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JOB POST: The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the @UCBerkeley seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Modern Arabic Literature and Culture. Salary range $80,800 - $128,700. Deadline Monday 15 September 2025. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05015

@nasrnawal مرحبًا أستاذة المحترمة أنا طالب دكتوراه متخصص في عصر النهضة وصحافي أمريكي-لبناني. هل يمكنكِ أن ترسلي لي رسالة؟ أحببت أن أتكلّم معك عن مقابلة جريتها مع الأستاذ شارل الشدياق وسكرًا

"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen"--Vladimir Ilyich Lenin - just 20 days between 2 photos.

I was grateful to be offered the space to reflect on the act of giving tours @stanfordjrbp—on being multilingual, reckoning with the untranslatable, and the ways in which these concepts can shape how we discuss nature. Thank you @TadashiFukami jrbp.stanford.edu/news/student-p…

The Sarrafs: Money, State and Finance Dealers in the Ottoman Empire, 1700-1900 - The abstracts and program will be available soon.

After almost 4 months of encampment, the student Palestine encampment in Dortmund were forced by German police to take down the camp and leave, and police said they would arrest me if I went there. All this just because the students had invited me to speak at their event and I had been to a pro Palestine protest in Berlin the day before that police has stormed. 1/2

Why is the Middle East unstable despite decades of bombing it into stability

I know Israelis are fine desecrating anything, but I can't emphasize how jarring it is that their bombing on Beirut yesterday damaged one of the oldest sacred cemeteries in the city. It's the final resting place of many old Beirut Sunni families, of Ottoman Pashas and governors.

The Samir Kassir Foundation (SKF) @SK_Eyes has launched an emergency fund for journalists in Lebanon to support those forced to evacuate their homes and seek refuge in safer areas.

@ODolcerocca This is on his FB account. I am not sure if it helps. Sorry for your loss. الله يرحمه

If anyone is on touch with his wife Najla, could you please DM me? I don't have her contact info. Or any information about the funeral...

I'm deeply saddened by the passing of Elias Khoury. A great novelist to the world; an exceptional teacher, advisor, comrade and friend to his students. I'm honored to have known him almost two decades. Here are photos from last time I saw him in person Istanbul'16

“Gaza is the greatest historical scandal.” “Bodies are in pieces. Hearts are in pieces. Souls are in pieces. Heads are in pieces.” —Former French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin

(1/4) I am very proud to announce that @UCBerkeley Social Sciences has launched a new program + chair in Palestinian + Arab Studies that's been years in the making due to high demand from students. Learn more: bit.ly/3zjE4dO

@zeinabeck Mabrook I am sure it will be brilliant and I can’t wait to read

"Every night, before he sleeps, he asks his mother about his missing arms. Each time, she reassures him that they will grow back overnight. Once morning comes, he discovers her deceit when he sees the neighbor’s child, armless, just like him."

New series on Gaza from Dar Tibaq: a set of reflections on Gaza by major Arab writers (Hoda Barakat, Adania Shibli, Jokha Alharathi and 30 more); a book of testimonies by Gazan writers; a study of Western attitudes towards Gaza by Marwan al-Ghafouri entitled Fascism for Beginners

@irmak_sensoz @ugurZp Güzel

lithub.com/from-the-river… @lithub

@arif_c_ Tebrikler! Excited to read