“The real meaning of Maadi’s past lies in the complex and interconnected human stories that informed the creation of its streets, the construction of its villas, and the planting of its gardens over the course of the first half of the twentieth century.” bit.ly/3fPU7nB

Today feels amazing and makes one believe, no doubt misguidedly, that actual change is possible. Not just in football, but in the real world. The People took on global behemoths and actually won. Football had walked to the edge. Fans managed to pull it back from the precipice 🙌

This issue of Middle East Report on “Maghreb From the Margins” addresses the evolving challenges that the peripheries are posing to power structures in Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and the Western Sahara. merip.org/magazine/298/ MERIP

And now I'm thinking about the decline of OPEC and a cultural shift in Gulf influence all associated with the "New Middle East"...

Writing the Lives of the Women of Cairo's roaring '20s hf.uio.no/ikos/english/r…

Taking first place in crabbiness since day one #FlashbackFriday

Check out CFH member Annalise DeVries recent publication, Maadi: The Making and Unmaking of a Cairo Suburb, 1878–1962. amazon.com/Maadi-Making-U…

Loving that new release shelf!

Here’s gaslighting in a nutshell: pushing people out then blaming them for leaving. Before y’all start in on me, I’m by no means talking about compromising Gospel teaching & values. God forbid! I’m talking about bullying people until they leave then rebullying them for leaving.

Reflecting on what I'd tell my students today if I was still teaching "Modern Middle East" #Afghanistan annalise-devries.squarespace.com/blog/2021/8/16…

Just in case anyone forgets: time.com/5794643/trumps…

Devastating…

But are we really? Gotta love those sincere nods to multiculturalism 😣 نحن

Thanks for the positive review Al-Ahram Weekly! I wish it hadn't taken me so long to spot it. english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/5…

Had the chance to talk about #maadi's #solarenergy history recently with Foul For A Fool. #Egypt scoopempire.com/the-worlds-fir…

In telling the history of #Maadi and its outskirts, Lawrence Wright's work on Zawhiri and Qutb was immensely helpful. Both radicals emerged from a kind of suburban disenchantment.

There's just something about seeing it in the catalog... 📚☺️ #maadi #maadihistory library3.samford.edu/record=b227691…

Pleasure dusting off my reporting hat and working on this for The Dispatch thedispatch.com/article/the-un…

I was excited to see my Samford University History Department colleague Annalise DeVries with this explainer up on UNRWA: : thedispatch.com/article/the-un…

"As of last week, more than 400 people had been arrested and police remained vigilant—deploying about 6,000 riot officers over the weekend—about the prospect of further violence." | Annalise DeVries explains the U.K. riots: thedispatch.com/article/the-u-…