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#MoustafaBayoumi #Guardian points out the greater danger of extremists vilifying #IlhanOmar, especially for things she has NOT said or done: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#AaronHanlon #Chronicle "A purportedly world-leading American higher-education system that nevertheless relies on faculty members with no claim to stable employment, health insurance, retirement benefits, or even their own office is simply unsustainable." chronicle.com/article/The-Un…
#MESA #MiddleEastStudiesAssociation speaks out on behalf of #OmarBarghouti's denied #US #visa, affecting every citizen's right to hear alternative views: mesana.org/advocacy/commi…
The #RavingReporter blog addresses right wing conspiracy theories about the #NotreDameCathedralFire -- which I've also noticed on my own fb feed, mostly from folks I grew up with: theravingreporter.com/notre-dame-fir…
People in front of #NotreDame are singing 'Je vous salue Marie'. Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
Here's one outstanding parable about the ultimate in #American #privilege colliding with the realities of #global #exchange -- and emerging the stronger for it. #RFK #RobertKennedy in #Moscow: themoscowtimes.com/2016/07/07/bob…
#RegisMeyran #Harpers interviews former #MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders President #RonyBrauman on the concept of "#humanitarian #war" as it has played out in the past 20 odd years: harpers.org/archive/2019/0…
#CaitlinFlanagan #Atlantic delve deeply into what the #university #admissions #scandal really means -- and it isn't pretty for #Corruption #USA: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
#AdamHarris #Atlantic tells the story of #TheaHunter, #Columbia #PhD in #History, perpetual #adjunct. This is US #HigherEd, and there but for the grace of dog went I: theatlantic.com/education/arch…
Check out this great visualization of #USA vs. #USSR / #Russia #arms sales from 1950 to 2017, with cool music. Follow any single strand, and know your IR History: visualcapitalist.com/arms-sales-usa…
#JoshuaKucera #LosAngelesReviewofBooks describes the "dark tourism" phenomenon, in this case #Chernobyl: lareviewofbooks.org/article/letter…!
Sirnak! twitter.com/p_zalewski/sta…
One of the biggest stories in Turkey’s election so far is the swing in support for the AKP in Sirnak.
— Piotr Zalewski (@p_zalewski) March 31, 2019
2014 local elections: 29.3%
2015 general elections (June): 8.8%
2015 general elections (Nov): 11.1%
2018 general elections: 17.0%
Today (with over 80% of ballots opened): 62.2%
#AKP once again playing Lucy to Turkey's Charlie Brown. "You only thought you voted us out -- nope! We win again, by 1%!" twitter.com/aylajean/statu…
Istanbul opposition mayoral candidate Imamoglu now says he believes there's "manipulation" in reporting of vote count & calls on poll monitors to stay at posts. His own count of 36.5% of the vote puts him at 52% & AKP's Yildirim 45%. Official count: Yildirim 49.8%, Imamoglu 47.7%
— Ayla Jean Yackley (@aylajean) March 31, 2019
#DarrenByler #ChinaFile explains #China's #Uighurs policy of "Relatives" going in to re-educate, Peace Corps style: chinafile.com/reporting-opin…
#AmirMohamedAziz #MiddleEastReport #MERIP #MERO analyzes protests in #Algeria: merip.org/2019/03/protes…
#Canada denies or delays multiple #visa applications for #ISA2019, sharing in what seems to be a global trend. There went the biggest reason to bring #MESA #MiddleEastStudiesAssociation to Canada: insidehighered.com/news/2019/03/2…
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Save USIP Letters to Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb
Dear Senators Warner and Webb: This letter is in support of continuing to fund the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), the entire budget of which the House of Representatives voted to eliminate in the past month. I understand that the … Continue reading
The Yin and the Yang of Japanese Militarism and Pacifism
Anyone wanting to experience both extremes of Japanese politics as they concern foreign policy and military affairs could hardly learn more than by visiting Hiroshima’s Peace Museum one day and the Yushukan museum on another day. I just did that … Continue reading
Nabil Al-Tikriti
Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, gave a keynote address, “The State of Middle East Studies in the American Academy,” at the 5th Joint International Workshop held in Tokyo, Japan February 12-13. Al-Tikrit also served as a discussant for the graduate student workshop ”Science, Institutions, and Identity in the Muslim Societies” organized jointly by Kyoto University and the Tokyo University of […] Continue reading
Stealth Jihad, Saddam’s Turbe, Bank Heists, and Orientalism Today
Potpourri: 1) This is the level of discourse for many Americans. On this “Amerisrael” posting University of Mary Washington ‘Stealth Jihadist’ Faculty, a completely anonymous person (10-1 he’s male) goes after me and my colleagues at Mary Washington following a … Continue reading
Iraq’s Provincial Border Changes
Here is an excellent interview with maps, covering the more significant of changes made in Iraq’s provincial borders over the 20th century, by an American PRT planning consultant. There are a couple of information typos by the blogger, but otherwise … Continue reading
Feb 6 News Feed (Mostly on Egypt)
Today this came in from Tahrir: “They just had a priest lead a Christian prayer and they’ll have a Muslim one at noon followed by another Christian prayer at one. During the Christian prayer a Sheikh from Al Azhar was … Continue reading
Egypt Revolution Analysis, from Day 12
In order to keep this blog from going silent, I’m going to try reverting back to what I used to do with truthtalkz, and summarize important news analysis every day. It adds a step for me, but it might keep … Continue reading
Nabil Al-Tikriti
A University of Mary Washington expert on Middle Eastern history who studied in Egypt says yesterday’s violence in Cairo’s main square indicates that President Hosni Mubarak is still trying to cling to power. Continue reading