Heba Gowayed هبة جويد
@hebagowayed.bsky.social
Sociology prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي
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لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
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لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
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I’m happy to have made @thelouvreof.bsky.social Hall of Fame
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I’m happy to have made @thelouvreof.bsky.social Hall of Fame
And this is how you do it. Committed advocacy, data-driven, using one's expertise to amplify *how* a horror unfolds & proceeds go to those affected.
Looking forward to this book.
Looking forward to this book.
I wrote a book about US media’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. It's available for pre-order. It’s a data-driven and, I hope, thorough account of how center-left media sold the American public on mass death in Gaza.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
How to Sell a Genocide - Pluto Press
A gripping exposé of how the corporate media fuelled genocide in Gaza
www.plutobooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
And this is how you do it. Committed advocacy, data-driven, using one's expertise to amplify *how* a horror unfolds & proceeds go to those affected.
Looking forward to this book.
Looking forward to this book.
I ran into an advocate who told me that the 9 men detained from Canal Street last month struggled to find legal representation. Historically, Black immigrants experience disproportionately *more* removals than any other group. Anti-Black racism fuels US immigration in *every* way.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I ran into an advocate who told me that the 9 men detained from Canal Street last month struggled to find legal representation. Historically, Black immigrants experience disproportionately *more* removals than any other group. Anti-Black racism fuels US immigration in *every* way.
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Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
I’m making a turkey for the first time this year - it’s like my version of American flag on the porch. “See? I’m one of you”
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I’m making a turkey for the first time this year - it’s like my version of American flag on the porch. “See? I’m one of you”
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NEW YORK CITY: all out call to canal street & Lafayette as of 12:26 pm, 11/22 — ICE made arrests, fears they might return.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW YORK CITY: all out call to canal street & Lafayette as of 12:26 pm, 11/22 — ICE made arrests, fears they might return.
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Prison guards rushing to take jobs with ICE. Almost like all of this is connected. I wonder which people have been making this case for a few decades.
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Prison guards rushing to take jobs with ICE. Almost like all of this is connected. I wonder which people have been making this case for a few decades.
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"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
www.forever-wars.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
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We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
Like Dick Cheney dead same day he’s elected and now this
So I’m very committed to critiquing elected officials, and cringe at cults of personality and all that leftist jazz— but is Zohran, like, a sorcerer?
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Like Dick Cheney dead same day he’s elected and now this
What a great day on the internet.
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What a great day on the internet.
So I’m very committed to critiquing elected officials, and cringe at cults of personality and all that leftist jazz— but is Zohran, like, a sorcerer?
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
So I’m very committed to critiquing elected officials, and cringe at cults of personality and all that leftist jazz— but is Zohran, like, a sorcerer?
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Your Signal chats are only as safe as the people you include...
Besides that, rather disturbing read. The report characterizes a courtwatch group as “anarchist violent extremists”.
Besides that, rather disturbing read. The report characterizes a courtwatch group as “anarchist violent extremists”.
So a few things about this from friends who were on this chat: This chat was "lightly vetted" so they're making a big deal out of very little. It was not infiltrated -- so your vetted chats on signal remain safe. But caution is king.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Your Signal chats are only as safe as the people you include...
Besides that, rather disturbing read. The report characterizes a courtwatch group as “anarchist violent extremists”.
Besides that, rather disturbing read. The report characterizes a courtwatch group as “anarchist violent extremists”.
So a few things about this from friends who were on this chat: This chat was "lightly vetted" so they're making a big deal out of very little. It was not infiltrated -- so your vetted chats on signal remain safe. But caution is king.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
So a few things about this from friends who were on this chat: This chat was "lightly vetted" so they're making a big deal out of very little. It was not infiltrated -- so your vetted chats on signal remain safe. But caution is king.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ok i started my novel reading with Washington Black — very good so far. And wow what a diff fiction is. Quality of life so improved with just a few pages each day.
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ok i started my novel reading with Washington Black — very good so far. And wow what a diff fiction is. Quality of life so improved with just a few pages each day.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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Directly stopping ICE in the streets is the most crucial work happening in the US right now, imho. That kind of mass solidarity can pull together the broader anti-fascist movement to take down the regime, including by pushing liberals and institutions towards effective opposition.
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Directly stopping ICE in the streets is the most crucial work happening in the US right now, imho. That kind of mass solidarity can pull together the broader anti-fascist movement to take down the regime, including by pushing liberals and institutions towards effective opposition.
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Well, that was something. Showed up for deportation defense training in Borough Park, trainers arrived, said there was “evolving situation” in Bensonhurst, were we up for heading there, we said Hell yeah, went and met folks on the ground, ICE ended up driving out of the hood with no one detained 🔥✊
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Well, that was something. Showed up for deportation defense training in Borough Park, trainers arrived, said there was “evolving situation” in Bensonhurst, were we up for heading there, we said Hell yeah, went and met folks on the ground, ICE ended up driving out of the hood with no one detained 🔥✊
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
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Saudi Arabia is the only democracy in the Middle East and our relationship with them is based on shared values.
If there did not exist a Saudi Arabia we would have to invent a Saudi Arabia to protect our interests.
If Saudi Arabia didn't exist, not a single Arab on Earth would be safe.
If there did not exist a Saudi Arabia we would have to invent a Saudi Arabia to protect our interests.
If Saudi Arabia didn't exist, not a single Arab on Earth would be safe.
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Saudi Arabia is the only democracy in the Middle East and our relationship with them is based on shared values.
If there did not exist a Saudi Arabia we would have to invent a Saudi Arabia to protect our interests.
If Saudi Arabia didn't exist, not a single Arab on Earth would be safe.
If there did not exist a Saudi Arabia we would have to invent a Saudi Arabia to protect our interests.
If Saudi Arabia didn't exist, not a single Arab on Earth would be safe.
The sweet Dominican owner of the daycare that my son goes to just text me that he has a cough, & asked if it's okay if she puts onions in his socks while he sleeps for nap 😭. And, *this* is the stuff of New York, of this nation, that makes it so special to me -- what is threatened by these monsters.
November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The sweet Dominican owner of the daycare that my son goes to just text me that he has a cough, & asked if it's okay if she puts onions in his socks while he sleeps for nap 😭. And, *this* is the stuff of New York, of this nation, that makes it so special to me -- what is threatened by these monsters.
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Some good news for your Monday. Remember this kid? A federal judge just ordered him to be released!
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Some good news for your Monday. Remember this kid? A federal judge just ordered him to be released!
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It's really cool that some of the original sit-inners were present for the unveiling of this memorial.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It's really cool that some of the original sit-inners were present for the unveiling of this memorial.
www.oklahoman.com/picture-gall...
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