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Congratulations to @fanarhaddad @meriponline for the first of several MERIP articles relevant to today's #Iraq, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of US inflicted democracy. twitter.com/fanarhaddad/st…
My piece for @meriponline on Iraqi protest since 2019. The ubiquity of protest, the fixation on 2019 (with memorialization overshadowing political action) and, crucially, the elites appropriation of protest repertoires has worked to the system's advantage. https://t.co/e1lmHELHOS
— Fanar Haddad فنر الحداد (@fanarhaddad) March 22, 2023
A bunch of John Woods students will gather in Chicago to celebrate his scholarship this Saturday. We start at 8:30am CST. You can join us via Zoom as well👇🏼 uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
This 73-year-old Palestinian farmer proudly holds a 117-year-old sales document proving his family's ownership of land for over a century. Passed down from his grandfather, this treasured piece of history bears an Ottoman seal and a legacy of resilience. 🇵🇸 #Palestine Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
Just incredible. NY Times asks, “Why did the U.S. invade Iraq?” without mentioning the completely false article it published on its front page in the run-up to the war suggesting Iraq had WMDs. And its other brazen pro-war coverage more broadly. nytimes.com/2023/03/18/wor… Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
Maybe it’s a time to dig out the DVD player Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
Here was the kind of sober, evenhanded reporting NYT was publishing post 9/11 Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to two Iraqi journalists, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and @newlinesmag’s @RashaAlAqeedi, about the consequences of the US-led invasion of Iraq, 20 years ago. npr.org/2023/03/19/116… Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
İskenderun'da denizin yükselmesi sonucu su baskını posta.com.tr/gundem/iskende… Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
20 years ago, the US + UK invaded Iraq. Within a few months, the impact could be seen everywhere. Here, a neighbourhood generator, with cables extending haphazardly in every direction to make up for a failing state electric grid, which to this day has not yet fully recovered. Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
I can’t take my boyfriend anywhere. 😂 Hopefully the next time I see the inside of the Capitol, it’s because I’m working there. Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
I’ve been following the work of #Iraqi artists for quite a long time. Their work has an unparalleled elegance and a spirit I am in love with 💜💚 So - every Saturday, I’ll grace your timeline with the art of a favourite 🪄✨ This will be an ongoing thread 😊 1️⃣ Wasmaa Al-Agha Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
I think these points are absolutely worthy of consideration, and several ring true. twitter.com/ChandraUday/st…
I have a billion thoughts after attending a big US conference after nearly five years, but I'll jot down a few here.
— Uday Chandra (@ChandraUday) March 19, 2023
1) Academia here is so elitist, arcane, and irrelevant to wider US society, which obviously prefers to defund it, especially the humanities.
Is this the most French thing ever? twitter.com/NevelingPatric… Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
NYT: still pushing Freedom agitprop for war. Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
Now that's fascinating. twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/…
I’ve spent a good 20 minutes with this chart. Fascinating. pic.twitter.com/oRUtjM9YKp
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) March 16, 2023
Thinking of Abu Ghraib & all the other American & non-American crimes in #Iraq since 2003 for which no one has been held accountable, here's a piece I wrote 2 years ago which remains relevant. Another piece is coming out soon. #Impunity #Iraq20YearsOn newarab.com/opinion/post-w… Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
This is such a great issue, I have taught most essays at some point and several year after year.. twitter.com/meriponline/st… Retweeted by Nabil Al-Tikriti
This makes me wonder if the scoring norms have changed over the past 25 years. twitter.com/Samarsaeed/sta…
2 years ago, I also applied to #Fulbright & received 0/15 pts bc I was a native Arabic speaker wanting to do research in Jordan. I sued to end native speaker penalty with @NCLAlegal. Glad @AlmostPHDVero joined our lawsuit. Stronger together. #fixfulbrighthttps://t.co/v78XVr2woX
— Samar Saeed/سمر سعيد (@Samarsaeed) March 16, 2023
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Turkey’s Back to the Future Agenda
Can Erimtan argues that AKP’s goals for a new Turkey basically amount to replacing the Kemalist Republic with a retro (and futuristic) “Anatolian federation of Muslim ethnicities,” thus reproducing the pre-1923 reality of Anatolian identity politics. A fairly long read, and fairly persuasive. New Turkey’s Agenda 2023: The End of the Republic and the Return
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