And note that he never rejected what some sneeringly refer to as "idpol". Never came close to throwing minorities under the bus. On the contrary. The affordability agenda came hand in hand with him actively standing up for those principles. He could never have mobilised his base like this otherwise.

Happy for nyc 🥹

It was great hosting Professor Ali Ahmida here in Doha. The insights he gave about the notion of ‘hidden genocide’ through Sociolegal explorations of concentration camps in Libya during Italian colonisation were revealing, shocking and informative. Do read his books if you can.

SOAS University becomes the first British University to Issue a Statement on Scholasticide in Gaza www.soas.ac.uk/about/news/s...

On my way home from an exceptional children’s rights lecture and panel hosted by @doughtystreet.bsky.social Brilliant chairing by @aoifenolan.bsky.social and a sobering lecture from Prof Ben Saul - ‘Every war is a war against children: Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism and the Fragility of Child Rights’

It was great hosting Professor Ali Ahmida here in Doha. The insights he gave about the notion of ‘hidden genocide’ through Sociolegal explorations of concentration camps in Libya during Italian colonisation were revealing, shocking and informative. Do read his books if you can.

I realised I don’t really know how to do secular grief

If you are in Doha, please so attend: www.hbku.edu.qa/en/academic-...

I wrote about my five days in Israeli prison for the LRB. Remember with every paragraph that this is the cosseted version of the experience; it is infinitely worse for Palestinians www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

‘Conor would have had so much to say about this’ is something I keep finding myself thinking and saying

Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk

Prof Conor Gearty on the UK Supreme Court’s legal tactics for erasing the Human Rights Act. “The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era”. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Working, especially teaching, when you’re grieving is unbearably difficult. Couldn’t have understood it until this week: how hard it is to battle and suppress a sob whilst teaching adverse possession

“He was a very good friend, a fine scholar and a principled activist. He will be deeply missed.” president.ie/en/media-lib...

One of my favourite photos of Conor during his visit to Doha earlier this year . He was always able to be so informative whilst making everyone laugh. I’m going to miss you so much, mentor and friend. May you rest blessed and in peace.

We will miss you greatly, our brilliant, charismatic friend. www.linkedin.com/posts/virgin...

This was Conor Gearty only a week or so ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on ECHR withdrawal and the Palestine Action ban.

I don’t have any words. I’m just devastated

Had a great time talking to Linda Mulchay of Oxford Centre for Sociolegal Studies about Law, Arab Drama and Translation frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/looking-at-l...

Had a great time talking to Linda Mulchay of Oxford Centre for Sociolegal Studies about Law, Arab Drama and Translation frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/looking-at-l...

Scary day in Doha 🫠

The Metropolitan Police have released updated figures for yesterday's protest by people holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" 857 people were arrested "for showing support for Palestine Action" and 33 for other offences, including 17 for assaults on police officers

Israeli arms manufacturer closes UK facility targeted by Palestine Action

In this piece entitled “The Unbearable Arabness of Being: Anti-Arab Racisms in the Human Rights Sector,” Fatima Ahdash reflects on the orientalism and racism underpinning Western human rights organisations, arguing that a complete overhaul of the sector is urgently necessary. Read (for free) here:

A short reflection on my decade of working in the human rights sector and the daily anti-Arab racisms i had to navigate, kindly published by Feminist Legal Studies link.springer.com/article/10.1...

More solidarity from Irish artists. Incredible people

Naoise Dolan, one of Ireland’s most acclaimed young novelists, will be boarding the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the siege on Gaza.

Imagine if international criminal law was taken seriously by domestic legal systems? Imagine if there was a separate crime: supporting a genocide? Or supporting a war crime?

This government is so disgusting

A few of us have been working to set up a research network of legal scholars innovating in the teaching of race, colonialism & empire. We have received provisional approval as a new Collaborative Research Network (CRN) of the Law and Society Association (LSA)! www.lawandsociety.org/crn-58critic...

A lot of the people doing the heavy lifting in terms of Palestine solidarity are Irish artists. A lot of the lawyers involved in defending Palestinian solidarity are Irish lawyers. Needs further ethnographic study, beyond the obvious reasons re this level of artistic and lawyerly solidarity.

Why the insistence on using counterterrorism legislation to deal with pro- Palestine solidarities? That is the question I explore here, contending that the anti-Palestinian roots of global counterterrorism inform the biases of the domestic counterterrorism system academic.oup.com/lril/advance...

In the current moment, understanding the counter-terrorism framework beyond liberal handwringing and/or a pure fixation on civil liberties is so important and @fatimaahdash.bsky.social makes a big contribution to that mission here.

Why the insistence on using counterterrorism legislation to deal with pro- Palestine solidarities? That is the question I explore here, contending that the anti-Palestinian roots of global counterterrorism inform the biases of the domestic counterterrorism system academic.oup.com/lril/advance...

Really excited that this fab piece by @fatimaahdash.bsky.social and Safaa Jaber is out in S3 of LRIL now. It’s super timely as it offers insight into how counterterrorism legislation has been used to suppress Palestine solidarity historically. academic.oup.com/lril/advance...

Student: how would you like us to refer to you? Me: comrade

‘I talked with ChatGPT’ ‘I asked Ai’ This is how every comment piece is headlined these days, ironically and sincerely, and it’s so so bad I want to cry, scream and sleep for a long long time. What a depressing cultural abyss we’re in right now.

Just sharing this again: please donate and share if you can 🙏

Friends. Sara is a friend in Gaza and she has reached out to me because her dad is really sick and they’ve run out of money for food and medicine l. Please consider donating if you can: gofund.me/53ebc294

Migraine lasting for 3 days continuously has to be some kind of record …ya Allah 🫠

Today, academics, ask yourself: Am I bringing enough of a Flann O'Brien energy to my R&R work?

Friends. Sara is a friend in Gaza and she has reached out to me because her dad is really sick and they’ve run out of money for food and medicine l. Please consider donating if you can: gofund.me/53ebc294

How to just work through burnout? I’m so so burnt out but I have no time to be burnt out- I just have to press ahead. And it’s making me sick everyday

Lit Hub has actually been consistently good on Palestine

“I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world.”

Anything especially from International Law

Aaah 💔💔💔

If I want to introduce students to postcolonial/decolonial approaches to law, what is a good activity they can do? Like maybe a case they can read to identify colonialist/orientalist assumptions? Or any legal text. Any suggestions?

Anything especially from International Law