We won't end the UK's sewage problem without changing our food system! Meat, dairy and eggs = poisoned rivers.

Palestinian author Basim Khandaqji, who has been imprisoned by Israel since 2004, has been named as the winner of the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for his novel A Mask, the Colour of the Sky.

arabicfiction.org/en/node/2240

A curious episode from our archives, while we're on hiatus: hannah theorizes the 'gay frog', discussing pollution, amphibians, sexuality, humour, and far-right politics with Josh Milburn.

#animalstudies #environmentalstudies #queertheory

knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-207-ga…

It's April 24. We remember the Armenians.

We are hosting Lisa Bhungalia for a book talk on 'Elastic Empire. Refashioning War Through Aid in Palestine.' Part of our P&IR Edinburgh Contemporary Middle East Series, in collaboration with CRITIQUE (critiquecentre.bsky.social), @RaceED & Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law. May 10. Registration eventbrite.co.uk/e/elastic-empi…

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'Olive groves and farms have been reduced to packed earth; soil and groundwater have been contaminated by munitions and toxins; the sea is choked with sewage and waste; the air polluted by smoke and particulate matter.' Ecocide in Gaza on #EarthDay2024 theguardian.com/environment/20…

This is horrible. I really hope Queen Mary University of London speaks out on behalf of its Global Chair in Law.

PhD Scholarship: Cultures of Palestine Solidarity in Europe, Maastricht University (four years) vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastricht…

Ana Paula Maia's Of Cattle and Men (trans. Zoë Perry) wins Republic of Consciousness Prize. Well-deserved win for an incredible book. Congratulations to Charco Press! theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Shaimaa Abulebda is a writer, translator, and lecturer in English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza who has been displaced by Israel's war and whose workplace has been destroyed. Help her to evacuate with her family: gofund.me/6c9990a4

The next CRITIQUE (critiquecentre.bsky.social) and EEHN co-hosted event is Seasonal Session: Spring in the Meadows, 8 May🌸 critique.sps.ed.ac.uk/critique-seaso…

Effects of The Israeli Assault on The Education Sector in #Gaza Strip

birzeit.edu/sites/default/…

‘i am displaced, but i planted roses & mint’

eid mubarak to the people of gaza & all our muslim siblings.

may you always be blessed with roses & mint & the power to plant them.