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Leonie Böttiger @leonieboettiger.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Ever been overwhelmed by remembering how to do your laundry, make inks, *and* keep mice out of the house? I‘ve got you covered with some fun rhyming recipes! recipes.hypotheses.org/26676

Illustration of two mice in an Arabic manuscript, one of the mice is on its back while the other drags it by its tail towards its den.

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

One more push: please help spread the word about my crowdfunding effort to support Arabic-language access to ancient Gazan literature & financial support for a Gazan translator!

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 28/10/2025

… it's time for another Kickstarter. I'm still hammering out some details, but plan to launch in November. If you have an interest in this area, I'd love it if you signed up to be notified and/or shared the link with someone who would be. Read on for more info… www.kickstarter.com/projects/maj...

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Coming soon: Inks & Paints of the Middle East REVISED

A new, updated edition of my groundbreaking handbook of early Islamic art technology, incorporating five more years of research.

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

For every preorder (or library request) a donation will be made to mutual aid initiatives in Sudan & Gaza; more info here: ABSOLUTELY REQUEST YOUR LIBRAR(Y/IES) ORDER NOW. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Nile Nightshade Preorder Campaign

Thank you so much for preordering Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato by Anny Gaul. Note: submitting a patron request to your public or institutional library counts as a preo...

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LDH @ldh.fr · 24/09/2025

La #LDH saisit la justice contre la décision très grave du ministère des affaires étrangères de suspendre toute opération d'évacuation de #Gaza en plein #génocide, même déjà organisée, alors que la CNDA a confirmé que le statut de réfugié peut être demandé par les Gazaouis.

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« Le ministre des Affaires étrangères empêche des Palestiniens de sortir de la bande de Gaza »

Les avocats de Palestiniens bloqués à Gaza, soutenus par des associations, ont décidé de saisir en urgence le Conseil d’État pour contester la suspension des évacuations vers la France. Interview de Lyne Haigar, l’une des avocates ayant travaillé sur le recours.

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Dr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

This refugee student is in the final months of his dissertation after a long journey out of war. Helping him helps assure the future of Syria. There's a lot of darkness in the world right now, but this is how we bring the light. No amount is too small (or too large lol)! 🙏 💖 givebutter.com/fgQG3V

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Help a Refugee Student Finish his PhD, Save Endangered Heritage!

By Stephennie Mulder

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🚨IF YOU HAVE READ & ENJOYED Husam Maarouf's work on ArabLit (or elsewhere), please support this campaign. chuffed.org/project/1492... 🧵 of Husam's work follows.

Help support Husam Maarouf, a Palestinian poet, novelist, editor, and pubisher from Gaza, whose life and work are at grave risk. Husam is currently applying to the PAUSE Program in France, which provides urgent assistance to scholars and artists in exile. The program offers safety and the chance to continue creative work in collaboration with French institutions. A French university has already agreed to act as his host, offering the framework Husam needs to begin his residency. To make this possible, we need to raise €42,000. This sum will cover costs not fully financed by PAUSE and secure Husam and his family’s life in France for one year. It will make it possible to cover administrative procedures and visa fees, the relocation from Gaza to Paris including evacuation costs, as well as housing and daily living expenses for the first year.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 12/09/2025

⭐️ Drop Site News, with Unmute Humanity, has launched the Gaza Journalist Fund to help 29 vetted reporters evacuate Gaza City and survive displacement in the south. Please give: gazafund.dropsitenews.com

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Gaza Journalist Fund

Supporting Journalists Evacuating Gaza City and Surviving Displacement in the South

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Dr. Stephennie Mulder @stephenniem.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Just 3 donations of $75 and this Syrian student will be able to submit his (already written!) open-access article: a requirement for graduation in his program. Who’s got $75 out there today? It might be you! Let’s get him that publication!

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

If you haven’t already, please take the time to vote before the fifteenth. This award is open to everyone. I’m a finalist for two categories: Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction for best anthology. And the Ember Award: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/

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Vote - The Ignyte Awards

Public voting for the 2025 AWARDS IS NOW OPEN THRU AUG 15. GO VOTE OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/...

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

hey can we try something? lifeline4gaza.com is incredible. since some aid seems to be coming in, prices have dropped. this is a great time for ppl to try to get food. can everyone donate $10 to 1 family, and then post a message like this to your acct? we could do some good if many ppl participate ❤️

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lifeline4gaza - a list of appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza

lifeline4gaza gathers links to existing chuffed & gofundme appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza.

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Leonie Böttiger @leonieboettiger.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Amazing to see a band actually use the stage they’re given… 🇵🇸 @fontainesdc.bsky.social

A stage of the band Fontaines DC with a massive Palestine flag in the background and a billboard on the side with the words “Israel is committing genocide. Use your voice.”

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for eSIMs @najungiesims.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🚨 We're under 200 USD on Ppal 🚨 We're in the very risky + stressful zone again 😔 In the last 24h, we used 101.8 USD to top up 8 active eSIM plans (Simly, Nomad & Sparks) We'll run out of funds soon without donations coming in Help us to connect Gaza in August too 🙏 #ConnectingGaza

Screenshot from najungiesims' PayPal account. The total balance is 197.76 USD
The latest operations were 3 payments to Nomad for 15 USD, 12 USD and 20 USD. They were made today, August 1st

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

🏺🩸Did you know that as the genocide in Gaza & West Bank escalates, a UCLA Prof is excavating w 2 students in 🇮🇱? Meet Bill Schniedewind, who, for the past 10 days has been posting on his fb about how much fun they are having at Tel Shaddud. Worry not though: He hopes for peace 🫠 🧵1/ telshaddud.com

"after many tribulations, I managed to get to Israel and join my colleagues and students at Tel Shaddud. Very grateful to be able to come and do research. Hoping for a lasting peace". Comment from Zchary Thomas: Kinda jealous! Happy diggin'

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Leonie Böttiger @leonieboettiger.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Just chipped in, please join me if you can!

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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 31/03/2025

‘We risk what has been called a ‘post-empirical physics’. In short, a Universe lost to the world’ Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics @adesut.bsky.social

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Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics | Aeon Essays

Physicists today need to jettison the all-too-attractive myth that they are uncovering the hidden reality of our Universe

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Ways you can support ArabLit authors, translators, & artists.

Support ArabLit's Authors, Translators, & Artists. 1) Buy a book or magazine. 2) Click the support button. 3) Take out an advertisement. 4) Donate directly to authors' gofundmes 5) As for a review copy & review.

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🚨I am thrilled to announce that we have launched the Society for the Study of the Past! This new subject organisation is for all those who have been let down by existing associations. More info - incl. our manifesto - here: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/i...

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Introducing… the Society for the Study of the Past

by Marchella Ward on behalf of the Critical Ancient World Studies and Everyday Orientalism teams What does it mean to do history in the ruins of history? Since October 7th 2023, historians have bee…

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Leonie Böttiger @leonieboettiger.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Cheering myself up by finally springing for the (used!) full set of S.D. Goitein’s A Mediterranean Society. First published in 1969-1983, it’s still an incredible resource for anyone working on the medieval Arab world.

All six volumes of S.D. Goitein’s “A Mediterranean Society” laid out on a wooden floor, yellow covers with decorative borders.

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 26/12/2024

Every article, video, podcast, and graphic we create comes at a cost. We’re up against a powerful media machine backed by those complicit in war crimes, and your support makes it possible to keep our work going. Donate now to make an impact. mondoweiss.net/donate?source=social…

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Leonie Böttiger @leonieboettiger.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

If you celebrate Christmas, consider sharing the holiday spirit and donate to help Iman feed her five daughters! 🎁🙏

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Through December 5 at publishersforpalestine.org

Select free ebooks, available at publishersforpalestine.org

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

🎁This year, we have put together a Holiday Giving list. It includes mutual-aid suggestions and gifts you can buy where 100% of profits go to Palestine, Sudan, Lebanon: books, art, pottery, more. Thanks to everyone who helped w/the list. arablit.org/2024/11/28/h...

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Holiday Giving, 2024

By ArabLit Staff, with the wider community We have, in the past, run holiday-gift listicles. This year, we focus on gifts where profits go to community support, mutual aid, and on-the-ground assist…

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Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Join us to listen to poems from Palestine, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Tunisia, and to consider the work of translation, publishing, and community at this time of profound global grief and steadfast solidarity. Register here: tracepress.org/en-us/produc...

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Support this beautiful project from Coffees for Gaza and Slingshot Books; 100 percent of profits go to chef/caterer Mona Zahed, her family, and her community in Gaza. 🌟Preorders are now open. Books will ship March 2025. Find them at coffeesforgaza.com.

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I’ve written about 69 Palestinian films directed by women in my newsletter over the last year. This list collects them all with links where you can watch most of them. 🔗 boxd.it/xlziu/detail

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

If you read this free collection and want to contribute to our writers, several of them have GoFundMes. The poet & mentor Heba al-Agha: www.gofundme.com/f/support-wr... Poet Basman Eldirawi & his brother, the playwright Bassem Eldirawi: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ga... (continues in thread)

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Donate to Support Heba, a Writer from Gaza, organized by Julia Choucair

To those kind enough to have landed here, My name is Julia Choucair and I am raisi… Julia Choucair needs your support for Support Heba, a Writer from Gaza

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A preview of the next issue:

Black and white drawing of Mary in traditional Bethlehem clothes, and the title Paranormal Palestine #2 Mary, Queen of Palestine.

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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Nasser Rabah (one of the winners of our Flash Fiction prize + the author of the beautiful poem "Amjad" + a funny sweet person), has a book forthcoming from City Lights. You can pre-order the book directly from the publisher at a 30% discount: citylights.com/general-poet...

The cover of Nasser's new book Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece

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Leonie Böttiger @leonieboettiger.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

So so excited to finally officially get started with my PhD @MPIWG’s IMPRS ‘Knowledge and Its Resources’! My project conceptualises premodern Arabic recipe collections as resources of knowledge & I’ll also be affiliated @bgsmcs. Can’t believe I have an office and everything!

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