I’m in the shop all by myself today - so let’s have the best day ever, just to prove to the others that I do do some work.

There’s a new season of Radio ReOrient in town from @reorient.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! In this first episode we discussed the Islamophobia of the war on Iran with our guests. 🌙 Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): newbooksnetwork.com/category/up-... 🎙️

Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli

This is so well done. 👌

Set your watches, everyone: Radio ReOrient is coming back tomorrow iA! Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/category/up-... 🎙️

That’s it. The money is always there.

Walz: The president said it's a bunch of radicals. You're damn right we've been radicalized. Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy.

Ending my day with such deep gratitude to the millions of people who protested in so many cities throughout the world today. Half a million in London alone. Over 3,100 events in the US. Munich, Paris, Lisbon. You reminded us all of how alone we are not. The far right is the minority.

That is equivalent to 2/3rds the population of Saint Paul

Philadelphia stands up

An online archive honoring the Palestinian scholars, teachers, and university researchers martyred in Gaza during the genocide rememberinggazascholars.org

I hope all of my Muslim bothers and sisters are having, or had, or will have an Eid Mubarak!

If I had capital I would found a publishing house. There is no reason why these books should be so expensive. Also, academic presses: advertise!

My talk on translating Palestine at The University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, where Palestine 🇵🇸 solidarity is alive and well. Great questions from an engaged audience! One of the few places in the US where a conversation like this is a possible in an institutional setting youtu.be/Gs1Gk0s51ys

New Blog from ReOrientations why People should avoid the government’s position on Islamophobia criticalmuslimstudies.co.uk/project/soci...

Join the fight @ butchware4gov.com

What are we now? The Constitution is a dead letter. Congressional war powers are erased and Congress acquiesces to the fever dreams of warmongers. Our cities are sporadically occupied. And for what?

Can democratic pluralism align with Islamic jurisprudence? This article examines how Yusuf al-Qaradawi's legalistic approach and Rachid al-Ghannouchi's pluralist vision offer contrasting paths within contemporary Islamist thought.

Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u... #academicsky

So what I'm hearing is that, in the last five days, two Black Members of Congress have been assaulted in apparent support of the regime's deportation diktat (Rep Frost, punched at Sundance & told he'd be deported; Rep Omar at an ICE townhall) & the regime has arrested four Black journalists. Huh.

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk has just been added to @kanopy.com , a free streaming service you can access through your public library in the US. The film tells the story of Palestinian photojournalist and artist Fatma Hassouna, who was killed in a targeted assassination by Israel.

Iranian armed forces on high alert, warns Tehran - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iranian-armed-forces-high-alert-warns-tehran

0 days without being an international embarrassment.

Let’s be clear: all of you war mongers cheerleading for the invasion of Iran (including the liberal both-sides-ers / two-things-can-be-true-ers AND white “feminists” ofc) because the Islamophobia synapses fire in your brains before any other neurones are responsible for the murders that follow.

Israeli strikes kill scores of Palestinians in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-strikes-kill-scores-palestinians-gaza

How the 'Islamist' label is used to delegitimise UK Muslims - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-islamist-label-used-delegitimise-uk-muslims

Don’t tell him about the Mayflower.

Good morning to everyone especially everyone who knows that legitimating ethnonationalist claims to antiquity = genocidal complicity! everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/t...

If we allow the state to strip people of their citizenship, we will end up in a very dark place.

“What would it take for these freaks to voice objection to the actual fact of state terror happening right in front of their faces, rather than raising limp procedural qualms over Trump not having filed the proper paperwork to inflict it with sufficient bipartisanship?”

Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike. Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike. They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.

"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months." Shameful. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Honestly I don’t give a fuck about feelings at this point. We have to think and act.

'Close to death': What 60 days on hunger strike is doing to Palestine Action prisoners - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-linked-activists-60-days-hunger-strike-damage

What I’m learning this week is that the Westoxicated actually really love a revolution as long as it’s not against a colonial occupation 🤷🏼‍♀️

This. At least tell us some lies about WMDs for goodness sake!!

On Brexit Island holding a sign saying you oppose genocide is terrorism, extrajudicial killing and kidnapping means we need to wait for your press conference to know whether you should have done it or not 🤷🏼‍♀️

We can’t believe this season of Radio ReOrient (from @reorient.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) is almost over! Before we go we have one last interview with Rosie Tapsfield on how to imagine a better world for refugees and migrant people. Listen in wherever you get your podcasts!🎙️🌙

Very nice of @pluto-journals.bsky.social to draw attention to my new @reorient.bsky.social article in their newsletter today! 🥰 You can read it here: www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...

Speaking today at the @pscupdates.bsky.social march in Leeds about how it happens that Palestinian children are framed as “terrorists”. (Hint: the answer is the Eurocentrism of history.)🍉 You can read what I wrote last year for @reorient.bsky.social here: criticalmuslimstudies.co.uk/towards-a-hi...

And on the day that the “terrorists” HTS magically stop being “terrorists” in the UK, here’s a piece I wrote for @reorient.bsky.social about how a certain (Westernese) way of telling the story of history makes arbitrary designations seem plausible.🤓 Read: criticalmuslimstudies.co.uk/towards-a-hi...

It’s Friday so it’s time for another new episode of Radio ReOrient from @reorient.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎙️ This one is the second part of our conversation with Professor Sherman Jackson. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: newbooksnetwork.com/132-sherman-... 💚

It’s Friday again so time for a new episode of Radio ReOrient from @reorient.bsky.social and the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ! 🎙️ In this one we talked to Zumretay Arkin of the World Uyghur Congress. 🌙 You can listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): newbooksnetwork.com/category/up-... 💚

In this week’s episode of Radio ReOrient from @reorient.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Hizer and I spoke to Sarah Bracke and Luis Aguilar about the long genealogy of racist conspiracy theories and the entanglement of Islamophobia and antisemitism in Europe’s racial project. 🎙️ 🌙

What is actually happening when a state racially profiles someone for the way they use language (e.g. saying salaam alaykum)? 🤔 To find out, Claudia and I spoke to linguist @kamrank.bsky.social for this new episode of Radio ReOrient from @reorient.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎙️🌙

Do we over-romanticise Bandung? To find out, Radio ReOrient (from @reorient.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ) caught up with Rabab Abdulhadi, Salman Sayyid and @adnanhusain.bsky.social to discuss this moment of decolonial possibility ✊ Find it wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️ 🌙