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Fellowships to Palestinian scholars and artists affected by war in Gaza. Please circulate widely
Deadline for application 21 May
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Hi Judy Maltz. Thanks for reporting in Haaretz.com on the Open Letter signed by now nearly 1,800 North American academics condemning Israel's scholasticide in Gaza. One correction: the letter, & the press release, *do call* for the release of all hostages. haaretz.com/us-news/2024-0…

It truly was a beautiful country 🇧🇦

Off to EU, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a chop-chop here and a chop-chop there... 😪😪😪
lefteast.org/bosnia-interna…

Call for applications for the M.A. Program in Ottoman History, organized by the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete in collaboration with the Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FORTH!
Deadline 20 May 2024, info history-archaeology.uoc.gr/en/call-for-ap…

Such a strange and sad feeling in Israel this evening. I sort of pain deep down - a feeling that is maybe shared in Beirut and other parts of the Middle East this evening.

A war with Hizbullah is all but inevitable: everybody knows it, and the media prepares people for it.…

One of the seven aid workers killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza was 33-year-old Jacob Flickinger, a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces who grew up in Quebec. His parents called his death a targeted killing.
cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…

Chatting recently to Rwandan & Ukrainian colleagues at a social event & noting other kindred spirits in the room from other zones of conflict & genocide, while all prosperously settled in 🇨🇦, we sadly concluded that we were a rule rather than the exception. 🇨🇦 too, lest we forget

Freeing Palestine medieval European style: poet Walther von der Vogelweide (d.1230), author of the famous Crusader poem Palästinaliad, hailing Christian warrior ascetics as they march to liberate the Holy Land.
(Image Codex Manesse (1305-15), Heidelberg; trans. J.W. Thomas, p.d.)

Thank you!

Documentary storyteller of the most poignant kind, Raul Gallego Abelan Raul Gallego Abellan, who has brought to our attention heart-wrenching but also uplifting visual records from many parts of this troubled planet has received a well deserved honour. Watch his stuff, it is amazing! 🫶

Ottawa is resuming funding to UNRWA, the UN relief agency for Palestinians, CBC News has learned. The government paused funding in January after Israel alleged that 12 employees of UNRWA were involved in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
cbc.ca/news/politics/….

Priceless, shared landmarks. We weep for them too.
The obliteration of Gaza’s multi-civilizational treasures 972mag.com/the-obliterati…

Naše 🇧🇦 divne sportašice, na snijegu, u vodi, na travi i parketu, u dvoranama i na otvorenom, naše Lane, Elvedine, Larise, Ivane, itd, svaka ponos za ponosom, svaka zaslužuje da samo o njima govorimo dok se oni zaduženi za 🇧🇦 amaterski sport ne trgnu iz nemara i odrade svoj posao

#Sarajevo mon amour

In my undergrad course 'The Qur'an & Its Interpreters,' I give the students an assignment under the rubric 'experiential/creative learning.' They are asked to interpret a Q'ic passage non-semantically, using a medium of their choice. Here is one, sharing with permission. Enjoy.