The author of the novel Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, about Moroccans and potential new lives across the Strait of Gibraltar, is worth listening to

Laila Lalami@lailalalami.com · 21h ago

I tried to bring the focus back where it needs to be: "Whatever the strategic (mis)calculations behind this crisis, what is indisputable is that on any given day, there are thousands of young people in Morocco who are willing to risk everything for a chance to live in Europe." tinyurl.com/mpeyzavu

{New book} The Ethics of Teaching Medieval Worlds: Student Engagement and Decentred Perspectives on History by Karen Louise Jolly www.arc-humanities.org/978180270294...

We are pleased to announce that Benjamin Claude Brower's THE COLONIZATION OF NAMES is the winner of the 2026 Alf Andrew Heggoy Prize from the French Colonial Historical Society. buff.ly/497y1dZ #Colonialism #France #Algeria #ReadUP @frenchcolonial.bsky.social

Congratulations to Shippensburg University Professor Eucabeth Odhiambo on the publication of "When Cultures Collide at Home: How African Parents Can Build Trust, Respect, and Strong Communication With Their Children." renewedrhythmlife.com/family-relat...

This is a freaking brilliant point from Jennifer Murtazashvili, from her review of Miller's book:

Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · 2d ago

Reading my own review rn: "altering the social reality of Afghanistan" was, frankly, not within US power, not necessary for achieving our interests, basically imperial, and not a good reason for young Americans to be killing and dying 7,000 miles away.

Multiple reports in Israel that Israel is bracing for US decision to renew attacks in Iran and expand them to energy sector while in Iran threats to torch infrastructure all around the region if this happens.

Dug up a picture from the Tripoli souks for #caturday.

I have always seen #Ceuta and #Melilla as something more like exclaves lingering from the era before modern nation-states than colonies or occupied territory #Spain #Morocco

The jealous revocation of citizenships in #Kuwait is a another example of nationalist perversion of Gulf cultures

“Lynch persuasively argues that U.S. efforts to shape the Middle East have failed on both policy and humanitarian grounds…[as Trump] drags out a senseless war on Iran with well-documented civilian casualties, this argument will likely resonate with a lot of readers.” newrepublic.com/post/213667/...

The Wildfire Fighter Who Just Might Flip Montana

Welcome to The TNR Blue Book. Today, read about Sam Forstag’s race in Montana, AI deepfakes in Connecticut, and more ...

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This was the warehouse development strategy where I live

Sumita Pahwa@sumitapahwa.bsky.social · last wk.

...telling them that resistance is futile, that they are dumb NIMBYs, and that they should actually just suck it up and deal with higher costs & more pollution, is not going to make you politically popular. Go figure.

“this book clearly explains how American militarists, Middle Eastern autocrats, and Israeli extremists drive the pain and dislocation we have endured for three-quarters of a century. It is a pain that grows only more intense with each passing year.” - Rami Khouri arabcenterdc.org/resource/mar...

Marc Lynch, America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region

For decades, Marc Lynch has been a pioneer among US political scientists working on the Middle East. This book attests not only to his expertise, knowledge, and analytical skills, but also to his appr...

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It is U.S. publication day for my colleague Jonathan Skaff for his book on how Silk Road tombs show cultural contestation and definition, from @princetonupress.bsky.social!

Silk Roads, Steppe Roads

An innovative study of medieval Chinese tombs that provides new insights into the history of Eurasian cultural contact and exchange

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My automatic reply to students who ask me for letters of recommendation: “Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?“ – 2 Corinthians 3:1 (NRSVue)

BREAKING: Wall Street Journal reports that 'Bahrain and Kuwait secretly sent jets to attack sites inside Iran, their first such direct retaliation against Tehran'.

There is a new Cambridge elements out today, _ Magic in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible_ by Ilan Peled. It is free to read for the next two weeks, so get reading. 🪄 www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Magic in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible

Cambridge Core - Biblical Studies - Old Testament, Hebrew Bible - Magic in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible

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The (terrible) deal was announced and signed, now Trump wants to add a condition after the fact that Saudi has been explicitly rejecting for years and, what, hoping they won’t notice? Trying to regain Saudi confidence after Iran war debacle was likely the point of the deal, and this ain’t that.

Abu Aardvark@abuaardvark.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is just objectively hilarious. Why does anyone bother negotiating with the US at all?

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With the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social Summer Sale, you can own a book about early Islamic #Beirut #Lebanon for 40% off with code DGBSUMMER26 through August 11 brill.com/display/titl...

Creating an Islamic City

"Creating an Islamic City" published on 28 Feb 2024 by Brill.

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Out today!

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 2w ago

How goods and people in motion across the ancient world were entangled through consumption. Sea of Treasures by @caeliambulator.bsky.social is now available (15 September UK/EU pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #AncientWorld #AncientHistory #History

يسرني إعلان توقيع عقد ترجمتي لكتاب "مسافرو الرياح الموسمية: تأريخ الخليج من منظور المحيط الهندي" للمؤرخ الكويتي د. فهد بشارة، مع مطبعة الجامعة الأمريكية في الشارقة.

I write in FT: Iran’s leaders suspected the MoU was a temporary retreat by the US, intended to relieve pressure on the global economy and prepare for another round of war. Iran believes to deter US and to compel it to negotiate in earnest Iran has to escalate the conflict. www.ft.com/content/22fd...

Why Iran is returning to war

Its rulers believe that further escalation will force the US to offer the security and economic relief it craves

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Ancient history has gone global. This is surely the most exciting development in the field in the last 30 years! But what "global antiquity" is and how we should study it—and why anyone should care—are all open (and challenging) questions. Some thoughts on all of this for @aeon.co.

*These* are the higher education stories that matter, not some half-assed report farted out by a group of faculty cranks at ivy and ivy-adjacent universities

Texas Conference of the AAUP@texasaaup.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Two courses for the fall of 2026 were canceled outright, while several more had to alter their syllabi to comply. Professors teaching those courses told The Chronicle they weren’t provided with any rationale for why their “exception requests” were partially or fully denied.”

This isn't marginalized immigrants. It ain't just political dissidents. They stripped the citizenship of the *serving* Kuwaiti ambassador to the UK, seemingly in the name of maintaining an arbitrary ethnic purity from around 1920. This shit is going to have implications for many peoples' lives

Iraq is a site of contested sovereignties and a barometer for global crises. I’m excited to have contributed to this forthcoming volume (Edinburgh, 2026) that theorizes from Iraq to understand land, law, politics, and to imagine something better 🧿 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-living-...

Living Iraq

Living Iraq

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Get that #FridayFeeling with a FREE eBook (or ten!) from our open repository. Here are a few. Find them all here... www.gorgiaspress.com/gorgias-open... #openaccess #freebooks

Delighted to see a journal specifically focused on comparative studies of S. Asia & the Middle East, as someone who wrote a comparative dissertation. But I wonder why no scholars from S Asian univs are on the ed board? muse.jhu.edu/issue/57038?...

The incredible Professor John Esposito, Georgetown University, died today. His legacy is immense, and to those of us who knew and worked with him, he will be deeply missed. The world has lost one of the giants of academia. 💔 His life, captured here 2 years ago: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFwd...

The Legacy of John Esposito

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