I'm shocked by those comments on Twitter.

like this shit is deranged, and this is only one comment amongst thousands. horrible, horrible people

Presently reading a final paper for “The Middle East in Film” that draws inspiration from both the work of Fayrouz Kaddal and @williamcarruthers.bsky.social on Nubian history, identity, and music! Seeing students cite the work of colleagues brings me no shortage of joy. #Egypt

ICC has found reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Gallant 'bear criminal responsibility for the following crimes [...] the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare; and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Christmas trees everywhere and it is still November! Yesterday morning at Greenwich.

Independent, Abu Dhabi-based publisher, Swalif, released a new book, 'Spaces that Remain', a photographic chronicle of the history of demolished neighbourhoods in #Dubai.

To order the book: swalif.store/collections/...

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It's always nice to revisit my bio now and then. This new update is on my website now. www.omarabolnaga.com

We are excited to share the news of the launch and publication of a new special series in History Education Research Journal about ‘History Education in Historical Perspective’.
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📌 this one! It is spot on!

That might be incredibly helpful, especially for the people tweeting the revolutions live in 2011. X/Twitter has become unreliable, and the online archive created by tweeters should be kept safe from someone like Musk.

Egyptian-Palestinian actor May Calamawy's female lead role has been entirely removed from Gladiator II. The official excuses will likely be the usual: 'unintentional', 'necessary for pacing', and so on. It happened before with Bassem Youssef, a pattern that speaks louder than the blah blah excuses.

It is very helpful when colleagues share these experiences, letting other academics know that encountering a reviewer with a condescending tone happens and that the problem can sometimes be in the reviewer and not the author.

I am missing my favorite co-author and historian of the canal cities on this platform and taking this as a sign that I should strongarm him into joining.

Just passed by this while getting home.

I have had an exciting meeting with a podcast creator this afternoon. We will probably record an episode soon, and it will be about my experience with my work and my broader positionally within the urban studies discipline, particularly that related to Cairo/Egypt. Fingers crossed.🤞

I am compiling a starter pack with some of the most exciting people writing about MENA. If you want to be added, please reply to this post.

A mural appears on a wall in a central Cairo area, where the community is threatened to be displaced to make way for the so-called free market. It stands in solidarity with Palestinians, reading: ‘I will not leave my land.’ A simple, powerful message connecting struggles here and there.

New to BlueSky. Loving how the algorithm exclusively shows cats, dogs and some academics posting about their work. This is definitely more interesting than my timeline on the other app, which was quite depressing. Let’s see how this is going to unfold.