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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…
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Nabil Al-Tikriti Discusses Recent Iraqi Developments, Military-NGO Relations
Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti appeared on Los Angeles based KPFK’s “Radio Uprising” program on Wednesday, April 15, to discuss the latest developments in Iraq and the region. Al-Tikriti has now appeared on this program, hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar, at least three times in the past two years.
The segment lasted just […] Continue reading
Al-Tikriti Publishes Article on 16th Century Captives
The Turkish History Foundation [TTK: Türk Tarih Kurumu], recently published the conference proceedings from the “International Piri Reis and Turkish Maritime History Symposium” [“Uluslararası Piri Reis ve Türk Denizcilik Tarihi Sempozyumu”], which Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti participated in at Istanbul in September, 2013. The title of this peer-reviewed volume is Findings in […] Continue reading
Al-Tikriti Writes Book Chapter
Nabil Al-Tikriti, associate professor of history, recently published a chapter in an edited volume entitled “Hall Ishkal al-Afkar: An Ottoman Royal’s Shari’a Argument For Imperial Control Over Sea Ghazi Plunder.”
This segment of an edited volume originated as a chapter in Al-Tikriti’s dissertation, and was then expanded and refined for a presentation for the “La Frontiere […] Continue reading
Nabil Al-Tikriti Presents Paper on Ottoman Cultural History
On Nov. 23, 2014, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History Nabil Al-Tikriti presented a paper at the 2014 Middle East Studies Association Conference in Washington, D.C. The paper, entitled “Greatness Denied: Firdevsi-yi Rumi on the Cusp of Ottoman Sunnism,” was part of an Ottoman History panel, entitled “The Sunnification of the Ottoman Ideology and Polity, […] 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
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
Nabil Al-Tikriti Discusses Iraq on KPFA and KPFK Pacifica Radio Stations
On Friday, June 13, 2014, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti appeared on Los Angeles based KPFK’s “Radio Uprising” program to discuss the latest developments in Iraq. Hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar, Al-Tikriti was also joined by Matt Howard of the NGO “Iraq Veterans Against the War.”
The segment lasted just over 18 minutes, […] Continue reading
Nabil Al-Tikriti Monitors Ukrainian National Elections
On May 19 to 29, 2014, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti served as an election monitor for the Ukrainian national elections. One of around 90 Americans joining the 900 strong OSCE (Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe) delegation, Al-Tikriti spent the first two days in Kiev before joining the rest […] Continue reading
Nabil Al-Tikriti Discusses MSF at UVA and Quantico Forums
In his capacity as a member of the Board of Directors for Doctors Without Borders/MSF USA, Nabil Al-Tikriti discussed MSF at two recent forums. In the first, he addressed the University of Virginia International Relations Organization and Middle Eastern Leadership Council on 16 April, at Jefferson Hall off the main quads. In this presentation, […] 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