Where do your passports come from? The Ottoman Empire and The British issued some of the first passports in the middle of the 19th Century, historian Dina Rizk Khoury tells us why.⁠ Listen to the full episode here: youtu.be/MeF7CIddLX4

... 43 months (& counting) since the criminal #BeirutBlast 37 months (& counting) since the assassination of #LokmanSlim 0 Justice 0 Accountability 100% Impunity

The port of Yaffa, Palestine. 1880

As the new school year begins, Palestinian students in Gaza cannot access education due to Israel’s systemic attacks on the education system, known as "scholasticide." Education is a vital pillar of resilience, resistance, & hope for Palestinians. #EndScholasticide

In Fall 1982, MERIP produced a special issue on the war in Lebanon, including first hand reports of the fighting, perspectives from Elias Khoury, Salim Tamari, Zachary Lockman, Noam Chomsky, Judith Tucker, Joan Mandell, Nubar Hovsepian and more. bit.ly/47Nvm4x

A platform for solidarity: For people in Lebanon, feeling restless, looking for a way to help: Look up a school designated as temporary shelter near you, and reach out to see what is needed, how you can help. See platform below!

—Theodor Herzl referred to the Arab-Palestinians as "the #indigenous population". —Chaim Weizmann called them "#negroes". —In the 1870s, there were around 468 hectares of irrigated citrus groves in the #Gaza area. The "indigenous negroes" were taking care of them. How we know?

That which you see in the video is the Dome of Douris, a 13th-century Ayyubid tomb near Baalbek, Lebanon, featuring Roman granite columns repurposed from local ruins and part of an ancient necropolis. The dome sustained significant damage as result of the violent Israeli strikes

Call for abstracts! The Arab Council for the Social Sciences is accepting abstracts for its Seventh Conference, “Devastation, Imaginaries and Knowledge: Regional Junctures and Global Repercussions”. Beirut, Lebanon | May 15-18, 2025. More information: theacss.org/pages/Seventh-…

Mapping Israel’s terror on South Beirut 99 “evacuation orders” for over 150 buildings in a month have targeted residential and commercial urban neighborhoods. Read More on -beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/200…

#Tibneen’s castle, a crusaders’ fortress, damaged by Israeli bombs. The people, the culture, the buildings, the stories… nobody is safe in this unhinged barbarism. #accountability now! lorientlejour.com/article/143382…

‘Alaa’s is a friendship that unleashes political imagination.’ In #PENTransmissions, Lina Attalah #savesheikhjarrah's speech for Alaa Abd el-Fattah, PEN Pinter Prize Writer of Courage 2024. pentransmissions.com/2024/11/04/lin…

لم يكن علي ليغادر قريته #كفررمان لو لم يصطحب معه عنزته رنجس وكلبَيْه براوني ولوسي. في شبطين بقضاء #البترون، وجدت رنجس القصعين والصعتر اللذين تعرف طعمهما في أرض #الجنوب، لكنّها اكتشفت شجر السنديان وبات البلّوط طعامها المفضَّل.

We're seeking powerful personal essays for "Chronicles of Silence and Silencing"—stories of silencing, censorship & self-censorship that reflect the urgent challenges to academic freedom. 🔹 Anonymous publication 🔹 English, Arabic & French 🔹 Comics from regional artists

نبحث عن مقالات شخصية قوية لمشروع "سجلات السكوت والإسكات"—قصص عن الإسكات، الرِّقابة، والرِّقابة الذاتية، تظهر التحديات الملحّة التي تواجه الحرية الأكاديمية. 🔹 نشر مجهول الهُوِيَّة 🔹 بالعربية، الإنجليزية والفرنسية 🔹 يضم قصصًا مصورة لفنانين من المنطقة

Deadline extended until April 24, 2025! Apply now: theacss.org/call-for-submi…

Who Governs the University? My colleague Gabe Winant asks a question we should all be asking in The Chicago Maroon. These institutions are employers, landlords, healthcare providers, police forces and educators. Who rules them? chicagomaroon.com/iobf

📢 In Conversation with Amer Zahr at the ACSS 7th Conference. More Details Soon! #ACSS7thConference #PublicTalk #AmerZahr

يدعوكم/نّ المجلس العربي للعلوم الاجتماعيّة إلى جلسة إصدار كتابَين له، الأول: "جندرة الأرشيف العربي"؛ والثاني:"روايات نساء عربيّات من جيل السبعينات". الخميس 6 تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر 2025 | 5:00 مساءً . المكتبة الوطنيّة اللبنانيّة-الصنايع، بيروت. مزيد من التفاصيل في الملصق المرفَق.