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#UMW #History Department star #JasonSellers summarizes the history of #environmental protection on the #Rappahannock River: americanrivers.org/2018/06/a-lega…
#MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders statement condemns #POTUS #Trump Administration policies which criminalize #AsylumSeekers and harms #children. Don't let the obfuscation confuse -- this is wrong, full stop. doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/new…
@JonathanWhittall @offyourrecord article on "The #Politics of #Health in #Counterterrorism Operations," exploring policy implications of targeted #hospitals in #conflict zones. Relevant for #NotATarget & #MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders: merip.org/mer/mer286/pol…
Proud to have assisted our latest issue of #MiddleEastReport #MERIP, devoted to "Suffering & Limits of Relief." Contributors include @IlanaFeldman @JonathanWhittall @ParastouHassouri @AureliePonthieu, @SASmythe @SophiaHoffman @OmaralJaffal & yours truly: merip.org/mer/mer286
#LRB Blog looks at the #NewYorkTimes capture of ISIS documents from #Iraq, and the issues involved in archival movement: lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/06/1…
Today's #USA is little more than an updated and dystopian version of #ChittyChittyBangBang's Vulgaria, complete with a Child Catcher #ICE, His Excellency the "Teddy Bear" Baron Bomburst as #President, and Truly Scrumptious on the side. However, our film isn't over yet...
#EdvardKhil shows us once again why the #USSR #Russia as our biggest enemy, were enjoying their own thing, back in their own day: youtube.com/watch?v=n6Zxkn…
#ACLU website tells tale of citizen who prevents #CBP and #ICE from a dragnet on a #Greyhound bus: aclu.org/blog/immigrant…
Funny, #Facebook didn't pick it up on the first try... twitter.com/NabilAlTikriti…
@AdamEntous #NewYorker analyzes in depth #POTUS #Trump's #MiddleEast policies on #Israel, #Palestine, and the #Gulf, with the implications to come of this shift in US policy. Much to learn from this expose: https://t.co/ClOmXBw5p2
— Nabil Al-Tikriti (@NabilAlTikriti) June 13, 2018
Here's the 4 minute #video that the #WhiteHouse staff made for the #Trump #KimJongUn #Summit. youtube.com/watch?v=aYsaC2…
#MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders statement on new #US #DHS regulations on #CentralAmerican #AsylumSeekers, as equal to a "death sentence": doctorswithoutborders.org/article/new-as…
#Aquarius #SosMediterranee stuck with 629 rescued guests between #Malta and #Italy #Sicily ports, now closed. Next stop? #MonteCarlo? #Venice? theguardian.com/world/2018/jun…
#Jacobin Magazine #thedig #podcast interviews #NancyMacLean on her book "#Democracy in Chains," in the course of which she addresses the intellectual roots of #Virginia political #libertarianism: blubrry.com/jacobin/345462…
#HossamAbouzahr #LivingArabicProject #AtlanticCouncil describes why #MSA Modern Standard #Arabic is declining - a nasty tale of failed #education, #war, elite disinterest, moribound #publishing industry. Much of this has been true for decades, but not all: atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Al-Tikriti Participates in NGO Debate, Speaks at Stafford Rotary Club
In his capacity as a board member of the United States section of MSF/Doctors Without Borders, Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history and American studies, participated in the annual Field Associative Debate (FAD) for MSF staff serving thro… Continue reading
Al-Tikriti Participates in NGO Debate, Speaks at Stafford Rotary Club
In his capacity as a board member of the United States section of MSF/Doctors Without Borders, Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history and American studies, participated in the annual Field Associative Debate (FAD) for MSF staff serving throughout Afghanistan, in Kabul on March 10 – 11.
This year’s international FAD topic covered the use of new […] Continue reading
MERIP’s Primer on Palestine
This is the latest version of the Middle East Report’s “Primer on Palestine,” a comprehensive guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Primer on Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Contents The Land and the People The British Mandate in Palestine The United Nations Partition Plan The Palestinian Refugees Palestinians Palestinian Citizens of Israel The June 1967 […] Continue reading
Yarmouk Camp Op-Ed, Right of Return
Lessons from Yarmouk Yousef Munayyer Yousef Munayyer is Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund and its educational programme, The Palestine Center. Prior to joining the Palestine Center, he served as a Policy Analyst for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the nation’s largest Arab American membership organisation. Yarmouk is the latest reminder of the international community’ […] Continue reading
Op-Ed on Yarmouk Camp & Right of Return
Lessons from Yarmouk Every decade, another episode of dispossession and loss plays out for Palestinian refugees in troubled host countries. Last updated: 27 Feb 2014 10:01 Yousef Munayyer Yousef Munayyer is Executive Director of The Jerusalem Fund and its educational programme, The Palestine Center. Prior to joining the Palestine Center, he served as a Policy […] Continue reading
Islamic Civilization II » naltikri 2014-03-03 03:43:47
Zoologic Darwinism and the Origins of World War One: A posting form “The Afternoon Map” blog on cartography and history: Thursday, February 27, 2014 Zoologic Darwinism and the Origins of World War One The cover of Mussaver Tarif-i Hayvanat, or Illustrated Guide to Animals. M. Emin, Istanbul: Matbaa-i Osmaniye, 1310 (1892) A great deal of […] Continue reading
“The Act of Killing” Documentary
This article discusses the documentary “The Act of Killing,” which was nominated for an Academy Award at this year’s Oscars. It covers the mass killing of Communists in Indonesia in the 1960s: It’s Our Act of Killing, Too The brilliant Oscar-nominated film The Act of Killing depicts the horrifying mass murder in Indonesia in the 1960s—but […] Continue reading