Mahsa Alami

Israel and the US have launched strikes on Iran. As an Iranian, I hold the Islamic Republic primarily responsible for what is unfolding in my country.

8- and choice. Iranians appear only as dupes or instruments of American or Israeli power, reproducing the very imperial logic these narratives claim to oppose while erasing a long history of resistance and democratic struggle.” #shahramkhosravi #IranProtests2026

On Neo-Orientalism by Prof. Shahram Khosravi, an Iranian Anthropologist from Stockholm University: “Some of so-called anti-imperialist narratives have elements of -let’s call it—neo-Orientalism… (continues in comments👇🏼)

7- Such framings obscure internal debates, cultural dynamics, and historical continuities that structure dissent within Iranian society.These narratives systematically deny Iranians political agency, refusing to recognize them as actors capable of independent thought, judgment…

6- Iran is frequently represented not as a historically layered society shaped by more than a century of struggle for freedom, constitutionalism, and social justice, but as an abstract space whose political life is meaningful only in relation to one single empire, namely the US.

5- One condition enabling neo-Orientalist representation is a widespread lack of historical and political knowledge of Iranian society.

4- . Neo-Orientalism thus functions not only as a discourse of representation, but as a mechanism of political regulation, shaping which forms of dissent are deemed legitimate or worthy of support... 👇🏼

3- Neo-Orientalism operates through moral superiority. Within this framework, the Iranian Other is positioned as incapable of fully understanding or judging what is good for herself. It operates through 'care'. The Iranian subject is treated as misguided and in need of correction

2- Neo-Orientalism presents itself as ethical, progressive, and emancipatory, claiming to speak in the name of justice, resistance, or anti-imperialism, while simultaneously fixing Iranian subjects within predetermined categories of victimhood and false consciousness…👇🏼

“Sepehr, baba, where are you” #IranMassacre #IranProtests2026 #قتل_عام_دي١٤٠٤

بقدری خون ریختن که وقتی نتت وصل می‌شه عقل و زبونت کار نمی‌کنه. از چی بنویسیم؟ از جان‌های شیرین ازدست‌رفته؟ از قساوت سیری‌ناپذیر ضحاک؟ از عجز و ناتوانی‌مون؟ از سایه موشک‌های بالای سر؟ از خون‌شوری دولتمردا؟ از سندزدن چکه‌های خون بنام این دسته و اون فرقه؟ از چی بگیم...

@MGharghashe امیدوارم همگیتون همیشه سالم و امن باشید❤️

@MahsaAlami عزیز ❤️ دل

“He has built a house for himself. As he was falling asleep, he said: “Don’t destroy my house, okay? This is my home forever.” My heart sank! I thought to myself: I hope our house doesn’t get destroyed too. I hope Iran stays our home forever.” #StopTheWar

Dr Mahsa Alami Fariman will speak at the @17_instituto XXXVIII International Colloquium, 'Urban Realities: Produced City, Inhabited City' on Friday 24 January, 3:30 pm-5:30 pm GMT at @map_mexico. 🌎 🏙️ 🔗 For more information: 17instituto.org/xxxviiicoloqui…

Good to be back to @oxfordgeography to give a keynote lecture on “Urbanisation, Extraction, Exclusion”

@niloufarvadiati @dpu_ucl مرسی از لطفت نیلوفر جان

@MahsaAlami @dpu_ucl مبارک باشه مهسای عزیز!

Today, I’ve started a new position as ‘Lecturer in Just Urbanism, Societal Diversity and Citizenship’ at @dpu_ucl Within the past two yrs, Coventry Uni has been my academic home & it’s been a great learning journey working with colleagues & students in Geography team & beyond.

@1CarlMills @dpu_ucl Thank you so much Carl!

@MahsaAlami @dpu_ucl Sorry to see you leave Mahsa! Good luck in your new journey.

@Vaghefiiman @dpu_ucl Iman! Merci kheili 🙏🏻

@MahsaAlami @dpu_ucl Congrats Mahsa Jan✌️

In "Woman, Life, Freedom: Revolting space invaders in Iran", Mahsa Alami Fariman and Ahmadreza Hakiminejad discuss how the Woman, Life, Freedom protests in Iran created a new generation of 'space invaders'. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…