Mira Al Hussein
@miraalhussein.bsky.social
🔍 Persian Gulf and its Discontents
Khaleeji - خليجية
Khaleeji - خليجية
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
I don’t believe this will amount to anything, but if I know my government, they will regard this as double-dealing by the EU. It won’t go unpunished.
All the while, the Sudanese people bear the lethal brunt of each party’s political calculus.
All the while, the Sudanese people bear the lethal brunt of each party’s political calculus.
EU rethinks UAE trade deal over alleged arms sales to Sudan – DW – 11/26/2025
Members of the European Parliament demand that the EU end talks with the UAE over a trade deal. The UAE is suspected of sending arms to a Sudanese paramilitary accused of war crimes, which the Emirati...
www.dw.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I don’t believe this will amount to anything, but if I know my government, they will regard this as double-dealing by the EU. It won’t go unpunished.
All the while, the Sudanese people bear the lethal brunt of each party’s political calculus.
All the while, the Sudanese people bear the lethal brunt of each party’s political calculus.
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Drone just blew up a UAE-operated oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Drone just blew up a UAE-operated oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan
Beinart just posted an apology on X/Twitter for not heeding the calls of Palestinians/allies to not violate BDS guidelines.
Doubly disappointing. He had ample time to cancel.
The talk took place yesterday. I didn’t think ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This’ would be the very next day.
Doubly disappointing. He had ample time to cancel.
The talk took place yesterday. I didn’t think ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This’ would be the very next day.
I’m disappointed by Peter Beinart’s decision to cross the picket line and give a talk at Tel Aviv University (one that is very much complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza no less). For him to do that lends credence to all that is said about the impossibility of forming meaningful coalitions.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Beinart just posted an apology on X/Twitter for not heeding the calls of Palestinians/allies to not violate BDS guidelines.
Doubly disappointing. He had ample time to cancel.
The talk took place yesterday. I didn’t think ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This’ would be the very next day.
Doubly disappointing. He had ample time to cancel.
The talk took place yesterday. I didn’t think ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This’ would be the very next day.
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We are honoured to announce our upcoming workshop4sudan on December 3 from 12-2 pm
with the amazing
@thaqafatalhind
You can sign up below:
chuffed.org/project/work...
with the amazing
@thaqafatalhind
You can sign up below:
chuffed.org/project/work...
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We are honoured to announce our upcoming workshop4sudan on December 3 from 12-2 pm
with the amazing
@thaqafatalhind
You can sign up below:
chuffed.org/project/work...
with the amazing
@thaqafatalhind
You can sign up below:
chuffed.org/project/work...
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This Thurs 27 Nov at LSE: "Palestine & the Limits of Liberal Freedom"
Speaker: Hanna Al-Taher (TU Dresden)
Register below 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-...
Speaker: Hanna Al-Taher (TU Dresden)
Register below 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-...
Palestine and the Limits of Liberal Freedom
“Freedom Is Always the Freedom of Those in Power: Palestine and the Limits of Liberal Freedom”
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November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This Thurs 27 Nov at LSE: "Palestine & the Limits of Liberal Freedom"
Speaker: Hanna Al-Taher (TU Dresden)
Register below 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-...
Speaker: Hanna Al-Taher (TU Dresden)
Register below 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/palestine-...
I’m disappointed by Peter Beinart’s decision to cross the picket line and give a talk at Tel Aviv University (one that is very much complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza no less). For him to do that lends credence to all that is said about the impossibility of forming meaningful coalitions.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I’m disappointed by Peter Beinart’s decision to cross the picket line and give a talk at Tel Aviv University (one that is very much complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza no less). For him to do that lends credence to all that is said about the impossibility of forming meaningful coalitions.
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As per Okaz, this morning the Saudi Central Bank banned all banks and financial institutions in the country try from discussing topics deemed political or sensitive when participating in conferences and fora inside and outside the Kingdom.
Saudi Arabia can’t even afford MBS’s follies, let alone the investment into the U.S. he promised Donald Trump, @freddydeknatel.bsky.social writes.
MBS’ Vanity Projects Are Bleeding Saudi Arabia Dry
Saudi Arabia can’t even afford Mohammed bin Salman’s follies, let alone the investment into the U.S. he promised Donald Trump.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
As per Okaz, this morning the Saudi Central Bank banned all banks and financial institutions in the country try from discussing topics deemed political or sensitive when participating in conferences and fora inside and outside the Kingdom.
Level-headed and candid.
“It has become common practice to take sides in another country’s civil war, to arm one party against another, to send one’s own troop or hire mercenary forces to participate in such conflicts. This is what happened in Syria. It has also happened in both Yemen and Sudan..”
“It has become common practice to take sides in another country’s civil war, to arm one party against another, to send one’s own troop or hire mercenary forces to participate in such conflicts. This is what happened in Syria. It has also happened in both Yemen and Sudan..”
Foreign Minister's remarks to Muscat Retreat of Oslo Forum - FM.gov.om
Text of a talk delivered by Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, Oman's Foreign Minister to the Muscat Retreat of the Oslo Forum
www.fm.gov.om
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Level-headed and candid.
“It has become common practice to take sides in another country’s civil war, to arm one party against another, to send one’s own troop or hire mercenary forces to participate in such conflicts. This is what happened in Syria. It has also happened in both Yemen and Sudan..”
“It has become common practice to take sides in another country’s civil war, to arm one party against another, to send one’s own troop or hire mercenary forces to participate in such conflicts. This is what happened in Syria. It has also happened in both Yemen and Sudan..”
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#MENA #Events | "Reels of Agency: Women, Faith, and Power on Instagram in Saudi Arabia"
📍@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📅 28 Nov 2025, 3-4.30 pm
Featuring BRISMES Council Member &
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Hanaa Almoaibed
More info: shorturl.at/pOC1W
📍@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📅 28 Nov 2025, 3-4.30 pm
Featuring BRISMES Council Member &
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Hanaa Almoaibed
More info: shorturl.at/pOC1W
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#MENA #Events | "Reels of Agency: Women, Faith, and Power on Instagram in Saudi Arabia"
📍@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📅 28 Nov 2025, 3-4.30 pm
Featuring BRISMES Council Member &
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Hanaa Almoaibed
More info: shorturl.at/pOC1W
📍@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
📅 28 Nov 2025, 3-4.30 pm
Featuring BRISMES Council Member &
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social Research Fellow Dr Hanaa Almoaibed
More info: shorturl.at/pOC1W
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I still believe in what is basically a South Africa solution but the whites in South Africa did not commit 1,000 Sharpevilles a year for multiple years straight. What does truth and reconciliation look like in this circumstance? It would have to be based on actual foundational principle of justice.
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I still believe in what is basically a South Africa solution but the whites in South Africa did not commit 1,000 Sharpevilles a year for multiple years straight. What does truth and reconciliation look like in this circumstance? It would have to be based on actual foundational principle of justice.
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Israel just struck Beirut’s southern suburbs for the first time in months and first time since last year’s war without a warning.
Reports saying it was an airstrike in Haret Hreik. Though such attacks usually are struck by drone
Reports saying it was an airstrike in Haret Hreik. Though such attacks usually are struck by drone
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Israel just struck Beirut’s southern suburbs for the first time in months and first time since last year’s war without a warning.
Reports saying it was an airstrike in Haret Hreik. Though such attacks usually are struck by drone
Reports saying it was an airstrike in Haret Hreik. Though such attacks usually are struck by drone
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BREAKING: Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that Israeli warplanes have carried out several air attacks targeting a rural area near the southern village of Kafr Rumman.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/d5gplk
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/d5gplk
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
BREAKING: Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that Israeli warplanes have carried out several air attacks targeting a rural area near the southern village of Kafr Rumman.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/d5gplk
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/d5gplk
It keeps getting worse.
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It keeps getting worse.
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I interviewed the brilliant historian and editor in chief of the Journal of Palestine studies @srseikaly.bsky.social on learning about Palestine, the intersectionality of the Palestinian cause, and how to combat a system trying to make you stupid.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
It Could Happen Here | iHeart
It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens,...
www.iheart.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I interviewed the brilliant historian and editor in chief of the Journal of Palestine studies @srseikaly.bsky.social on learning about Palestine, the intersectionality of the Palestinian cause, and how to combat a system trying to make you stupid.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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#AcademicFreedom | We have written to the ambassador of #Kuwait in the UK regarding the arrest of Dr Jassim Aljezza. We welcome any steps that support his prompt release, in accordance with Kuwait’s legal commitments to uphold #humanrights and #academicfreedom.
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#AcademicFreedom | We have written to the ambassador of #Kuwait in the UK regarding the arrest of Dr Jassim Aljezza. We welcome any steps that support his prompt release, in accordance with Kuwait’s legal commitments to uphold #humanrights and #academicfreedom.
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
Read more: bit.ly/4oVJL6o
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In another astounding ruling, the Israeli supreme court orders the eviction of Beduin Palestinian Ras Jaraba village to make way for the expansion of the city of Dimona. 500 residents, whose ancestors have lived on the land since Ottoman time, will be expelled to establish a Jewish neighbourhood.
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In another astounding ruling, the Israeli supreme court orders the eviction of Beduin Palestinian Ras Jaraba village to make way for the expansion of the city of Dimona. 500 residents, whose ancestors have lived on the land since Ottoman time, will be expelled to establish a Jewish neighbourhood.
Haaretz reported that the Israeli-Estonian founder of Al-Majd Europe, Tomer Janar Lind, seems to have established a consulting company in Dubai.
The UAE link to all these dodgy enterprises around Gaza is truly horrifying.
The UAE link to all these dodgy enterprises around Gaza is truly horrifying.
South Africa remains on edge since the arrival last week of 153 Palestinians fleeing Israeli genocide in Gaza, as fears grow that Israel could have kick-started its long-anticipated programme of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians under the guise of 'voluntary migration' ⬇️
Exclusive: Gaza man paid $6,000 for ’suspect’ South Africa trip
The refugees were hoping to escape Israel’s genocide, but experts say the arrivals raise concerns about human trafficking.
www.newarab.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Haaretz reported that the Israeli-Estonian founder of Al-Majd Europe, Tomer Janar Lind, seems to have established a consulting company in Dubai.
The UAE link to all these dodgy enterprises around Gaza is truly horrifying.
The UAE link to all these dodgy enterprises around Gaza is truly horrifying.
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This also sounds like a plan Reform and Labour (in part) want to implement. Israel remains the north star of Anglo-Israeli postliberalism.
South Africa remains on edge since the arrival last week of 153 Palestinians fleeing Israeli genocide in Gaza, as fears grow that Israel could have kick-started its long-anticipated programme of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians under the guise of 'voluntary migration' ⬇️
Exclusive: Gaza man paid $6,000 for ’suspect’ South Africa trip
The refugees were hoping to escape Israel’s genocide, but experts say the arrivals raise concerns about human trafficking.
www.newarab.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This also sounds like a plan Reform and Labour (in part) want to implement. Israel remains the north star of Anglo-Israeli postliberalism.
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Deaths and injuries are highest since records began in 2006, and up by 42 percent on the 2020 total, UK charity says.
Explosive weapons caused record child deaths last year: Save the Children
Deaths and injuries are highest since records began in 2006, and up by 42 percent on the 2020 total, UK charity says.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Deaths and injuries are highest since records began in 2006, and up by 42 percent on the 2020 total, UK charity says.
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For 20+ years I've got my info on Israel-Palestine from academic literature and leading independent civil society orgs. And I can tell you, its not the young pro-Palestine activists who've been radicalised into a dark place by virtue of inhabiting an information bubble. Its the political class.
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For 20+ years I've got my info on Israel-Palestine from academic literature and leading independent civil society orgs. And I can tell you, its not the young pro-Palestine activists who've been radicalised into a dark place by virtue of inhabiting an information bubble. Its the political class.
Richard Branson on Sudan: “I refuse to believe that my many wonderful Emirati friends would want to see their nation’s reputation tarnished by their association with a murderous militia if they knew the full extent of the atrocities and crimes against humanity being carried out with their support.”
Sudan needs urgent action now | Virgin
The UN estimates that nearly 12 million Sudanese have been forcibly displaced
www.virgin.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Richard Branson on Sudan: “I refuse to believe that my many wonderful Emirati friends would want to see their nation’s reputation tarnished by their association with a murderous militia if they knew the full extent of the atrocities and crimes against humanity being carried out with their support.”
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When you call out and warn about attacks on academic freedom by the AfD but you are silent on cancellations by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social due to pressure from the CSU and others you have not understood the concept of academic freedom.
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
www.lmu.de
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
When you call out and warn about attacks on academic freedom by the AfD but you are silent on cancellations by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social due to pressure from the CSU and others you have not understood the concept of academic freedom.
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I am devoting much of my energy (especially outside of work hours) to opposing this and investigating the ways to organise and counter the forces imposing this. As with all else, I am not expecting success but the work is the purpose.
I am thinking of starting a thread that points out the current dystopia of living in the Levant
Exhibit 1
www.instagram.com/reel/DRMVAee...
Exhibit 1
www.instagram.com/reel/DRMVAee...
undefined on Instagram: "megaphonenewsكيف تخيّلت قناة الـMTV مشاريع دونالد ترامب وبنيامين نتنياهو لـ #جنوب_لبنان و #غزّة؟- - - - - - - - - - - -How does MTV…"
megaphonenewsكيف تخيّلت قناة الـMTV مشاريع دونالد ترامب وبنيامين نتنياهو لـ #جنوب_لبنان و #غزّة؟- - - - - - - - - - - -How does MTV portray Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans for #SouthLebanon and #Gaza?
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I am devoting much of my energy (especially outside of work hours) to opposing this and investigating the ways to organise and counter the forces imposing this. As with all else, I am not expecting success but the work is the purpose.
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Messy data but I don’t think this data says what this implies - it’s good that enrollments remain mostly steady but these students were mostly already enrolled or admitted before Trump’s hatchet to higher ed. The cliff would be this year’s applications and next fall’s enrollments.
The number of foreign students in the U.S. decreased by less than 1 percent this fall, according to new federal data, despite predictions that their enrollment would plummet this year due to a crackdown by the Trump administration.
Trump’s crackdown on foreign students barely impacts enrollment, data shows
About 1.3 million students in the U.S. had active visas in October, down less than 1 percent from a year ago.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Messy data but I don’t think this data says what this implies - it’s good that enrollments remain mostly steady but these students were mostly already enrolled or admitted before Trump’s hatchet to higher ed. The cliff would be this year’s applications and next fall’s enrollments.