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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: November 2014
Al-Tikriti Lectures on Ottoman Intellectual and Maritime History
On Nov. 14, Associate Professor of Middle East History Nabil Al-Tikriti presented a lecture entitled “Ottoman and Safavid Religious Identities of the 16th Century” to the Philosophy Department at Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas. In the cou… Continue reading
Al-Tikriti Lectures on Ottoman Intellectual and Maritime History
On Nov. 14, Associate Professor of Middle East History Nabil Al-Tikriti presented a lecture entitled “Ottoman and Safavid Religious Identities of the 16th Century” to the Philosophy Department at Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas. In the course of this lecture, Al-Tikriti outlined the effects of the Safavid rise to power on religious identities […] Continue reading
New Discovery
Early copy of the Qur’an discovered By Medievalists.net – November 17, 2014Posted in: News Researchers in Germany have discovered that a manuscript of Qur’an written between 20 and 40 years after the Prophet Muhammad’s death, making it one of the earliest copies of the Islamic holy book known to be in existence. Scholars at the … Continue reading » Continue reading
Mecca under threat: Outrage at plan to destroy the ‘birthplace’ of the Prophet Mohamed and replace it with a new palace and luxury malls
According to the Gulf Institute, up to 95 per cent of the holy city’s millennium-old buildings have been destroyed Andrew Johnson Wednesday 12 November 2014 3K Print A A A The site in Mecca where the Prophet Mohamed is said to have been born is about to be “buried under marble” and replaced by … Continue reading » Continue reading
Mongolia: Archaeologists Unearth Genghiz Khan’s Tomb (?)
Archeology, Archeology, Asia, History, Science 6 November, 2014 Mongolia: Archaeologists Unearth Tomb of Genghis Khan Genghis1 Öndörkhaan| Construction workers employed in road building near the Onon River in the Khentii province of Mongolia, have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of many dozens of human corpses lying upon a large rudimentary stone structure. Forensic … Continue reading » Continue reading
Al-Tikriti Discusses Military-NGO Relations and Recent Middle Eastern Developments
In this past month, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti discussed both military-NGO relations and contemporary Middle East politics at three public forums, each invited appearances.
On Oct. 6, in his capacity as a membe… Continue reading
Al-Tikriti Discusses Military-NGO Relations and Recent Middle Eastern Developments
In this past month, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti discussed both military-NGO relations and contemporary Middle East politics at three public forums, each invited appearances.
On Oct. 6, in his capacity as a member of the MSF/Doctors Without Borders USA Board of Directors, Al-Tikriti addressed U.S. Army staff at Missouri’s Fort Leonard […] Continue reading