Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyOla Wikander @olawikander.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I'll be appearing at a Thing in November – a sibilanty Thing! 3153
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyJames Bejon @jamesbejon.bsky.social · 12hThanks for this—really helpful! Could you expand a bit on the borrowing of Aramaic š as either š or s in Arabic place names. What exactly is being posited here, and when? 142
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyBenjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 12hbnuyaminim.wordpress.comSome talks from EABS and NACALToday’s deal: 2-for-1 on conference reports. European Association for Biblical Studies Annual Conference, 20-23 July 2026, Leuven This was my first time visiting this conference, prompted by … 3106
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyMarijn van Putten @phdnix.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Well this is a first. I just received an e-mail asking me for permission to be included as a co-author of an article. An article whose existence I had not heard of up until that e-mail. The person did not wait for my reply with permission and submitted it to a journal with my name attached! 5173
العبيدلي Al Obaidly @jbrosolos.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just read a new paper by @safaitic.bsky.social, "Pre-Arabic: a toponymic conspectus" by Ahmad Al Jallad, and it struck me Never really thought about the remnants of Pre-Arabic lingering in the toponyms of Arabic but here we are It could make well for someone's PHD thesis honestly 130
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026sojo.net/articles/opi...sojo.netThe Pilgrimage of Annie DillardThe celebrated author, who passed away this week, had two great themes: seeing and suffering. 021
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyMarkˣ @shjsat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Maltese wotd buz (/buːt͡s/) pl. bwiez, sing. buza ‘a pair of boots’ From English boots Cf. Qatari Arabic būt, pl. abwāt 1154
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyMaarten Kossmann @maartenkossmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today at NACAL there was a fantastic talk by Massinissa Garaoun on pre-Hispanic toponomy in the Canary Islands. Based on extensive fieldwork, checking pronuniations and the topographical features the terms are connected to, he showed that there are many toponyms that are clearly... 13411
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlySafaitic @safaitic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026NACAL 49 /fin Next year in Chicago! 292
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyThe IASA @iasarabia.bsky.social · 03/10/2026New video from Hugh Thomas! We Excavated a 7,000-Year-Old Mustatil in Saudi Arabia youtu.be/EzmaGmXCDzs?...youtu.beWe Excavated a 7,000-Year-Old Mustatil in Saudi ArabiaYouTube video by Dr Hugh Thomas 011
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyJoshua Alfaro @joshuaalfaro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Online conference: Linguistics and Semitic Philology: Semitic Sibilants (via Zoom), November 6, 2026 0135
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyCT-9902 @mindorese.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Based on the associated image I’m… scared about what that article is about 073
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyGeoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Unboxing my new book! 6243
Reposted by العبيدلي Al Obaidly🐈⬛️כעלעמער קאַץ @orphanim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026i wouldnt even be able to seriously get a tech job without first also getting a new PC donated 271
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyJoshua Alfaro @joshuaalfaro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I must be getting old. Has it really been 25 years since the fall of the Median empire? 1346
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyMaarten Kossmann @maartenkossmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Finally had the opportunity to see the Louvre inscription live. Such beautiful stone mason work! 0153
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyDavid Mihalyfy @mihalyfy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A new interactive archaeological map of Alexandria! 🗺️😍 It launches CartAlex of the Centre d'Études Alexandrines, "a new online cartographic platform dedicated to the archaeological & historical heritage of Alexandria & its region." #Egyptology #Classics #AncientBlueSky maps.cealex.org/maps/alex/maps.cealex.orgCEAlex maps - Alexandrie 0109
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyBaghdadi Judeo-Arabic @pharyngealschwa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very sad to learn of the death of a friend - one of the wisest and most encouraging speakers of Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic I’ve had the luck to learn from. A loss for loved ones and for all who will never be lucky enough to hear the wisdom my friend imparted. 081
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyThe IASA @iasarabia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New IASA Lecture on our YouTube channel! “I am beginning to wonder what profit I shall get out of it all” Exploring Gertrude Bell’s Journey to Arabia & Its Significance by Professor Mark Jackson youtu.be/XSpssexDG1E 031
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyRurouni_Phoenix @rurouniphoenix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You there, edgy apologetics loving teenager! Stop smoking weed and get a job, I mean stop reading Christian and Muslim apologetic slop and read real academic literature. Apologetics gets you nowhere. 112
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyThe IASA @iasarabia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New post on our website! Ahlam Alshammari's full report on Fieldwork on the Development of Defensive Forts in Central Arabia, undertaken with the support of an IASA Grant iasarabia.org/research/fie... 022
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlySafaitic @safaitic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NACAL 49 Paris begins today The final program can be found at this link: drive.google.com/file/d/1Pzgi... The abstract booklet is here: drive.google.com/file/d/1S5T8... 2107
Reposted by العبيدلي Al Obaidlyスリバーヨー @sliveryaw.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Scholars before the deciphering of Safaitic script: not reading Allat 021
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyJames K. Tauber @jtauber.com · 27/09/2026A little something I've been thinking about for a while and finally started working on... jtauber.github.io/asterisk/ Feedback welcome!jtauber.github.ioAsteriskA workbench for comparative philology. 4336
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyThe IASA @iasarabia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Thank you to everyone who has sent in submissions to the next IASA Bulletin. Due to unforeseen circumstances we are extending the deadline from 2nd to 9th October, so it's not late to spread the word to friends and colleagues if you have not already done so. 😁 011
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlySafaitic @safaitic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#New on #OCIANA - inscriptions from #BES26 are now coming online. The first text is a drawing of a camel by a pre-Islamic 𝒈𝒍𝒅/gallād/ :). Find more: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions... Explore the site, HRN 1, here: (ociana.osu.edu/sites/984). 2145
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlySafaitic @safaitic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If you are within driving (or flying) distance of Austin, Texas next week, do not miss this fantastic gathering 'Timelines of Arabic 4'. My talk will handle the Paleo-Arabic corpus. Pic. Another angle of Abd-Shams inscr. I took during fieldwork in 2024. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/844c04... 1102
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlySafaitic @safaitic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BES26 has concluded. Incredible new discoveries. Some will go directly up on OCIANA and others will require full-length publications. Stay tuned. 0219
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyBenjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Best wishes for Year 5787 since the breakup of Proto-Semitic to all who celebrate 8378
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyThe IASA @iasarabia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The call for contributions to the Autumn 2026 IASA Bulletin has just gone out. You can read the Autumn 2025 edition here: iasarabia.org/wp-content/u... Members receive a high res version of the Bulletin as soon as it is published, an open access version goes online 6 months after publication. 011
Reposted by العبيدلي Al ObaidlyThe IASA @iasarabia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Call for contributions for the next IASA Bulletin (Autumn 2026). The IASA Bulletin compiles notices on research, publications, fieldwork, museum updates, societies, conferences and events in the Arabian Peninsula as well as feature articles and book reviews. 042
