Najam Haider
nhaider.bsky.social
Najam Haider
@nhaider.bsky.social
Historian of early Islam. Father of banana and green ninja. Author of Shii Islam: An Introduction. On a quest to write the perfect sentence…
Barnard and Columbia: Profiles in Cowardice.

Teaching students that the proper moral response to genocide is to shut the fuck up.

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Columbia disciplines 70 students for protest as school pleads with Trump for funding
The disciplinary actions come as the university tries to access about $1 billion in frozen grants, officials said.
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July 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
These are my students. I could not be prouder of them for having the moral compass and clarity to act in the face of craven college administrators and enabling politicians.

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Your Best and Brightest | Tali Beckwith-Cohen
We run clubs, we start projects, we advocate for ourselves and for fellow students. We have watched the most documented genocide in history play out, have watched our international friends be targeted...
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May 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Here is a statement by my colleague Katherine Franke about the end of her time teaching at Columbia. Please read it. drive.google.com/file/d/1i4cO...
Statement from Katherine Franke.pdf
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January 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Nickel Boys is not like any film I’ve ever seen before. Surreal. Haunting. Visually intense in all the right ways.
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NICKEL BOYS | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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December 23, 2024 at 6:26 AM
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December 9, 2024 at 8:05 PM
With all that money i made last year
for Whitey on the moon
How come I ain't got no money here?
Hmm, Whitey's on the moon

(Gil Scott-Heron)
December 9, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Barnard College = Police State
December 9, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Anyone know what’s going on here… bought in Karbala…
December 1, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
November 27, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Man, I love a Jameis pregame interview. Dude is a few sandwiches short of a picnic, but I could listen to him talk all day.
November 17, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Do you really think that your 4 page email about your love of the Quran will convince me to let you in off the waitlist?! Are you an insane person!?
November 22, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Jets gonna Jet.
November 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Shadow kids
November 17, 2024 at 4:20 AM
The end is nigh.
November 14, 2024 at 12:51 AM
President of Barnard let us know Monday that we can no longer take 1st class flights or stay at 5 star hotels for conferences. I wish I had known this was possible. Also… our healthcare is going up 40%.
November 13, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Where can I doom scroll the jets on blue sky?!
November 13, 2024 at 2:29 PM