A new issue of JGS has just been released! Have a look at our site for the newest interdisciplinary research on #global #slavery, alongside book reviews of recent titles! A big thank you to all contributors! brill.com/view/journal...
johnny kwār
@collegedropout.bsky.social
A dilettante in every sense of the word, borderline erudite.
Palestinian proverb: "There are two things no one cares about: the death of the poor and the scandal of the rich." شغلتين ما حد بيدري فيهم: موت الفقير وفضيحة الغني shaghlatēn mā ḥad bidrī fīhum: mōt al-faʾīr wa-faḍīḥat al-ghanī
God Willing there is another opportunity to watch Pulse (2001) in theaters.
Med Hondo @ MoMI! Travesty, I won’t be there to bear witness.
The Film Stage@thefilmstage.com · 5mo agoOzu, Ruiz, Lynch, Argento, Renoir, and more to see in NYC this weekend.
First time flying somewhere and I gotta wear a coat…
The Gulf countries are getting punched in the face by Iran and waiting for the United States to defend them on their behalf.
gonna use this blizzard 🌨️ as an opportunity to catch up on some sudanese and korean short films
I assume there's many a hint I haven't taken but since I didn't take it I'll never know.
never get tired of monographs published from a university press where the cover is just old artwork with some slight stylization. inject it straight into my veins every time.
🎶🍷🔥 You blame me for listening to music and drinking wine to start my day— I make my own choices, so let me go my own way. What does it matter to you if I do what I desire? Go enjoy your paradise; I'll content myself in the fire. —Ibn Wakīʿ al-Tinnīsī (Egypt, d. 1003)
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يالائمي في سماعِ --- وفي اصطباحِ عقارِ
هذا اختياري لنفسي --- فخلّني واختياري
يا قوم ماذا عليكم --- إذا خلعتُ عذاري
فوزوا بجنةِ عدنٍ --- فقد قنعتُ بناري](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oroezzrbilxzmt3bz7mu2ctc/bafkreifkwoth4pz4jeeaet3ks6c2cbocztwr7hocf3n35tekqkzr4bfjfq)
Desperately need biographies to be done on Pétion and Boyer.
Over 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on health centers in Sudan this year, WHO reports
Over 1,600 people have been killed in attacks on health centers in Sudan this year, WHO reports
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said the agency has documented 65 attacks on health facilities since January. The attacks also left 276 people wounded.
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all these apps counting me out by doing their end of the year wrap ups in the second week of december…
Looking forwarding to reading this..
Journal of Global Slavery@journalslavery.bsky.social · 8mo agoHeartfelt congratulations to Beeta #Baghoolizadeh whose book *The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran* @dukepress.bsky.social has won the 2024 Paul E. #Lovejoy #Prize! Read the interview with Beeta Baghoolizadeh: brill.com/view/journal...
Abysmal. Completely detrimental to the theater experience.
The Film Stage@thefilmstage.com · 8mo agoTed Sarandos has confirmed he will look at shortening theatrical windows for WB films, saying, “Over time, the windows will evolve to be much more consumer friendly, to be able to meet the audience where they are quicker."
music.apple.com/us/album/obs... jealousy lurking underneath it’s a warning sign that you never see!
Obsolete by Tame Impala on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 4:23
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the lyric “I be having my way but I want it some more” just encapsulates my disposition in life right now.
which haitian historian will give us a biography on alexandre petion next?
16th-century painting showing an African knight of the order of Saint James of the Sword. Chafariz d’el Rey (The King’s Fountain) painting in the Alfama District, ca. 1560-1580, Lisbon. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/investigat...
what did norma jean wright say? sometimes it seems like i'm never sleeping, ooh the hours im keepin