Pleased to have contributed to the APSA MENA Newsletter Thanks to the editors @dbgreenwald.bsky.social @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social @samershehata.bsky.social for putting together such an amazing collection! My piece: zenodo.org/records/1533... The Issue: zenodo.org/records/1538...

Job alert! Fully-funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, with myself, @karimeltaki.bsky.social and @bherborth.bsky.social on post-imperial geopolitical imaginations in/of the Arab world. Please help spread the word among interested candidates! Full details here: karimeltaki.com/phd-position...

It was great to talk to @adamjamesquinn.bsky.social in the Political Worldview podcast. In the episode, we discussed the ongoing Gaza war and its impact across the region

Great new episode of my @politicalworldview.bsky.social podcast out now! 🎙️ This time I’m talking with the awesome @maydarwich.bsky.social about the war in Gaza and the fallout in the wider Middle East.

Trump's proposal of forcibly displacing Palestinians of Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula puts Egypt on edge. I offer my reflections on what's at stake for Egypt in The Conversation theconversation.com/egypt-on-edg...

Happy to share my recently published article in Cities. Port infrastructures and the making of historical time in the Horn of Africa: Narratives of urban modernity in Djibouti and Somaliland Co-authored with Jutta Bakonyi doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...

Pleased to share our article co-authored with Prof. Jutta Bakonyi published in International Studies Review on Infrastructures and International Relations: A Critical Reflection on Materials and Mobilities academic.oup.com/isr/article/...

An essential read/watch: Inside Sudan’s Forgotten War: 150,000 killed, 11 million displaced t.co/d9ZYudZ26q #KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan

Year in a word: War in the Middle East https://www.ft.com/content/40d3ecd8-1335-486e-8e08-93aed10d172c

"This is a disturbing new development. I’ve been teaching at NYU for more than 30 years. I was at Princeton for eight years before. I’ve been around the block and have never seen anything remotely like this crackdown over the last year. It’s completely unprecedented and it’s solely about Palestine"

My friend and former colleague from Gaza Prof Nazmi Al-Masri has asked me to share this funding raising link for the Islamic University of Gaza, who are continuing to teach students despite the ongoing genocide. Please share widely #GazaGenocide iugaza.ensany.com/campaign/7102

Water war heats up: Israel seizes Syria’s Al-Wahda dam in strategic military push IDF expands operations in southern Syria, taking control of critical water sources near the Yarmouk River. www.jfeed.com/news-israel/...

Middle East Policy covers an article by @maydarwich.bsky.social, Morten Valbjørn, and André Bank that explores the war in Gaza as "a critical juncture whose ramifications for both regional and domestic politics...will reverberate for years to come." Read for free! mepc.org/commentaries...

Since the fall of the al-Assad regime, Israel has attacked Syria to deepen the occupation of the Golan Heights. So what is Israel trying to do there? 🔗: aje.io/hctk4o

Israel has just killed Khalid Nabhan (“soul of my soul”), one year after they killed his granddaughter Reem

Muawiyah Syasneh was 16 when his anti-Assad graffiti on a school wall led to his arrest, sparking protests that ended in civil war Now, in the very same spot, he tells Bell True about the years-long war – and his role in bringing it to an end www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

The movement, which extended into and beyond a previously demilitarised buffer zone, was condemned 'in the strongest possible terms' by Egypt, which said it amounted to the 'occupation of Syrian land' and a 'severe breach' of a 1974 armistice deal. ft.com/content/5690c07a-9841-4339-b6ca-b3e98b241f1c

We’ve only just begun to uncover and discover how truly depraved, brutal, dark and barbaric the Assad regime was. Stories & evidence of brutality that go beyond the worst nightmares, not known even through testimonies of the living. This is going to be a long, deeply painful and disturbing process.

Syrian rebel forces in just over a week have seized much of the country’s northwest from the government in a fast-moving attack, upending the once-stagnant civil war. They drove government troops from the western city of Hama, which had never before fallen into rebel hands. nyti.ms/3ZD3QUS

As the Rapid Support Forces step up attacks to capture North Darfur, inhabitants, researchers and relief workers warn that the group could carry out mass atrocities if the state falls. My latest on #Sudan with Sudanese journalist Zakaria Mohamed. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

"Biden’s legacy in Africa will be inextricably linked to “the failure to leverage U.S. relationships with the UAE who are violating a U.N. arms embargo and arming the RSF in Sudan who have committed unspeakable atrocity crimes over 18 months.”" #KeepEyesOnSudan www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Israeli forces severely beat an elderly Palestinian man on his land in Aqraba, occupied West Bank, according to Mayor Salah Jaber. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/01rafa

From @mosababutoha.bsky.social on X: "Beit Lahia is forced to leave today, is ethnically cleansed, last city in north Gaza. Keep in mind that these people tried to remain and hoped the world would stop the horror. But no more."

Check out Middle East Policy's Fall 2024 issue, featuring analyses on the Gaza war, protest and populism in Turkey, Iran's "Axis of Resistance" network, and more from regional experts like @maydarwich.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754967...

Our book on Syria (2022) 👇 for those interested in the background of recent events. Most importantly it contains multiple chapters by Syrian scholars & chapters on the oft-neglected human impact of the conflict. TOC: www.routledge.com/Actors-and-D...

However tonight ends, we have entered a new phase of the Syria War - a war that never ended, was never resolved. The only thing we are sure of is that civilians will continue to endlessly suffer without a meaningful political process that gives agency to the Syrian people to map their own future.

Heart shattering to learn an Israeli drone has targeted and assassinated Mahmoud Almadhoun, one of the founders and chefs behind the Gaza Soup Kitchen. What started as four pots and essential ingredients in Bait Lahia had grown into a remarkable effort to feed 3,000 people daily.

As news breaks that Israel's cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal in Lebanon, we're re-upping a series of critical readings on the political context of Israel's war on Lebanon, the psychological warfare targeting civilians, the war's impact on the economy, and US policy in Lebanon.

NEW: Egypt has chosen refugees as its scapegoat to cover up governmental failings, leading to a dangerous and widespread disinformation campaign against them, as former fellow @mostafaalasar.bsky.social writes in his piece published in collaboration with Arabi Facts Hub. timep.org/2024/11/27/h...

Can the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah lead to a virtuous cycle of peace-making - a ceasefire in Gaza, normalisation of Israel-Saudi relations, and even a nuclear deal between the US and Iran? All assessed in my latest post. samf.substack.com/p/can-trump-...

"Our apparent value comes from being conceptually intelligible to others. We are understood – and culturally seen – if we invest our identity into massaging the liberal ego." - Mariya bint Rehan Read 🔗 www.newarab.com/opinion/brea...

People are returning in the thousands to their villages in Lebanon. Land is not just property: It envelopes memory, community and identity. In this unstable region, the concept of home transcends space and time. It is existential. Personal. Political.

Moments after Biden announces a ceasefire, three Israeli air strikes could be heard across Beirut. That contradiction perfectly epitomizes the disconnect between Washington's rhetoric, Israel's behavior and the frightening reality for civilians on the ground.

'The readiness to repudiate identity politics & group them under “bad woke” is less about policy and more about the fact that social justice never really found a home amongst liberals, who were happy to capture its energy but not its demands.' The week's column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sudanese asylum seekers and refugees in Lebanon are trapped between two wars. Their ordeal points to a clear gap in international protection, whereby asylum seekers are left to fend for themselves once their country of asylum degenerates into conflict. My latest www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

This is an exceedingly depressing if unsurprising development. Free speech for me but not for thee... www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/u...

The Gaza war marks the end of the long decade after the Arab uprisings. Its regional repercussions bear similarities to pre-2011 dynamics. Is it a mere 'Forward to the Past'? @mortenvalbjorn.bsky.social Andre Bank and I discuss this in Middle East Policy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Israel strikes central Beirut in predawn attack, killing 15 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-strikes-central-beirut-predawn-attack-killing

🚨Latest episode of the Political Worldview podcast from University of Birmingham is out now! This time I talk to @KamraLipika about politics in #India. 🇮🇳 The rise of Hindu nationalism via Narendra #Modi and the #BJP, and the general health of Indian democracy. 🎙️ 👇Audio links in the thread below👇

Any reference to the current Prime Minister of Israel must now follow the format "fugitive from justice Benjamin Netanyahu" sorry that's the AP style

An article by @maydarwich.bsky.social, Morten Valbjorn, and André Bank explores the effects of the war in Gaza, "a critical juncture whose ramifications for both regional and domestic politics...will reverberate for years to come." Read for free! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Tormented and defenceless: The Palestinian victims of Israel’s north Gaza onslaught  - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tormented-and-defenceless-palestinian-victims-israels-north-gaza-onslaught

Edward Said wrote about the racist function of the label "terrorist" back in 1986 in this book review: www.thenation.com/article/arch... The book he was critiquing was "Terrorism: How the West Can Win", by Benjamin Netanyahu.

Okay so so far we have starter packs for Lebanon bsky.app/starter-pack... Palestine bsky.app/starter-pack... via @danaelkurd.bsky.social Egypt bsky.app/starter-pack... via @maitelsadany.bsky.social

"The package includes $3.5 billion for essential wartime procurement, which has already been received and earmarked for critical military purchases, and $5.2 billion designated for air defense systems including the Iron Dome anti-missile system, David's Sling and an advanced laser system."

🔴BREAKING: The death toll in latest Israeli attacks across Lebanon has risen to 356, the Health Ministry announced, including 24 children. At least 1,246 people have been wounded.

Sudan is on the brink of a catstrophic humanitarian crisis and no one is paying attention. I wrote this piece for the conversation @us.theconversation.com on the role of foreign powers, especially the UAE. theconversation.com/sudan-is-bur...

The Gaza war marks the end of the long decade after the Arab uprisings. Its regional repercussions bear similarities to pre-2011 dynamics. Is it a mere 'Forward to the Past'? @mortenvalbjorn.bsky.social Andre Bank and I discuss this in Middle East Policy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Statement in support of South Africa's ICJ submission by international lawyers. Scholars of international law, international studies and genocide studies can sign here 👇