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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🚨🐦🔎NEW: Princeton hires archaeologist who digs next to Israeli torture camp. Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison: open.substack.com/pub/sparrows...

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Princeton hires archaeologist who digs next to Israeli torture camp

Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison

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Girish Daswani @girishdaswani.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My conversation with Yasmine Hafez highlights how water is used in colonial and nationalizing projects, and how, in the case of Israel, it becomes weaponized in murder and in the ecocide that we are witnessing. Tune in to the full episode.

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

NEW EOPOD EPISODE DROPPED! As an environmental historian this is a topic I am VERY passionate about. You don't want to miss this convo with Yasmine Hafez & Joanne Leow. Thanks to @girishdaswani.bsky.social for hosting like the pro he is ❤

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Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🎙️ From EOPodcast's Ep5: Beverly Bain on how Black and Indigenous academics "find ourselves knotted in this institutional capture" that is "meant to locate us and isolate us". Full episode on streaming platforms, Spreaker and our YT: www.youtube.com/shorts/hW29Q...

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Black and Indigenous academics "find ourselves knotted in this institutional capture" - Beverly Bain

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This just-released Canada Heritage survey is a stunning piece of anti-Palestinian propaganda weaponized vs. critics of the genocide at universities. It is a reprisal against the encampment movement. Look at the evidence of ‘antisemitism’: a prof calling Israel a Zionist project—as it attests to be.

In a course that had nothing to do with Israel, my professor spent three weeks talking about Gaza and the creation of the State of Israel. He never mentioned the Holocaust as a precursor to its founding, repeatedly calling the state a “Zionist political project.”

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Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🎙️ Uahikea Maile on how after October 7, 2023, Indigenous people in the University and in museums who showed support for Palestinian liberation "went from pet to threat". Full episode on streaming platforms and YT youtu.be/8agz9wPQgWs

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

To listen. And then listen again.

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Girish Daswani @girishdaswani.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A conversation with three of my favourite people, Beverly Bain, Uahikea Maile & Rinaldo Walcott. Tune in to this episode. It's inspiring and with several mic drop moments. What does it mean to recreate the conditions of our relations in ways that are not built on colonialism, capitalism, death?

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Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🎙️Ep5 of The Everyday Orientalism Podcast drops tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy episodes 1-4 feat. notably @smohyeddin.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social & @archagainstaparth.bsky.social & let us know your thoughts! www.spreaker.com/podcast/ever...

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I am so proud of this podcast! Huge thanks to all our guests, to our producer Taylor Stark & to @girishdaswani.bsky.social for being the incredible host he is (his intro essays, which you can also read on EO, are also superb everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/eo-podcast/ )

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Jeremy Cohen @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Disgraceful and a clear attack on academic freedom by Canadian universities.

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Girish Daswani @girishdaswani.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

UofT features prominently in @breachmedia.ca article. 2 points to consider: 1. UofT initiated network of communications between 30 universities/colleges across Canada. 2.Rather than facilitate existing policies on academic freedom/Charter rights, strategies were shared to actively suppress rights.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This is a very exciting series.

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

This is an exceptional interview with @smohyeddin.bsky.social re: analysis of legacy media's coverage of Gaza, OPT and Iran. Worth a listen.

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Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🎙️ You ready for this? Huge thanks to all our kickass guests for their trust and generosity. Season 1 episodes come out biweekly on streaming platforms + youtube. Subscribe to Everyday Orientalism for updates: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/eo-podcast/

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Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

« Joy as something that defines Palestinianness »: Michelle Obeid on why victimizing Palestinians is depoliticizing. Full episode: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/e...

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Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Michelle Obeid on why the 1948 Nakba never stopped. From Ep 2 of our new podcast series: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/e... You can Professor Obeid's open access book "Migration as Anchorage: Ethnography of a Palestinian Family in London" here: www.berghahnbooks.com/title/ObeidM...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This was a great conversation about Palestine and North American universities.

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

University administrators might not think of themselves as active participants in a genocidal enterprise, but the reality is that many of them are

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Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Archaeology is one of the things that aid genocide" - @archagainstaparth.bsky.social. From EOPodcast Ep4: Archaeology, Apartheid and War. Available on streaming platforms + on EO's youtube page: www.spreaker.com/podcast/ever...

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🚨 ARCHAEOLOGY APARTHEID AND WAR A must listen convo w @archagainstaparth.bsky.social + Lebanese archaeologist Nelly P. Abboud

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This is so important: Thanks for your kickass work, @archagainstaparth.bsky.social!

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Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"I don't think the [UNESCO] protection list did protect any site in Palestine for example, or anywhere else, especially when Israel is involved & the USA are involved". Yesterday's destruction of Beaufort Castle by the IOF proves Nelly Abboud, MA right. Full convo: www.spreaker.com/episode/arch...

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

How is offering a course by someone affiliated w institutions complicit with apartheid & war crimes, who frames the economy of an apartheid, war criminal state as a "fascinating economic laboratory", while said state escalates its genocides in Palestine & Lebanon, aligned with UofT's mission? 9/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

On his professional webpage, Lagziel specifies that he will be visiting professor at the UofT until October 2027. According to an older, public cv retrieved online, he was Armored corps Lieutenant (a higher rank) in the IOF from 2002 to 2006 (this info is not listed on his webpage cv though) 4/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The visiting professor, Professor Daniel "Dudu" Lagziel, publicly advertised the course on his facebook page and is currenty listed in UofT Economics' website 3/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The poster frames the war criminal, apartheid state as "one of the world's most fascinating economic laboratories", and as a "case study in innovation, inflation, globalization, and economic development". Here is the course description 👇 2/

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Sparrows for Palestine @sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🐦🚨NEW: UofT Economics is offering a course on "Israeli Economy" taught by a Ben Gurion University in the Neguev visiting professor this fall. The course seeks to ask: "How can one small country teach us about the world's biggest economic questions? 🧵1/

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Everyday Orientalism @eorientalism.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🎙️✨ "Journalists should be feared": @smohyeddin.bsky.social chats w @girishdaswani.bsky.social about what sets the late Robert Fisk and the ever-excellent Chris Hedges apart as journalists. Full episode: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/eo-podcast/

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Episode 2 of EO's podcast is out! This fantastic convo covers many timely topics, from Palestinian belonging in London to the ongoing Nakba to food appropriation to the British Museum's erasure of Palestine. Thanks to Michelle & @girishdaswani.bsky.social for this potent episode

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Another banger hosted @girishdaswani.bsky.social, with Muhannad, @nkalamb.bsky.social and Heidi speaking TRUTHS!

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Samara @samaaraa.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

They have also closed Al Aqsa mosque during Ramadan. Also a scandal noone talks about.

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In his speech, Carney argues that Thucydides' aphorism, which has been hailed as a universal truth in international diplomacy, is not a fatality. Compliance does not buy safety, he argues. What are the other options then? Carney answers through another story 2/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...

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Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

"Everyday we are reminded that ... "the strong can do what they can, and the weak must suffer what they must"". This passage comes from Thucydides' Melian dialogue btw Athenian emissaries & the rulers of Milos, who the Athenians ended up mass killing + enslaving because they refused to pay tribute

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Shame on you for genocide denialism. Shame on you for weaponizing the history that killed *my* family members to legitimize a similar atrocity.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This poster was observed at U of T Scarborough today. Smearing those critical of a genocidal state project as somehow complicit in the Bondi Beach mass murder is a form of hate speech that has no place on our campuses.

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Antizionism is Bondi Beach.

Antizionism is Jew-hate.

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Grateful to be on the list (multiple times!) of EO’s most read contributions this year + I hope it’ll encourage other scholars who have PhDs that focus on ancient West Asia to use their expertise to help nuance the public conversation and dispel misconceptions

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

As 2025 comes to an end, we are sharing our 15 most-viewed publications of the year. Huge thanks to all the guest contributors for their trust and voices, as well as to all who read, watched, taught and engaged with us! everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/e...

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Everyday Orientalism’s Top 15 of 2025

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🏺🩸Archaeology-washing of 🇮🇱 apartheid+genocide: Here is ScienceDaily platforming a Ben Gurion U-led project which was conducted through a research partnerships w the University of Groningen, the British Museum + the Petrie Museum and w 💰 from a 🇩🇪 Foundation cc @archagainstaparth.bsky.social

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Society for Cultural Anthropology @culanth.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Sending you into the weekend with a new two-part pedagogy piece on Teaching Orientalism, from @girishdaswani.bsky.social and @isisnaucratis.bsky.social:

Part 1: Teaching Orientalism at the Intersection of History and Anthropology by Girish Daswani and Katherine Blouin

Part 2 (Epilogue): Teaching Orientalism in a Time of Genocide and Rising Fascism by Girish Daswani and Katherine Blouin

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