Dr Talia Abu
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Dr Talia Abu
@drtaliaabu.bsky.social
Literature.

Activist.
#PalestinianLivesMatter
Now at a check point in the Occupied West Bank: Protesting against State sanctioned settlers' violence, and against Israeli apartheid.
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
So nice waking up to a handwritten letter from Japan, with a stamp and all.

#Correspondances
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"This passport holder acts and believes in peace between an independent Palestinian state and the State of Israel" and is currently listening to the Supremes.
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Worst casting decisions ever. I'll start: Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell
November 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Just got here. The settlers stole the olives. It's devastating.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Arriving in Nablus to help our Palestinian friends harvest their olive trees. The harvest season is a busy one.
#FreePalestine
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Yesterday I ushered at a film festival in Tel Aviv dedicated to Palestinian cinema. At the post-screening panel, Gramsci the dog climbed on the stage to ask the filmmakers for a bellyrub. 💕
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Today we harvested many olive trees in Ramallah. Wothout Israeli and international volunteers, the Palestinian farmers are prohibited from harvesting their own orchards. This is their livelihood, and we stand in solidarity with them.
#IsraeliOccupation
October 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
On the way to Harvest olives in Ramallah, the Occupied West Bank, to hepp farmers with the olive harvest.
Hopefully the IDF and the settlers won't come to arrest us.
Meanwhile, I hate to brag but im the bus captain. 🙂
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
In bed with an ear infection, worrying I won't be able to hear my students tomorrow, and looked after by "ears visible-from-space" Bono.
October 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Yesterday, I joined a human rights group in Ramallah, the Occupied West Bank, to help Palestinian farmers harvest their olive trees. Then settlers arrived with guns, backed by the IDF, threatened us, and forced us out of the orchard. Violence is surging in the West Bank.
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm looking for a pseudonym, for a purpose I can't reveal. I'm thinking: Atila Bau. Much cooler than my regular name.
April 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Planted olive trees today in Betlehem, the Occupied West Bank, to support the Palestinian farmers and in solidarity with the communities who suffer constant attacks by settlers and the IDF.

#FreePalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
April 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Planting olive trees in Bethlehem in solidarity with our friends in Palestine.💜💜
March 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Huge thanks to the JJ Society of NY, Sam Slote @samslote.bsky.social and Jonathan Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social , and for everyone who joined. It was a blast!

For those who missed it, at least you were spared my squeaky voice, made even more unbearable by technology.
A scene from Dr. Talia Abu's book launch, being interviewed by Sam Slote. @samslote.bsky.social @drtaliaabu.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe💜
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March 1, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This morning in Nablus, the Occupied West Bank, we stood in solidarity with Palestinian farmers, planting olive trees—a symbol of resilience and deep-rooted connection to the land. Suffering violence by criminal settlers, their endurance is a reminder of the urgent need for justice and solidarity.
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My book, Guilt and Finnegans Wake, is officially out today with Florida Press. We're having an online launch with @joycesociety.bsky.social on March 4, at 12 pm EST. I wrote a poem to entice you to attend. Maybe you already read it on Facebook. Here it is now:
February 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A question to my Joycean/Modernist colleagues: when H.G. Wells say that "Like Swift and another living Irish writer, Mr. Joyce has a cloacal obsession", who is the other "living Irish writer"? Apologies if the answer is obvious and I am exposing my ignorance.

#JamesJoyce
February 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In Hebron, the Occupied West Bank, joining the Palestinian farmers in planting trees. Solidarity with the Palestinian communities who suffer brutal attacks by criminal Jewish settlers.
#FreePalestine
February 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Guilt, Glory, and Guinness: A Poem

Guilt lingers, thick as foam.
Glory flares, too bright to hold.

Guinness swirls, velvet-smooth,
a liquid hug, the soul to soothe.

Three Gs - two in the book,
one in the glass I took.
@drtaliaabu.bsky.social 's Guilt and Finnegans Wake has just arrived!
February 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In Ramallah, the Occupied West Bank, planting trees in solidarity with the Palestinian communities.
##FreePalestine
February 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Criminal settlers uprooted all the trees we planted. How sad, how evil. Now on my way to Ramallah to plant more trees in solidarity with the Palestinian farmers.
#stopisraelappartheid
I joined Rabbis for Human Rights in the Occupied West Bank to help the Palestinian communities plant olive trees. Criminal Jewish settlers often uproot trees to hurt the Palestinian fatmers' livelihood. So we come to show solidarity and help with whatever we can.
#FreePalestine
February 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
It's here! ready to be read, debated, or strategically placed on your shelf to impress guests. Huge thanks to @floridapress.bsky.social and to @samslote.bsky.social for his support and for his awesome Foreword.

Join us for the online launch with the James Joyce Society, New York, on March 4.
February 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM