Rachel Harris

The Israel lobby claims UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs is an antisemite. Someone who knows about antisemitism, the Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos, begs to differ. Here he is with Francesca after her recent speech at SOAS university, London #IsraelLobby #GazaGenocide

What an absolute honor to give my testimony next to Dr Abusitta. I am grateful to the @lshtm for hosting such a powerful (and packed!) event.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and one of my works has been selected for Berlin’s public commemoration event. The piece protests Volkswagen’s support for China’s forced labor and genocide against the Uyghurs. I hope the people of Berlin will take a look at the new wall they have helped build today. 今年是柏林墙倒塌35周年，我的一件作品也选入了柏林市政府的公共纪念活动。 作品抗议了德国大众汽车厂支持中国对维吾尔强制劳动和种族灭绝。希望柏林人看看今天他们今天亲手建起来的新墙。

Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says bbc.in/4fH3RfP

📢 SOAS Event 15 November We’ll be holding a special lecture on the evolving relationship between ethnomusicology and anthropology. Ethnomusicologist @Rachel_A_Harris will discuss how listening at the borders can inform creative practice. Register now bit.ly/4hA2RvD

Ensemble Bezmara performing in Venice maqamproject.uk/ensemble-bezma…

@RayhanAsat Yes, we’ll do our best

@Rachel_A_Harris Would there be a recording of it?

The RAI Annual Blacking Lecture, “Border Listening: Ethnography and Performance Beyond Nation,” will be given by Rachel Harris tickettailor.com/events/royalan…

.@UNRWA is an irreplaceable lifeline to the Palestinian people. And it has been for the past seven decades. UNRWA was created by the @UN Member States. Today’s decision by the Israeli parliament barring UNRWA from its life-saving and health-protecting work on behalf of millions of Palestinians will have devastating consequences. This is intolerable. It contravenes Israel’s obligations and responsibilities, and threatens the lives and health of all those who depend on UNRWA.

“The rubble of schools and mosques in Gaza takes me back to my homeland, where the oldest shrines have been leveled,” @RayhanAsat writes. “If human rights are universal, what happens in Gaza and Xinjiang should equally outrage us all.” dawnmena.org/how-justice-is…

Our 2023 report on heritage in the Uyghur region highlighted the problems with the preservation and the historical misrepresentation of karez

Quand les talibans posent avec des touristes chinoises, les femmes afghanes, elles, sont réduites au silence. Privées de droits, invisibles dans l’espace public. Le contraste est violent. #Afghanistan

Read our 2023 report on the destruction of @UNESCO-inscribed cultural heritage in the Uyghur region. "The Complicity of Heritage: Cultural Heritage and Genocide in the Uyghur Region" @Rachel_A_Harris @AzizIsaElkun

I am speaking at Society for Ethnomusicology 2024 Annual Meeting. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event!

After a long summer break, it’s time for the Inner #Asia #Colloquium again! On October 4 at 15:00 CET, @Rachel_A_Harris, @rune_s_r, and Zarina Mukanova will debate the methodologies of ethnographic interviews with #exiles 🎙️ Join the talk at msteams.link/OCJD 👥

Seminar: The forgotten Sufi movement that reshaped China's Islams by @RianThum and chaired by @Rachel_A_Harris @SOAS (14 October 2024 / 17:00) soas.ac.uk/about/event/fo…

The citation for Rahile

Feeling unusually proud of my institution tonight. SOAS has awarded an honorary doctorate to Rahile Dawut to recognise her contributions to scholarship.

Rahile’s daughter Akeda Polat gave a wonderful, moving acceptance speech in a recorded video

Thank you SOAS soas.ac.uk/about/news/soa…