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🍉نرمين

@nerminelsherif.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Culture, Utrecht University ولكن علي باب الله

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🍉نرمين @nerminelsherif.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If you’re curious about how queen Elizabeth appears as a food blogger ranking Cairo’s best Koshari carts, or how Al-share’ beats Bashar Al-assad à la WWE style, check my latest article on AI Slop and the Precarious Politics of Digital Kitsch with @merip.bsky.social www.merip.org/2026/08/the-...
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Arab AI Slop and the Precarious Politics of Digital Kitsch
As Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the subsequent regional war reshape the Arab internet, AI-generated slop has emerged as a new form of digital kitsch and political fantasy fueled by precarious labor.
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S Pahwa @sonipahwa.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
If you have ever wondered how certain male family members got through life with the personality and moral compass of a wild pig, you will enjoy this podcast by M Gessen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Idiot
True Crime Podcast · Series · The New York Times writer M. Gessen is widely known for their award-winning writing about totalitarianism, terrorism and the erosion of human rights. Now, M. is examining...
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🍉نرمين @nerminelsherif.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
مع السلامة يا حب الحب
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Zeinobia @zeinobia.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Egyptian X-File: What was that international conspiracy that Akher Saa issue no.926 spoke about? egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2025/07/egyp...
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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Chaired by Dean @mkraidy.bsky.social, this panel concluded with an engaging Q&A session. Don’t forget, we’re live at Booth #1 until 5:00 p.m. at the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Building. Other panels for the day: bit.ly/4ky8RFt
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🍉نرمين @nerminelsherif.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Always an absolute pleasure to think with thinking with this stellar group of scholars
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Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Fresh from the press: my latest Carnegie paper: The Second Republic: The Remaking of Egypt Under Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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The Second Republic: The Remaking of Egypt Under Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi is building a new republic defined by a social ethos of “nothing for free,” a new form of state capitalism, and hyperpresidential powers set within a military g...
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🍉نرمين @nerminelsherif.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
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UntoldMag @untoldmag.org · 20/01/2025
How does a genocide sound? Amid bombs, missiles, explosions, what silences does it impose? And what sounds can an international solidarity front produce? How can one exploit reverberation, exercise echo? How can all frequencies be occupied to finally make the inaudible present?
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Sonic Liberation Front: Radio between art and militancy in Palestine - Untold
Radio Alhara and other community radios amplify Palestinian resistance, blending music, politics, and global solidarity to challenge colonial violence.
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Walid El Houri @walidhouri.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Happy to announce that @untoldmag.org is now on Bluesky! Follow us, and let us know what you think of the content we are publishing. And if you want to contribute to the magazine, please get in touch! untoldmag.org
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Untold Mag
Transnational editorial room hosting critical debates and coverage of the interconnected local, regional, and global issues that characterize our world.
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🍉نرمين @nerminelsherif.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
As a recently hired assistant professor in the midst of a genocide and unprecedented budget cuts, I read this and cried. What the hell are we doing in these institutions?
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🍉نرمين @nerminelsherif.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I am teaching an MA course called “Experimental Fieldwork” and the students asked to read texts that focus on protests & social movements. Any recommendations that focus on students movements for Palestine either historically or contemporary?
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