Joel W. Abdelmoez
@jwa.bsky.social
PhD student in Middle East politics, reviews editor for @lambdanordica.bsky.social. Interested in gender, feminism, contentious politics, social movements, LGBTQ+ stuff and more.
To be awarded a PhD, you first have to ”defend” your thesis. In Sweden, this is a public event—anyone can come and ask questions. Thus, the thesis is nailed to the wall of the department in advance, where it can be read. Luckily, it can also be read online: portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...
Time, Difference, and the Transnational: Feminist Activism and Solidarities in Egypt and Tunisia
portal.research.lu.se
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
To be awarded a PhD, you first have to ”defend” your thesis. In Sweden, this is a public event—anyone can come and ask questions. Thus, the thesis is nailed to the wall of the department in advance, where it can be read. Luckily, it can also be read online: portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...
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📄 Joel W. Abdelmoez, PhD student at CMES, was interviewed in Göteborgs-Posten. (In Swedish)
👉 www.gp.se/nyheter/varl...
👉 www.gp.se/nyheter/varl...
Kvinnor trotsar förbuden – slopar slöjan och kör motorcykel
Det är inte längre en lika ovanlig syn i Irans huvudstad Teheran, trots landets strikta lagar om hur kvinnor ska klä sig. Enligt Iranforskaren Rasmus Elling måste regimen välja sina strider när det ko...
www.gp.se
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📄 Joel W. Abdelmoez, PhD student at CMES, was interviewed in Göteborgs-Posten. (In Swedish)
👉 www.gp.se/nyheter/varl...
👉 www.gp.se/nyheter/varl...
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The full write up is here:
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The full write up is here:
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
One of the best parts about summer is that I have more time to officiate weddings, and today is an extra special occasion as I will be officiating my first gay wedding, and the first one ever in the Swedish House of Nobility.
August 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One of the best parts about summer is that I have more time to officiate weddings, and today is an extra special occasion as I will be officiating my first gay wedding, and the first one ever in the Swedish House of Nobility.
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July 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
”I’ve been working on this field of famine, food crisis and humanitarian action for more than 40 years, and there is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today” - Alex de Waal
“Precisely Designed Mass Starvation”: Aid Access as Weapon in Israel’s War on Gaza, Researchers Find
The starvation crisis in Gaza is deepening under Israel’s brutal blockade and amid regular massacres of civilians attempting to secure aid at the only officially sanctioned aid sites, run by Israeli t...
www.democracynow.org
July 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
”I’ve been working on this field of famine, food crisis and humanitarian action for more than 40 years, and there is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today” - Alex de Waal
Briljant mamma om regeringens högskolepolitik och dess effekt på hälso- och sjukvården: www.dagensmedicin.se/opinion/deba...
”Regeringens nedskärningar hotar vårdens framtid”
Minskade anslag riskerar att allvarligt försvåra möjligheterna att utbilda sjuksköterskor och annan livsviktig personal, skriver Ingela Wiklund, prefekt på Högskolan Dalarna.
www.dagensmedicin.se
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Briljant mamma om regeringens högskolepolitik och dess effekt på hälso- och sjukvården: www.dagensmedicin.se/opinion/deba...
USApodden (SR) översätter ICE till ”migrationsmyndigheten.” Tycker inte riktigt det fångar vad ICE är, inte heller förklarar det något om protesterna mot ICE.
June 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
USApodden (SR) översätter ICE till ”migrationsmyndigheten.” Tycker inte riktigt det fångar vad ICE är, inte heller förklarar det något om protesterna mot ICE.
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In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.
Escalating to escalate.
"Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized ... and will join the National Guard troops that were activated ... over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s mayor."
"Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized ... and will join the National Guard troops that were activated ... over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s mayor."
Freeways blocked, cars on fire: LA protests against immigration raids and National Guard deployment | CNN
Police have used flash-bangs and tear gas while dispersing crowds as protesters set at least two Waymo self-driving cars on fire. Follow for live updates
www.cnn.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.
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This is important and significant but Uppsala University, and all higher education institutions in Sweden, should also cut ties to Israeli institutions. Israeli academia is embedded and complicit in apartheid and genocide.
"the University Board of Uppsala University has called on the Swedish government to explicitly condemn Israel’s actions, to immediately resume its funding of UNRWA, and to actively work within the EU to take all available measures [...]to prevent a genocide in Gaza."
www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
www.uu.se/en/news/2025...
Statement by the Board of Uppsala University on the situation in Gaza
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
May 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is important and significant but Uppsala University, and all higher education institutions in Sweden, should also cut ties to Israeli institutions. Israeli academia is embedded and complicit in apartheid and genocide.
Received a Call for Papers for a conference. Participation fee is USD 200 which includes coffee breaks, refreshments at the venue, and “a CD containing abstracts of all presented papers.” A CD? Might as well offer a floppy disc!
May 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Received a Call for Papers for a conference. Participation fee is USD 200 which includes coffee breaks, refreshments at the venue, and “a CD containing abstracts of all presented papers.” A CD? Might as well offer a floppy disc!
Det som tidigare verkat omöjligt har hänt. Jag håller med Hanif Bali.
May 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Det som tidigare verkat omöjligt har hänt. Jag håller med Hanif Bali.
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the best I’ve seen
March 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
the best I’ve seen
Dags att utse efterträdare för #drinkklubben, så jag nominerar min bror @jesperwiklund.bsky.social!
March 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dags att utse efterträdare för #drinkklubben, så jag nominerar min bror @jesperwiklund.bsky.social!
The United States is not safe to visit at the moment, not even for academics attending a conference. www.france24.com/en/americas/...
'Deplorable': French scientist denied US entry over text messages criticising Trump
French officials have expressed their dismay after a French scientist was denied entry into the United States because immigration officers found text messages containing a "personal opinion" about the...
www.france24.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The United States is not safe to visit at the moment, not even for academics attending a conference. www.france24.com/en/americas/...
När det börjar bli varmare så börjar jag dricka Michelada! Nyligen hörde jag om Mezcal Michelada, så det blir mitt bidrag till #drinkklubben.
Lika delar Mezcal och tomatjuice, lite limejuice, några skvättar Worcestershire sauce, och toppa upp med ljus lager. Gud vad törstig jag blev nu!
Lika delar Mezcal och tomatjuice, lite limejuice, några skvättar Worcestershire sauce, och toppa upp med ljus lager. Gud vad törstig jag blev nu!
March 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
När det börjar bli varmare så börjar jag dricka Michelada! Nyligen hörde jag om Mezcal Michelada, så det blir mitt bidrag till #drinkklubben.
Lika delar Mezcal och tomatjuice, lite limejuice, några skvättar Worcestershire sauce, och toppa upp med ljus lager. Gud vad törstig jag blev nu!
Lika delar Mezcal och tomatjuice, lite limejuice, några skvättar Worcestershire sauce, och toppa upp med ljus lager. Gud vad törstig jag blev nu!
Super excited to join the lambda nordica editorial board as book review editor. lambda nordica is an open-access academic journal of LGBTQ studies, the oldest of its kind in the Nordic region, and it’s been an invaluable resource in my studies so I’m thrilled to be part of developing it further!
February 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Super excited to join the lambda nordica editorial board as book review editor. lambda nordica is an open-access academic journal of LGBTQ studies, the oldest of its kind in the Nordic region, and it’s been an invaluable resource in my studies so I’m thrilled to be part of developing it further!
The latest meltdown on “the other app” shows both what it could be at its best (a place to find out about really cool new research and connect with the cool people behind it) and what it has become (hordes of bots and trolls harassing a young female scholar for daring to be proud of her achievement)
December 3, 2024 at 1:44 PM
The latest meltdown on “the other app” shows both what it could be at its best (a place to find out about really cool new research and connect with the cool people behind it) and what it has become (hordes of bots and trolls harassing a young female scholar for daring to be proud of her achievement)
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Friends, my colleague has an amazing student who got accepted to an Ivy League MA program in international affairs:
A Palestinian, first-gen, Muslim woman.
The cost of the program is prohibitive. Can anyone point me to funding sources that can help cover her tuition?
#menasky #poliscisky
A Palestinian, first-gen, Muslim woman.
The cost of the program is prohibitive. Can anyone point me to funding sources that can help cover her tuition?
#menasky #poliscisky
March 15, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Friends, my colleague has an amazing student who got accepted to an Ivy League MA program in international affairs:
A Palestinian, first-gen, Muslim woman.
The cost of the program is prohibitive. Can anyone point me to funding sources that can help cover her tuition?
#menasky #poliscisky
A Palestinian, first-gen, Muslim woman.
The cost of the program is prohibitive. Can anyone point me to funding sources that can help cover her tuition?
#menasky #poliscisky
After spending too much time on “the other app” coming here is such a breath of fresh air. Rather than genocide apologia and bots, my timeline here is filled with Palestinian voices, solidarity, and good politics.
March 15, 2024 at 11:34 PM
After spending too much time on “the other app” coming here is such a breath of fresh air. Rather than genocide apologia and bots, my timeline here is filled with Palestinian voices, solidarity, and good politics.
Returning to Egypt for the first time in five years, this spring. Will be a visiting PhD student at the Center for Economic, Legal and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ) in Garden City. All my Egyptian friends, hit me up if you are in town in March/April/May.
December 13, 2023 at 2:55 PM
Returning to Egypt for the first time in five years, this spring. Will be a visiting PhD student at the Center for Economic, Legal and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ) in Garden City. All my Egyptian friends, hit me up if you are in town in March/April/May.
