Diana B. Greenwald
@dbgreenwald.bsky.social
associate professor of political science @ city college of new york | local politics | palestine | states, institutions, nationalism, conflict | maps | music | chocolate | nut butters | canines and other creatures | views mine but will strive to listen
"which were motivated by discovery and personal growth, my current journey is different. Today, every opportunity carries with it the responsibility of speaking for Yemen, of ensuring its struggles and aspirations are not forgotten.'"
A screenshot excerpt of my introductory essay shown below.
A screenshot excerpt of my introductory essay shown below.
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"which were motivated by discovery and personal growth, my current journey is different. Today, every opportunity carries with it the responsibility of speaking for Yemen, of ensuring its struggles and aspirations are not forgotten.'"
A screenshot excerpt of my introductory essay shown below.
A screenshot excerpt of my introductory essay shown below.
On settler violence in the West Bank: These words are striking if only because they come from a high-ranking former general in the Israeli Defense Forces. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
On settler violence in the West Bank: These words are striking if only because they come from a high-ranking former general in the Israeli Defense Forces. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Slowly pulling together the syllabus for my first doctoral course in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social's political science department. Suggested readings welcome!
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Slowly pulling together the syllabus for my first doctoral course in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social's political science department. Suggested readings welcome!
Great to meet Lucia Sorbera yesterday and host a discussion of feminist activism in Egypt with our students! Go get her book, a sweeping, collective biography that spans many years of field research and generations of Egyptian women: www.ucpress.edu/books/biogra...
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Great to meet Lucia Sorbera yesterday and host a discussion of feminist activism in Egypt with our students! Go get her book, a sweeping, collective biography that spans many years of field research and generations of Egyptian women: www.ucpress.edu/books/biogra...
Really looking forward to (virtually) hosting Prof. Jasmin Lillian Diab for this talk next Monday, November 24 at 11:00 AM ET. The webinar is open to the public; please join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/displaceme...
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Really looking forward to (virtually) hosting Prof. Jasmin Lillian Diab for this talk next Monday, November 24 at 11:00 AM ET. The webinar is open to the public; please join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/displaceme...
If you are in NY on Wednesday, I will be moderating this discussion of B'Tselem's research and recent report on the genocide in Gaza. Link to register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you are in NY on Wednesday, I will be moderating this discussion of B'Tselem's research and recent report on the genocide in Gaza. Link to register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This doesn’t sound wrong.
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This doesn’t sound wrong.
This is definitely gonna push him over 40k
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is definitely gonna push him over 40k
Oh wow things got tragicomically stupid while I wasn’t looking. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Oh wow things got tragicomically stupid while I wasn’t looking. www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Also this one. ecpmlangues.unistra.fr/civilization...
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Also this one. ecpmlangues.unistra.fr/civilization...
I’ve been looking at this map for the last 20 minutes. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I’ve been looking at this map for the last 20 minutes. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
This is a hell of a claim. I demand proof.
November 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This is a hell of a claim. I demand proof.
This is what my one-and-a-half year old picked out from Walgreens today, and I find it both intriguing and slightly unsettling. I want to be both close to and far away from this bird.
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This is what my one-and-a-half year old picked out from Walgreens today, and I find it both intriguing and slightly unsettling. I want to be both close to and far away from this bird.
I am delighted to share the fall issue of the APSA MENA section newsletter, co-edited by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social, @samershehata.bsky.social, and me, available for download here: zenodo.org/records/1745...
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I am delighted to share the fall issue of the APSA MENA section newsletter, co-edited by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social, @samershehata.bsky.social, and me, available for download here: zenodo.org/records/1745...
The genocidal violence has not stopped in Gaza. apnews.com/article/isra...
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The genocidal violence has not stopped in Gaza. apnews.com/article/isra...
I have gone down a coin rabbit hole this Tuesday evening. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croeseid
October 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I have gone down a coin rabbit hole this Tuesday evening. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croeseid
Is this the "map"?
September 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Is this the "map"?
Just spent twenty minutes thinking about this but yeah, how's your day going?
September 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just spent twenty minutes thinking about this but yeah, how's your day going?
So perhaps that's where the Lion's Den militant group based in Nablus got its name? Deep cut from 1930s Palestine. Also, this paper looks great.
September 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
So perhaps that's where the Lion's Den militant group based in Nablus got its name? Deep cut from 1930s Palestine. Also, this paper looks great.
Municipal workers in Gaza City collecting waste just two days ago. The municipality has been prevented by Israel from reaching the city's main landfill to the east since the start of the war.
September 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Municipal workers in Gaza City collecting waste just two days ago. The municipality has been prevented by Israel from reaching the city's main landfill to the east since the start of the war.
Al-Nuseirat: Installing a submersible well pump to improve pumping efficiency and water distribution across the locality (Sept 12).
September 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Al-Nuseirat: Installing a submersible well pump to improve pumping efficiency and water distribution across the locality (Sept 12).
Just a very small sampling of the daily work of municipalities in Gaza. In Khan Younis municipality: Municipal workers backfilling in roads to allow better access for first responders (Sept 3). Working to restore water pumping to neighborhoods recently designated as "humanitarian" zones. (Sept 11).
September 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Just a very small sampling of the daily work of municipalities in Gaza. In Khan Younis municipality: Municipal workers backfilling in roads to allow better access for first responders (Sept 3). Working to restore water pumping to neighborhoods recently designated as "humanitarian" zones. (Sept 11).
Statement from Independent Arabia:
August 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Statement from Independent Arabia:
Five journalists, including Maryam Abu Daqqa, a freelance correspondent and photojournalist who submitted invaluable reporting to AP, were killed by Israel in a double airstrike on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Maryam was 33 years old and leaves behind a 13-year-old son.
August 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Five journalists, including Maryam Abu Daqqa, a freelance correspondent and photojournalist who submitted invaluable reporting to AP, were killed by Israel in a double airstrike on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Maryam was 33 years old and leaves behind a 13-year-old son.