Dr Khawla Badwan
@khawlabadwan.bsky.social
A scholar of language, culture, education and social justice. A poet: https://sidhe-press.eu/books/keep-telling-of-gaza/
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Pinned
Holding them in faith, in pain, in courage and in pursuit of truth-telling. May these words never be forgotten. May they continue to offer a way to the maddening truth that is Gaza.
#KeepTellingofGaza
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#KeepTellingofGaza
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On languaging burnt lands and broken contracts, between words and worlds:
a wordsmithery of struggle
from the rubble
a wordsmithery of struggle
from the rubble
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
On languaging burnt lands and broken contracts, between words and worlds:
a wordsmithery of struggle
from the rubble
a wordsmithery of struggle
from the rubble
Reposted by Dr Khawla Badwan
A future in which we survived this co-struggle shimmers in this poem by @khawlabadwan.bsky.social
“One day that's not here yet
we will use the past tense
announcing the fall of this evil
We shall teach our children
how humanity survived…”
“One day that's not here yet
we will use the past tense
announcing the fall of this evil
We shall teach our children
how humanity survived…”
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A future in which we survived this co-struggle shimmers in this poem by @khawlabadwan.bsky.social
“One day that's not here yet
we will use the past tense
announcing the fall of this evil
We shall teach our children
how humanity survived…”
“One day that's not here yet
we will use the past tense
announcing the fall of this evil
We shall teach our children
how humanity survived…”
Reposted by Dr Khawla Badwan
So happy to say our book is now published! Working with the amazing editorial team has been a privilege, including @abihackett.bsky.social, @davidbenshannon.bsky.social, Vishnu Kkn, Christina MacRae, Rachel Holmes, @khawlabadwan.bsky.social, Rosie Flewitt and @wardasworld.bsky.social. Thanks all! 🌸
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
So happy to say our book is now published! Working with the amazing editorial team has been a privilege, including @abihackett.bsky.social, @davidbenshannon.bsky.social, Vishnu Kkn, Christina MacRae, Rachel Holmes, @khawlabadwan.bsky.social, Rosie Flewitt and @wardasworld.bsky.social. Thanks all! 🌸
I quit Palestine', a sentence from historical drama, #Palestine36, said by Thomas, a British diplomat who was disturbed by the injustices he witnessed. We can't 'quit Palestine' as injustices, colonial baraberity, and the language of fake peace remain the same
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I quit Palestine', a sentence from historical drama, #Palestine36, said by Thomas, a British diplomat who was disturbed by the injustices he witnessed. We can't 'quit Palestine' as injustices, colonial baraberity, and the language of fake peace remain the same
On language and the colonial custody of words and meanings in a world where linguistic gaslighting is a daily encounter:
Who decides
which meanings to ascribe
Who decides
which meanings to ascribe
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
On language and the colonial custody of words and meanings in a world where linguistic gaslighting is a daily encounter:
Who decides
which meanings to ascribe
Who decides
which meanings to ascribe
On language, activism and compassion:
Learn this creative wordsmithery
that breathes compassion
Learn this creative wordsmithery
that breathes compassion
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
On language, activism and compassion:
Learn this creative wordsmithery
that breathes compassion
Learn this creative wordsmithery
that breathes compassion
On language, Ai, and care:
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
On language, Ai, and care:
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
The interruption of care
The disruption of the machine
and the coldness of the world
#KeepTellingofGaza
#KeepTellingofGaza
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
and the coldness of the world
#KeepTellingofGaza
#KeepTellingofGaza
On language, thinking and feeling: to feel is to engage a different type of reason
feel deeper
and feel more fully
feel deeper
and feel more fully
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
On language, thinking and feeling: to feel is to engage a different type of reason
feel deeper
and feel more fully
feel deeper
and feel more fully
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
On #language as rebellion, preservation, and imagination:
words with wings
wings with words
#KeepTellingofGaza
words with wings
wings with words
#KeepTellingofGaza
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
On #language as rebellion, preservation, and imagination:
words with wings
wings with words
#KeepTellingofGaza
words with wings
wings with words
#KeepTellingofGaza
yet attempted again
#KeepTellingofGaza
#KeepTellingofGaza
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
yet attempted again
#KeepTellingofGaza
#KeepTellingofGaza
From a year ago
We #keeptellingofgaza
We #keeptellingofgaza
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
From a year ago
We #keeptellingofgaza
We #keeptellingofgaza
Reposted by Dr Khawla Badwan
“A different world is possible”
Reposted with alt text.
No stopping, keep telling. Together we can birth a different world.
Reposted with alt text.
No stopping, keep telling. Together we can birth a different world.
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“A different world is possible”
Reposted with alt text.
No stopping, keep telling. Together we can birth a different world.
Reposted with alt text.
No stopping, keep telling. Together we can birth a different world.
A different world is possible
Keep Telling
Keep Telling
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A different world is possible
Keep Telling
Keep Telling
Reminder of this talk tomorrow. Please join me as I discuss edu-caring, Palestine, aphasia and young people.
Register here: tinyurl.com/5bn7jvbk
Register here: tinyurl.com/5bn7jvbk
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reminder of this talk tomorrow. Please join me as I discuss edu-caring, Palestine, aphasia and young people.
Register here: tinyurl.com/5bn7jvbk
Register here: tinyurl.com/5bn7jvbk
For care,
bigger than
braver than
louder than...
bigger than
braver than
louder than...
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
For care,
bigger than
braver than
louder than...
bigger than
braver than
louder than...
Reposted by Dr Khawla Badwan
The genocide is not over.
Language not only describes the world. It transforms us alongside the world
We demand and we demand
We demand and we demand
November 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The genocide is not over.
Language not only describes the world. It transforms us alongside the world
We demand and we demand
We demand and we demand
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Language not only describes the world. It transforms us alongside the world
We demand and we demand
We demand and we demand
Reposted by Dr Khawla Badwan
Holding them in faith, in pain, in courage and in pursuit of truth-telling. May these words never be forgotten. May they continue to offer a way to the maddening truth that is Gaza.
#KeepTellingofGaza
sidhe-press.eu/books/keep-t...
#KeepTellingofGaza
sidhe-press.eu/books/keep-t...
November 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This Sunday
Join us for an evening of poetry reading, solidarity and witness. Join us as we word the world with Gaza in this medicinal ritual of making the articulation of pain possible and pronouncable. Free tickets: tickettailor.com/events/sdhepre…
Join us for an evening of poetry reading, solidarity and witness. Join us as we word the world with Gaza in this medicinal ritual of making the articulation of pain possible and pronouncable. Free tickets: tickettailor.com/events/sdhepre…
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This Sunday
Join us for an evening of poetry reading, solidarity and witness. Join us as we word the world with Gaza in this medicinal ritual of making the articulation of pain possible and pronouncable. Free tickets: tickettailor.com/events/sdhepre…
Join us for an evening of poetry reading, solidarity and witness. Join us as we word the world with Gaza in this medicinal ritual of making the articulation of pain possible and pronouncable. Free tickets: tickettailor.com/events/sdhepre…
From language defeat to language rebellion: #Linguistics for genocidal times
in withness with souls
crushed into non-being
in withness with souls
crushed into non-being
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 AM
From language defeat to language rebellion: #Linguistics for genocidal times
in withness with souls
crushed into non-being
in withness with souls
crushed into non-being
On language structures under genocidal violence
There are no new words
but new combinations
There are no new words
but new combinations
October 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
On language structures under genocidal violence
There are no new words
but new combinations
There are no new words
but new combinations
October 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM