Carl Weathers was great. So handsome. So charismatic. So funny. Should have had a bigger career than he did, but was wonderful with what he got. RIP.

I wrote this blog post on the specific challenges in finding library materials published in Palestine medium.com/@jdcarlstone...

The loss of the family library led to her father not being able to finish an Arabic-English dictionary. So much potential research and writing lost from one personal collection being stolen #greatbookrobbery

Interesting that they kept track of the owners of the "Abandoned Property," and the books are technically "under custodianship." In a society where Palestianians had equal rights, families would be able to sue for the return of property #greatbookrobbery

Watching the #greatbookrobbery tonight! Already noting the use of "abandoned" rather than "looted" by the people who took the books

Please join @aboutness.bsky.social & me on Mon Dec 4th for a watchalong of The Great Book Robbery (2012), a documentary about the 70,000 Palestinian books that were looted during the Nakba in 1948.

The 57-minute film is available free at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdtCrCsKlw0 #GreatBookRobbery