Middle East North Africa Special Interest Group @CIESMENASIG
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Important info for academics mobilising to support Gazas universities. Gazan uni heads and academics have formed emergency committee to set out advice and a contact point to coordinate support. Important to avoid bypassing them in initiatives #BRISMES2024 gazauniversities.org
We're delighted to announce our upcoming and final talk in this series. Please join us for an important discussion on development, aid, and decoloniality in Palestine with Palestinian scholar Dr. Mudar Kassis on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Register here: rb.gy/vebokz
Register now! Enacting Academic Solidarity: Advocacy, Campaigning and Media 28 Jun – Online 1-2:30pm UK | 3-4:30pm Lebanon More info and registration here: lebanesestudies.com/events/enactin…
Last chance to register! We are delighted to invite you to this upcoming webinar on the perspectives of persons with disabilities in the context of war and occupation! More info and registration here: lebanesestudies.com/events/webinar… @REAL_Centre @CaNDER_Research @DisabilitySiege
Join us on 11 June 2discuss the lives of persons’ with disabilities amid a genocide in Gaza and occupation in West Bank. For fear over their safety & ongoing scholasticide we r unable 2announce the speakers in Gaza.Their work will be presented by colleagues outside Palestine. 1/2
Join us on 11 June 2discuss the lives of persons’ with disabilities amid a genocide in Gaza and occupation in West Bank. For fear over their safety & ongoing scholasticide we r unable 2announce the speakers in Gaza.Their work will be presented by colleagues outside Palestine. 1/2
The toll of the #educide on #gaza in this ongoing war #stopthegenocide #gaza #FreePalestine #Save_Gaza_from_educide @Rig2Edu
🌊CALL FOR CO-CONVENERS & MEMBERS🌊 We're building an affinity group on anti-colonial and anti-imperial currents in southeast asia and oceania. Together we'll do -reading circles -conference-organising in s.e.a./oceania -editing/writing collabs 🥥southsouthmovement.org/projects/count…
Register now for this panel! The impact of compounded crises on loss of learning in Lebanese public schools May 28 at 4 pm Beirut time to attend in person send an email to: [email protected] to join online: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
my latest piece on Gaza @cies_us @SussexGlobal @SussexCIE @sussexucu @baicenews @MorayHouseCEID @CEID_IOE @COMPARE_Journal @SOEBristol @arathings @WarOnWant @chilledasad100 @fobzu Peace Without Justice is an Empty Phrase: In Education and Beyond - norrag.org/peace-without-…
Join the #CIES Middle East and North Africa (MENA) SIG for their Talk Series,, "Ethical Solidarity and Academic Freedom During the Gaza Genocide- A conversation with @maimoghli and @MahaShuayb," on May 15th, 2024, 11am-12 pm ET. pitt.ly/3wsqovI #academicfreedom #gaza
Join us for our 1st session, ‘Framing Academic Solidarity’! Salim Vally and Hazem Jamjoum discuss their personal and professional involvement in political struggles enacted in & through the university 31 May 1-3:30pm UK | 3-4:30pm Leb Register by 20 May: lebanesestudies.com/events/worksho…
We love and miss you, Shireen.
Don't forget to register for our Education, Ethics and Research Politics webinar series: The role of Education and Technology during and post Gaza’s Genocide, Epistemicide and Educide 20 May 4-5pm UK / 6-7pm Leb Learn more and register here: lebanesestudies.com/events/the-rol…
Our letter expressing concern at on-going efforts by the Committee on Education and the Workforce to interfere with and radically reshape higher education across the country. mesana.org/advocacy/commi…
Join this Emergency Training on How to Defend Student Activists in Disciplinary Hearings for Faculty & Staff online with Palestine Legal, the National Lawyers Guild & experienced faculty members. May 8 |4pm EST. Register w QR code & see other details on flyer @pal_legal @NLGnews
Join the CIES MENA SIG on Wednesday, May 15, at 11am ET for our second talk on Academic Freedom and Ethical Solidarity During the Gaza Genocide featuring @MahaShuayb & @maimoghli from the @LebaneseStudies. Register here: rb.gy/ybu4n0
My husband, Prof. Steve Tamari, is out of the hospital. He will need surgery on his hand, and he is in pain from nine broken ribs. We are asking for time to rest and heal. We will not be taking media interviews at this time. Here is Steve's statement and ways you can support.

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soma @somazzak
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Alison Buckler @AlisonBucklerEd
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CIRE Bristol @CIRE_bristol
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soma @somazzak
38 Followers 510 Following Learner. Researcher. Education advocate. International Education. Eduction in Emergencies. 🇺🇸
Nar 🌙 @sollnar
485 Followers 1K Following // writing a dissertation during the end of the world kinda masochist.
Shaira Vadasaria @SVadasaria
362 Followers 682 Following Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Sociology. Tweets in personal capacity.
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46 Followers 154 Following PhD student in Educational Leadership and Policy @OISEUofT
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Chatham House MENA @CH_MENAP
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Beirut Urban Lab @BeirutUrbanLab
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Artists On The Frontl... @artfrontline
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Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye
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UCL-MRU @UCL_MRU
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Jasmin Lilian Diab @jasminldiab
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Middle East Institute @MiddleEastInst
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Fobzu @fobzu
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National Students for... @NationalSJP
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Sara Salem @saramsalem
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Birzeit University @BirzeitU
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Mondoweiss @Mondoweiss
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BDS movement @BDSmovement
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