This is horrific. My colleagues and I in academia cannot continue to let our students get kidnapped like this.

This level of bigoted dehumanization towards anyone else, which includes assigning moral responsibility to entire groups and references to zoology, would be recognized for what it is for anyone BUT Palestine.

At this point in my life, I think my diet can be safely described as "neo Silk Road revivalism". If it wasn't on the Silk Road, I'm not eating it.

“Dubai” chocolate is the perfect metaphor for that city: unsuited to its environment, dependent on refrigeration, a product of branding with no connection to the Arabian Peninsula, and it has led to a global shortage of pistacho The "English Breakfast" tea of the Middle East

Typical statement by politicians at the death of Francis: "I am so sorry at the passing of the Pope Francis whose teachings on poverty, inequality, climate change, war in Gaza, war in Ukraine, billionaires, financial sector, Davos etc. I have totally ignored, but I still learned

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I can see this now. A simple, cross-sectional survey with broad stress/anxiety measures being "reduced" by AI friends (maybe only 1-2 mean score change on a Likert) scale, the P is significant. It gets published and bam, AI friends are now evidenced based interventions

The war in Ind/Pak greatly impacts South Asian students and faculty (like myself) across our university systems. Our diaspora should use our citizen rights to demand the US practice its leverage over the region and begin immediate shuttle diplomacy.

The recent battle between Pakistani and Indian forces ended in an unambiguous victory for Pakistan. ow.ly/j2lf30sMkM4

Why is the media (mostly, the authoritative, American press), suddenly covering this with an active voice and assigning an agency that's been missing the last two years?

I really find the contrast between the austere, post-Protestant aesthetics of the Emiratis and the baroque sensibilities of the Saudis and Qataris to be very interesting. The Emiratis have thoroughly internalized the sleek, minimalist techno-aesthetic of liberal corporate

Something is happening. The number of government officials from around the world who I've heard in private conversations call Israel's slaughter in Gaza a genocide - without qualifications and caveats - has increased dramatically in just the past weeks. The dam is breaking.

Not going to lie, the Arabesque patterns here make it completely worth it.

So many brave students and staff across the CUNY system and other colleges have risked their careers and professional lives to bring attention to this indiscriminate and horrific war machine.

It is unconscionable to discipline students and staff in the CUNY system for their stance on Gaza, which is now the normative and mainstream stance by Germany, Canada, etc.