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#MSF #Doctorswithoutborders #ForcedFromHome #KATU #PDX feature at 2:25 on our exhibit in #Portland this week: cision.criticalmention.com/bits/wordplay/…
This might prove a big deal, for #Turkey #US relations. #USEmbassy in #Ankara closes #visa process, after local staff member arrested. twitter.com/USEmbassyTurke…
Statement from the U.S. Mission to Turkey pic.twitter.com/RjTU3BfSXZ
— US Embassy Turkey (@USEmbassyTurkey) October 8, 2017
#Vice's #AllieContie shows us current relevance of #Marx #Engels, with #Amazon, #pensions, & #labor today: vice.com/en_us/article/…
#EU support 4 #Libya's #SARR blocks #NGO #rescue of #refugees / #migrants off #Mediterranean coast, stretches #law: fluechtlingsforschung.net/keep-out-libya…
NB: #Russia's #AmericanStudies programs, graduates clearly outperforming #USA's #RussianStudies programs. #HigherEd money.cnn.com/2017/09/27/med…
#Adjuncts living the #AmericanDream on #higherEd salary fumes, with #Homelessness & #SexWork. #EatTheRich: theguardian.com/us-news/2017/s…
#Trump policy extends #socialmedia surveillance 2 all #immigrants including naturlzd #citizens, now 2 citzen classes thehill.com/policy/nationa…
#POTUS #Trump offers support for #Nambia's nationalist movement, certain that #Africa sure is one big country: talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump…
#Nation's #RobertBorosage does solid job critiquing #HRC #HillaryClinton's #WhatHappened, from #NewSocialism view: thenation.com/article/hillar…
Take control of absentee landlords, cross border capital. #YianisGroup kills #London as AKP did #Istanbul #Beyoglu theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
But did #BrianUrschel tell his #MIT #Mathematics #PhD advisor that he was paying for Graduate School with his hobby? sportingnews.com/nfl/news/john-…
#WellsFargo! Thanx for holding my online payment two days, which no other bank does. Cost me $40 in late fees. How much profit did u make?
#DHS #ICE literally runs concentration camps, targeting Iraqi Chaldean, Kurdish, Muslim detainees. #ACLU statement: aclu.org/blog/immigrant…
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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