Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bookmarking this new IJMES article on Turkey and Mickey Mouse to read later! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 021
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bookmarking this new IJMES article on Turkey and Mickey Mouse to read later! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 021
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026What an amazing series of upcoming talks on the Middle East! 020
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A forthcoming book on “care's material and moral complexities” from a leading scholar of Egypt. 052
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A forthcoming book on “care's material and moral complexities” from a leading scholar of Egypt. 052
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Next month, I'll have the chance to share how "Media of the Masses" came to be and where my research on media in Middle East history is going at Wesleyan University. To be able to do so down the road from where my journey with Arabic began two decades ago is special. @stanfordpress.bsky.social 074
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A book I will absolutely be reading. "Reconstructing patient histories, Beth Baron traces how medical knowledge was created through women's bodies and by those treating them. The result is a new understanding of the body, medicine, and colonialism in Egypt." 0124
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A book I will absolutely be reading. "Reconstructing patient histories, Beth Baron traces how medical knowledge was created through women's bodies and by those treating them. The result is a new understanding of the body, medicine, and colonialism in Egypt." 0124
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Next month, I'll have the chance to share how "Media of the Masses" came to be and where my research on media in Middle East history is going at Wesleyan University. To be able to do so down the road from where my journey with Arabic began two decades ago is special. @stanfordpress.bsky.social 074
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Seeing readers share photos like this one never grows old : ) 010
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An exciting event on public history, taking place next month, for those who will be in Qatar! www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... 020
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026There is nothing better than arriving back on campus to teach your first class of the fall and finding handwritten letters in your mailbox from students the prior spring. Notes like these are such a treasure. 010
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Easily the coolest thing I’ve found at a flea market in the U.S. A doorstop turned bookend of the gramophone dog listening to a record player. 111
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026An exciting, fully-funded opportunity for graduate students to present their work on the Arab World at NYU Abu Dhabi! 000
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A position at my grad school alma mater for a historian of the modern Middle East “with a focus on the history of Israel/Palestine after 1917.” Candidates are expected to be fluent in both Arabic and Hebrew. 011
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026One of only a handful of Arabic language classes to be offered in public high schools across the US at the time, this course introduced me not only to new words, but a region with a rich history that was routinely reduced to conflict in contemporary media. 131
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There are certain events where most people can recall exactly what they were doing when they happened. One such moment, for me, is 9/11. When the attacks occurred, I was in the 8th grade in Connecticut, and I had classmates whose parents worked in the towers. 120
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 08/09/2026An exciting event, featuring @annygaul.bsky.social, in DC later this month. 011
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Rashid Khalidi’s latest book for young adults readers. 094
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Rashid Khalidi’s latest book for young adults readers. 094
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 30/08/2026When you check out the Middle East Studies catalog for @stanfordpress.bsky.social and want to read every forthcoming book. 021
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 30/08/2026When you check out the Middle East Studies catalog for @stanfordpress.bsky.social and want to read every forthcoming book. 021
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Out next March! “Through this rich micro-history of a city in transition, Dallasheh restores Palestinians as active players in their own history, not merely passive victims of the colonial states under which they live—and shows what it cost Palestinians to survive in their homeland after 1948.” 044
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Taking place at Georgetown’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies on the horizon! 000
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Tuesday morning is for editing. Reviews of these three books will soon appear in the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES). @stanfordpress.bsky.social, @utexaspress.bsky.social, @universitypress.cambridge.org 011
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Tuesday morning is for editing. Reviews of these three books will soon appear in the International Journal of Middle East Studies (IJMES). @stanfordpress.bsky.social, @utexaspress.bsky.social, @universitypress.cambridge.org 011
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 24/08/2026An exciting event! "The Making of Armenian America" at Columbia this fall. 033
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026An exciting new prize offered by @markaz-review.bsky.social! To learn more: themarkaz.org/literarypriz... 010
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This week, I acquired my first book for the Africa catalog at Lynne Rienner Publishers: an engaging exploration of Nigeria's National Assembly from someone who served in it. If you're writing a book, don't hesitate to reach out! I'd love to learn more about it. 📚 000
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A new call for abstracts from the Arab Council for the Social Sciences. To learn more: us11.campaign-archive.com?u=8834e9808a... 000
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The Arabic translation of “Media of the Masses” is now available at the Istanbul International Arabic Book Fair! Now if I only I could accompany the book there. 010
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 15/08/2026مقال جديد عن الأغنية الكردية. daraj.media/%D8%A7%D9%84...daraj.mediaالأغنية الكردية من الكاسيت إلى الخوارزمية - Darajالسؤال الذي يواجه الأغنية الكردية اليوم ليس السؤال نفسه الذي واجهته قبل ثلاثة أو أربعة عقود. في الماضي، كان التحدّي يكمن في الوصول إلى الجمهور، وفي تجاوز الرقابة والحدود السياسية وضعف مؤسّسات الإنتاج.... 000
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 05/08/2026To see "Media of the Masses" continue to resonate with readers in the Middle East means the world to me. A thousand thanks to Mamdouh Elnaby for this thoughtful and in-depth reading. To have someone engage so closely with your work is truly a gift. megazine.ultrasawt.com/%D9%83%D8%AA...megazine.ultrasawt.com"ثقافة الكاسيت": أرشيف الظل وكتابة التاريخ من أسفللا تكمن أهمية الكتاب في محاولة قراءة التاريخ من أسفل، وإنما أهميته الحقيقية تنبع من أنه قدّم لنا تحولات الطبقة المتوسطة، ورحلة صعودها إلى انهيارها، وكيف غيّرت تكنولوجيا الكاسيت واقع المشهد 000
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Reviews of both of these @stanfordpress.bsky.social books will soon appear in the International Journal of Middle East Studies! 011
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Reviews of both of these @stanfordpress.bsky.social books will soon appear in the International Journal of Middle East Studies! 011
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Batman has arrived in Connecticut from Cairo. 091
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 27/07/2026 من بداية مشواري مع "ثقافة الكاسيت في مصر" كان مهم اوي بالنسبة لي إني أكتب كتاب يهم المصريين عشان بحثي كان هيبقى مستحيل من غير مساعدتهم. عشان كده، فرحني أوي لما قريت البوست ده بتاع هند عزت. ألف شكر على كلامك الجميل عن كتابي و ألف مبروك على مقالك الجديد و اللينك أهو (muwatin.net/92024/hani-s...) 022
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 27/07/2026 من بداية مشواري مع "ثقافة الكاسيت في مصر" كان مهم اوي بالنسبة لي إني أكتب كتاب يهم المصريين عشان بحثي كان هيبقى مستحيل من غير مساعدتهم. عشان كده، فرحني أوي لما قريت البوست ده بتاع هند عزت. ألف شكر على كلامك الجميل عن كتابي و ألف مبروك على مقالك الجديد و اللينك أهو (muwatin.net/92024/hani-s...) 022
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A roundtable I can't wait to attend at the next annual meeting for the Middle East Studies Association on Souq Diana in downtown Cairo! 021
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A roundtable I can't wait to attend at the next annual meeting for the Middle East Studies Association on Souq Diana in downtown Cairo! 021
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Happy to see Omar El Akkad’s book as a bestseller @powells.bsky.social! 061
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Happy to see Omar El Akkad’s book as a bestseller @powells.bsky.social! 061
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Looking forward to further exploring this cookbook! 140
Reposted by Andrew SimonAndrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 15/07/202616 years ago, I enrolled in an Arabic language program in downtown Cairo that changed my life. This summer, one of my students started as a fellow in the same program: the Center for Arabic Study Abroad. A full circle moment and an experience, I hope, that will be equally transformative for him. 021
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 15/07/202616 years ago, I enrolled in an Arabic language program in downtown Cairo that changed my life. This summer, one of my students started as a fellow in the same program: the Center for Arabic Study Abroad. A full circle moment and an experience, I hope, that will be equally transformative for him. 021
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Look at what arrived in the mail today! To see this senior honors thesis take shape, from an undergraduate’s idea last year to something I can now hold in my hand (and proudly display on my bookshelf), was simply awesome.. Working with such students has been the highlight of my time at Dartmouth. 010
Andrew Simon @simongandrew.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A new article in the International Journal of Middle East Studies on the Egyptian student movement that I can't wait to read! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgAn Intimate History of the Egyptian Student Movement: Arwa Salih “Who-Must-Not-Be-Named” | International Journal of Middle East Studies | Cambridge CoreAn Intimate History of the Egyptian Student Movement: Arwa Salih “Who-Must-Not-Be-Named” 000