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"Manufactured Controversy About #IlhanOmar & #Israel Lobby." Middle East Research and Information Project #MERIP roundtable, w/ @4noura, @JoelBeinin, @OmarBaddar, @MouinRabbani. #Palestine: merip.org/2019/02/the-ma…
#LyndonLaRouche has left the party. He was way ahead of his time -- if he'd been 30 years younger, he could have been #POTUS. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_La…
#ICE lured #international #students to a trap in Metro #Detroit, via "fully #accredited" #Farmington #University, complete with website & email correspondence claiming accreditation & classes. Listed as legit on #DHS website. Destroyed US Study Abroad rep: freep.com/story/news/201…
Yay team #UMW #MaryWashington, for being named 2018-19 top #Fulbright producing institution, 3rd time in past 5 years. umw.edu/news/2019/02/1…
#ChristopherRBrowning "The Fake Threat of #JudeoBolshevism" reviews #PaulHanebrink's "A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism." To see the current incarnation of the spectre of "Judeo-Bolshevism," read all the way to the end. nybooks.com/articles/2019/…
After #Hungary's #ViktorOrban government took out #CEU, now they're out to get #Hungarian Academy of Sciences, particularly its Institute of #History and other #Humanities research institutes within the #Academy. Sounds like more #STEM fetishism: index.hu/english/2019/0…
The Goobertude is strong in this one. twitter.com/SeanaArrechaga…
It’s dark as hell out but it’s also 64° out so my grill is going. I can’t see what my steaks look like but I love it anyway. #isitsummeryet
— Seana Arrechaga (@SeanaArrechaga) February 6, 2019
#DHS #ICE does its level best to encourage #internationaleducation: "The #DepartmentofHomelandSecurity's list of certified schools where international #students can enroll includes the #University of #Farmington." fredericksburg.com/news/trending/…
#JacobMundy #AliceWilson #MERIP #MERO #MiddleEastReport analyze #WesternSahara developments in "Business as Usual in Western Sahara?" article: merip.org/2019/01/busine…
#MehdiFaraji #MERIP #MiddleEastReportOnline #MERO analyzes current #Qum #protests, in "Protesting Clerical Welfarism in #Iran's Pious City" merip.org/2019/01/protes…
#LasVegas #LVPD #Police just made the #NFL #Nocall pop culture legend, #SuperBowlLIII #Boycottbowl #Saints #WhoDat: brproud.com/home/lvpd-prov…
This Super Bowl is living a lie tampabay.com/sports/2019/01… Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
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