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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: 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