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Shaimaa Abdelkarim
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assistant prof. in postcolonial legal theory and critical race studies ☀️
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Rishika Sahgal @rishikasahgal.bsky.social · 9h
New article co-authored with @gautambhatia88.bsky.social published in @compconstudies.bsky.social on the vastly divergent approach of Indian courts on the right to housing in cases about home demolitions and evictions. It's open access for 3 months!

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Canadian Network of Law & Humanities @lawhumanitiesca.bsky.social · 1d
Call for Papers: Second International Conference of Critical Legal Geography// March 17-20, 2026 in Chile// Deadline: Nov 10, 2025// More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-pap...
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Shaimaa Abdelkarim @shaimabdelkarim.bsky.social · 22d
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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Aug 20
This was a great chat I think. Alex on his usual excellent form and @rafeefz.bsky.social and Adam both brilliant as ever.

This is our first pod about the @versobooks.bsky.social pamphlet and it's good to start out with some of the best.
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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · Aug 20
📢🇵🇸NEW EPISODE 📢🇵🇸 - @rafeefz.bsky.social, @pashukanist.bsky.social and Adam Hanieh on their new book, 'Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine':

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Resisting Erasure w/ Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah and Robert Knox
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 08/20/2025 · 1h 19m
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Nora Jaber @norajaber.bsky.social · Jul 3
My latest article is now out with @flsjournal.bsky.social - ‘Beyond international human rights: Islamic feminism as alternative rights praxis’. Available open access here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Beyond International Human Rights: Islamic Feminism as Alternative Rights Praxis - Feminist Legal Studies
This article examines Islamic Feminism (IF) as an example of an alternative rights framework that falls beyond international human rights law (IHRL) in terms of its epistemic and conceptual grounding ...
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Shaimaa Abdelkarim @shaimabdelkarim.bsky.social · Aug 4
Join us for an interactive day on research methods at university of Leicester September 17. PGR travel expenses paid for attendance. @silvilunazul.bsky.social and I will be speaking on decolonial and feminist methods. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/m4c-dialog...
M4C Dialogue Day: Dialogues on Feminist Decolonial Methods
A day for arts and humanities researchers to explore questions of voice, authority, methods, and the futures of anti-disciplinarity.
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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · Jul 17
‘Do the pilots who bomb children have children’
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · Jul 17
A list of questions from Palestinian children in Gaza, compiled by the staff of the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza:
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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Jul 11
Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.

If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
5 copies of the book Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine.
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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · Jul 10
Darlings, the first time I'm seeing it in print. Thank you to @dr-di.bsky.social for the photo. Have so many feels. Still awaiting mine.
Please share pics when you receive yours. And, request your libraries to order it.
All royalties donated to Gaza.
Onwards comrades.
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A copy of the The SAGE Handbook of Decolonial Theory on a desk. Photo credit and permission from Dr Diana Val.
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Independent Social Research Foundation @isrfoundation.bsky.social · Jul 9
Brick-by-Brick, Wall-by-Wall: Co-Producing Transnational Feminist Abolitionist Knowledges

molly ackhurst, Shaimaa Abdelkarim (@shaimabdelkarim.bsky.social) & Silvana Tapia Tapia (@silvilunazul.bsky.social)

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Brick-by-Brick, Wall-by-Wall: Co-Producing Transnational Feminist Abolitionist Knowledges
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Samantha Pinto @samanthapinto.bsky.social · Jun 1
We thought we knew tired when we wrote this. Exhausted with @jennifercnash.bsky.social @differences.bsky.social doi.org/10.1215/1040...
On Exhaustion: Toward a Post-Care Feminism
This essay is a critical response to the emergence of “care” as the antidote to the multiple crises that plague the present. The call for care— intramural care, radical care, mutual aid, etc.—has prol...
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Michael Fakhri @michaelfakhri.bsky.social · May 23
My newest piece on how to end starvation and famine in Gaza. The UN General Assembly must authorize peacekeepers to accompany humanitarian convoys.

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If aid doesn’t enter Gaza now, 14,000 babies may die. UN peacekeepers must step in | Michael Fakhri
As a UN special rapporteur on the right to food, I have watched for 19 months as Israel starves children. The world must act now
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Balakrishnan Rajagopal @balaraj.bsky.social · May 22
The Special Rapporteur on the right to food @MichaelFakhri writes in the @guardian: The GA must act to authorize peacekeepers to ensure aid delivery to Gaza. I have called on the GA before to act under the Uniting for Peace res. and fully endorse this.

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If aid doesn’t enter Gaza now, 14,000 babies may die. UN peacekeepers must step in | Michael Fakhri
As a UN special rapporteur on the right to food, I have watched for 19 months as Israel starves children. The world must act now
www.theguardian.com
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Shaimaa Abdelkarim @shaimabdelkarim.bsky.social · May 22
Amazing workshop at Univeristy of Greenwich with Renginee Pillay and Tom Frost facilitating conversations on decoloniality, student-led coproduction and AI as part of the Reimagining Antiracist and Decolonial Law collective. Special issue coming soon 🎊 #RADLAW
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Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social · Apr 11
This was a great chat! If you've not listened to the podcast before check it out for all this #utopia & #dystopia
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Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social · Apr 11
A new episode of the Utopian and Dystopian Fictions podcast is coming tomorrow. It features a great interview with @aoifemod.bsky.social and @ruthhoughton.bsky.social, covering all things utopia, law, and feminist utopias.
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Apr 7
So excited that my book is now in press! It’ll be out next month.
Front cover of book: The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law by Senthorun Sunil Raj.
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Parvathi Menon @parvathimenon.bsky.social · Apr 10
Join us for a book launch with the author @quinnslobodian.com to discuss his latest book, 'Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right'

🗓️ May 7th
📍 Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
⏰ 12 noon to 1:30 PM
Please register here: forms.office.com/e/0F7RF8cKxk
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catkib.bsky.social @catkib.bsky.social · Apr 9
Palestine beyond the colonial logic of international law mondoweiss.net/2025/04/pale...
Palestine beyond the colonial logic of international law
The colonization of Palestine is not an anomaly in the liberal global order but its most glaring indictment. It exposes the hypocrisy of an international system that decries colonialism while institut...
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Shaimaa Abdelkarim @shaimabdelkarim.bsky.social · Mar 28
Please join @silvilunazul.bsky.social, @leilaullrich.bsky.social and I on May 1, 2pm for an online conversation on Leila’s book ‘Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court’. Registration link below 👇🏾
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Conversation With: Dr Leila Ullrich and Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for a conversation with Dr Leila Ullrich and Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia on Dr Ullrich's book 'Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court: The Blame Cascade' (OUP 2024) ...
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Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context @cclas1.bsky.social · Mar 13
We stand in solidarity with our colleague @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social

To quote Stuart Hall, "the university is a critical institution or it is nothing".
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Helyeh_Doutaghi @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social · Mar 12
Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My Statement on Yale Law School’s Embrace of AI-Generated Smears 1/3
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Helyeh_Doutaghi @helyehdoutaghi.bsky.social · Mar 12
Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My Statement on Yale Law School’s Embrace of AI-Generated Smears 1/3
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Jan 31
📣 Job Alert

My university (Manchester Met) is looking to hire a few new law lecturers. We are a growing department, with colleagues working on critical, socio-legal legal issues relating to gender, sexuality, disability, race, migration, culture, etc. Check out the link for more info.

#AcademicSky
Lecturer in Law - (8085) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers
All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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Leila Ullrich @leilaullrich.bsky.social · Jan 31
I'm giving an online talk on my book, 'Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court', this Monday (3rd Feb) at 12.30, topped up with newer ideas on whether we should pay 'wages for victims'. Register here: @cambridgegender.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victims-an...
Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court
Part of the Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar Series.
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Nora Jaber @norajaber.bsky.social · Feb 1
Not to be missed! On 6 February, Kohl is hosting a fundraiser and launching the special issue ‘A lexicon for bridging decolonial queer feminisms and materialist feminisms’ universityofexeter.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fundraiser for Kohl and Launch of the Special Issue "A Lexicon for Bridging Decolonial Queer Feminisms and Materialist Feminisms". After registering, you wi...
Join us for this fundraiser and launch event where we explore what feminist and queer solidarity looks like in times of colonial genocide and destruction. Bringing together inspiring scholars and org...
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