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#MESA / #MiddleEastStudies Association's #CAFMENA Committee on #AcademicFreedom for the #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica, which used to usually speak out on such limitations in the region itself, today releases statement on #CanaryMission: mesana.org/advocacy/commi…
#Medium #RussJusklaian report on #WFP #UN use of #blockchain technology for personal #Syria #refugee ID purposes at #Jordan's #Zaatari camp, only briefly touching on implications of #technology as cutting edge experiment 4 #global #surveillance of everyone medium.com/mit-technology…
#DavidIKertzer #TheAtlantic relays story of #EdgardoMortara #PiusIX and #PopeFrancis, a tale of #Catholic-#Jewish tension in the #Vatican, and careful #history source research, doctored memoirs: theatlantic.com/international/…
#USMC veteran #PhilKlay reflects on the relationship of #US #veterans in society, in light of endless war, and the saying: "we're at war while America's at the mall." Perceptive essay: nytimes.com/2018/04/14/opi…
A statistic says so much, saying so little: in first 3.5 months of 2018, #US has accepted 11 #refugees / #AsylumSeekers from #Syria, vs. 790 in same period of 2017. Remember that next time they justify bombing the origin country for those seeking refuge npr.org/sections/paral…
#Douma chemical weapons attack death toll now said to top 150, yet the lead story on the #NBC weekend network #news was about a rogue German driver. Similar silence on 700+ Palestinians injured by Israeli live fire over the past week. We're being played, again. twitter.com/MhdKatoub/stat…
Number of people killed by #chemical weapons today in #Douma exceeded 30 , a barrel loaded with chemicals was dropped over a shelter . Number of contaminated people by chemicals in the 3 attacks of today exceeded 500 pic.twitter.com/S9o7vTbyyz
— Mohamad Katoub (@MhdKatoub) April 7, 2018
#ChristopherNewfield at #Academe #blog critiques #Wisconsin #StevensPoint #UWSP administrative restructuring away from #SASH programs in #humanities & #liberalarts, as constituting second class #citizenship for working class #HigherEd #students: academeblog.org/2018/03/26/new…
Be a New Orleanian, wherever you are. twitter.com/Saints/status/…
Thousands of Saints fans, players, coaches and staff gathered at St. Louis Cathedral for the funeral of owner Tom Benson and then celebrated his life with a second line through the streets of New Orleans ⚜️ pic.twitter.com/eJblPYmIY7
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) March 26, 2018
Stunning 11/17 #Wired article examines #China's "Social #Credit System," to rate each citizen for trustworthiness, stated opinions, actions, and all of the above of their friends. It then explores how it's already somewhat true in the West. Read this: wired.co.uk/article/chines…
Non-white? Ambiguously white? Now that #Bolton's got a seat at the table, get your #passport now, even though that might not save you in the #ICE crises to come: newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
That #POTUS #Trump replaces #NationalSecurityAdvisor #McMaster with #war monger #Bolton is the surest sign yet that war is in fact coming. It's just a matter of time at this point. Don't say you didn't know. bbc.com/news/world-us-…
Certainly reassured that #WhiteHouse confirms that #AustinBombings not a result of #terrorism. At the same time, what is terrorism, if placing bombs here and there isn't? reuters.com/article/us-tex…
#Iraq tales, #Armenian familes forced to flee to #Canada and elsewhere in wake of #US destruction of Iraqi society: huffingtonpost.com/entry/iraq-war…
A long, complicated, & ultimately life well lived. R.I.P. Requiescat in Pace #NOLA #NewOrleans icon #TomBenson. After all is said & done, you did much for our beloved city, via #Saints, #Pelicans, #DixieBeer, #Church, #BrotherMartin, #WVUE. 7th Ward 4ver: nola.com/saints/index.s…
Video look at new #MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders office in #NewYorkCity: youtube.com/watch?v=-07pNs…
#WillardDix @Forbes describe what happens when universities turn from #liberalarts to become trade school training centers. #UW #StevensPoint: forbes.com/sites/willardd…
#JustinStover #AmericanAffairsJournal in "There is no Case for the #Humanities" argues cogently why defending the humanities (and the liberal arts) is a fool's errand, and should be abandoned. Best defense of humanities ever, as a #class creation exercise americanaffairsjournal.org/2017/11/no-cas…
#NashvileScene feature article on #SeanaArrechaga: nashvillescene.com/news/cover-sto…
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