Notre étude sur la situation des migrants à la frontière tuniso-algérienne.
Author: Khaled Tabbabi
Translated from Arabic by: Ihsan Mejdi
Publication: FTDES.
ftdes.net/en/migration-m…

Presented (online) at MESA today. I talked about the nexus between politics and kinship (a chapter of my PhD dissertation) in Tunisia's marginalised southwest. Enjoyed listening to the other presenters as well. Bedirhan E. Mutlu (بدرهان) Salih Yasun صالح Haifa Souilmi

I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of eLife - the journal for retweeting a The Onion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians.

My beloved father, my brothers, my sisters, their entire children have just ascended to heaven. Israel targeted our home leaving around 30 of my family killed. No injuries.

Next week, ‘Golda’,  a biopic about former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir begins showing in UK cinemas. The film attempts to celebrate her legacy.

Here’s what the film won’t cover🧵(1/8) #Golda

Why I never submit chapter drafts on time during my PhD:
This is the last article I am reading, this is the last chapter I am reading, after this book, I am just reading articles...oh I have to start writing, I will just read this last article...wow this bibliography looks good

Extremely excited to be organizing this workshop on intellectual histories of decolonization across the Maghreb and Mashreq with Max Weiss and Robert Parks. It will be taking place in Tunis, from 9-10 December. Here's the CFP! pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

My new peer-reviewed article from my PhD thesis discusses new ways of habitus and acts of citizenship beyond legal status. How do non-nationals participate in the online sphere in the #UAE despite the impossibility of acquiring citizenship?
#Emirati #Identities Identities Journal

“All the rhetoric about cooperation, partnership and financial aid is secondary.

'What Meloni and her European partners want is fewer migrants - even if this means more tragedies on the shores of Zarzis”

✍️ Opinion by Ihsan Mejdi
bit.ly/43dOBQL

'How EU policies have turned Tunisia into Africa's graveyard'

✍️Opinion by Ihsan Mejdi
middleeasteye.net/opinion/tunisi…

With Timothy Mitchell and Lila Abu-Lughod, BRISMES 2023, Exeter.

I'm excited to be presenting this weekend at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha, Qatar. 📧 me to read the full paper #DecolonisingPsychology #cognitivejustice

Participated in a workshop organised by the Centre for Lebanese Studies at Cambridge on theorising in PhD. One of the guest speakers who gave us valuable insights was Sam of the Nord 👉🏽 @samerabdelnour.bsky.social. I am fascinated by his work !!

Proud to kick off our retreat 'Theorising in PhD research' to discuss how we use theory & theorise in our research, and the implications for politics of knowledge production.

LERRN Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge  The British Academy  Maha Shuayb

'Deprived of the right to move while being exposed to an intangible free globalised world, the narrative of el harga becomes unavoidable.'
Some thoughts about migration from #Tunisia to #Europe that I formulated for the Mixed Migration Review #MMR2022

Happy to share a short reflection on my #ethnographic #fieldwork in #Douiret in #Tunisia .

(Almost) Native Ethnography Meets the Heat of the Tunisian Desert - go.shr.lc/3JHjmVi
#Tataouine