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Prof Janina Ramirez @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social · 2d

I’m back on the Beeb! Tune in tomorrow and come with me on an art historical adventure!

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you!

William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1h

Talking about The Golden Road with Fareed Zakaria on CNN

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Judi @judi.graysky.social · 4h

@willdalrymple.bsky.social - this pays tribute to your grandmother’s report. Here in Suffolk, I remind people of her critical contribution to the development of youth clubs in UK. I did look into a blue plaque for her but she lived for so long, we have to wait another decade to be eligible!

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 3h

How wonderful!

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Dalrymples père & fils hanging on in at Numbers 5 & 7...

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 10h

New from @EmpirePodUK
THE LOST WORLD OF OTTOMAN GAZA
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 17d

The latest Pasts Imperfect has @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social taking on ancient & medieval monsters 🐉. Then, a new book on art from ancient India & the Greco-Roman world, Barnard profs defend free speech, ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & Joy Connolly eulogizes Michael Putnam.

Pasts Imperfect (9.25.25)

This week, historian of science, art, information, and monsters Surekha Davies discusses monster-making in the past and the present.

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Desperta Ferro Ediciones @despertaferroed.bsky.social · 1d

"Frente a la tan conocida «ruta de la seda» conviene reivindicar el legado de esta «vía dorada» de la India que, como Grecia, no conquistó por las armas el mundo, sino que lo hizo por la sofisticación de sus ideas".
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La India, el camino olvidado de Occidente

William Dalrymple, uno de los grandes ensayistas británicos, da un vuelco a la historia al reivindicar la influencia india en Occidente por encima de China y los árabes

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Take your pick:
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View empirepoduk’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like YouTube, Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/2...

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Kobrind Slnzx @waitwtf.bsky.social · 1d

Want yourself some history of Gaza? I gots you covered 👇🏼

William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/2...

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Red Lentil Soup Fan @aussophia.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread, fantastic podcast

William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/2...

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Join the Empire Club: Unlock the full Empire experience – with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to miniseries and live show tickets, exclusive book discounts, a members-only newsletter, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at empirepoduk.com

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

The British victory at Gaza, & the thirty British Mandate, would prove a huge opportunity for the Zionist movement... but usher in a catastrophe for the 90% of Palestinians who were Christian or Muslim, and begin a nightmare who repercussions are still being felt by them today.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

On 9 November 1917, only two days after Allenby's forces entered Gaza, in London the Jewish Chronicle published a new British policy on Palestine. In a brief letter dated 2 February, Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the declaration that would come to bear his name.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Three bloody Battles of Gaza followed, and where poison gas and the first tanks failed to break the Ottoman lines, General Allenby's cavalry and camel corps finally succeeded.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Then the outbreak of the First World War changed everything. As T.E Lawrence 'of Arabia' blew up the Hejaz railway, the British advanced on Gaza from Suez, and found themselves facing the same crack Turkish regiments who had defeated them at Gallipoli. linktr.ee/empirepoduk

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

What did the rise of nationalism at the turn of the twentieth century mean for Gaza? How was Gaza affected by the fledgling Zionists movement as it begin creating agricultural settlements in the Galilee and laid the foundations of Tel Aviv?
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

After the heyday of Ottoman rule in the 16th & 17thC local autonomy became a reality. Economic growth, driven by exports of cotton, wheat & citrus fruits boosted the population. Farmers in Gaza grew barley for the breweries of Europe &their counterparts in the Galilee grew rich on cotton.

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

In 1516, the Ottomans under Selim the Grim defeated the mighty Mamluk Empire in the Middle East, taking control of Gaza. How was Gaza and Palestine ruled from Istanbul? What was the status of Palestinian Arabs under Turkish rule?
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

What does history tell us about the religiously & ethnically diverse population of hundreds of thousands who had aways lived there?

The greatest living writer on the Late Ottoman period, Eugene Rogan, Professor of Middle Eastern History at Oxford, returns to the show to separate fact from fiction.

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

The story of Gaza during the Ottoman period is one of the most controversial eras of its history. The early Zionists maintained that Palestine was an almost empty desert, "a land without a people for a people without a land."

But what was the reality?
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/2...

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Sep 9

William Dalrymple and Sophie Harman ( @profsophieharman.bsky.social ) have been shortlisted for the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize 👇 #BookSky

William Dalrymple and Sophie Harman shortlisted for £25k British Academy Book Prize

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