I am thrilled to announce I’ll be part of this amazing @mybisa.bsky.social Working Group @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social as one of their new convenors alongside @aliceellafinden.bsky.social , @rmkhan.bsky.social and @mcneilwillson.bsky.social ! 🔥

Critical Terrorism Studies Working Group@ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social · last yr.

We started off our annual conference this morning saying a fond farewell and thank you to our wonderful outgoing convenor @amnakaleem.bsky.social and welcoming two new convenors @marinegueguin.bsky.social and @mcneilwillson.bsky.social who will be joining Rabea and Alice @mybisa.bsky.social

In parallel with a mass protest in London on 6 September, campaigners plan to break the ban on expressing support for Palestine Action in Edinburgh. Nobody knows whether Police Scotland will arrest everyone www.heraldscotland.com/news/2542424...

Mass rally to be held in Edinburgh to test ban of proscribed Palestine Action

People from across Scotland are to gather in Edinburgh for a test of the ban on Palestine Action

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Register now for the annual @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social conference! 🎉 'Contemporary Issues in Critical Terrorism Studies' - "The world is on fire!" 🌎 Taking place 9 September on zoom 💻 Find out more here 👉 buff.ly/wRyt0Bt @aliceellafinden.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social

Call for papers: Critical Studies on Terrorism annual virtual conference - Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) | BISA

- Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) Working Group

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So proud to have won this prize alongside my wonderful colleague Kavi Abraham!

BISA - British International Studies Association@mybisa.bsky.social · last yr.

Our Early Career excellence in Teaching International Studies was awarded to @aliceellafinden.bsky.social & Kavi Abraham this year! 🎉 Awarded for their 'application really stood out for its rigour and thoughtfulness.' 🌟 Read more about our winners 👉 buff.ly/OTk1esS @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social

Honoured to have received this award along with my co-conspirators @amnakaleem.bsky.social and @rmkhan.bsky.social !

BISA - British International Studies Association@mybisa.bsky.social · last yr.

Our 2025 Working Group Prize was awarded to @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social 🎉 After they were ''instrumental” in putting forward ISA sponsored panels & made significant contributions to advancing the field of security studies' 🌟 Read more 👉 buff.ly/OTk1esS @aliceellafinden.bsky.social

@colinmurray.bsky.social Anne Alexander and I share some thoughts on the terrifying criminalisation of protest.

opendemocracy.net@opendemocracy.net · last yr.

To fight ban on Palestine Action, we must learn from university protesters

In a week when the divide between direct action protest and terrorism disappeared for the UK Government, Anne Alexander, @aliceellafinden.bsky.social and I share our thoughts on the dangerous chilling effect for Art 10/11 ECHR rights with @opendemocracy.net: www.opendemocracy.net/en/palestine...

Palestine Action ban: We must learn from university protests

Government’s proscription of the group follows months of similarly chilling repression on campuses across the UK

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www.opendemocracy.net/en/palestine... just published with @colinmurray.bsky.social & Anne Alexander @opendemocracy.net

Palestine Action ban: We must learn from university protests

Government’s proscription of the group follows months of similarly chilling repression on campuses across the UK

opendemocracy.net

We join voices around the world calling upon the UK Govt to intervene for the immediate release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah from prison in #Egypt. We are concerned for the health and freedoms of both Alaa and his mother, Prof Laila Soueif at this critical moment.

Excited to be co-hosting a @mybisa.bsky.social /ISA workshop on Critical Encounters with the Colonial Archive with @christinajriggs.bsky.social in October. Please send your abstracts in by 30 May here: www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

Very happy to have this short piece on emergencies and state violence in #Egypt published - thanks for the opportunity

POMEPS@pomeps.bsky.social · last yr.

Don't miss Alice Finden’s new piece on Excess, Ambiguity and Intimacy: the Coloniality of The Emergency in Egypt, published in POMEPS Studies 55 - State and Regime Violence! Read it here: pomeps.org/excess-ambig...

So proud to have my book out with #Interventions! Counterterrorism and Colonialism: Everyday Violence in Britain and Egypt argues that so-called exceptional violence is formed from the everyday production of colonial difference. Thank you to everyone who made this possible!

Durham staff students and members of the public came together yesterday to say no to the normalisation of genocidal violence, and call upon the UK government to do better. #FreePalestine

Solidarity with @newcastleucu.bsky.social members striking to protect jobs and refuse cuts throughout March ✊️

University and College Union (UCU)@ucu.org.uk · 2y ago

Incredible sights on the @newcastleucu.bsky.social picket line this morning. We will fight tooth and nail to protect jobs. The whole union is behind you. Solidarity ✊

No conferencing as usual during genocide! #EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress

So this is happening. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

U.S. Begins Migrant Flights to Guantanamo Bay

The Trump administration has said it would expand operations at the American base in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 immigrants

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Reposting this here away from X blergh: My book, Counterterrorism and Colonialism: Everyday Violence in Britain and Egypt, is coming out on 31 March this year! Thanks to all who have supported me. ❤️ www.routledge.com/Counterterro...

Counterterrorism and Colonialism: Everyday Violence in Britain and Egypt

This book uses feminist and postcolonial approaches to archival research and interviews to interrogate the persistence of colonial logics in contemporary counter terrorism practice, exposing how forms...

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I’ve created a starter pack for those working on terrorism, counterterrorism, etc. let me know if you’d like to be added ! go.bsky.app/XNdPyw

On human shields and the selective application of international law www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/de...

Neve Gordon | On Human Shields

In the early 1990s I worked at Physicians for Human Rights – Israel. Not long after the Oslo Accords were signed we...

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Massive national march to demand a ceasefire in Gaza happening in Washington DC right now.

As of two hours ago, the Death toll in Gaza is 5156 including 2009 children and 15740 injured.

The Palestinian keffiyeh and its symbolism: The firshnet represents its Mediterranean life. The bold multi-laned borders represent the trade routes passing through Palestine. The leaf pattern in between the two border lines represent olive leaves. The hills, the sea, and the routes of travel.

A reading list of 15 articles, made open access by Journal of Palestine Studies. Articles provide historical context and analysis of the 17-year Israeli blockade of Gaza. #Polisky www.tandfonline.com/journals/rpa...