Viviane Saglier
@vvnsag.bsky.social
Lecturer in Film Studies. Palestinian and Arab cinema, film infrastructures, anticolonialism, and transnational solidarity. WIP.
Scotland - Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) - France
Scotland - Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) - France
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24 hours after the Israeli army announced it would reopen the Zikim crossing, it remains closed, with no trucks entering Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports.
The shutdown leaves all of northern Gaza without a functioning entry point for humanitarian or commercial supplies...
Image: Anera
The shutdown leaves all of northern Gaza without a functioning entry point for humanitarian or commercial supplies...
Image: Anera
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
24 hours after the Israeli army announced it would reopen the Zikim crossing, it remains closed, with no trucks entering Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports.
The shutdown leaves all of northern Gaza without a functioning entry point for humanitarian or commercial supplies...
Image: Anera
The shutdown leaves all of northern Gaza without a functioning entry point for humanitarian or commercial supplies...
Image: Anera
What an incredible online exhibition of Arabic book art spearheaded by Zeina Maasri. "It reveals how the aesthetic concerns & political commitments of a generation of Arab artists & graphic designers transformed the Arabic book in its content, form, & very conception." www.decolonizingthepage.com/en
Decolonizing the Page - Decolonizing the page
www.decolonizingthepage.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
What an incredible online exhibition of Arabic book art spearheaded by Zeina Maasri. "It reveals how the aesthetic concerns & political commitments of a generation of Arab artists & graphic designers transformed the Arabic book in its content, form, & very conception." www.decolonizingthepage.com/en
Solidarity!
Very strong turnout this morning on the first of our five days strike.
On Friday, in a meeting with the interim Principal, he confirmed his ideology is to cut as many jobs as possible.
Support our action to save jobs and save the University!
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
On Friday, in a meeting with the interim Principal, he confirmed his ideology is to cut as many jobs as possible.
Support our action to save jobs and save the University!
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Solidarity!
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One of the most important articles you will read this year. Esmat Elhalaby, "Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza," Journal of Palestine Studies. @esmat.bsky.social 🗃️
Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza
This essay, parts of which were initially delivered at the annual Indigenous art gathering aabaakwad in December 2024 at the University of Toronto, offers three contributions to the historiography ...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
One of the most important articles you will read this year. Esmat Elhalaby, "Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza," Journal of Palestine Studies. @esmat.bsky.social 🗃️
Thanks so much @takeoneaction.bsky.social for the wonderful screening of Red Skirts on Clydeside followed by an invigorating workshop with Living Rent Dundee
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thanks so much @takeoneaction.bsky.social for the wonderful screening of Red Skirts on Clydeside followed by an invigorating workshop with Living Rent Dundee
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The UK’s first trans judge has launched a case against the UK Government in the European Court of Human Rights over the Supreme Court's gender ruling
UK’s first transgender judge launches case against Supreme Court sex ruling
www.thenational.scot
August 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The UK’s first trans judge has launched a case against the UK Government in the European Court of Human Rights over the Supreme Court's gender ruling
Please sign the open letter asking the Edinburgh International Festival to end its relatonship with Baillie Gilford docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Please sign the open letter asking the Edinburgh International Festival to end its relatonship with Baillie Gilford docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Arts Workers for Palestine Scotland explains how EIF engages in artwashing and supports genocide: "Programming Palestinian artists while taking money from companies profiting from the deaths of other Palestinians puts those artists in an impossible and deeply cruel position."
The Truth We Seek? Edinburgh International Festival’s Complicity in Genocide bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/08/14/t...
The Truth We Seek? Edinburgh International Festival’s Complicity in Genocide
By Arts Workers for Palestine Scotland. At the time of writing, I read the headline: “Video: Child survives drone bullet to head as death toll climbs in Gaza.” A bullet fired by a drone, likely man…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
August 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Arts Workers for Palestine Scotland explains how EIF engages in artwashing and supports genocide: "Programming Palestinian artists while taking money from companies profiting from the deaths of other Palestinians puts those artists in an impossible and deeply cruel position."
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Staff and students at St Andrews - sign the open letter calling on the university to end links with Hebrew University www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
August 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Staff and students at St Andrews - sign the open letter calling on the university to end links with Hebrew University www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
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SCMSSP is now asking for ppl to pledge to boycott the conference by filling out this form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jb6...
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jb6...
Pledge to Join SCMSSP's Boycott of SCMS 2026
Scholars of Cinema and Media Studies in Solidarity with Palestine (SCMSSP), formerly Palestine Solidarity Working Group (PSWG), calls for a boycott of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2026 ann...
docs.google.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SCMSSP is now asking for ppl to pledge to boycott the conference by filling out this form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jb6...
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jb6...
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Renowned Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim dies at 88
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
Renowned Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim dies at 88
Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim, famed for his critiques of political repression, neoliberalism and Western hegemony, has died at the age of 88, the culture ministry announced on Wednesday.Ibrahim…
www.al-monitor.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Renowned Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim dies at 88
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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Palestinians don’t need a state. We need justice | Ahmed Moor
Palestinians don’t need a state. We need justice | Ahmed Moor
In the midst of a genocide, the Palestinians are best served by abandoning any effort to attain self-rule in the Occupied Territories
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Palestinians don’t need a state. We need justice | Ahmed Moor
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St Andrews staff & students, please sign this open letter calling on the university to sever links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and all other Israeli universities
and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you!
www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you!
www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
End Links With Hebrew University — UCU St Andrews
www.ucustandrews.org
August 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
St Andrews staff & students, please sign this open letter calling on the university to sever links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and all other Israeli universities
and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you!
www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you!
www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
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Going in town today with leaflets and my easygoing personality to gather support from the community against the mass redundancies at Lancaster University. If you see us (wearing some fancy UCU garmets) please come to say hi!
chng.it/qbVXbwydfy
chng.it/qbVXbwydfy
Sign the Petition
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
chng.it
August 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Going in town today with leaflets and my easygoing personality to gather support from the community against the mass redundancies at Lancaster University. If you see us (wearing some fancy UCU garmets) please come to say hi!
chng.it/qbVXbwydfy
chng.it/qbVXbwydfy
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from Sameer:
Rice prices dropped! With aid starting to come in, prices in markets are slowly dropping. Our kitchen decreased the price of 800g of rice from $17.50 to $9.
Donate: chuffed.org/project/1132...
from Sameer:
Rice prices dropped! With aid starting to come in, prices in markets are slowly dropping. Our kitchen decreased the price of 800g of rice from $17.50 to $9.
Donate: chuffed.org/project/1132...
South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water
**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**
chuffed.org
August 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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from Sameer:
Rice prices dropped! With aid starting to come in, prices in markets are slowly dropping. Our kitchen decreased the price of 800g of rice from $17.50 to $9.
Donate: chuffed.org/project/1132...
from Sameer:
Rice prices dropped! With aid starting to come in, prices in markets are slowly dropping. Our kitchen decreased the price of 800g of rice from $17.50 to $9.
Donate: chuffed.org/project/1132...