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#EBSCO as a gateway to schoolhouse #pornography? Apparently, some parents really have far too much time on their hands (as well as schmegma, it would seem): oif.ala.org/oif/?p=16002&f…
#ZaidAlAli #AlJazeera analyzes recent spate of killings of successful females in #Iraq, cases of #femicide. aljazeera.com/indepth/opinio…
When I say I want to “burn Lindsay Graham’s house to the ground,” I am of course referring to a very popular drinking game that everyone knows about. Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
#ChristopherRBrowning #NYRB in "Suffocation of #Democracy" compares #MitchMcConnell to #Hindenburg, in destruction of American Democracy. History may not repeat, but it echoes sometimes: nybooks.com/articles/2018/…
#DavidSirota #Guardian op-ed describes the construction of an #American #oligarchy and #aristocracy, accountable to none: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#AidaTekla #Horus #EgyptAir in flight magazine cut and paste (badly) a fake interview with #DrewBarrymore, which is what happens when an education system fosters rampant plagiarism: huffingtonpost.com/entry/fake-dre…
Your future, today. twitter.com/marceldirsus/s…
This is so wild: "We, the happy youth of a beautiful epoch, support your domestic and foreign policies with all our hearts."pic.twitter.com/bjHWTC5ZZk
— Marcel Dirsus (@marceldirsus) October 2, 2018
#Hey US #teachers! If #DonnaFerguson #Guardian's summary of UK teachers' woes sounds familiar (low pay, bureaucracy, no support), you too can leave your own personal nightmare and work internationally. Come on in, the water's great! theguardian.com/education/2018…
#JudithDonath #Atlantic ponder the possibility that, like in "The Good Shepherd," perhaps #Kavanaugh's strongest signaling with his angry denial was the ability to protect in group secrets, no matter what: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
#MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders public advocacy account by #ManishaKumar concerning #abortion, with broad implications for #SCOTUS stakes at hand this week: medium.com/@MSF_USA/ive-s…
For followers of #EdwardSaid, this is a special and limited opportunity to read scholarship concerning his thoughts and life. twitter.com/PalStudies/sta…
Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of Edward Said's death. Among his many contributions to scholarship on Palestine was his seminal 1984 article in the Journal of Palestine Studies, "Permission to Narrate." Read it here free for a limited time: https://t.co/G3wFlBLwpm pic.twitter.com/vf4urHZ32h
— Palestine Studies (@PalStudies) September 25, 2018
#EU policymakers to #Mediterranean desperation: "if thousands #drown, but nobody witnesses their drowning, did they really drown"? twitter.com/samjtay/status…
If European Governments refuse to conduct their own dedicated search & rescue operations then at the very least they shouldn't obstruct MSF's. Revoking #Aquarius' registration risks condemning hundreds of men, women & children to drowning at seahttps://t.co/3NcYr9pnoh
— Sam Taylor (@samjtay) September 24, 2018
#MadaMasr survey, there to help the best English language independent #media outlet in #Egypt: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
#NYTimes #MichaelTackett investigates #ScottTaylor #Virginia #GOP #Republican #Representative's campaign apparent case of #VoterFraud, featuring a petition drive with fake names. I wonder how many of the fake names were "foreign"?: nytimes.com/2018/09/23/us/…
I'd expect nothing less from #HomeDepo twitter.com/Saints/status/…
The @AtlantaFalcons just did a video tribute for Tom Benson #respect #NOvsATL pic.twitter.com/5egJID1nMy
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) September 23, 2018
1970s #Cyprus violence casualty grows a tree, then discovered. This might merit a shrine: msn.com/en-gb/news/wor…
#AdnanKhan #MacLeans interviews #AhmadMassoud, son of #AhmadShahMassoud (d. 2001), on future of #Afghanistan macleans.ca/politics/world…
#NortheasternUniversity Assistant #Professor @benjaminschm #Atlantic surveys trends in #Humanities majors, and comes to some moderately optimistic conclusions? Basically, students are choosing majors that they THINK will pay off, despite the numbers: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
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