Was great to attend my first #DGSKA conference. Thanks to my colleague, Karim Zafer, for inviting me to discuss “Un/Commoning Migration: Do we still need Migration Studies”. Was also great to see my friend and colleague, Dudu Ndlovu, a co-author in our book, Making Routes!

We would like to offer the opportunity for those who could not attend the DGSKA Conference– in particular our colleagues from the Global South and beyond – to join our discussion tomorrow on Un/commoning Migration. 9:30am Cologne Please register in advance: uni-trier.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

I am thrilled to be back in Cairo and to officially start my PhD field research today! I am very much looking forward to deep diving into the lives of my Sudanese friends and acquaintances over the next 12 months. To make my research more accessible, I have created a Zine, I hope you enjoy it!

And today the African Association has been closed and the building, seized. A sad day.

I was interviewed by Jumana Khamis for Arab News about the situation of displaced Sudanese in Sudan and neighboring countries, including Egypt #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩 arab.news/rypxj

I was interviewed by Jumana Khamis for Arab News about the situation of displaced Sudanese in Sudan and neighboring countries, including Egypt #KeepEyesonSudan 🇸🇩 arab.news/rypxj

Friends; I am back in Egypt (for at least a year). Would love to connect, especially with those who have interests on migration, borders, and Sudan!

Photos from Khartoum today from a friend (shared with permission). Even amongst the obvious destruction people persist, mainly because there is no other choice

Thank you, Lithuania, you underrated gem 🇱🇹

Out of office ✅ Welcome to Lithuania 🇱🇹 🌻

So thrilled to see “Making Routes: Mobility and Politics of Migration in the Global South” from AUC Press featured first on this list!

The news is depressing, as usual, but Armenia is gorgeous and the people, incredibly friendly 🇦🇲

Fabulous first day at #RLIConf25 @rli-sas.bsky.social. So pleased to be apart of an amazing panel to discuss the implications of Egypt’s new asylum law

Kneecap axed from Glasgow festival TRNSMT over ‘police safety concerns’ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of this year, and for the right to live and work in Britain indefinitely, according to official data.

" A pregnant woman and other female volunteers were among more than 112 civilians killed within hours during an attack by #Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Zamzam displacement camp in North #Darfur, the SIHA Network women’s rights group said on Saturday." sudantribune.com/article299661/

On day 3 of the onslaught, Zamzam IDP Camp is now under RSF control. Mass exodus of civilians from the camp, and mass killings of those trying to escape. The screenshot below is from the Sudanese American Physicians Association, the last message from their team on the ground. #KeepEyesOnSudan

Here we go. Just making stuff up and then banning data that refutes the made up stuff.

The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies @ the American University in Cairo has a stellar line up of short courses for this upcoming summer, you don’t want to miss them!

NEXT WEEK:

Thanks to colleagues @ The American University & German University in Cairo for inviting me to give 3 guest lectures. Was great to talk to undergrads and grads about analyzing & organizing research; refugee entitlements and community organizations in Cairo; and doing research w/ refugees & migrants

Alhamdulilah, small baby steps to increased capacity. Now we just need to go from one year valid residency to three according to Egyptian law 🙏🏻

I know I’m preaching to choir but after attending a round table on access to education there is a such a divide in “migration field” between the UN/IOs & the communities & academics. I don’t even know how we discuss this but it’s detrimental to the rights of migrants-Truly two different realities!

From my inbox: USCIS just sent out an email announcing that it only recognizes "two sexes - male and female" and generally only sex assigned at birth.

Abolish the death penalty. Abolish borders. Abolish Empire.

Whether it's liberal students booing Charles Murray or conservative presidents sending innocent fathers to die in El Salvadoran torture prisons, there's been plenty of incivility on both sides of the political spectrum.

Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.

100 percent. And flagging that, at least at some US airports, there is now a separate immigration line for green card holders. So three lines: one for U.S. Citizens, one for green card holders, one for other passport holders.

New high res satellite imagery shows the extent of damage to a market in Toura, northern Darfur after the Sudanese Armed Forces bombed it on Monday. One witness counted four airstrikes. Images via @planetlabs.bsky.social (thanks @ckoettl.bsky.social) Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/w...

These are forced disappearances. The videos look exactly like those from any autocracy. They remind me of my work on forced disappearances and targeted killings in Egypt in 2015. If I learned anything from this research it's that being silent doesn't protect you from becoming a target yourself.

Some good news in this diabolical hellscape, Khartoum is free of RSF control!

Major development in #Sudan with SAF on the verge of announcing full control of the capital Khartoum. #KeepEyesOnSudan

A longer version of the Tufts announcement about the abduction of an international graduate student by federal authorities, circulating on Twitter and Reddit.

Horrific news. UNHCR Egypt is suspending all medical services for refugees in Egypt due to the global funding cuts. www.madamasr.com/en/2025/03/2...

My fifth annual Day of Advocacy supporting @jrsusa.bsky.social by speaking with our congressional representatives. Team PA Represent!

Egypt put forward a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told Reuters, as Palestinian health authorities said Israeli strikes have killed at least 65 people in the enclave in the past 24 hours reut.rs/4hIuOQP

Rastafarian community in Ethiopia facing increasing threats of eviction -- some of those born in Ethiopia are also likely at risk of #statelessness if they can't renew/claim Jamaican citizenship ? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...