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Sara Yasin @sarayasin.bsky.social · 5h
Also in today’s edition of The Key: Rashid Khalidi’s introduction to Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968” www.thekeymagazine.com/p/ghassan-ka...
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Rashid Khalidi’s New Introduction To Ghassan Kanafani’s “Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968”
Read Kanafani's
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 5h
Gaza 5k!
Educators for Palestine
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Scroll @scroll.in · 12h
"I was KIDNAPPED," claims YouTuber Dhruv Rathee after Delhi Police detained him from his home before yesterday's Jantar Mantar protest. In a video posted on social media, Rathee said he was "dragged from his bedroom."
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Scroll @scroll.in · 10/10/2026
Young women are hauled away by Pune Police personnel during a protest outside the historic Shaniwarwada on Oct 10. At least 100 protesters, including students, were detained and put into vans by the Pune Police before they could even protest. They were released later in the evening. Divya Aslesha
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Na Malum Afrad @namalumafrad.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
" #Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh released from U.S. ICE detention.. Sheikh, whose work has ​explored conflict in his native India-administered #Kashmir, was detained by ICE, part of the Department of Homeland Security" coming off a plane in California's WDI airport www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh released from U.S. ICE detention, campaign says
Sheikh, whose work has ​explored conflict in his native India-administered Kashmir, was released on bond Thursday after being detained on Sept. 24, supporters said.
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 18h
how i write any paper/my books-
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Chokely Carmichael🥋 @stewartcoles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is one reason why you shouldn’t upload work into LLMs during the peer review and grading processes. That work is confidential, and you have no right to share it without permission. You are taking someone’s intellectual property and giving it to the entire world without their consent.
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Na Malum Afrad @namalumafrad.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#Israel is rewriting the #Palestinian curriculum in EastJerusalem to erase Palestinian identity. Nearly 38 percent of Palestinian students in East #Jerusalem now study the Israeli curriculum, while the rest of the students'textbooks are being censored line by line[..] mondoweiss.net/2026/10/isra...
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Israel is rewriting the Palestinian curriculum in East Jerusalem to erase Palestinian identity
Nearly 38 percent of Palestinian students in East Jerusalem now study the Israeli curriculum, while the rest of the students’ textbooks are being censored line by line, stripping mention of Jerusalem,...
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Radhika Natarajan @imperialhistorian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Lecture, or What If We Wrote the Histories We Need in These Dark Times? Thank you so much @durba.bsky.social !! We are so impressed and inspired by you and your amazing @princetonupress.bsky.social book The Future That Was!
Prof. Durba Mitra lecturing on her new book The Future that Was
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Navi Pillay — the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a former International Criminal Court judge — happened to be at the Nuremberg Court in Germany when she learned that she had won the Nobel.
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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"From 1980 to 1987, Carson taught Classics at Princeton as an instructor and later assistant professor, but was not granted tenure at the end of her term"
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Go see Bassam Tariq's *Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother* at your earliest--brilliant.3
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Universities use the facade of anti-discrimination investigations to pursue politically motivated retaliation" Grateful for this labor by colleagues Middle East Studies Association
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Lessons in Repression: Silencing Campus Workers on Palestine Since October 7, 2023 | The MESA Academic Freedom Initiative
Report Preview It has been three years since campuses across the US and Canada erupted in protest against Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip. And despite public demonization, mass arrests, harassment...
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
3 wks ago we 🎉 the launch of our Cross-Reference books @ the Ctr for Bklyn History! @beccaquon.bsky.social chronicled the event! We're inviting ppl to request 🌟free🌟 copies of both pubs; METRO members + collecting institutions get priority :) crc.metro.org?p=1720&previ... crc.metro.org/projects/
Stacks of our misfit books; cover features black background, yellow and pink lettering in Banco typeface Search and discovery Zen set, featuring three brightly colored, clipped jeans and a yellow introductory broadsheet
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The idea that South Asians are “replacing” Americans has become one of the most pervasive narratives driving anti-South Asian hate online. Read our full report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump admin's new rule adding prohibitively expensive new fees for "OPT"—temporary work authorization program for international students and new grads in the United States—is out. Would require colleges to pay $70,000 for year one. $30,000 for years two and three combined for STEM fields.
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
(It admitted none of the 1,026 applicants of “unknown” sex.)
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 07/10/2026
I’m not joking about the war crimes thing, by the way.
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Blood, Oil, and Silence: Saudi Arabia’s Role in War Crimes From Yemen to Gaza - Untold
As Gaza burned, Saudi Arabia kept the oil flowing, the arms investments growing, and its strategic alliance with Israel deepening — abandoning Palestinians to violence and impunity.
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Palestine Festival of Literature @palfest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our book of the week this week is Ghassan Kanafani's remarkable book-length essay PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE LITERATURE UNDER OCCUPATION, 1948-1968, translated into English for the first time by Tarif Khalidi.
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Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968
THE MOST IMPORTANT CRITICAL WORK OF THE RENOWNED PALESTINIAN AUTHORGhassan Kanafani’s remarkable extended essay Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948–1968 is an unyielding act of…
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Dan Cohen @dancohen.org · 06/10/2026
On the 20th anniversary of Zotero's 1.0 release on October 5, 2006, I wrote a history of the collaboration and years it took to create the popular research tool now used by over 20 million people: newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
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The Slow Formation of Durable Software
How a group of historians took years to imagine Zotero, the research application that would eventually be used by millions
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Tej Nagaraja @tejnagaraja.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cornell students and employees stand up — to hold accountable the Kotlikoff leadership and Cornell trustees.
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
how can you
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
err, 2006
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I am sorry but let's Make Takes Great Again ---this pales in comparison to the eminent Orientalist Bernard Lewis on Aug 08, 2008, telling us that Ahmedinejad will end the world on Aug 22, 2008 because "Apocalyptic WorldView of Iran's Rulers" www.wsj.com/articles/SB1...
In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time -- Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil, however these may be defined. Mr. Ahmadinejad and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the U.S. about nuclear development by Aug. 22. This was at first reported as "by the end of August," but Mr. Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise.
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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.historiansforpeace.org/2026/09/29/w...
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Historians for Peace and DemocracyWebinar Oct 6: Falling Towers and Endless War: 25 Years of the War on Terror
The “War on Terror,” launched in response to the 9/11 attacks, has left a trail of destruction: failed wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; millions of dead, wounded, and displaced; regional instability; a g...
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Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A powerful piece by Claudio Lomnitz in Boston Review. His next @dukepress.bsky.social book will be out in the spring. dukeupress.edu/a-political-... www.bostonreview.net/articles/sla...
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Slavery Pure and Simple
A recent bombshell report documents brutal cases of forced labor in Mexico. Why can’t the government take it seriously?
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Scroll @scroll.in · 03/10/2026
"If you read the charge sheet carefully, you will realise that the crime that she is charged with, the crime is empathy," says artist and curator Shuddhabrata SenGupta, Srishti Gupta's mentor. Anant Gupta and Priyali Dhingra report Watch: youtu.be/Wo6QHmGP-G8?...
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Srishti Gupta, a 28-year-old artist, has been in jail since April 11 after Uttar Pradesh Police detained her in connection with the Noida workers’ protest."
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'Her Crime Is Empathy’ How Srishti Gupta Went From Artist to Activist to Jail
Srishti Gupta’s journey from a fine arts student to working with Adivasi communities, women and children took her art beyond galleries and into grassroots life. Her involvement in the Noida workers’ p...
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Defector @defector.com · 03/10/2026
Finally, a shitty movie where Muslims are the bad guys: defector.com/finally-a-sh...
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Finally, A Shitty Movie Where Muslims Are The Bad Guys | Defector
I can’t think of a time in my life when the idea of a Muslim terrorist was not the most acceptable societal enemy. As someone who came of age in the wake of 9/11 and the invasions of both Iraq and…
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mike Pompeo, whom Columbia's SIPA has just hired, had this to say about American Muslims in 2013, after the Boston marathon bombing, though every significant American Muslim leader condemned the attack.
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Stuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The new book I co-edited with @juliango.bsky.social, IMPERIAL ENTANGLEMENTS OF POLICING, is now shipping from @dukepress.bsky.social. Order your copy here: dukeupress.edu/imperial-ent...
Cover of Imperial Entanglements of Policing (red with black netting and white letters)
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Six major, interrelated factors that explain the explosion of anti-South Asian hate in the US. Read all the major findings from our report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
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Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) @csohate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#NewReport: Anti-South Asian hate in the United States has intensified sharply since late 2024, with racist, dehumanizing, and xenophobic slurs and narratives targeting South Asians proliferating across social media platforms. Read and download: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...
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The Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United States
This report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asians across X, 4chan, 8chan, and Gab.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When a violent mob drove Punjabi settlers from Bellingham, WA, in 1907, the city became a flashpoint for exclusionary rhetoric and new carceral practices of detention and deportation. @rozinaali.bsky.social examines nativist hostilities in the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the century:
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A Riot in Bellingham
When a violent mob drove Punjabi settlers from Bellingham, Washington, in 1907, the town became a flashpoint for exclusionary rhetoric and restrictive immigration.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Working on this reported essay, just published, increasingly took over my life for the last two months. PEN America did a terrible disservice with its sloppy reporting about American Jews and Israelis in publishing in July. Josh Lambert and I tried to do better. jewishcurrents.org/what-pen-ame...
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What PEN America Got Wrong About Antisemitism in Publishing
Misleading anecdotes, flawed data, and oversimplified analyses are at the heart of a narrative of Jewish exclusion promoted by the free expression…
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026
If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else
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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I HAVE A COVER! And a pub date - July 6, 2027! If you want six true stories of antiquities fraud, from a California college convinced that Hong Kong tourist trinkets were worth millions, to an entire fake museum, to the titular mummy carved from styrofoam, preorder at www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mu...
Cover of the book The Styrofoam Mummy https://www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mummy-Tales-Antiquities-Market/dp/1324035870
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
lol
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Miami is projected to be 60% underwater by the year 2060 due to climate change
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i love a 'this actual thing that was needed for my career and current employment (writing) is totally not important and should be discarded" take by a college "professor"
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here’s Chris Rufo and his podcast co-host addressing “the Indian question,” a reference to “the Jewish question.” That question was whether Jews could be incorporated into European society, and the Nazis were the ones who claimed to have developed the “final solution” to that “problem.”
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just pre-ordered Mahmood's book. You should too.
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No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention
A revelatory and powerful testament of protest, courage, and imprisonment in America’s deportation regime“Are you Mahmoud Khalil?” The question marked the start of a politically charged odyssey that t...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This organization is in this state because foundations and funders have "pivoted" to AI or to "anti-DEI" work. Millions of hours, thousands of weeks, thirty plus years of beautiful creativity and knowledge now sits in boxes in a storage unit. via "PhD level expertise in our phone"
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spent yesterday packing up a beloved and vitally important cultural organizations' library and archive and the precarity of knowledge and knowledge collectors in this world where a mime machine supposedly knows all knowledge is insane.
gothamist.com
A massive MTA archive ended up in a Virginia warehouse. A Brooklyn man brought it home.
The collection of documents comes from a subway obsessive.
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