Writer & current @ICWAnews fellow in Amman/Cairo/Beirut. Writing in @thebafflermag, @newlinesmag, @JewishCurrents & more. She/her
Amman, Jordan
Joined September 2016
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I've started a new Substack! I'll be reposting my
@ICWAnews dispatches here, as well as occasionally sharing other content. Follow along: dispatchesaftercollapse.subs…
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Late last month, Mongolia hosted the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. But as @DKruzman, the “solutions” on offer fail to serve the nomadic herders in the nation.
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Half of the world’s rangelands are at risk of desertification—a dangerous prospect for the two billion people who rely on these lands for food and economic security. @DKruzman reports from Mongolia.
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On July 2, I landed in Amman to begin my @ICWAnews fellowship. One week later, the U.S. resumed airstrikes on Iran — and then I began hearing air raid sirens. I wrote a short piece on the mood in Jordan right now: open.substack.com/pub/compas…
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Israel’s nature reserves in the West Bank use the language of conservation to restrict Palestinian life while facilitating settlement expansion. Diana Kruzman reports: jewishcurrents.org/the-ecolo…
In my first piece for The Baffler, I traveled to Ukraine to report on the growing power of agribusiness. More than four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, farmers, activists & academics are raising the alarm about the transformation of farmland:
Ukraine’s rise as a major agricultural exporter was due, in part, to land consolidation by large corporations. @DKruzman reports on how this is accelerating as the government leans into agribusiness as a vehicle for rebuilding the war-torn country.
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NEW: Amid a countrywide mental health crisis and facing a lack of formal care, some in Ukraine are turning to the amanita mushroom, reports @dkruzman for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th…
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"People were turning to amanita out of a lack of other options, in a country where millions face the stress and anxiety of waiting for the next drone strike or to get a phone call informing them a loved one has been killed." @dkruzman reports from Ukraine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th…
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In recent years, more and more veg growers have been allowing cattle to graze their properties in a bid to improve soil health. But what about other livestock, like bison and goats - could their hooves also be beneficial?
@DKruzman takes a look:
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All indications are that a novel method of pulling nitrogen from the air could revolutionize fertilizer production. But farmers worry it's too good to be true.
New from @DKruzman:
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Watch: @erinclarebrown examines how some Ukrainians are increasingly microdosing the “fly-killer” mushroom to cope with the trauma and stress of the ongoing Russian invasion.
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Highly recommend applying to this incredible grant! Happy to answer any questions about the process.
Applications are now open for grants from the Kim Wall Memorial Fund! Honoring the legacy of Kim’s journalism, this fund provides women and non-binary reporters with funding to tell stories of subcultures, broadly defined. Apply by December 7: iwmf.submittable.com/submit/…
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“Far from belonging to the distant past, the Aral Sea is the site of countless choices in our present: what kinds of economies we prioritize, what forms of nature we value and what we want our future to look like.”
@dkruzman reports for @newlinesmag.
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Global coffee production is under threat from disease and climate change. Here in the U.S. we're also likely to see prices spike as tariff fallout continues.
But what if we grew our own, in Florida? New from @DKruzman:
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After January's devastating wildfires in LA, images of "miracle homes" that survived the flames circulated around social media. But what does it actually mean to build a more fire-resilient home? My latest for @insideclimate:
“We’ve built ourselves into this problem”: How can communities struck by wildfire afford to rebuild more resiliently?
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Excited to contribute to @grist's special issue on mining!
What if the minerals we need for clean energy didn’t require us to perform mining? Researchers are finding lithium in wastewater, nickel in plants, and even valuable metals in seawater — a cleaner future may lie in unexpected places. grist.org/energy/the-weirdes…
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Cloud seeding is a decades-old scientific method of forcing clouds to release precipitation at will. But because of chemtrails and other conspiracy theories, legislators have proposed criminalizing the practice.
New from @DKruzman:
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It’s an honor to receive this award in the memory of Kim Wall and to be in the company of incredible journalists like @ARaquelCarvalho! Thank you to the @IWMF for believing in me & my project. I’m excited to share updates from my reporting in Nevada soon ✨
We're thrilled to announce our 2025 Kim Wall Memorial Fund grantees: @DKruzman and @ARaquelCarvalho! Following in Kim's footsteps, Diana and Raquel will pursue stories that bring awareness to injustice in unseen communities. Learn more: iwmf.org/2025/03/iwmfs-kim-w…
New Central Asia environment coverage from me: for @meduzaproject, I wrote about the region's melting glaciers, and the scientists training the next generation of researchers to track them. Thanks as always @EilishHart and @SamBreazeale2 for editing! meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02…
