Today is the 65th day of Alaa’s mother, Laila’s hungerstrike. 65 days of hunger for Laila and 65 days of unlawful imprisonment in #Egypt for UK citizen Alaa past the 10 years he already served for sharing a Facebook post. We fear for Laila’s body, but her courage & love will not

أنا اليوم مضرب عن الطعام لمدة 24 ساعة تضامنًا مع د. ليلى سويف،التي تقف بجسد منهك وروح غير منكسرة،مطالبة بحق ابنها علاء عبد الفتاح في الحرية، وحقها كأم في احتضان ابنها الذي أنهى عقوبته في 29 سبتمبر، ولكنه لا يزال محتجزًا بشكل غير قانوني. #أدعم_إضراب_ليلي #FreeAlaa #DcForAaa

Mama held Alaa's photo as she stood this morning outside the FCDO. On the ground, chalk marks counting the days Alaa remains in prison beyond his sentence, which also reflects the number of days our mother deprived herself of any nourishment in protest .. DAY 75!!

📚📚📚New Book Review! 📚📚📚 Dena Qaddumi Dena Qaddumi reviews //Revolution Squared: Tahrir, political possibilities, and counterrevolution in Egypt// by Atef Shahat Said atefsaid عاطف 2024 Duke University Press #anthrotwitter Find it here: ⬇️ americanethnologist.org/journal/issues/

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This report is evidence of media complicity in genocide, not courage. There’s no question 60 Minutes was ordered by White House officials not to publish this damning report on Biden, Blinken and Kamala presiding over a genocide, and they of course held it until it didn’t matter.

Reporter Sam Husseini was just physically dragged from Blinken’s briefing. “Why aren’t you at The Hague?” he asked.

Fixed it.

RIP Michael Burawoy, you were a gem and touched the lives of our department, our community, and around the world. Stay tuned for more information.

I believe that the only and main way to honor Michael Burawoy is to closely write about his legacy on so many terrains. What does Michael Burawoy mean to you personally? In what ways he touched your work and inspired you?

MESA expresses profound concern regarding the deteriorating health of Laila Soueif in Egypt, and calls for the release of her son Alaa Abdel-Fattah and the end of violations of academic freedom by the Egyptian government. Abdelfattah Elsisi mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

Mai and I are looking for people who work on archives/archiving + the idea of Tricontinental solidarity (or Third Worldism) - academics, artists, film-makers - anyone. Please share if you/anyone you know of works on this. Thank you! 💙 ⁦Mai Taha⁩

As someone who cares about universities, and someone with a degree from Columbia University, I am sad to see its capitulation to unreasonable and damaging government demands and acquiescence in what amounts to a shakedown.

Our third letter to Egyptian officials regarding the unjust circumstances of Egyptian researcher and translator, Kholoud Said. Abdelfattah Elsisi Egypt Justice النيابة العامة المصرية mesana.org/advocacy/commi…

#الحياة_لليلى_سويف #SaveLaila #freealaanow