We break down the Orientalist imaginations behind gendered stereotypes. In the episode, we show how Heaven's Vault tries to push back against the image of the harem girl in its central character, Aliya Elasra. 🎮

#gaming #orientalism #sexuality

Who caused the Highway of Death? Why does Call of Duty use real-world events, but re-write their perpetrators? Watch @VideoGamingIslam to find out more! 🎮
#cod #callofduty

Where does the iconography of flags in CoD come from? Learn more ‪@VideoGamingIslam‬
#cod #callofduty #gaming 🎮

Excited to share the new episode of @gamingislamshow.bsky.social about @inkle.co's Heaven's Vault! @doostdar.bsky.social

We have a new episode on @gamingislamshow
discussing orientalism in video games, with a focus on inkle studios' Heaven's Vault. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfHc...

For the Gaza Scholasticide project, we spoke with Ahmed Abu Shaban, a professor and dean of agriculture at Al-Azhar University-Gaza.

You can listen here:

voices.uchicago.edu/scholasticid...

I'm part of a team documenting scholasticide in Gaza - Israel's devastation of educational infrastructure & its killing of faculty & students.

For our first interview, we spoke with Mkhaimar Abusada, a long-time poli. sci. professor at Al-Azhar University.

voices.uchicago.edu/scholasticid...