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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/…
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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