Dana El Kurd
@danaelkurd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Profile by Molly Crabapple • Header my grandfather's publications
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Dana El Kurd
@danaelkurd.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Wow so many new people following. Maybe I need a real intro:
Hi I'm from Jerusalem & work on Palestine, authoritarianism, and US intervention in the Arab world. I'm a professor and a senior nonresident fellow at the Arab Center Washington.
I'll link a few essays, podcasts, & presentations below
Hi I'm from Jerusalem & work on Palestine, authoritarianism, and US intervention in the Arab world. I'm a professor and a senior nonresident fellow at the Arab Center Washington.
I'll link a few essays, podcasts, & presentations below
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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What's left of Gaza:
Black—urban neighborhoods the IDF has fully demolished with earthmovers etc.
White—undemolished urban neighborhoods (with varying levels of major damage from 2 years of bombing, artillery, and ground fighting)
Yellow—IDF-controlled (white areas liable to further demolition)
Black—urban neighborhoods the IDF has fully demolished with earthmovers etc.
White—undemolished urban neighborhoods (with varying levels of major damage from 2 years of bombing, artillery, and ground fighting)
Yellow—IDF-controlled (white areas liable to further demolition)
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What's left of Gaza:
Black—urban neighborhoods the IDF has fully demolished with earthmovers etc.
White—undemolished urban neighborhoods (with varying levels of major damage from 2 years of bombing, artillery, and ground fighting)
Yellow—IDF-controlled (white areas liable to further demolition)
Black—urban neighborhoods the IDF has fully demolished with earthmovers etc.
White—undemolished urban neighborhoods (with varying levels of major damage from 2 years of bombing, artillery, and ground fighting)
Yellow—IDF-controlled (white areas liable to further demolition)
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Another Reuters exclusive
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another Reuters exclusive
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
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superb episode of @thefirethesetimes.com with hosts @danaelkurd.bsky.social and @ayoub.bsky.social talking about Mamdani’s victory thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
superb episode of @thefirethesetimes.com with hosts @danaelkurd.bsky.social and @ayoub.bsky.social talking about Mamdani’s victory thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
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I interviewed Ahmed Moor, writer and 2025 foundation for Middle east peace fellow, on what the pro palestine movement can learn after 2 years of genocide
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
<p>Dana El Kurd speaks with author, activist, and 2025 Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow Ahmed Moor on the pro-Palestine movement in the US, and what we can learn after two years of genocide.</p...
www.iheart.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I interviewed Ahmed Moor, writer and 2025 foundation for Middle east peace fellow, on what the pro palestine movement can learn after 2 years of genocide
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
We have an opportunity to hound these criminals out of public life and power forever.
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We have an opportunity to hound these criminals out of public life and power forever.
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Can’t violate norms. You see, then the other party would also violate norms.
When Biden was in the White House, and Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, why did they keep all this Epstein stuff covered up?
Believed it’d be improper, running counter to the goal of restoring public perception of impartiality? That’s the relatively least damning answer I can think of.
Believed it’d be improper, running counter to the goal of restoring public perception of impartiality? That’s the relatively least damning answer I can think of.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Can’t violate norms. You see, then the other party would also violate norms.
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On Dec. 8, 2015, Jeffrey Epstein offers a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and "girls in bikinis in my kitchen." Epstein tells the reporter that he "gave" Trump his "20 year old girlfriend...after two years."
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
On Dec. 8, 2015, Jeffrey Epstein offers a NY Times reporter photos of Donald Trump and "girls in bikinis in my kitchen." Epstein tells the reporter that he "gave" Trump his "20 year old girlfriend...after two years."
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
When people looked into these type of rumors the Times smugly criticized them.
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It just wasn't a big, newsworthy deal like, for instance, the college applications of a mayoral candidate to a school he didn't get into or attend.
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It just wasn't a big, newsworthy deal like, for instance, the college applications of a mayoral candidate to a school he didn't get into or attend.
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
I'm going to start signing all skeets with "DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT"
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm going to start signing all skeets with "DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT"
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New It Could Happen Here 🇵🇸
@danaelkurd.bsky.social speaks with author, activist, and 2025 Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow Ahmed Moor on the pro-Palestine movement in the US, and what we can learn after two years of genocide.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@danaelkurd.bsky.social speaks with author, activist, and 2025 Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow Ahmed Moor on the pro-Palestine movement in the US, and what we can learn after two years of genocide.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
New It Could Happen Here 🇵🇸
@danaelkurd.bsky.social speaks with author, activist, and 2025 Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow Ahmed Moor on the pro-Palestine movement in the US, and what we can learn after two years of genocide.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@danaelkurd.bsky.social speaks with author, activist, and 2025 Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow Ahmed Moor on the pro-Palestine movement in the US, and what we can learn after two years of genocide.
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Harvard attracts the best 👌
Insights from Larry Summers
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Harvard attracts the best 👌
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More than a dozen Israeli soldiers spoke to ITV for their new documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, about how their army’s two-year campaign in Gaza involved shooting unarmed Palestinians en masse, using teenagers as human shields, and flattening entire neighborhoods without pretext of...
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
More than a dozen Israeli soldiers spoke to ITV for their new documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, about how their army’s two-year campaign in Gaza involved shooting unarmed Palestinians en masse, using teenagers as human shields, and flattening entire neighborhoods without pretext of...
Thing about me is - idgaf. Generally speaking.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Thing about me is - idgaf. Generally speaking.
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"Pro-Israel and right-wing advocacy organizations – including those without any campus presence – have driven the surge in antisemitism investigations; in at least 78% of the complaints we analyzed, such groups either represent complainants or act as complainants themselves."
AAUP/MESA Report: 'Most government investigations of antisemitism are prompted by complaints received from outside campuses... Of the 102 complaints filed with the Office of Civil Rights that the report analyzes, all but one focus on speech critical of Israel.'
www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
New Report: Civil Rights Law Weaponized to Chill Speech
A report published today is the first systematic empirical study of government investigations and private lawsuits against US colleges and universities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
www.aaup.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Pro-Israel and right-wing advocacy organizations – including those without any campus presence – have driven the surge in antisemitism investigations; in at least 78% of the complaints we analyzed, such groups either represent complainants or act as complainants themselves."
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now listening
I interviewed Ahmed Moor, writer and 2025 foundation for Middle east peace fellow, on what the pro palestine movement can learn after 2 years of genocide
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
<p>Dana El Kurd speaks with author, activist, and 2025 Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow Ahmed Moor on the pro-Palestine movement in the US, and what we can learn after two years of genocide.</p...
www.iheart.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
now listening
I interviewed Ahmed Moor, writer and 2025 foundation for Middle east peace fellow, on what the pro palestine movement can learn after 2 years of genocide
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide - It Could Happen Here | iHeart
<p>Dana El Kurd speaks with author, activist, and 2025 Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow Ahmed Moor on the pro-Palestine movement in the US, and what we can learn after two years of genocide.</p...
www.iheart.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I interviewed Ahmed Moor, writer and 2025 foundation for Middle east peace fellow, on what the pro palestine movement can learn after 2 years of genocide
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I have a lot of anxiety right now thinking about white supremacy and rising antisemitism and racism. Like if I allow myself to dwell, as I have done this evening, I find I get more and more terrified. I cannot comprehend what has become normalized once again in this country
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I have a lot of anxiety right now thinking about white supremacy and rising antisemitism and racism. Like if I allow myself to dwell, as I have done this evening, I find I get more and more terrified. I cannot comprehend what has become normalized once again in this country
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In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
Interesting article
#FirstView from @pspolisci.bsky.social -
State Strikes Back: The Spanish–Moroccan Border Crisis from the Lens of the Beirut School of Critical Security Studies - https://cup.org/4p2eEWr
- Zaynab El Bernoussi & Augusto Adán Delkáder Palacios
State Strikes Back: The Spanish–Moroccan Border Crisis from the Lens of the Beirut School of Critical Security Studies - https://cup.org/4p2eEWr
- Zaynab El Bernoussi & Augusto Adán Delkáder Palacios
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Interesting article
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Dana and Elia don't like the fact that we're #Mamdani's age. We also talked about his victory means.
Out wherever you listen to podcasts
@danaelkurd.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social
Out wherever you listen to podcasts
@danaelkurd.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dana and Elia don't like the fact that we're #Mamdani's age. We also talked about his victory means.
Out wherever you listen to podcasts
@danaelkurd.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social
Out wherever you listen to podcasts
@danaelkurd.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social