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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · 2d

Dr. Saeed's talk, part of the session "Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond," took place on September 26 in New York and is available here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w.... (3/3)

Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond

Launch of FARAGEER's study on Taliban's misuse of religion, spotlighting Afghan women's voices and global implications of religious extremism.

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · 2d

Dr. Ali's talk was a part of the panel "Ending the Gaza Genocide" and took place on September 30 in Geneva. (2/3)

Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond

Launch of FARAGEER's study on Taliban's misuse of religion, spotlighting Afghan women's voices and global implications of religious extremism.

webtv.un.org

MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · 2d

I am pleased to announce that two of our fellows, Dr. Nijmeh Ali and Dr. Lutforahman Saeed, gave talks at the UN. (1/3)

Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond

Launch of FARAGEER's study on Taliban's misuse of religion, spotlighting Afghan women's voices and global implications of religious extremism.

webtv.un.org

MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · 16d

Please read our fellow Dr. Ahmed Junina's latest piece: "Recognising Palestine is important, but more is needed to save Gaza’s shattered generation" here: www.independent.co.uk/voices/educa...

Recognising Palestine won’t save Gaza’s shattered generation

University professor Ahmed Kamal Junina should have been shopping for school supplies for his three children. Instead, he describes how WhatsApp, internet cafes and voice notes are filling the gaps fo...

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · 16d

Read our fellow Dr. Lutforahman Saeed's essay "Freedom of Communal Prayer in the Primary Sources of Islamic Law and under the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan" in the Canopy Forum on Interactions of Law & Religion here: canopyforum.org/2025/09/20/f...

"Freedom of Communal Prayer in the Primary sources of Islamic law and under the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan" by Lutforahman Saeed - Canopy Forum

Blue Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan by Françoise Foliot (CC BY-SA 4.0). The right of women to participate in communal prayers is explicitly affirmed and encouraged within Islamic sources, particu...

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · 22d

Read Dr. Bahman Khodadadi's new article "The Theocratic Agency of the Iranian Legal System at the Legislative and Judicial Levels" in Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities here: openyls.law.yale.edu/entities/pub...

The Theocratic Agency of the Iranian Legal System at the Legislative and Judicial Levels

The Iranian theocracy is an exceptional form of Islamic polity in terms of the special role that sharīʿa plays within the theocratic legal system. The project of sharīʿatization triggered in the after...

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · 27d

Listen to our fellow Ahmed Junina's interview on Ireland's RTE Radio 1 to learn about daily struggles in Gaza, education, and the resilience of the people: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Hunger in Gaza: A university lecturer on how he works while 'too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright.'

Ahmed Kamal Junina, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Head of the English Department at Al-Aq-sa University in Gaza and a Fellow at Bristol University, speaks to Drivetime about the daily...

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · 27d

Watch our fellow Ahmed Junina's interview on CBS News on surviving in a warzone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrbp...

Gaza City professor on education in a warzone: "battle for survival"

YouTube video by CBS News

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Sep 1

Newest article from our fellow Dr. Nijmeh Ali: “Archives Under Fire: Resisting Erasure Amid Genocide” is available here: scene48.org/en/articles/...

Archives as Resistance to Erasure

The rescue of Gaza’s UNRWA archives defies Zionist erasure, preserving Palestinian history and memory as vital acts of resistance amid ongoing genocide.

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Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) @mesa1966.bsky.social · Aug 28

#Fellowship The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invite applications for ACLS/ Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowships in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America, offered as part of ACLS Fellowship Program. mesana.org/resources-an...

Middle East Studies Association

ACLS invite applications for ACLS/ Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowships in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America, offered as part of the ACLS Fellowship Program.

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Prof. Messick died on August 15, 2025. Their generosity and guidance left a lasting mark on our community, and we will remember them with gratitude.
Please see anthropology.columbia.edu/content/brin... and maktoobmedia.com/more/educati... for more information.”

Brinkley Messick, 1949 - 2025 | Department of Anthropology

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 28

IN MEMORIAM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of our former Global Academy mentor and supporter, Brinkley Morris Messick(1949 - 2025). He was a renowned scholar and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University.

Brinkley Messick, 1949 - 2025 | Department of Anthropology

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Check out the newest publication, "Open Constitution: The Dilemma of Constitutional Stability and Adaptability Iran’s 1906 and 1979 Constitutions: A Case Study" by our alum Seyed Masoud Noori!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Open Constitution: The Dilemma of Constitutional Stability and Adaptability Iran’s 1906 and 1979 Constitutions: A Case Study | Review of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core

Open Constitution: The Dilemma of Constitutional Stability and Adaptability Iran’s 1906 and 1979 Constitutions: A Case Study - Volume 58 Issue 1-2

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 25

Read our fellow Fateh Saeidi's new article "Religion Meets Gender: The Impact of Sunni Islamic Discourse on the Jina Uprising in Eastern Kurdistan" here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Religion Meets Gender: The Impact of Sunni Islamic Discourse on the Jina Uprising in Eastern Kurdistan | Review of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core

Religion Meets Gender: The Impact of Sunni Islamic Discourse on the Jina Uprising in Eastern Kurdistan

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 25

Read our fellow Nijmeh Ali's recent work published in the BMBF Network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict (Germany) here:

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check out our fellow Nadia Al-Sakkaf's latest article!

“Crafting a Post-Conflict Constitution for Yemen: Navigating Rule of Law and Emerging Forces.” Published in Review of Middle East Studies 58, no. 1–2 (2024): 3–8.
doi.org/10.1017/rms.....

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Crafting a Post-Conflict Constitution for Yemen: Navigating Rule of Law and Emerging Forces | Review of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core

Crafting a Post-Conflict Constitution for Yemen: Navigating Rule of Law and Emerging Forces - Volume 58 Issue 1-2

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 22

New publication by our alum Evren Altinkas! Exile at Small-Time U. Essays from the Trenches of Embattled Academia. Find it here: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/exil...

Exile at Small-Time U - McFarland

Exile at Small-Time U Essays from the Trenches of Embattled Academia Edited by Douglas Higbee 978-1-4766-9572-3 978-1-4766-5564-2

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 22

A new report by our fellow Lutforahman Saeed on Status of Constitutionalism and Rule of Law in Afghanistan. Read it here:
cdpg.ch/status-of-co...

Home - CDP-G

3rd CDP-G National Dialogue Conference on Afghanistan Click here for more details

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 19

New article from our fellow Bahman Khodadadi! resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Public Interest (Maslahat) in Shiʿi Theocracy: Implications for Legal and Political Decision-Making | Iranian Studies | Cambridge Core

Public Interest (Maslahat) in Shiʿi Theocracy: Implications for Legal and Political Decision-Making

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 19

A new article by our fellow Ahmed Kamal Junina: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focused as an academic in Gaza

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Read our alumnus Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari's story here: global.columbia.edu/news/the-wou...

A Journey from Yemen to the World Stage

A Columbia Global Emerging Scholar on how displacement uprooted his life, and what it meant to share his story and culture at Columbia Global Center Amman.

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 18

and Razan Shawamreh, Ibtisam Idris, Fateh Saeidi, Arash Reisineshad, Amira Y. Badri, Malaka Shwaikh, Kayvan Tahmasebian, Seda Altuğ, and Lutforahman Saeed! (2/2)

MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Check out the profiles of our 2025-2026 fellows at lnkd.in/d6FDkWQS ! Congratulations to Zahra Mobballegh, Najeeb Alomaisi, Abdul Wahid Gulhani, Gökhan Demir, Hayatullah Ahmadzai, Ahmad Qabaha, Bahman Khodadadi, Ahmed Kamal Junina (1/2)

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Aug 18

www.ucpress.edu/books/indust...

New book by our alumnus Utku Barış Balaban: "Industrial Islamism
How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers". Available now to read online or purchase as a hard copy!

Industrial Islamism by Utku Balaban - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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MESA Global Academy @mesaglobalacademy.bsky.social · Jul 9

New publication by our fellow Leyla H. Tajer!
jurnalfuf.uinsa.ac.id/index.php/te...

Transgender Inclusivity in Iranian Shia Tradition: Rethinking Sex and Gender Dynamics | Teosofi: Jurnal Tasawuf dan Pemikiran Islam

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