@ziadaburish.bsky.social
Sudan w/ Khalid Medani | Connections with Mouin Rabbani #113
YouTube video by Jadaliyya
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
A really important intervention by Stacy D. Fahrenthold into the @historians.org silencing of its membership and cowardice in the face of current political realities.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Historians Must Reclaim AHA (opinion)
Two recent vetoes by the association’s governing council raise the question of who defines what counts as “history.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:29 AM
A really important intervention by Stacy D. Fahrenthold into the @historians.org silencing of its membership and cowardice in the face of current political realities.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Really important development in research and advocacy for #Palestinian human rights and human rights advocacy more generally. Omar Shakir and Milena Ansari have resigned from @hrw.org. See various media stories below.
February 4, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Really important development in research and advocacy for #Palestinian human rights and human rights advocacy more generally. Omar Shakir and Milena Ansari have resigned from @hrw.org. See various media stories below.
Bassam Haddad and Arash Davari interview Behrooz Ghamar on the long arch of history and politics in #Iran since 1979.
A Retrospective on Iran with Behrooz Ghamari (28 January)
The Long War on Iran: A Retrospective with Behrooz Ghamari explores Iranian politics over the past half century through the career publications of a leading scholar in the field. Taking Behrooz Ghamar...
www.jadaliyya.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Bassam Haddad and Arash Davari interview Behrooz Ghamar on the long arch of history and politics in #Iran since 1979.
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi as always is a must-read on #Iran and so much else!
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Scylla and Charybdis — Sidecar
On the protests in Iran.
newleftreview.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi as always is a must-read on #Iran and so much else!
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
We Refuse to be Silenced: The Palestinian Historians Group Responds to the AHA ( @historians.org ) Council Vetoes
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47115
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47115
We Refuse to be Silenced: The Palestinian Historians Group Responds to the AHA Council Vetoes
We, the Palestinian Historians Group, are outraged by the American Historical Association Council’s decision to veto two resolutions that members passed by 78 and 79 percent at the AHA Annual Business...
www.jadaliyya.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM
We Refuse to be Silenced: The Palestinian Historians Group Responds to the AHA ( @historians.org ) Council Vetoes
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47115
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47115
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Israeli drones & military posts dominate the skies over South Lebanon. Every movement is monitored & gunfire punctuates daily routines.
Dana Hourany spoke with residents across South Lebanon who described fear and exhaustion.
🔗https://thepublicsource.org/south-lebanon-drone-occupation
Dana Hourany spoke with residents across South Lebanon who described fear and exhaustion.
🔗https://thepublicsource.org/south-lebanon-drone-occupation
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Israeli drones & military posts dominate the skies over South Lebanon. Every movement is monitored & gunfire punctuates daily routines.
Dana Hourany spoke with residents across South Lebanon who described fear and exhaustion.
🔗https://thepublicsource.org/south-lebanon-drone-occupation
Dana Hourany spoke with residents across South Lebanon who described fear and exhaustion.
🔗https://thepublicsource.org/south-lebanon-drone-occupation
Excellent comparative analysis between conditions, dynamics, and potential trajectories in 1979 and 2025-26 re #Iran from Narges Bajoghli.
time.com/7345623/iran...
time.com/7345623/iran...
Iran Toppled the Shah in 1979. Why This Time Isn’t Quite Like That
"The conditions in Iran today are not comparable to those that precipitated the downfall of the Shah and the triumph of the revolution of 1979," writes Narges Bajoghli
time.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Excellent comparative analysis between conditions, dynamics, and potential trajectories in 1979 and 2025-26 re #Iran from Narges Bajoghli.
time.com/7345623/iran...
time.com/7345623/iran...
Sina Toosi's initial take on #Iran. As noted on X, "What matters most isn’t what trends online, but how far protests spread, who participates & whether cracks appear within the state."
He compares this moment (1/1/26) to protests in Iran 2009–present.
www.dissidentforeignpolicy.com/p/what-to-wa...
He compares this moment (1/1/26) to protests in Iran 2009–present.
www.dissidentforeignpolicy.com/p/what-to-wa...
What to Watch in Iran’s Latest Protests
The latest round of protests in Iran began on Sunday (December 28), sparked by a group of mobile phone and technology merchants in Tehran going on strike.
www.dissidentforeignpolicy.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Sina Toosi's initial take on #Iran. As noted on X, "What matters most isn’t what trends online, but how far protests spread, who participates & whether cracks appear within the state."
He compares this moment (1/1/26) to protests in Iran 2009–present.
www.dissidentforeignpolicy.com/p/what-to-wa...
He compares this moment (1/1/26) to protests in Iran 2009–present.
www.dissidentforeignpolicy.com/p/what-to-wa...
Insightful analysis by economist Djavad Salehi-Isfahani on the economic roots of #Iran protests.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...
The Economic Roots of Iran’s Protests
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani sees a society caught between internal reform it does not trust and external pressure it increasingly fears.
www.project-syndicate.org
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Insightful analysis by economist Djavad Salehi-Isfahani on the economic roots of #Iran protests.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...
Incredible work by Marc identifying and breaking down pro- #RSF and pro- #STC botnet's work re #Sudan, detailing how they are aligned w/ #UAE and anti #KSA, with a focus on whitewashed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) violence in #ElFasher.
🧵1/6 After the El Fasher massacre, I identified a large UAE-aligned influence operation on X promoting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Around 19,000 accounts showed strong indicators of automation - bots marcowenjones.substack.com/p/i-found-19... #Sudan #Dysinfluence
January 1, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Among orgs #Israel banning from #Gaza as of 1/1/2026:
Action Against Hunger
AFSC
CARE
Caritas
Danish Refugee Council
Defense for Children Intl
Intl Rescue Committee
MSF
Mercy Corps
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam
Relief Intl
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Action Against Hunger
AFSC
CARE
Caritas
Danish Refugee Council
Defense for Children Intl
Intl Rescue Committee
MSF
Mercy Corps
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam
Relief Intl
apnews.com/article/gaza...
List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending
Israel says it's suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in Gaza.
apnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Among orgs #Israel banning from #Gaza as of 1/1/2026:
Action Against Hunger
AFSC
CARE
Caritas
Danish Refugee Council
Defense for Children Intl
Intl Rescue Committee
MSF
Mercy Corps
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam
Relief Intl
apnews.com/article/gaza...
Action Against Hunger
AFSC
CARE
Caritas
Danish Refugee Council
Defense for Children Intl
Intl Rescue Committee
MSF
Mercy Corps
Norwegian Refugee Council
Oxfam
Relief Intl
apnews.com/article/gaza...
The World Radicalized by the #Gaza #Genocide
via @alshabaka.bsky.social
al-shabaka.org/commentaries...
via @alshabaka.bsky.social
al-shabaka.org/commentaries...
The World Radicalized by the Gaza Genocide | Al-Shabaka
Tareq Baconi argues in this commentary how the Israeli genocidal campaign in Gaza has radicalized the world.
al-shabaka.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The World Radicalized by the #Gaza #Genocide
via @alshabaka.bsky.social
al-shabaka.org/commentaries...
via @alshabaka.bsky.social
al-shabaka.org/commentaries...
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I spent sixteen months reporting this story. It follows how surveillance tech is rewriting Gaza in real time — and what it’s doing to the people inside it. Reported in partnership with @justvision.org's Palestine Reporting Lab and published in @nymag.com
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I spent sixteen months reporting this story. It follows how surveillance tech is rewriting Gaza in real time — and what it’s doing to the people inside it. Reported in partnership with @justvision.org's Palestine Reporting Lab and published in @nymag.com
Beautiful interview with Tareq Baconi on his memoir,
"Fire in Every Direction"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
"Fire in Every Direction"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
‘What other silences filled my childhood?’: Tareq Baconi on excavating his queer and Palestinian identities
In his memoir, the author recalls the boy he loved while growing up in Jordan – and weaves the tale with his family’s history of dispossession
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Beautiful interview with Tareq Baconi on his memoir,
"Fire in Every Direction"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
"Fire in Every Direction"
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
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A draft law in Lebanon seeks to regulate seed trade, adding to mounting pressures on farmers. In 2022, Christina Cavalcanti & Chris Trinh (@christhaotrinh.bsky.social) documented how farmers practiced seed saving to resist corporate monopolies.
thepublicsource.org/seed-saving-...
thepublicsource.org/seed-saving-...
Seed Saving and Food Sovereignty in Lebanon
By linking seed sovereignty to food sovereignty, a handful of seed saving initiatives in Lebanon are participating in a bottom-up attempt to center the daily practices, struggles, and knowledge of agr...
thepublicsource.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A draft law in Lebanon seeks to regulate seed trade, adding to mounting pressures on farmers. In 2022, Christina Cavalcanti & Chris Trinh (@christhaotrinh.bsky.social) documented how farmers practiced seed saving to resist corporate monopolies.
thepublicsource.org/seed-saving-...
thepublicsource.org/seed-saving-...
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The story of Lebanon’s seven lost villages is one of colonial greed & forced displacement. From Tarbikha to Salha, generations of families were stripped of citizenship, land, & identity.
Dana Hourany documents their history: https://thepublicsource.org/lebanon-lost-stolen-villages
Dana Hourany documents their history: https://thepublicsource.org/lebanon-lost-stolen-villages
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The story of Lebanon’s seven lost villages is one of colonial greed & forced displacement. From Tarbikha to Salha, generations of families were stripped of citizenship, land, & identity.
Dana Hourany documents their history: https://thepublicsource.org/lebanon-lost-stolen-villages
Dana Hourany documents their history: https://thepublicsource.org/lebanon-lost-stolen-villages
A must-read breakdown and analysis, and we are all the wiser for it!
It's finally here! Remember that weird group of Emirati influencers you keep seeing online. Well I've done a VERY deep dive, & the story is even weirder than you can imagine!
"Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing & the Emirati #Dysinfluencer Factory"
open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
"Amjad Taha, Muslim Brotherhood Maxxing & the Emirati #Dysinfluencer Factory"
open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...
December 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A must-read breakdown and analysis, and we are all the wiser for it!
Incredibly important report by Middle East Studies Association (@mesa1966.bsky.social ) and Association of American University Professors (@aaup.org) exposing the weaponization of civil rights law to suppress campus speech concerning #Palestine.
mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
#FreeSpeech #CivilRights
mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
#FreeSpeech #CivilRights
Middle East Studies Association
New report from MESA and AAUP: “Discriminating Against Dissent: The Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine,” which is the first systematic empirical study of governmen...
mesana.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Incredibly important report by Middle East Studies Association (@mesa1966.bsky.social ) and Association of American University Professors (@aaup.org) exposing the weaponization of civil rights law to suppress campus speech concerning #Palestine.
mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
#FreeSpeech #CivilRights
mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
#FreeSpeech #CivilRights
Congratulations the winners & honorable mentions of annual book awards by Middle East Studies Association (@mesa1966.bsky.social). These works are a great window into some important topics & critical insights shaping the field. Looking forward to assigning as many of them as possible! #mesa2025
December 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Congratulations the winners & honorable mentions of annual book awards by Middle East Studies Association (@mesa1966.bsky.social). These works are a great window into some important topics & critical insights shaping the field. Looking forward to assigning as many of them as possible! #mesa2025
Much remains to be assessed and said about politics, economics, and everyday life in #Lebanon as 2025 draws to a close. A few thoughts and links to some really helpful work to unpack the specific issue of the current government's alleged reformist agenda or potential for it.
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Much remains to be assessed and said about politics, economics, and everyday life in #Lebanon as 2025 draws to a close. A few thoughts and links to some really helpful work to unpack the specific issue of the current government's alleged reformist agenda or potential for it.