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basit kareem iqbal

@biqbal.bsky.social

anthropologist, editor at mcmaster university. author of THE DREAD HEIGHTS: TRIBULATION AND REFUGE AFTER THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION (https://fordhampress.com/the-dread-heights-hb-9781531510312.html). bookmarking in the wasteland

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Sparrows for Palestine@sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 5d ago

🐦🚨NEW: UofT Economics is offering a course on "Israeli Economy" taught by a Ben Gurion University in the Neguev visiting professor this fall. The course seeks to ask: "How can one small country teach us about the world's biggest economic questions? 🧵1/

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Flint Dibble@flintdibble.bsky.social · 5d ago

Everyone's comparing Nolan's Odyssey to Homer, but I think there's much more richness The ancient Greeks adapted the Odyssey into ART While these images might appear static to us, I want to walk through how an ancient Greek saw art: AS DYNAMIC STORYTELLING like our films 1/13

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London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last wk.

‘Nolan has read at least the first line of my translation of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺 into iambic pentameter. In one interview, he cited my version of it: “Tell me about a complicated man.” But I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.’ New, by Emily Wilson www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2w ago

Nolan turns a character famously described as polytropos—or “of twists and turns”—into a basically good guy who feels bad. He’s closer to someone you might meet in group therapy, than to the conniving storyteller, arrogant bully, and cheating husband of the ancient epic. trib.al/HXgPqCG

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The Walrus@thewalrus.ca · 3w ago

Mark Carney’s government has moved quickly on pipelines, defence, and immigration—and Canadians have largely approved. Writer and Carleton University professor David Coletto argues that, in an age of uncertainty, voters are rewarding competence. https://ow.ly/imEF50ZoCaa

On the left: a photo of Prime Minister Mark Carney wearing a blue suit and looking through large, light grey binoculars. On the right: text that reads “Mark Carney is governing like it’s wartime. The Liberals are centralizing power and moving fast. Why isn’t anyone objecting?”
Geoffrey Hughes@geofffhughes.bsky.social · 3w ago

In honor of the World Bank's recent designation of Jordan as an "upper middle income economy", I wrote about Jordanian hospitality, the breakdown of traditional forms of patronage, the rise of street begging and Polanyi's "double movement." Let me know what you think!

Begging for Change under Gleaming Towers

The view from Amman’s gleaming Abdali Mall In honor of Jordan’s new status in World Bank metrics as an “upper-middle income economy”, I’d like to think about two changes I’ve witnessed …

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Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · 3w ago

“The distance between us could not be bridged—only recognized.” Elizabeth H. Winthrop remembers trying (and failing) to capture the lives of children in a Syrian detention camp.

On Trying—and Failing—to Write the Lives of Children in a Syrian Detention Camp

The boy is about five or six years old. He sits with his back against a giant red water tank, one hand on the spigot, the other on the post of the rusted metal platform that holds the tank up off t…

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