Fatima Ahdash
@fatimaahdash.bsky.social
Legal academic (counterterrorism, national security, family regulation, feminist legal theory, human rights). Free 🇵🇸
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Here are some thoughts on the Palestine Action ruling for the @lrb.co.uk. The ruling shows the importance of the UK Government's national security assessments being challenged - which doesn't happen enough under our current system.
‘The Palestine Action ruling is another warning against always taking the government at its word.’
@daniellalock.bsky.social on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
@daniellalock.bsky.social on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Daniella Lock | Unlawful
The High Court has ruled that the British government’s proscription of Palestine Action – which has led to the...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Here are some thoughts on the Palestine Action ruling for the @lrb.co.uk. The ruling shows the importance of the UK Government's national security assessments being challenged - which doesn't happen enough under our current system.
‘I just use AI for brainstorming’ : an actual academic.
Like, how are you openly admitting that you are outsourcing the most important part of your job, thinking, to a plagiarism robot? Are you not…ashamed?
Like, how are you openly admitting that you are outsourcing the most important part of your job, thinking, to a plagiarism robot? Are you not…ashamed?
February 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
‘I just use AI for brainstorming’ : an actual academic.
Like, how are you openly admitting that you are outsourcing the most important part of your job, thinking, to a plagiarism robot? Are you not…ashamed?
Like, how are you openly admitting that you are outsourcing the most important part of your job, thinking, to a plagiarism robot? Are you not…ashamed?
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‘The co-founder of Palestine Action has won a legal challenge to the home secretary’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws’!!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
‘The co-founder of Palestine Action has won a legal challenge to the home secretary’s decision to ban the group under anti-terrorism laws’!!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
A most brilliant article. I urge all those teaching jurisprudence to please assign this as part of your CORE Kant readings. Race is the issue, not a periphery, inconvenient footnote
My new article "Kant as Methodology: Race, White Ignorance, and Intellectual Responsibility" is now out in Critical Philosophy of Race (Penn State University Press).
Open Access copy here: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
(summary of core arguments in thread below)
@lseir.bsky.social
Open Access copy here: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
(summary of core arguments in thread below)
@lseir.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 7:31 AM
A most brilliant article. I urge all those teaching jurisprudence to please assign this as part of your CORE Kant readings. Race is the issue, not a periphery, inconvenient footnote
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What a love letter to London.
“I left London for New York eighteen years ago. For a long time I didn’t miss it. Recently I have found myself thinking about it more often, and sometimes even dreaming about it.”
@harikunzru.bsky.social on a drift through an old city.
@harikunzru.bsky.social on a drift through an old city.
Another London, by Hari Kunzru
Excavating the disenchanted city
buff.ly
February 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
What a love letter to London.
Like we haven’t suffered enough
Email sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 outlines what the sender described as financial and legal opportunities in Libya.
Epstein email reveals plan to access Libya's frozen state assets
Email sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 outlines what the sender described as financial and legal opportunities in Libya.
www.aljazeera.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Like we haven’t suffered enough
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two years today since Hind Rajab was killed by the IOF. she was 5.
January 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM
two years today since Hind Rajab was killed by the IOF. she was 5.
Sick of always being the only no-AI in academia extremist in the room. The Arab world, and knowledge production in the region, is so so screwed with the unbridled enthusiasm for this shit
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Sick of always being the only no-AI in academia extremist in the room. The Arab world, and knowledge production in the region, is so so screwed with the unbridled enthusiasm for this shit
Today a student of mine nodded off during my class and I didn’t feel offended or upset or anything - just so deeply jealous of his capacity to sleep. I miss sleep 🥹
January 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Today a student of mine nodded off during my class and I didn’t feel offended or upset or anything - just so deeply jealous of his capacity to sleep. I miss sleep 🥹
Some of the best writing you’ll read
I started a substack. It’s mostly about academia and job hunting and trying to live life amidst chaos, and amidst the hellfires of capitalism.
check it out. If for no other reason then to tell me I’m an ok writer bc pretty sentences are one of the very few things that currently bring me joy.
check it out. If for no other reason then to tell me I’m an ok writer bc pretty sentences are one of the very few things that currently bring me joy.
Fighting for a seat at a table that is on fire
I used to cry whenever I would get a job rejection.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Some of the best writing you’ll read
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I like reading. One of the reasons I entered this profession was because it allows me to read and call it work. When I hear about fellow academics’ optimised knowledge consumption workflows, it makes me feel a little sad.
January 26, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I like reading. One of the reasons I entered this profession was because it allows me to read and call it work. When I hear about fellow academics’ optimised knowledge consumption workflows, it makes me feel a little sad.
Song of Achilles is a right snooze fest omg
January 24, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Song of Achilles is a right snooze fest omg
‘ICE are like ISIS’ takes are so annoying. They’re not like something foreign and scary. They’re like something very American- like the KKK. Or the American army in Vietnam or Iraq or literally anywhere. Violence is indigenous to your culture.
January 15, 2026 at 7:37 PM
‘ICE are like ISIS’ takes are so annoying. They’re not like something foreign and scary. They’re like something very American- like the KKK. Or the American army in Vietnam or Iraq or literally anywhere. Violence is indigenous to your culture.
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The one good thing that will come out of the US descending into fascism is that it will forever throw out the window the misconception that Nazism was a quintessentially German perversion of Western civilization as opposed to the logical end-result of radical Westernism
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The one good thing that will come out of the US descending into fascism is that it will forever throw out the window the misconception that Nazism was a quintessentially German perversion of Western civilization as opposed to the logical end-result of radical Westernism
I’m having the most delicious day in bed, rotating my hours between reading this and watching My Brilliant Friend. 🥰
January 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I’m having the most delicious day in bed, rotating my hours between reading this and watching My Brilliant Friend. 🥰
In Gratitude by Jenny Diski had been sitting in my shelf for 8 years and I finally got round to reading it (for lots of personal reasons I couldn’t bring myself to read it knowing it’s subject matter) and oh my. I love her writing so much.
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 AM
In Gratitude by Jenny Diski had been sitting in my shelf for 8 years and I finally got round to reading it (for lots of personal reasons I couldn’t bring myself to read it knowing it’s subject matter) and oh my. I love her writing so much.
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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
Ok so my event on rethinking international law next Thursday should be fun …
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Ok so my event on rethinking international law next Thursday should be fun …
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As the New Year rings in, Palestine Action prison hunger striker Heba Muraisi will cross over into her 60th day without food. This is often the threshold where sudden death becomes imminent. Her government knows and is wilfully proceeding, just as it has with the genocide in Gaza
December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As the New Year rings in, Palestine Action prison hunger striker Heba Muraisi will cross over into her 60th day without food. This is often the threshold where sudden death becomes imminent. Her government knows and is wilfully proceeding, just as it has with the genocide in Gaza
Typo: ‘treaties’ as ‘treats’ and like…my subconscious has a point?! More treats, less treaties
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Typo: ‘treaties’ as ‘treats’ and like…my subconscious has a point?! More treats, less treaties
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
Dreaming of a 2026 that has less genocide, less abuse, more books, more fun and light and more love
January 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Dreaming of a 2026 that has less genocide, less abuse, more books, more fun and light and more love
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Happy New Year! 🎊
In 2026, as ever, critical feminist legal scholarship has an important role to play in shaping dialogues about freedom, justice, and community.
As an interdisciplinary journal, we welcome critical feminist work. Consider submitting your work to us: link.springer.com/journal/10691
In 2026, as ever, critical feminist legal scholarship has an important role to play in shaping dialogues about freedom, justice, and community.
As an interdisciplinary journal, we welcome critical feminist work. Consider submitting your work to us: link.springer.com/journal/10691
January 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Happy New Year! 🎊
In 2026, as ever, critical feminist legal scholarship has an important role to play in shaping dialogues about freedom, justice, and community.
As an interdisciplinary journal, we welcome critical feminist work. Consider submitting your work to us: link.springer.com/journal/10691
In 2026, as ever, critical feminist legal scholarship has an important role to play in shaping dialogues about freedom, justice, and community.
As an interdisciplinary journal, we welcome critical feminist work. Consider submitting your work to us: link.springer.com/journal/10691
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Algeria’s new law declares French colonial rule a crime, seeking accountability and reparations for the colonial past.
Algeria declares France's colonial rule a crime in new law
Algeria's new law declares French colonial rule a crime, seeking accountability and reparations for the colonial past.
www.aljazeera.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Algeria’s new law declares French colonial rule a crime, seeking accountability and reparations for the colonial past.