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BRISES has published an obituary of Sami Zubaida written by Kathryn Spellman and myself: www.brismes.ac.uk/news/obituar...
Obituary | BRISMES Member Sami Zubaida (1937-2025)
www.brismes.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my new edited volume (co-edited with Mirjam Kuenkler) has been published today: www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
The Rule of Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Cambridge Core - Constitutional and Administrative Law - The Rule of Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran
www.cambridge.org
April 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sami Zubaida my mentor, teacher and dear friend has passed away. He was a brilliant sociologist, a fantastic cook and wonderful host who held countless parties at his beautiful home. Words can't express how much he'll be missed. My ostad forever.
April 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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How might US democracy die under Donald Trump?

Won’t the checks and balances of the US system stop him?

Well, look at Hungary and you can see exactly what might happen.

New column 👇

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To see how Trump will control the US media, look at Viktor Orbán’s Hungary | Owen Jones
Meta looks to be following X’s tilt towards the right. It leaves the way open for an insidious hollowing out of democracy, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Oxford scientist resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship
Prof Dorothy Bishop said fellowship was ‘a contradiction of all the values’ of UK’s national academy of sciences
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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The US lost so much Iranian talent with Muslim Ban 1.0, much of it forever, as I wrote about in 2017. Incredible when you consider Iran invests 12 years of resources to educate it’s students, only to lose them to overseas, now mostly Canada and Europe.

www.huffpost.com/entry/how-tr...
November 24, 2024 at 11:23 PM