Arang Keshavarzian
@keshavarziana.bsky.social
I teach and study Middle East politics, political economy, critical geography, Iranian history and politics. COYS 🐓🏆See 👉🏼https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/arang-keshavarzian.html and see latest book 👉🏼 https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=25573&bottom_ref=subject
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In a week thar Harvard administrators and former presidents have a lot of egg on their face, the kids show they are alright www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
On Survey of Harvard Undergrads, 63% of Respondents Favored Divestment from Israel | News | The Harvard Crimson
Sixty-three percent of respondents to a survey question posed by the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee said the University should divest from “companies and institutions operating i...
www.thecrimson.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In a week thar Harvard administrators and former presidents have a lot of egg on their face, the kids show they are alright www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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REMINDER: We have a LIVE event in Washington DC on Saturday! Come join MERIP contributors Aslı Bâli, Joel Beinin, Lisa Hajjar, Zachary Lockman, Sarah Leah Whitson, Mouin Rabbani, Joan Mandell and Rick Reinhard, MC'd by Joost Hiltermann and w/ music from the Fast Flying Vestibule!
Honoring Joe Stork, Live in DC
November 22 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
REMINDER: We have a LIVE event in Washington DC on Saturday! Come join MERIP contributors Aslı Bâli, Joel Beinin, Lisa Hajjar, Zachary Lockman, Sarah Leah Whitson, Mouin Rabbani, Joan Mandell and Rick Reinhard, MC'd by Joost Hiltermann and w/ music from the Fast Flying Vestibule!
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"Patino said he spent the next four days in Broadview under fluorescent lights that were never turned off. He was crammed into a holding cell with between 60 and 100 prisoners, forced to share three toilets out in the open and a limited number of chairs."
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/19/n...
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Evanston resident recounts ICE custody ordeal - Evanston RoundTable
Jose Patino, a Mexican immigrant in Evanston, was detained by ICE without charges. His story highlights the struggles of undocumented immigrants.
evanstonroundtable.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Patino said he spent the next four days in Broadview under fluorescent lights that were never turned off. He was crammed into a holding cell with between 60 and 100 prisoners, forced to share three toilets out in the open and a limited number of chairs."
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/19/n...
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/19/n...
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Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
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I feel like Person of the Year should go to college student journalists
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I feel like Person of the Year should go to college student journalists
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That said and i say this as someone who really hates the saudi regime + enjoys this bit better than anyone in the world
So much of the discourse on saudi is informed by by what alain grosrichard described as a european fantasy of oriental despotism that is at once an object of loathing and desire
So much of the discourse on saudi is informed by by what alain grosrichard described as a european fantasy of oriental despotism that is at once an object of loathing and desire
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 6:22 PM
That said and i say this as someone who really hates the saudi regime + enjoys this bit better than anyone in the world
So much of the discourse on saudi is informed by by what alain grosrichard described as a european fantasy of oriental despotism that is at once an object of loathing and desire
So much of the discourse on saudi is informed by by what alain grosrichard described as a european fantasy of oriental despotism that is at once an object of loathing and desire
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time to bring back this one, i guess.
Since Laura Loomer's fortunes have taken a turn for the worse, it's time to bring back my favorite Loomer React Moment from the livesteam where she was banned from Twitter so locked herself to Twitter HQ, but just 1 door, so everyone simply used the door next to her.
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
time to bring back this one, i guess.
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📰🧵Hot off the press!
Issue #23 of the FSJP Roundup, an irregular bulletin for faculty and staff at NYU interested in Palestine. Click this link to read:
facultyforpalestine.education/2025/11/13/n...
Read, engage, share❗️
Issue #23 of the FSJP Roundup, an irregular bulletin for faculty and staff at NYU interested in Palestine. Click this link to read:
facultyforpalestine.education/2025/11/13/n...
Read, engage, share❗️
FSJP Roundup #23: Updates on Palestine Solidarity Actions
Stay informed on the latest issues affecting Palestine with FSJP Roundup #23—join the conversation on justice and solidarity.
facultyforpalestine.education
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📰🧵Hot off the press!
Issue #23 of the FSJP Roundup, an irregular bulletin for faculty and staff at NYU interested in Palestine. Click this link to read:
facultyforpalestine.education/2025/11/13/n...
Read, engage, share❗️
Issue #23 of the FSJP Roundup, an irregular bulletin for faculty and staff at NYU interested in Palestine. Click this link to read:
facultyforpalestine.education/2025/11/13/n...
Read, engage, share❗️
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Join Yuli Novak (Executive Director) and Kareem Jubran (Field Research Director), who will present their findings followed by responses from Helga Tawil-Souri (MCC/MEIS) and Karin Loevy (NYU Law).
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Join Yuli Novak (Executive Director) and Kareem Jubran (Field Research Director), who will present their findings followed by responses from Helga Tawil-Souri (MCC/MEIS) and Karin Loevy (NYU Law).
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Remember when we all thought Furbies were terrifying?
sts researchers: :spend decades tracing the way well-intentioned design choices constrained by culture, capital, and the material environment can have negative outcomes in aggregate:
ai companies: lets put a chatbot in a doll that tells kids to set fires
futurism.com/artificial-i...
ai companies: lets put a chatbot in a doll that tells kids to set fires
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AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Remember when we all thought Furbies were terrifying?
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"A former United Nations special rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses against Palestinians says he was interrogated by Canadian authorities on “national security” grounds as he travelled to Canada this week to attend a Gaza-related event."
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"A former United Nations special rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses against Palestinians says he was interrogated by Canadian authorities on “national security” grounds as he travelled to Canada this week to attend a Gaza-related event."
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1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
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"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
EVs put an end to China's usual holiday surge in gasoline use
Tianyu Jiang took a 2,000-km (1,200-mile) road trip this month during China's national holiday week, driving in his electric vehicle from the southwestern Sichuan basin to Beijing for the first time.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..."
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
China's oil demand is entering structural decline.
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MERIP has long criticized and combatted the travesties of Dick Cheney's neoconservative legacy. Today in MERIP Updates we have an overview of our coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the regime of torture and lawlessness he authored.
Dick Cheney Dead
An Archival Remix on the Neoconservative Legacy
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November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
MERIP has long criticized and combatted the travesties of Dick Cheney's neoconservative legacy. Today in MERIP Updates we have an overview of our coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the regime of torture and lawlessness he authored.
Here is a ln article about MESA’s report on antisemitism investigations at U.S. universities
Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Here is a ln article about MESA’s report on antisemitism investigations at U.S. universities
Here is a newspaper article on the MESA report on antisemitism investigations
Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here is a newspaper article on the MESA report on antisemitism investigations
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MESA and the AAUP have released a critical report exposing the weaponization of civil rights law to suppress campus speech concerning Palestine.
Read full report here: mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
Read full report here: mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
MESA and the AAUP have released a critical report exposing the weaponization of civil rights law to suppress campus speech concerning Palestine.
Read full report here: mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
Read full report here: mesana.org/advocacy/tas...
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Once more, for old times’ sake
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Once more, for old times’ sake
'Sudan’s war is described as forgotten, but in reality it is tolerated and relegated. Because to reckon with the horror in Sudan is to look into the abyss of regional and global politics.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
'Sudan’s war is described as forgotten, but in reality it is tolerated and relegated. Because to reckon with the horror in Sudan is to look into the abyss of regional and global politics.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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And she is a member of NYU’s Board of Trustees
oh just straight up gutter racism!
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
And she is a member of NYU’s Board of Trustees
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Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”
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Incredibly useful new story by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on the 'crisis' for young college grads. Most analyses compare mid-20s workers with/without a degree. But as John points out, the relevant comparison group is actually *new entrants* with/without a degree - most non-degree workers enter at 18-19.
What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong
People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts
www.ft.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Incredibly useful new story by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on the 'crisis' for young college grads. Most analyses compare mid-20s workers with/without a degree. But as John points out, the relevant comparison group is actually *new entrants* with/without a degree - most non-degree workers enter at 18-19.
Mamdani is not the issue. The issue is much deeper than that and he is a convenient cipher for Jewish anxiety, the anxiety of how Israel, the center of American Jewish identity, is now being challenged….
“The Issue is Not the Issue” – The Free Speech Movement 1964 - The Anti-Mamdani Craze
When Displaced Anxiety and the Need for Deflection Becomes a Dogma
shaulmagid.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Mamdani is not the issue. The issue is much deeper than that and he is a convenient cipher for Jewish anxiety, the anxiety of how Israel, the center of American Jewish identity, is now being challenged….
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The first of my 2 articles on a US court case regarding the intersection of Palestinian, academic, and speech freedoms:
jacobin.com/2025/10/pale...
A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is a win
jacobin.com/2025/10/pale...
A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is a win
Palestinian Rights and Free Speech Rights Are Closely Linked
A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is an important win for supporters of Palestinian liberation and opponents o...
jacobin.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The first of my 2 articles on a US court case regarding the intersection of Palestinian, academic, and speech freedoms:
jacobin.com/2025/10/pale...
A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is a win
jacobin.com/2025/10/pale...
A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is a win