouli and I have won a Global Reporting Grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Reporter Afeef Nessouli spent months in Gaza. He witnessed a famine of Israel's making.
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What Our Reporter Saw In Gaza: A Famine of Israel’s Making
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July 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reporter Afeef Nessouli spent months in Gaza. He witnessed a famine of Israel's making.
Read the full story: interc.pt/46k3eY5
✍️ Afeef Nessouli @thrasherxy.bsky.social
📹 @chelseybcoombs.bsky.social
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I'd say supporting Gabbard, Fetterman, Platner, Omar, Tlaib, Uygur, Brannan, Afeef, Turner, and Cori Bush is the very definition of being out of touch.
August 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I'd say supporting Gabbard, Fetterman, Platner, Omar, Tlaib, Uygur, Brannan, Afeef, Turner, and Cori Bush is the very definition of being out of touch.
Watch Afeef Nessouli talk about his reporting from Gaza and our new story in @theintercept.com
"One Meal Every Three Days": Journalist & Aid Worker Back from Gaza on Stark Reality on the Ground
“One Meal Every Three Days”: Journalist & Aid Worker Back from Gaza on Stark Reality on the Ground
The BBC, Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse have all called on Israel to allow journalists in and out of Gaza as starvation there becomes imminent. In a statement, the news outlets said,...
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July 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Watch Afeef Nessouli talk about his reporting from Gaza and our new story in @theintercept.com
"It seems as though these distribution sites... have mal intent"
Afeef Nessouli, an aid worker in Gaza, talking about Israel distributing aid.
Afeef Nessouli, an aid worker in Gaza, talking about Israel distributing aid.
June 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"It seems as though these distribution sites... have mal intent"
Afeef Nessouli, an aid worker in Gaza, talking about Israel distributing aid.
Afeef Nessouli, an aid worker in Gaza, talking about Israel distributing aid.
As a Pulitzer fellow, I am going to spend the next year traveling the world reporting for @theintercept.com on how the Trump’s public health cuts are affecting LGBTQ people & HIV/AIDS. Afeef and I will be reporting from Chicago, Athens, Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Lesbos, and South Africa (at least)
July 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
As a Pulitzer fellow, I am going to spend the next year traveling the world reporting for @theintercept.com on how the Trump’s public health cuts are affecting LGBTQ people & HIV/AIDS. Afeef and I will be reporting from Chicago, Athens, Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Lesbos, and South Africa (at least)
www.them.us/story/afeef-...
"It is not often reported that Palestinians in Gaza in the healthcare sector are attempting to properly care for their queer HIV patients.”
"It is not often reported that Palestinians in Gaza in the healthcare sector are attempting to properly care for their queer HIV patients.”
In Conversation With Afeef Nessouli, the Journalist Covering Queer People in Gaza
A longtime reporter of the experiences of LGBTQ+ people in the region, Nessouli discusses his nine-week stay in Gaza.
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June 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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"It is not often reported that Palestinians in Gaza in the healthcare sector are attempting to properly care for their queer HIV patients.”
"It is not often reported that Palestinians in Gaza in the healthcare sector are attempting to properly care for their queer HIV patients.”
Tune in Thursday to see Afeef return to Democracy Now to discuss his reporting as the only American journalist in Gaza, our new story on hunger, and our series for The Intercept on how Trump’s policies are affecting LGBTQ people & HIV/AIDS around the world. theintercept.com/2025/07/21/i...
July 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Tune in Thursday to see Afeef return to Democracy Now to discuss his reporting as the only American journalist in Gaza, our new story on hunger, and our series for The Intercept on how Trump’s policies are affecting LGBTQ people & HIV/AIDS around the world. theintercept.com/2025/07/21/i...
JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.
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January 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day, @theintercept.com is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
Trump Gutted AIDS Health Care at the Worst Possible Time
By the first World AIDS Day of his second term, Trump gutted LGBTQ+ employment globally and put humanity at greater risk of AIDS.
theintercept.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day, @theintercept.com is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
A lot of you would send your sympathies and well wishes to Henry Kissinger or Hitler if they became terminally ill. Couldn’t be me. As several Palestinians have said:
May 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
A lot of you would send your sympathies and well wishes to Henry Kissinger or Hitler if they became terminally ill. Couldn’t be me. As several Palestinians have said:
This from Afeef Nessouli @thrasherxy.bsky.social and really wrecked me. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.
theintercept.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This from Afeef Nessouli @thrasherxy.bsky.social and really wrecked me. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
Incredible and must-read reporting by @thrasherxy.bsky.social and Afeef Nessouli.
theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.
theintercept.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Incredible and must-read reporting by @thrasherxy.bsky.social and Afeef Nessouli.
theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
Queer and HIV+ in Gaza: A Young Man's "Race Against Time" as Israel Blocks Medication
Queer and HIV+ in Gaza: A Young Man’s “Race Against Time”
We speak with journalists Steven Thrasher and Afeef Nessouli about their new report for The Intercept, which examines how queer, HIV-positive Palestinians are struggling to survive in Gaza with limited...
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January 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Queer and HIV+ in Gaza: A Young Man's "Race Against Time" as Israel Blocks Medication
Afeef and I reported on this crisis two weeks ago… it has only gotten exponentially worse theintercept.com/2026/03/22/b...
April 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Afeef and I reported on this crisis two weeks ago… it has only gotten exponentially worse theintercept.com/2026/03/22/b...
and I humbly trust that in seeing me conduct myself as I have and reading the work Afeef and I have made, NU students will learn more from me than from silent, fascism/appeasing cowards who are still deemed worthy of classroom teaching
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
and I humbly trust that in seeing me conduct myself as I have and reading the work Afeef and I have made, NU students will learn more from me than from silent, fascism/appeasing cowards who are still deemed worthy of classroom teaching
“I think the Lebanese are suffering now, and there’s not really anyone who’s trying to save them.”
“Liberate Their Bodies From Their Souls”: The Lies That Sell the Iran War
Ali Gharib speaks to Afeef Nessouli about the latest strikes on Lebanon and peace strategist Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini on the U.S.–Israel assault on Iran.
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March 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
“I think the Lebanese are suffering now, and there’s not really anyone who’s trying to save them.”
New grant! Grateful to have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism to help Afeef Nessouli and me continue our reporting for @theintercept.com on how US health budget cuts are affecting LGBTQ people & HIV/AIDS around the world
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New grant! Grateful to have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism to help Afeef Nessouli and me continue our reporting for @theintercept.com on how US health budget cuts are affecting LGBTQ people & HIV/AIDS around the world
Jobs at the Village Voice, Guardian, Literary Hub and Scientific American
Gigs writing for Esquire, Rolling Stone, NYT, NY Mag, Atlantic
Winning a $75K Ford Foundation grant
Meeting Afeef & getting to write about HIV in Gaza
Meeting the greatest Palestine, BLM,
Occupy & LGBT justice advocates
Gigs writing for Esquire, Rolling Stone, NYT, NY Mag, Atlantic
Winning a $75K Ford Foundation grant
Meeting Afeef & getting to write about HIV in Gaza
Meeting the greatest Palestine, BLM,
Occupy & LGBT justice advocates
Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?
October 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Jobs at the Village Voice, Guardian, Literary Hub and Scientific American
Gigs writing for Esquire, Rolling Stone, NYT, NY Mag, Atlantic
Winning a $75K Ford Foundation grant
Meeting Afeef & getting to write about HIV in Gaza
Meeting the greatest Palestine, BLM,
Occupy & LGBT justice advocates
Gigs writing for Esquire, Rolling Stone, NYT, NY Mag, Atlantic
Winning a $75K Ford Foundation grant
Meeting Afeef & getting to write about HIV in Gaza
Meeting the greatest Palestine, BLM,
Occupy & LGBT justice advocates
Amid the war, Israel has rendered Gaza inaccessible to the foreign press; American journalist Afeef Nessouli accessed the Strip by volunteering as an aid worker for a medical nonprofit and reporting in his off-hours.
Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.
The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
theintercept.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Amid the war, Israel has rendered Gaza inaccessible to the foreign press; American journalist Afeef Nessouli accessed the Strip by volunteering as an aid worker for a medical nonprofit and reporting in his off-hours.
On this World AIDS Day (and, any day), please read this article by @thrasherxy.bsky.social and Afeef Nessouli (and then follow their series).
1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day, @theintercept.com is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
Trump Gutted AIDS Health Care at the Worst Possible Time
By the first World AIDS Day of his second term, Trump gutted LGBTQ+ employment globally and put humanity at greater risk of AIDS.
theintercept.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
On this World AIDS Day (and, any day), please read this article by @thrasherxy.bsky.social and Afeef Nessouli (and then follow their series).
reiterating the caveat that i am extremely stupid but this video from afeef nessouli was, to me, incredibly comprehensive and accessible, holding multiple conflicting truths simultaneously. www.instagram.com/reel/DDFsYDN...
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reiterating the caveat that i am extremely stupid but this video from afeef nessouli was, to me, incredibly comprehensive and accessible, holding multiple conflicting truths simultaneously. www.instagram.com/reel/DDFsYDN...