Our new joint article in Middle East Critique is out (open access), with @thaddaea.bsky.social and Jannis Grimm “‘If Gaza Burns, Berlin Burns’—Transregional Solidarity Between Appeal, Accountability and Belonging” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘If Gaza Burns, Berlin Burns’—Transregional Solidarity Between Appeal, Accountability and Belonging

Despite being embedded in longstanding structures of oppression and occupation, the genocide in Gaza is experienced across the globe as a critical juncture that unsettles prior categorizations of v...

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🚩INTERACTconversation 14 (hybrid), 26 Jan, 19:00 "Iran in Bewegung" mit Naika Foroutan @dezim-institut.de, @teraqerat.bsky.social @zfk-mr.bsky.social, Azadeh Zamirirad @swp-mea.bsky.social, Jannis Grimm @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Mehr infos: www.interact.fu-berlin.de/News/convers...

We presented our study on self-censorship in academia since oct, 7 at the #MECAM roundtable in Tunis. The patterns are very clear and dangerous. How can universities remain places of critical inquiry and global solidarity when the very act of researching and speaking about Palestine becomes a risk?

Hohe Selbstzensur u. wahrgenommene Einschränkungen unter Forschenden mit Nahostbezug - neue Studie @interactfu.bsky.social der #FUBerlin liefert systematische Evidenz für Deutschland u. zeigt: fast 85 % sehen eine gestiegene Gefährdung der Wissenschaftsfreiheit. ➡️ www.fu-berlin.de/presse/infor...

An ihren Reaktionen werdet ihr sie erkennen: „Das war absehbar.“ „Das ist schrecklich. „Das ist schrecklich, denn wie komme ich da jetzt raus, nachdem ich 2 Jahre lang mit allen Mitteln den plausiblen Genozid Israels an Gaza bestritten und aktiv jene delegitimiert habe, die fortlaufend warnten?“

In the Mediterranean Sea, at least 2,452 migrants or refugees died or went missing last year.

At least 50 dead after vessel carrying Sudanese refugees catches fire

In the Mediterranean Sea, at least 2,452 migrants or refugees died or went missing last year.

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seit monaten empören begrifflichkeiten mehr als das sterben von menschen. wie kann ein wort wie genozid mehr widerstand auslösen als das bewusste aushungern von kindern? wer bei sprache laut wird, aber bei kriegsverbrechen schweigt, sollte sich fragen, was mit seiner menschlichkeit passiert ist.

‘“We have purged our hearts of fear,” Jamal says of his near daily walks to the site. “I need to bring food for my children so they don’t die of hunger.“ … Since May, more than 1,000 people have died while seeking food from the centres and other humanitarian convoys, according to the UN.‘

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Eleven minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story

„Beneath the Howl of Hunger“ by Alaa Alqaisi. Read the whole text here: arablit.org/2025/07/22/b...

While preparing for a conference in Vienna on Contested Solidarities, I once again read and reflect on my colleagues incredible important article on language, ethics, the semantic void and explaining and naming violent phenomenons in the context of Gaza. Open access: direct.mit.edu/daed/article...

Last week, the Juvenile Court in Lesvos finally acquitted three of the ‘Moria 6’—six young asylum seekers who were falsely accused and convicted of starting the fire that destroyed the Moria refugee camp in 2020—ending years of unjust imprisonment. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Moria refugee camp fire: Three migrants acquitted

The huge fire at the overcrowded camp left some 13,000 people without shelter on the island of Lesbos and sparked a humanitarian crisis.

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Auch wenn in den heutigen Abstimmungen SPD und Grüne nicht mitgestimmt haben, so hat ihre Politik, haben Wettläufe um inhumane Grenzpolitiken und offen rassistisches Hetzen zwischen den bürgerlichen und rechten Parteien diesen Tag erst möglich gemacht. Eure Brandmauer my Ass.

go read this incredible novel by ibrahim nasrallah.