Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Yalla looking forward to reading your abstracts, submit by Monday! 010
Reposted by Elena HaberskyUCU University of Glasgow @ucuglasgow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When the VC earns £26,583 per month compared to the less than £22,000 per year for most PhDs, it's a slap in the face when he says the University will have to make “tough choices” just as it posts a budget surplus. Join us to protest GTA budget cuts opposite University Library at 12pm, 17th Sept ✊️ 001
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Working with/on RLOs and want to join us for @imiscoe.bsky.social this July in Brussels? If you are interested in joining our session, send a 250-word abstract, including the names, affiliations and contact details of the author(s) via email (hsiddikoglu@auaf.edu.af) by 21 September 2026. 000
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026By my dear colleague and friend, Aya Khatir: The grammar of survival: Women on the frontlines of Al -Fasher www.cmi.no/publications...cmi.noThe grammar of survival: Women on the frontlines of Al -Fasher"No woman stood here out of love for the army or the joint forces, but out of love for the homeland, because it was a matter of s... 010
Reposted by Elena HaberskyDaniel Sharp @deeesharp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comFrench police accused of rising use of violence to stop Channel crossingsNGO criticises ‘human cost’ of UK-funded crackdown on attempts to set off from French beaches in small boats 024
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026My dear colleague, co-author, and brother Salah Jawish has been elected to a two-year term on UNHCR’s Global Refugee Advisory Board. Beyond proud and thrilled to have an advocate for the Sudanese community, refugees in Egypt, and refugee-led organizations on the board! 🎉🎉 000
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Egypt asylum shift deepens 'Fortress Europe' concerns www.newarab.com/news/egypt-a...newarab.comEgypt asylum shift deepens ’Fortress Europe’ concernsEgypt’s new asylum system takes effect as rights groups warn EU migration funding risks entrenching abuses against refugees and migrants. 010
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026El Mohandis Mohamed Farouk is free and in Sudan!! 585 days in Emirati jail with no charges or trial. Alhamdulilah Ala Salamaaa 001
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I know a lot of Sudanese who decided to go back to Sudan from Egypt this summer due to changing policies in the country. Alas, many of them are returning/planning to return to Egypt w/in these few weeks, they say the situation is getting unbearable again “it’s like hell” one told me. 000
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I’m so excited for Gerda Heck, my dear mentor and friend, whose book will be out this November! It will be open access lup.be/book/souther...lup.beSouthern Routes | Leuven University PressCongolese migrants’ lived experiences through a focus on South–South mobility. Southern Routes draws on more than a decade of multi-sited ethnographic research of the Congolese diaspora, following mig... 000
Reposted by Elena HaberskyElena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Happy to share my latest for @e-international.bsky.social on the human impact of migration deterrence in Egypt by looking at the changing policies towards Sudanese: www.e-ir.info/2026/07/22/o...e-ir.infoOpinion – The Human Cost of Migration Deterrence in Egypt – E-International RelationsDespite the challenges of Egypt’s deterrence policies, one of which is smuggling, the adaptability of the Sudanese people persists. 022
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Happy to share my latest for @e-international.bsky.social on the human impact of migration deterrence in Egypt by looking at the changing policies towards Sudanese: www.e-ir.info/2026/07/22/o...e-ir.infoOpinion – The Human Cost of Migration Deterrence in Egypt – E-International RelationsDespite the challenges of Egypt’s deterrence policies, one of which is smuggling, the adaptability of the Sudanese people persists. 022
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Read about the important TRACES of Mobility project which recently finished at AUC. This project aimed to see the ‘traces’ and memories of migrants’ lives and journeys as essential to the fabric of Cairo www.aucegypt.edu/news/amira-a...aucegypt.eduAmira Ahmed Traces Migrants’ Past, Present and Future | The American University in CairoAmira Ahmed leads the Traces of Mobility project, documenting the memories of migrants from around the world. 100
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 04/06/2026And it’s as grim as was expectedstorage.googleapis.comNew refugee bylaws set 9-month deadline for state to take over asylum processing from UNHCRThe bylaws for Egypt’s first ever asylum law were finally issued by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbuly on Monday — a full year after the legal deadline for their completion. In the belated set of regulat... 020
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The humanitarian system celebrates refugee-led organisations, then starves them: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2026... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)thenewhumanitarian.orgThe humanitarian system celebrates refugee-led organisations, then starves themThis is the story of what refugee-led organisations are systematically prevented from building. 000
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Inside Egypt’s crackdown on Sudanese refugees 3ayin.com/en/egypt-3-/3ayin.comInside Egypt’s crackdown on Sudanese refugees – Ayin network – شبكة عاين 000
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The latest from @sofiannaceur.bsky.social The border management fairytale: roape.net/2026/05/06/t...roape.netThe border management fairytale | ROAPEThere is no lack of outspoken voices that continue to remind us that Europe’s ‘well-being and progress’ had been built up during the colonial era at the expense of The Wretched of the Earth, as Frantz... 032
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I am shocked. Allah yrhamu Thankful that I was able to sit on a panel with Hamid at AUC Tahrir in May 2023, may his loved ones find solace 💔 110
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 29/04/2026‘Real Revolutionaries Don’t Punch Down’—Remembering Muzan Alneel www.merip.org/p/51079070-6...merip.org‘Real Revolutionaries Don’t Punch Down’—Remembering Muzan AlneelIn Memoriam. 000
Reposted by Elena HaberskyNew Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Editor's Pick: In southern Lebanon, volunteer paramedics bury their colleagues and head back out to the next strike location. On the ground wiith the first responders in Nabatieh: newlinesmag.com/reportage/inside-a-… 0109
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Beautiful Islamic Illumination workshop at a refurbished Ottoman House in Cairo (and the finished design) 030
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Way to go GRAMNet! www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-immigr...opendemocracy.netWhat research says about UK’s proposed immigration reformsLabour’s vision will lead to permanent insecurity, deepen destitution, and exclude a generation from full civic rights 000
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 27/03/2026By Tamer Abdelkareem www.cmi.no/publications...cmi.noIs there such a thing as a Legal Sudanese Migrant?We Sudanese have a long and proud tradition of illegality. For centuries, the British tried to cure us but they eventually gave up. So... 011
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Another Sudanese citizen has died, either in detention or during deportation back to Sudan. RIP to Rashid Mohamed Abbas. 100
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Cairo Connections, come to this in-person seminar on Thursday evening at AUC Tahrir. Free entry, ID required 000
Reposted by Elena HaberskyIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Outrageous. Stripping Liam Conejo Ramos and his family of asylum is beyond cruel and indefensible. This decision must be overturned. Shame.mprnews.orgJudge ends asylum claims for Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, orders family's removalThe family’s lawyers plan to appeal the judge’s decision to deport the family to Ecuador. 18581992807
Reposted by Elena HaberskyYassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The podcast ep I’ve been working on for months about my aunt in Sudan is finally out!! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/5... An incredibly inspiring story - please have a listen wherever you get your podcasts!!podcasts.apple.com#5 Hanabneehu: Rebuilding Sudan, One Class at a TimePodcast Episode · More Muslim · 19 March · 36m 0133
Reposted by Elena Haberskyfront-LEX @front-lex.bsky.social · 19/03/2026@frontex.bsky.social found that Greece uses Afghan paramilitaries to torture and push back asylum seekers to Turkey. Article 46(4) requires it to end its operations in Greece, as recently affirmed by @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social. But Frontex still refuses to act. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 14134
Reposted by Elena HaberskyHafsa Halawa @hafsahalawa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I cannot describe just how much people in the region feel this is an existential war. This isn’t contained to the Gulf, Iraq, Lebanon. In Jordan, Egypt, people are panicked, nervous, completely discombobulated by what is happening. “It is an end to everything familiar”, a friend wrote. She’s right. 12713
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Getting ready for Eid in Cairo with some Kahk preparation 000
Reposted by Elena HaberskyHoward Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Including refugees, Lebanon has a population of just under seven million. We're talking about 15% of the population displaced!! 13819
Reposted by Elena HaberskyOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18/03/2026WHO briefing: 3.2M displaced in Iran, over 1M in Lebanon. Overcrowded shelters are now raising the risk of disease outbreaks. 18353208
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 17/03/2026theeyeopener.com/2026/03/the-...theeyeopener.comThe chaotic closure of TMU’s Cairo campusIn 2022, TMU welcomed 39 students to a state-of-the-art satellite campus in Egypt. Less than a year later, they shut it all down—what went wrong? 001
Reposted by Elena HaberskyJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026just plainly evil. 13236381098
Reposted by Elena HaberskyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/03/2026War in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine | Nesrine Maliktheguardian.comWar in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine | Nesrine MalikIn the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik 1011842
Reposted by Elena HaberskyLevke Harders @levkeharders.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Gender historian Joan W. Scott: "The suppression of #GenderStudies is not only an attempt to suppress a critical analytical tool, but also knowledge itself. Witness the removal of any mention of slavery from Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, (...)." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comGender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach ScottTexas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why 043
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 16/03/2026With all that's happening in the region, I am pleased to start work with the The Middle East Council of Churches as a Research Consultant on their 'Church in Migration' project for Egypt. 100
Reposted by Elena HaberskyLina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social · 16/03/2026So absolutely, earth-shakingly horrific we heard it and felt its force throughout the entire city 11710
Reposted by Elena Habersky404 Media @404media.co · 14/03/2026Videos included DOGE members unable or unwilling to define DEI; discussing how they used ChatGPT and terms such as “black” and “homosexual” to flag grants for termination but not “white” or “caucasian,” and acknowledgements they failed to achieve the stated goal of lowering the government deficit.404media.coThe Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the InternetOn Friday, a judge ordered those who uploaded the videos to YouTube to remove them. By Saturday, a backup of the videos was available online as a torrent and on the Internet Archive. 391024432
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 15/03/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.com‘The fish fled’: Nile fisherman earning more from collecting plastic than fishMohammed Ahmed Sayed Mohammed is among those redeploying his skills for a local recycling company that is cleaning up the Nile 001
Reposted by Elena HaberskySea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 11/03/202638 people in distress were rescued by a courageous merchant vessel captain who wants to bring them safely to Crete. The Greek coastguard blackmails him by threatening to arrest the crew if they go to 🇬🇷 instead of unsafe Libya. We call for solidarity with the crew & all who uphold international law!x.com@alarmphone on X: "The group has been rescued by the crew of the merchant vessel NEXUS. Instead of allowing them to disembark the group in a safe harbour of #Crete, the @HCoastGuard threatens to arrest the captain & crew if they do so." / XThe group has been rescued by the crew of the merchant vessel NEXUS. Instead of allowing them to disembark the group in a safe harbour of #Crete, the @HCoastGuard threatens to arrest the captain & crew if they do so. 088
Reposted by Elena HaberskyDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/03/2026By blocking Chevening scholars from coming to the UK the Home Secretary has officially put paid to any arguments that her hostile anti-immigration/asylum policies are anything other than right wing xenophobia. These are the best and the brightest, and she is blocking them. 27133
Reposted by Elena HaberskyCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/03/2026DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's joint military command says that banks and financial institutions are now a target in the Middle East. @apnews.com 13293113
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 06/03/2026www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...ohchr.orgEgypt: UN experts raise alarm over violations against refugees and migrantsGENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm over an intensifying campaign of deportations, arbitrary arrests and human rights violations targeting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Egypt — inclu... 010
Elena Habersky @elenahabersky.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Thank you, almond trees of Sinai, for reminding me of the earth’s beauty 🌸 000