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Alexander Jabbari

@ajab.bsky.social

Professor of sundry Persianate things. I write about language, literature, history, philology, politics.

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Negin Owliaei@neginowl.bsky.social · 4d ago

The US dropped a 2,000 pound bomb on a family’s house in Iran, killing a husband, wife, and their two-year-old child. The two other children were pulled out of the rubble alive. One of the largest bombs in the US arsenal dropped on a home for absolutely no reason.

Evidence Indicates U.S. Dropped Bomb on Residential Area in Iran, Killing 3 Civilians (Gift Article)

The weapon, one of the largest in the U.S.’s arsenal, struck a house in a heavily populated area, according to a Times analysis.

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Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social · last wk.

Re Erik Davis, Professor Mcalester College Buddhist Studies "The indictment....does allege...Davis helped facilitate an “emergency meeting” for residents interested in “resistance to ICE” that featured discussions of protest tactics" www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives

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Alexander Jabbari@ajab.bsky.social · 3w ago

CDU's plan to defeat the far right: raise the retirement age, loosen labor laws, "goad Germans into working more". In Germany as in the US the center is working as hard as it can to lose.

These include efforts to shore up public pensions by raising the national retirement age, and a modest tax cut for middle-income families, offset by marginally higher taxes on high earners. The package also cuts regulations, loosens some labor laws and generally tries to goad Germans into working more.
Alexander Jabbari@ajab.bsky.social · 4w ago

This Algerian Arabic word is cognate with the everyday Spanish word chancla "slipper"—fun to find an Arabic word from Spanish rather than the reverse—and one source claims the Spanish word is ultimately from Parthian(!!)

Alarife@alarife.bsky.social · 4w ago

Algerian word: يَتْشَنقْ /jatʃanəg/ In the west of the country, it means “to complain, to wine," and the east (Constantine) it is "to procrastinate; to drag one's feet.” Apparently, it is from Andalusi Arabic.

Stacy Fahrenthold@sfahrenthold.bsky.social · last mo.

2 years ago, Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard was arrested at @ucirvine.bsky.social as UCI chose to repress its Palestine encampment & fail its constitutional obligations. Her disciplinary case now rests w/the Chancellor. Let's ensure he knows what's right, sign/share! sites.google.com/view/withdra...

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On May 15, 2024, several hundred heavily armed police were called in to break up a peaceful encampment at UC Irvine in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Among those arrested that day was UC Irvine G...

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Alexander Jabbari@ajab.bsky.social · last mo.

Learned that Syrians call a drinking straw شلمونة shalimone which (1) is just a great word and (2) has a wonderful etymology resulting from a universally relatable phenomenon (mishearing French)

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