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William Lafi Youmans

@willyou.bsky.social
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Professor and filmmaker. Wrote 'An Unlikely Audience: Al Jazeera's Struggle in America.' #footie #afc

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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? is listed in the New York Times fall preview. It will be released in New York and SoCal theaters October 30. Spread the word to friends who live in those areas!
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The official trailer for Who Killed Alex Odeh?, winner of the 2026 Sundance U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence. Limited theatrical release in NYC and LA October 30; wider streaming release later this fall. youtu.be/NHt55w3k_TM?...
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Who Killed Alex Odeh? | OFFICIAL TRAILER
YouTube video by Watermelon Pictures
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The wait is over. The trailer for WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? is finally here. Layered, revealing, and deeply consequential, this documentary challenges audiences to confront uncomfortable truths about the geopolitics of impunity. deadline.com/2026/08/who-...
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Watch Trailer For 'Who Killed Alex Odeh?' Award-Winning Documentary
Watch the trailer for 'Who Killed Alex Odeh,' an award-winning documentary that's cross between true crime and a geopolitical thriller.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Minnesota! In late September, Who Killed Alex Odeh? will be screening at the 20th Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, hosted by Mizna and MSP Film Society. WHEN: Friday, Sept 25, 2026 at 1 pm WHERE: The Main Cinema TICKETS + PASSES: tcaff26.eventive.org #tcaff26 #tcaff
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Our documentary ‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ is coming to Toronto as part of the city's prestigious Palestine Film Festival, which has put together a stellar line-up of titles. It will screen on Sunday, October 4, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the TIFF Lightbox, Cinema 1. Tickets: tinyurl.com/WKAOTPFF
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Michigan premiere of Who Killed Alex Odeh? will be at the Arab American National Museum on Thursday, August 6th. Film starts at 7 pm. Make sure to get tickets beforehand. I hope to see you there!
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
After its California premiere last week at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? Will have its Michigan premiere at the @arabamericanmuseum.org.web.brid.gy in Dearborn on August 6th!
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Got to it late but this season of @sceneonradio.bsky.social is a great crash course on why our news media is the way it is, and how it could be. Plus it features brilliant friends & colleagues @chenjerai.bsky.social, @victorpickard.bsky.social, @dannagal.bsky.social, @willyou.bsky.social and more!
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The News
Welcome to Season 8: The News. This 8-part series explores the deep challenges facing American journalism, and the nation’s news and information crisis. It seems everyone’s mad at the media,
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I am pleased to announce that Who Killed Alex Odeh? will be screening at the 46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival! If you will be in the Bay Area on July 22, 2026, make sure to catch the film's showing. For tickets or more information, please check SFJFF's website.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Secure your ticket to the DC premiere! Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Award for Journalistic Excellence. "a riveting murder mystery" -Sean Means, The Movie Cricket "diligently pull together the threads of a complex case -Allan Hunter, Screen Daily
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My new essay on how the seeds of US fascism were planted in immigration law and enforcement practices under the guise of counter-terrorism. www.publicbooks.org/fascisms-bui...
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Fascism’s Building Blocks: 30 Years of Secret Evidence - Public Books
“Immigration law is a zone of exception where many American constitutional standards, the supposed safeguards against government abuse, simply do not extend.”
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My new essay on how the seeds of US fascism were planted in immigration law and enforcement practices under the guise of counter-terrorism. www.publicbooks.org/fascisms-bui...
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Fascism’s Building Blocks: 30 Years of Secret Evidence - Public Books
“Immigration law is a zone of exception where many American constitutional standards, the supposed safeguards against government abuse, simply do not extend.”
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I’m elated to announce WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? is an official selection for the esteemed DC/DOX film festival! Tickets for the DC screening of the award-winning documentary on June 14 are now on sale. visit dcdoxfest2026.eventive.org/schedule/69f... #dcdoxfest26 #justiceforalexodeh
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
April 16, 1982
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Who Killed Alex Odeh? Is screening tomorrow in Chicago! It won a jury award at Sundance in January. You don’t want to miss it. Tickets: www.palestinefilmfest.com/schedule/who...
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ENCORE: WHO KILLED ALEX ODEH? — Chicago Palestine Film Festival
BUY TICKETS The assassination of a beloved Palestinian American activist in Southern California ignites a 40-year quest for justice, revealing the roots of a dangerous political movement that thrive...
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It is with great honor that we share this news!  Our documentary film Who Killed Alex Odeh? has been selected for the Millennium Docs Against Gravity film festival to be screened in the special section, All Eyes on Palestine. The festival is spread over 7 cities in Poland May 8-17.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Born into slavery, Gustav Badin became part of Swedish royal court and left legacy of books and letters. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Israel is trying to provoke a civil war in Lebanon by slaughtering citizens, ethnically cleansing the south and attacking the state and UN. The global community needs to act decisively and militarily against Israel immediately, as it did against Saddam Hussein in Kuwait and Milisevic in Bosnia.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The US government, media and universities owe apologies to the students who protested for ceasefire in 2024. Had the call of their encampments been heeded, we very likely wouldn’t be in the current predicament. In any case, they were right.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
An important write-up of our documentary is out. Though I do not agree with many aspects of this review of Who Killed Alex Odeh? from Variety, it is at least thoughtful. variety.com/2026/film/re...
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‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Review: A Modest True Crime Doc Where the Answers Are Out in the Open
The exposé of a Palestinian activist’s murder in 'Who Killed Alex Odeh?' may lack novel spark, but its directness is not without purpose.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
It’s an honor to have your film described as “fascinating.” Screen International’s review of Who Killed Alex Odeh? says we “diligently pull together the threads of a complex case in which one incident opens a window on to a wider picture of Arab-Israeli relations.” That is a perfect description!
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Torsten Menge @tmenge.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Für Berliner vielleicht von Interesse: Der Dokumentarfilm meines Kollegen William Youmans über den Mordanschlag auf den palästinensisch-amerikanischen Aktivisten Alex Odeh hat seine Europapremiere auf der #Berlinale2026. Sehr empfehlenswert!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/01/2026
Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
And Panama. They’re doing the Noriega playbook.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Our documentary — Who Killed Alex Odeh? — made the top 20 most anticipated documentaries of 2026 by Nonfics. It will premiere at Sundance on January 26. Tickets go on sale January 14. #justiceforalexey
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...
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40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable
On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been...
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
That time when Golda Meir was going to civilize the whole continent of Africa with Israel’s “hard-won expertise.”
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
I wrote this essay for the anniversary of Alex Odeh’s still unsolved murder. I tried to focus more on Alex the person and his legacy for the community than the frustrating story of a failed investigation, which I will write about elsewhere. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/40-y...
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40 years after Jewish extremists murdered a Palestinian activist in California, no one has been held accountable
On October 11, 1985, Palestinian-American Alex Odeh was killed when a bomb destroyed his office. Despite suspicions that Jewish Defense League members carried out the attack, no charges have ever been...
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Sean Yom @seanyom.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
In July 2024, Israel waited until Ismail Haniyeh *left* Qatar to visit Tehran before assassinating him. Now it's just full-on bombing Qatar. If the US had granted visas to PLO leaders to attend the UN meeting this month, I'd be very scared about Mossad operations in Manhattan.
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Prism @prismreports.org · 09/09/2025
Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by @laubast.bsky.social in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
My contribution to the Palestinian feminist publication Scene48’s new bulletin is about Alex Odeh’s statue in California in the context of Palestinian memorials, or ‘Memorializations from Below.’ scene48.org/en/articles/...
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Memorials of Resistance: Alex Odeh and Beyond
Alex Odeh’s statue and student protests highlight Palestinian resilience, reclaiming memory and identity amid ongoing efforts to erase their history.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Curtis Sliwa from the Guardian Angels and current Republican candidate for mayor of New York appeared on Morton Downey Jr. in 1989 to confront a Jewish militant. He had with him an Arab American wearing a keffiyeh who supported the intifada.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
DC protest against the Trump takeover. They will meet in DuPont at 2 pm Saturday and march to the White House.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Adding to the nearly 270 media workers Israel has eliminated in Gaza, here are 5 Al Jazeera staff that Israel struck fatally yesterday: Anas al-Sharif, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed Qreiqeh. They gave their lives so we could witness the crime of the century.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Forty years ago, Alexander Cockburn wrote this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal. A similar essay could be written today, though Israel’s only expanded and intensified its war on journalism. And there’s no way the Journal would publish it.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
In the early 1980s, Arab American activist Dr MT Mehdi predicted that the American public would eventually break with Israeli militarism. He was correct that Israel would produce “permanent wars,” but is so far wrong that American sponsorship would cease.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The @washingtonpost.com published a very small percentage of the names of Palestinian children Israel has killed in Gaza. In tiny print size, it still took up more than a newspaper page. The scale of destruction Israel has enacted on Palestinian lives is unforgivable.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
We’re finally in post-production for our film on Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American activist who was assassinated in 1985 in Orange County. The case is still unsolved. Our documentary investigates this forgotten history. Please donate to help us finish it. t.co/BGxph8HCtW
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
You think it started on October 7th? Palestinian artist Iyad Sabbah created these statues amid rubble to depict Palestinians fleeing their homes during Israel’s shelling of the Shuja’yyeh neighborhood in Gaza in *2014* Israel has since flattened Gaza city and surrounding areas.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
People who think it all started on October 7, 2023 need to see this editorial cartoon from 2014.
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John Robie @jrobie.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
If the guy was actually an "independent journalist," the NYT would just do what it always does: write about it next week and not credit him.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 07/07/2025
Hold on, back up.
the Times. The paper believed it had reason to push the story out quickly: It did not want to be scooped by the independent journalist Christopher Rufo. Two people familiar with
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
No one here is posting about Iran and Israel? This platform is odd.
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William Lafi Youmans @willyou.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
In a 1985 LA Times oped, Mark Bruzonsky compared Israel and South African apartheid. He described how he first rejected the analogy but then came to see it as apt. Now, of course, Israel’s variation has proven to be far more destructive and deadly.
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Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Very happy to be visiting @willyou.bsky.social in September at @nuqatar.bsky.social in Doha, and talking about Morality, Ontology, Strategy. Builds on my paper with @adamblerner.bsky.social and our ongoing Q of "what matters": academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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Strategic Ontologies: Narrative and Meso-Level Theorizing in International Politics
Abstract. This paper offers a theory of incremental theoretical evolution connecting the practice of international politics with disciplinary IR. It theori
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Martin Shaw @martinshaw.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Gaza has brought genocide to the centre of world politics and the idea of genocide back to the centre of political and intellectual debate. In The New Age of Genocide, due October 7, I dissect the genocide, the denial, and their implications for understanding. A 🧵 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
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The New Age of Genocide
With recent events in Gaza, Martin Shaw seeks to restore the idea of genocide to its central place in thinking about mass atrocities, to apply it to neglected cases, and ultimately to settle the quest...
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