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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/…
Category Archives: Nabil Al-Tikriti
Nabil Al-Tikriti Presents at MESA Conference
On December 2, Associate Professor of Middle East History Nabil Al-Tikriti presented a paper entitled “Ibn-i Kemal’s Confessionalism and the Construction of an ‘Ottoman Islam’” at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Con… Continue reading
Nabil Al-Tikriti
Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, is currently serving as a short term observer (STO) for the May 8 municipal elections in Durres, Albania. For these elections, he is affiliated with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Euro… Continue reading
Nabil Al-Tikriti
Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, gave a keynote address, “The State of Middle East Studies in the American Academy,” at the 5th Joint International Workshop held in Tokyo, Japan February 12-13. Al-Tikrit also served as a discussant for the graduate student workshop ”Science, Institutions, and Identity in the Muslim Societies” organized jointly by Kyoto University and the Tokyo University of […] Continue reading
Nabil Al-Tikriti
A University of Mary Washington expert on Middle Eastern history who studied in Egypt says yesterday’s violence in Cairo’s main square indicates that President Hosni Mubarak is still trying to cling to power. Continue reading
Nabil Al-Tikriti
Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, made presentations entitled “Shifting Borders and State Prerogatives: Iraqi Provincial Border Changes from the Ottoman Era to Today” at the July WOCMES conference in Barcelona, “Messiah Lovers, Sola Scriptura, and the Early Evolution of both an Ottoman Islam and Protestantism” at the October WHA conference in Istanbul, and “Iraqi […] Continue reading