Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 28/07/2026New article alert! How did theorists in the medieval Middle East standardize techniques for connecting texts composed in different languages? Join us in examining the long history of comparative literary theory through the premodern lens of ‘approximation’. 166
Reposted by Zayde AntrimStacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 06/07/2026A powerful statement by 142 historians, representing the 142 years that the American Historical @historians.org has had its congressional charter, to say one thing: it's time to confront the AHA's Palestine Exception. In awe of these colleagues, read more: www.usscholarsspeak.orgusscholarsspeak.orgUS Scholars Speak 06534
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 05/07/2026New article alert! Were we to leap back centuries & ask a madrasa student in Mostar or a storyteller in Dhaka, we would find that their idea of the Persian poet ʿAṭṭār differs starkly from the ʿAṭṭār on English-language bookshelves. This article explains why by tracing the fates of his Pandnama:journals.library.columbia.edu Cheap Perfume? | Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta 154
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 30/06/2026New article alert! Humans use numbers to think about other humans in many contexts: demography, taxes, votes, and historically, slavery. Our latest article shows how early Islamic narratives about the Saharan frontier use the number 360 to represent the relationship between race, space, and time.journals.library.columbia.edu A Slave per Day in Perpetuity | Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta 11911
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 28/06/2026New article alert! If you were to list important Arabic poets, who would you include? Abū Nuwās, Abū Tammām, al-Buḥturī, al-Mutanabbī…? In the 14th cent, Ibn Nubāta included all of them & more. He also included himself. Check out this new article about how self-citation worked in Mamluk texts.journals.library.columbia.edu Thus Spoke the Author | Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta 21410
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAdam H Johnson @ahjohnson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.columnblog.comCorporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School AttackNo front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page. 3542631458
Reposted by Zayde AntrimChristopher Rose @khowaga.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Zero repercussions from a spineless congress. 043
Reposted by Zayde AntrimLina Mounzer @warghetti.bsky.social · 28/02/2026At least 40 students killed so far at a school in Minab according to AlJazeera 425396
Reposted by Zayde Antrimelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The US and Israel are bombing Iran. Anyone reporting it as “preventive” is engaging in propaganda, by definition. There is no interpretation of what’s happening as anything else than a crime. You don’t have to like the Iranian regime to understand why this is bad. 242851551
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Have you ever wondered what a Sasanian city sounded like? We can imagine the sounds of the past if we pay close attention to material, historical, & archaeological sources. Check out this new article on the soundscapes of Eranshahr-- & be sure to download the sound file for an immersive experience 12614
Reposted by Zayde AntrimSherene Seikaly @srseikaly.bsky.social · 15/01/2026We will win because history and the majority of historian are on our side. The Palestinian Historians Group respond to the @historians.org latest veto www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47115jadaliyya.comWe Refuse to be Silenced: The Palestinian Historians Group Responds to the AHA Council VetoesWe, the Palestinian Historians Group, are outraged by the American Historical Association Council’s decision to veto two resolutions that members passed by 78 and 79 percent at the AHA Annual Business... 0229
Reposted by Zayde AntrimDoctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 07/01/2026Now, on top of that, Israel is taking steps to stop MSF and other NGOs from working in Gaza entirely, and international supplies and staff have been denied entry. This prevents organizations from providing services and is in breach of Israel's obligations under International Humanitarian Law. 16638
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 06/01/2026Casualties taken to Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah following an Israeli army attack on Birzeit University. aljazeera.comIsraeli school assault wounds dozens of Palestinians in West Bank raidCasualties taken to Istishari Arab Hospital in Ramallah following an Israeli army attack on Birzeit University. 613182
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAren Aizura @incommensurati.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Please can we stop handwringing about the “end of the rules-based international order”. Its “rules” enshrined US economic and military supremacy. And the exceptions to the “rules” were really the norm — Palestine should teach us that, and the history of US intervention in Latin America 182
Reposted by Zayde AntrimDurba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 01/01/2026this new year’s eve, as “third world” is wielded by the racist, xenophobic incarceration machine called homeland security, a reminder that self-proclaimed Third Worldism was about imagination, building worlds of flourishing for the most people, & a direct confrontation against authoritarianism 0246
Reposted by Zayde AntrimShibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 01/01/20262026 starts with even more despair in Gaza as Israel’s decision to revoke the licenses of 37 indispensable international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, goes into effect while world watches impotently aje.io/n0z5hcaje.ioYear starts with despair in Gaza as Israel’s ban on aid groups kicks inHeavy rain, thunderstorms and hail is expected across Palestine, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department. 099
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Thanks to all authors, reviewers, & readers as we close out issue 33! We published 550 pages in 2025: 7 articles; a thematic dossier w/ 4 more articles; a roundtable; an Arabic edition; a pedagogy file; 7 book reviews; & some short communications. Here’s a thread to gather some highlights! 🧵journals.library.columbia.edu Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r... 1118
Reposted by Zayde AntrimBrian Ulrich @brianjulrich.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Includes a roundtable discussing @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi! 023
Reposted by Zayde AntrimMiddle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 14/11/2025The business meeting marks the official launch of the @alusuralwusta.bsky.social: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/al.... A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.journals.library.columbia.edu Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the Islamic lands of the Middle East during the medieval period (defined r... 155
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Imperial Islam is Moon-worshiping—but Sun-worshiping too, straining algorithmically for the stars. Symbolized by 'Ali and Jesus, early modern Persianate Selenocentrism and Heliocentrism are Hermetically useful global-comparative categories for decolonizing the historiography of science and empire. 161
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 27/09/2025The article is open access, so you can read, download, & share it here:journals.library.columbia.edu The Tatars of the Sūdān | Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta 1124
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 27/09/2025New article alert! Join us in exploring a phrase from Ibn Saʿīd al-Maghribī’s 13th-c. geography. He refers to the Damādim of northeast Africa as “Tatars of the Sūdān.” Hannah Barker interrogates the racializing discourses at play in such comparative claims. [image: British Library Or 1524] 12013
Reposted by Zayde AntrimLaila Lalami @lailalalami.com · 19/09/2025While we're on the subject of free speech, note that Israel bombed a newspaper complex in Yemen, killing 31 journalists. The pundits who've spent the last few days commenting on political violence will have nothing to say about the wholesale murder of thirty-one of their colleagues. 0165
Reposted by Zayde AntrimHanna Kienzler @hannakienzler.bsky.social · 12/09/2025‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms over 200,000 killed in Gaza. Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...theguardian.com‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip 36760
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 17/07/2025The article is open access, so you can read, download, & share it here:journals.library.columbia.edu Emotional Manipulation, Coercion, and Precarity in the Tales of Jamīl and Buthayna | Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta 141
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 17/07/2025New article alert! The exploits of the ʿudhrī lovers Jamīl and Buthayna are well known, full of potential for romance and scandal and violence. This article asks how such celebrated stories read differently when read with an eye to Buthayna’s experiences instead of Jamīl’s performances 143
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 10/07/2025The article is open access, so you can read, download, & share it here:journals.library.columbia.edu 'Masʾalatun or Mas'ʾalatun? That Is the Question! | Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta 132
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 10/07/2025New article alert! How can we rethink word stress in Classical Arabic? This article looks to an unexpected source: the traditional recitation of metra in Persian metrics. This evidence clarifies controversial patterning in Classical Arabic, with implications for Proto-Arabic word stress, as well 153
Reposted by Zayde AntrimDana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025My latest piece for Prospect- What needs to change for Palestine www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...prospectmagazine.co.ukWhat needs to change for PalestineSince the war in Gaza began over 600 days ago, the two-state solution has reappeared. But no peace plan can work without Palestinian buy-in 34520
Reposted by Zayde AntrimSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 14/04/2025Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont was illegally detained by ICE during what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process. Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the US, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention. 291129714087
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The Editors of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social endorse @mesa1966.bsky.social's March 13 Statement on the repression of academic freedom and March 28 Joint Statement regarding Columbia.mesana.orgLetters from The Board 163
Reposted by Zayde AntrimStacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Never ever bargain with fascists. That's what Columbia did and all it got them was defunded, and now their students are being unlawfully detained by an extremist Right. Free Mahmoud Khalil. Hands off our students! 0152
Reposted by Zayde AntrimPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/03/2025UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana. 284109195499
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 21/01/2025New article alert! Explore the history of 15th-century Diyarbakır with us today! This new article relies on literary & epigraphic sources to tell a story of Aqquyunlu rulers & their relationship to the famous Armenian bishop, painter, & poet Mkrtičʻ Nałaš [shown here: remains at nearby Ergani] 193
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAlison Vacca @medievalqabq.bsky.social · 15/01/2025excited to see Umayyad Armenia in UW! 061
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 15/01/2025New article alert! We invite you to explore a text composed in the northern reaches of the Caliphate in 744: the Armenian martyrology of Vahan of Gołtʻn. This article includes a translation and intro that analyzes the text’s construction of the Umayyad world and Armenian experiences within it 2115
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAlison Vacca @medievalqabq.bsky.social · 13/01/2025And so we begin 2025! Check out our new article abt how Ibn Khaldun uses al-Idrisi's maps! 073
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 13/01/2025New article alert! Ibn Khaldūn’s Muqaddima offers the most extended reading of a series of maps known from medieval literature. In this article, Alfred Hiatt parses Ibn Khaldūn’s text alongside manuscripts of al-Idrīsī’s 12th-cent. geography, prompting questions about Ibn Khaldūn’s art of history 33417
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAbu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Call for proposals for a great Pasiri conference on gender and sexuality in Africa in Kenya, April 24-25. Apply here if your work fits! www.pasiri.org/copy-of-lusa...pasiri.orgProgram on African Social Research | PASR | New YorkThe Program on African Social Research (PASR) was founded to center African knowledge production within social science research globally. We do this by creating opportunities for junior scholars based in Africa. 041
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 20/12/2024We close out the 2024 issue with a thousand and one thanks to our authors, reviewers, & readers! 618 pages of research articles, thought pieces, pedagogy file, conference reports & book reviews. here is a master thread that describes them all! 🧵⬇️ Share & follow because 2025 is going to bring more! 1137
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 19/12/2024UW pedagogy files focus on primary sources, meant to invite instructors to diversify what we teach in the classroom. always entirely open access, read and share here!journals.library.columbia.edu Medieval Georgian Coinage | Al-ʿUsur al-Wusta 021
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Included in the file are coins that help complicate stories of Empire by showing how students can think with them cross-culturally. Shown here: Queen Tʻamar’s coin (c. 1200 CE) w/ the title Queen of Queens (ملكة الملكات) in Arabic. Others show Byzantine-inspired iconography 131
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Check out Stephen Rapp’s pedagogy file on medieval Georgian coins to use in undergraduate classes! This example combines familiar format: “there is no god but God alone, who has no associate; Muhammad is the messenger of God” in Arabic, w/ Georgian margin “Christ, exalt Bagrat, king of the Apʻxaz” 1229
Reposted by Zayde AntrimAl-ʿUṣūr al-Wusṭā: The Journal of Middle East Medievalists @alusuralwusta.bsky.social · 18/12/2024UW announces the publication of its first-ever roundtable! it showcases a variety of perspectives on the Global Middle Ages—its possibilities, perils, & problems—from fields associated w/ Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies. 11610
Reposted by Zayde AntrimStacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Regardless of where you stand on protesters whose speech makes some students uncomfortable, we must recognize this campaign against alleged campus antisemitism "is not instigated by Jewish undergrads who feel unsafe but by powerful orgs, US donors, & the Israeli state." www.aaup.org/article/mode...aaup.orgModeling the World We SeekPublished as a preview to the winter 2025 issue. The full issue will be published in February 2025. Additional accounts of recent crackdowns on campus protests appear in a series of blog posts organiz... 0157
Reposted by Zayde AntrimCongressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Today, I'm leading 20 Members of Congress to demand that the Biden Admin withhold offensive weapons from the Israeli military. U.S. law is clear: if the Netanyahu government does not allow sufficient food & medicine to enter Gaza, then the U.S. cannot send weapons. 20523104
Reposted by Zayde AntrimDavid Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social · 17/12/2024This is absolutely stunning. Anyone interested in the #repression of #protest needs to read this. Yes, it’s about Palestine, but in a context that is truly frightening. 0183