This is such fantastic news on so many levels. Firstly to see my 🇵🇸 friend & fellow Dubai baby & Exonian @karakmufti.bsky.social winning. More poignant in light of the impending cuts at Exeter & also the deliberate dumbing down & depoliticization of both migrants & citizens in the GCC. لن نسكت !

Revolting. H/t to Iranian journalist M.A. Shabani for advocating the relocation of the UN Headquarters from the US. High time.

Oman concedes after first rejecting the plan of charging a transit fees last week whilst Rubio was visiting, which had also visibly angered Tehran 😀https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/world/middleeast/iran-war-oman-strait-hormuz-fee-ships.html

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Habibi Come to Dubai….

There's a petition to fight the redundancies at Exeter. Anthropology is among the most targeted disciplines in the whole uni, with over half of us slated to lose our jobs. We do better than the university average on both student satisfaction and rankings which makes it feel ideologically targeted...

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Love is in the air…. Iranian president Dr Pezeshkian gets awarded the Honorary Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery in Pakistan 💕😀

New York mayor Mamdani highlights the ongoing U.S.-backed Israeli killings in Gaza of civilians and journalists, despite a nominal ceasefire. He said AIPAC seeks to maintain a “status quo of immorality” in the region. Video: @acyn.bsky.social via X (@Acyn)

Not even worthy of a Dad joke. 😏

منہ توڑ جواب…👊🏽

After killing 18 Lebanese civilians overnight 💔💔💔 When will this cancer finally be eradicated and removed from among us… when when when??????

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How did I miss this… Lol

Less than 6 months ago …many including myself were praying hard Trump outlives JD Vance or that Trump fully destroys his 2028 bid, and well here we are….

Yes. But when has a US president ever paid for his war crimes except for maybe Lyndon? The butcher of Iraq is enjoying his passion for painting.The butcher of Gaza, even if doesn’t survive his chemotherapy was anyway a vegetable. Trump has raked in billions already can’t care less about re election

The Treaty of Versailles reached its final destination in Islamabad 😂 #PakiAndProud

True that.

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The US denied entry and detained a Qatari citizen for 30 hours… the previous host nation….what hopes can others have ????? #BoycottFIFA x.com/dohanews/sta...

🎶 Happy shining people holding hands … happy shining … 🎶

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Dubai is back 🎉 🎉 🎉

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Well, well. The other common thread being that it was also Pakistan in 1971 that helped end decades of hostilities b/w US-China, by arranging Kissinger’s clandestine visit to Beijing. Also Nixon visited Pakistan three times as a private citizen during the peak of Cold War.

I want to drink monarchists tears all day today…😂

Damn your word limit @bsky.app !

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The NYT cheers for Pakistan and gives its seal of approval 💚🤍🤪

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Why is it that Qatar has been doing all the heavy lifting and everything in its power to get the deal past the finishing line, while Pakistan is just subsumed in the pageantry and theatrics of being the “official mediator” ????????????????

“Adopt now, think later”: that’s how tech bosses are asking us to deal with AI. Uncritical adoption of AI in higher education is helping the financials of big tech, but undermining the core mission and purpose of universities. I discuss this in my latest for @aljazeera.com #AJOpinion

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Oh and one last thing, @bsky.app, lengthen your word count for posts please. It’s a real pain in the ass sometimes.

It's been 100 days since the US reportedly bombed a girls school in Iran, killing 100+ kids. I pressed members of Congress on what they're doing in response to one of the most horrific war crimes in modern US history. Some didn't even know about it. And some just didn't care:

Hmm

Iraqi striker & captain was detained at Chicago O’Hare for 7 hours.

I am guessing another summer of communal riots beckons the UK.