Skip to main content
Alex MacDonald on Muck Rack

Alex MacDonald

Verified
As seen in: Middle East Eye, Medium, Scribd, Substack, Tes, The Globe and Mail, The Hill, The Toronto Star, Expansión, The Denver Post, WND and
Middle East Eye, reporter/commentator. On alexjaymac.bsky.social too, which is a nicer place, but less useful.

Get in touch with Alex

Contact Alex, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Articles

Fears grow for Sahrawi prisoner entering sixth week of hunger strike in Morocco

|
By Alex MacDonald Verified
| Middle East Eye Verified
Rights groups have called for the immediate release of a Sahrawi political prisoner in Morocco as he nears his sixth week of a hunger strike. Naama Asfari started his indefinite hunger strike on 8 June while detained in Kenitra prison, north of the city of Rabat, in an attempt to force Moroccan authorities to comply with UN rulings calling for his release.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Iraqi government orders probe over weapons smuggling to Hezbollah in Lebanon

|
By Alex MacDonald Verified
| Middle East Eye Verified
Iraq's prime minister has announced a probe into cross-border smuggling to Lebanon's Hezbollah. Ali al-Zaidi said he was setting up a "high-level committee" in coordination with the Syrian government to investigate the transport of “advanced weapons” from Iraq through Syria to the Iran-backed group.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Calls for boycott of The Odyssey over filming in occupied Western Sahara

|
By Alex MacDonald Verified
| Middle East Eye Verified
Sahrawi filmmakers criticise Christopher Nolan for complicity in Moroccan exploitation of Sahrawi land English actor Tom Holland, British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan and US actor Matt Damon pose upon arrival at the premiere of their film 'The Odyssey' in Mumbai on July 11 2026 (Sujit Jaiswal/AFP) 15 July 2026 16:20 BST ago Sahrawi campaigners and filmmakers are calling for a boycott of The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan over his decision to shoot the film in Morocco-occupied Western...
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 1,232 licensed articles (1,239 Total)