Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 22/05/2026oba.nl/nl/agenda/le... #OBA #SPINOZA #IRANoba.nlLezing Spinoza en IranTijdens deze avond gaan twee experts in op actuele ontwikkelingen in Iran en de opvallende groei van Spinoza-vertalingen de afgelopen 20 jaar. 020
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 12/01/2026theconversation.com/iran-protest...theconversation.comIran protests 2026: our surveys show Iranians agree more on regime change than what might come nextSurveys reveal the overwhelming support for an end to the Islamic Republic. 010
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 11/12/2025youtu.be/B5jQC2NHYA8?...youtu.beSpinozadag 2025 Paradiso, lezing Pooyan Tamimi ArabYouTube video by SpinozaKring 010
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 17/11/2025youtu.be/i8nobYL4ST4?...youtu.beSpiritualiteit en leiderschap in de kunsten, met Dag Hammarskjöld als uitgangspuntYouTube video by De KNAW 010
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabGlobal Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 20/10/20257/8 Now for two book reviews, in print issue: First, "Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law – 1200 to 1700" (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social, 2024) by Gijs Kruijtzer is reviewed by @pooyan1983.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 153
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 29/09/2025youtu.beDe botsende boodschappen in het religieuze onderwijsYouTube video by Nieuwsuur 010
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabTrouw @trouw.nl · 15/09/2025Wat heeft de dood van Mahsa Amini voor Iraanse vrouwen veranderd?trouw.nlWat heeft de dood van Mahsa Amini voor Iraanse vrouwen veranderd?De dood van de 22-jarige Jina Mahsa Amini, dinsdag drie jaar geleden, leidde tot een golf aan protesten in Iran. Inmiddels worden vrouwen minder belaagd door de zedenpolitie. ‘Elke ongesluierde vrouw geeft anderen de moed om hetzelfde te doen.’ 032
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Three years ago, Jina (Mahsa) Amini was arrested, beaten, and died. She was full of life. #WomanLifeFreedom 020
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 08/07/2025New OA publication! Iran : une société sécularisée, diverse et dissidente Les résultats des enquêtes en ligne du GAMAAN www.fondapol.org/etude/iran-u...fondapol.orgIran : une société sécularisée, diverse et dissidente - FondapolLe conflit israélo-iranien de juin 2025 a remis à l’ordre du jour la question de la solidité du régime établi par la révolution de 1979, une question donnant lieu à des analyses contradictoires et à d... 020
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabDe Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 02/07/2025Israëls aanvallen op Iran maken de rode lijn die ook voor de Iraanse oppositie altijd heilig was vloeibaar: buitenlandse inmenging tegen het ayatollahregime is voor velen geen taboe meer. Wat heeft die verandering veroorzaakt? @yaghoubsharhani.bsky.socialbuff.lyTot voor kort ondenkbaar: steeds meer Iraniërs hopen bij hun streven naar vrijheid op buitenlandse inmengingIsraëls aanvallen op Iran maken de rode lijn die ook voor de Iraanse oppositie altijd heilig was vloeibaar: buitenlandse inmenging tegen het ayatollahregime is voor velen geen taboe meer. Wat heeft… 022
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabConrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 09/06/2025NEW: For years, my team has been working on a report about major changes in the global religious landscape between 2010 and 2020. Here's the full thing: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202... I'll post key findings below.pewresearch.orgHow the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated changed, according ... 511155
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Pew published a new global religious landscape report that mentions GAMAAN. Happy that our work can help researchers to look critically at the Islamic Republic's official figures, given how many Iranians have risked their lives to express a different reality. www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/u... 010
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 04/06/2025The WAPOR webinar video about anonimity sampling and secularization in Iran can be watched on YouTube. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uln6...m.youtube.comWAPOR Webinar: Anonymity Sampling for Measuring Hidden Opinions in Authoritarian ContextsYouTube video by World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) 010
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Article published in the Freedom of Thought Journal, on the transition to secularism in Iran and lessons from South Africa (in English, see pdf). With many thanks to Iran Human Rights for inviting me to Oslo to speak about the topic in the summer of 2024. iranacademia.com/agora/text/a...iranacademia.comگذار ایران به سکولاریسم لیبرال دموکراتیک: درسهایی از آفریقای جنوبی - آزادی اندیشه شماره ۱۶گذار ایران به سکولاریسم لیبرال دموکراتیک: درسهایی از آفریقای جنوبی 000
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 27/05/2025www.dejongeakademie.nl/nieuws/30616...dejongeakademie.nlBlijf inzetten op internationalisering ter versterking van de Nederlandse samenleving - De Jonge AkademieActueel 000
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 19/05/202514 juni gaan we in gesprek met Ian Buruma over Spinoza en vrijheid spinozahuis.nl/vereniging/e...spinozahuis.nlALV met lezing door Ian BurumaOp zaterdag 14 juni 2025 vindt de ALV van de vereniging plaats. Ian Buruma zal een lezing verzorgen. 020
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabJohn Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 08/05/2025A key challenge for the first American pope: Catholicism loses 8.4 people for every person it gains in the United States. www.pewresearch.org/religion/202... 042
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabAad Brinkman 🍉 🟥 @aadbrinkman.eurosky.social · 02/05/2025Wie helpt mee kinderen van een AZC een leuk uitje te bezorgen? gofund.me/fb6f12c3gofund.meDonate to Gun kinderen uit een AZC een onvergetelijk dagje uit!!, organized by Aad BrinkmanBen je ook het beleid van Minister Faber helemaal zat dan is dit k… Aad Brinkman needs your support for Gun kinderen uit een AZC een onvergetelijk dagje uit!! 102494230
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Please spread the word. This Fall, prof. em. Henri Krop and I will teach a course on Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, open to PhD candidates and Research Master students in the Netherlands. For the course description, see: www.ozsw.nl/activity/ozs... 000
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 17/04/2025youtube.comبرنامه سیما ثابت: ناگفتههای نرگس محمدی از اختلافات اپوزیسیون، براندازی، زندان اوین و مذاکرات اتمیYouTube video by Pulse Media 000
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabLadan Boroumand @ladanboroumand.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Excellent article! It’s a Mistake to Leave Human Rights Out of Iran Talks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...nytimes.comOpinion | It’s a Mistake to Leave Human Rights Out of Iran TalksPresident Trump should not forget the Iranian people’s resolve when his administration sits down with Iran over its nuclear program. 065
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabNRC @nrc.nl · 05/04/2025De debuutbundel verblijf van Yasmin Namavar overrompelt door de thematiek die nergens direct benoemd wordt: een migratie-achtergrond die tot een permanent gevoel van onheil heeft geleid. buff.ly/kTm3cHabuff.lyDreiging is nooit ver weg in het overrompelende poëziedebuut van Yasmin NamavarPoëzie: De debuutbundel verblijf van Yasmin Namavar overrompelt door de thematiek die nergens direct benoemd wordt: een migratie-achtergrond die tot een permanent gevoel van onheil heeft geleid. 121
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabIneke Sluiter @inekesluiter.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Om te huilen: Hard to Believe This Video Was Filmed in the United States. It No Longer Should Be. - Slate apple.news/AFR0LP2w2Taq...apple.newsIt’s Hard to Believe This Video Was Filmed in the United States. It No Longer Should Be. — SlateIt shows, clearly, the explicit and proud policy of the Trump administration. 44526
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 27/03/2025My work with GAMAAN got cited in an article on cats and dogs, in Karaj, Iran : ) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comFurry neighbours: Acceptability of feeding and managing free‐ranging dogs and cats in an urban areaYou have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader. 220
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Friday in Edinburgh www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...sps.ed.ac.ukWoman Life Freedom: Visual Triggers of Iranian Feminism | School of Social and Political Sciencelogo 000
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Spread the love 🙏 www.uu.nl/en/organisat...uu.nlPhD in Iranian Secular Visual CultureIn this position you explore Iran's Secular Shift, examining how atheism, non-religion, and calls for mosque-state separation are expressed in visual culture. 033
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabJohn Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 02/03/2025% of liberals in the United States who identify as Christian 📉 𝟔𝟐% in 2007 𝟓𝟐% in 2014 𝟑𝟕% in 2023-24 www.pewresearch.org/religion/202... 2114625
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I’ll be in Edinburgh March 28, presenting on WLF and visual culture www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...sps.ed.ac.ukWoman Life Freedom: Visual Triggers of Iranian Feminism | School of Social and Political Sciencelogo 000
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 16/02/2025www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comMuhsin Hendricks: World's 'first openly gay imam' shot dead in South Africa - BBC NewsHe was a pioneering figure who ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay Muslims. 000
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Net binnen: Het mooie afscheidscadeau aan onze collega Nico Landman, die met pensioen is gegaan. Zowat de hele Nederlandse club van Islam-kenners en andere excentrieke academici hebben meegedaan. Ik schreef een hoofdstuk over Secularisme… 030
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 03/02/2025dub.uu.nl/nl/nieuws/re...dub.uu.nlReligiewetenschappen en Islam & Arabisch gaan samen nieuwe studie aanbiedenStudenten kunnen ook in de toekomst in Utrecht een opleiding doen die zich richt op Religiewetenschappen en Islam & Arabisch. Het faculteitsbestuur besloot eerder de twee opleidingen te sluiten, maar ... 031
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 23/01/2025WAPOR-the World Association for Public Opinion Research- selected my colleague Ammar Maleki at GAMAAN as therepresentative of Iran. This is an important recognition for those of us who have warned for years for preference falsification in surveys in authoritarian contexts. 000
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Our latest work at GAMAAN now published open access: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-... #Iran #Survey #WomanLifeFreedom #GAMAANtaylorfrancis.comThe Secular-Religious Divide in Iran | 6 | An Analysis of GAMAAN's OnlThis chapter examines whether there is a secular-religious divide in contemporary Iran and to what extent, drawing insights from three online surveys conducted 020
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 14/01/2025brill.com/display/titl...brill.comLegacies of Colonialism in Museum Collections"Legacies of Colonialism in Museum Collections" published on 23 Dec 2024 by Brill. 000
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 26/12/2024My first book, on amplifying the Islamic call to prayer and political secularism, is available open access (also from the Bloomsbury collections page). www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) Amplifying Islam in the European Soundscape: Religious Pluralism and Secularism in the NetherlandsPDF | Public manifestations of Islam remain fiercely contested across the Global West. Studies to date have focused on the visual presence of Islam -... | Find, read and cite all the research you need... 031
Reposted by Pooyan Tamimi ArabAbdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 05/12/2024Our researchers conducted 300+ interviews to uncover how Iran treats protesters in the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement. Our report on 16 legal complaints shows justice is still out of reach two years later. Read our full report: www.iranrights.org/library/docu... #WomanLifeFreedom #Iran 0139
Pooyan Tamimi Arab @pooyan1983.bsky.social · 19/12/2024This impressed me in 2024: a statement supporting Iranian and Afghan women by South African anti-Apartheid experts, signed, among others, by Albie Sachs who in his 1990 book on human rights in a free South Africa argued for a secular state. #WomanLifeFreedom endgenderapartheid.today/south-africa...endgenderapartheid.todayEnd Gender Apartheid — Letter from South African Jurists and Anti-Apartheid ExpertsThe time has come to declare gender apartheid a crime. 194