Dr Sadia Habib
@sadiahabib.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer - University of Manchester. Also based at Manchester Museum & Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity. Co-founder of The Riz Test.
#education #museums #cats
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🎓Fully-funded PhD studentship:
'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre
Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott
Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre
Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott
Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🎓Fully-funded PhD studentship:
'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre
Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott
Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre
Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott
Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The Cat That Slept for a Thousand Years at Manchester Museum. Touched by all the messages I received in the last few weeks of good folk spotting my two purr-fect beauties on gallery wall! 😻😻
If you're feline in the mood, catch the cats before they fall back into a catnap for another millenium! 🐈🐈⬛
If you're feline in the mood, catch the cats before they fall back into a catnap for another millenium! 🐈🐈⬛
September 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Cat That Slept for a Thousand Years at Manchester Museum. Touched by all the messages I received in the last few weeks of good folk spotting my two purr-fect beauties on gallery wall! 😻😻
If you're feline in the mood, catch the cats before they fall back into a catnap for another millenium! 🐈🐈⬛
If you're feline in the mood, catch the cats before they fall back into a catnap for another millenium! 🐈🐈⬛
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The liberation of #Palestine & the sovereignty of #Iran are connected struggles❗
Print off our poster.
Colour and black & white versions available (copy & paste link): tinyurl.com/4fmjyeka
Stop Israel-US Imperialism❗
End Genocide in GAZA ❗
Stop War in IRAN ❗
Print off our poster.
Colour and black & white versions available (copy & paste link): tinyurl.com/4fmjyeka
Stop Israel-US Imperialism❗
End Genocide in GAZA ❗
Stop War in IRAN ❗
June 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The liberation of #Palestine & the sovereignty of #Iran are connected struggles❗
Print off our poster.
Colour and black & white versions available (copy & paste link): tinyurl.com/4fmjyeka
Stop Israel-US Imperialism❗
End Genocide in GAZA ❗
Stop War in IRAN ❗
Print off our poster.
Colour and black & white versions available (copy & paste link): tinyurl.com/4fmjyeka
Stop Israel-US Imperialism❗
End Genocide in GAZA ❗
Stop War in IRAN ❗
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Reminder for our seminar on Mon 19 May: @drsuriyah.bsky.social on Muslim masculinities and her book 'Bartered Bridegrooms' (join in person/online) - see below
@uomsoss.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
@uomsoss.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
SEMINAR. Please join us online or in person (Manchester)
📌Bartered Bridegrooms: Transacting Muslim masculinities as colonial legacy
🗣 @drsuriyah.bsky.social Cardiff University
📆 4.30-6pm Mon 19 May
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:... @manchesterup.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
📌Bartered Bridegrooms: Transacting Muslim masculinities as colonial legacy
🗣 @drsuriyah.bsky.social Cardiff University
📆 4.30-6pm Mon 19 May
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:... @manchesterup.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Reminder for our seminar on Mon 19 May: @drsuriyah.bsky.social on Muslim masculinities and her book 'Bartered Bridegrooms' (join in person/online) - see below
@uomsoss.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
@uomsoss.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social @bridgetbyrne8.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
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The reason even outlets like Sky news have started to report the truth about Israeli war crimes is because everybody now knows that nobody will stop Israel, no matter what they do news.sky.com/story/israel...
Israeli troops shot at Gaza aid workers from 'point-blank range', leaked documents reportedly show
Documents reviewed by Israeli newspaper Haaretz show that IDF investigators were "not convinced" by a deputy commander's claim that he misidentified aid vehicles as Hamas.
news.sky.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The reason even outlets like Sky news have started to report the truth about Israeli war crimes is because everybody now knows that nobody will stop Israel, no matter what they do news.sky.com/story/israel...
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This whole piece by @benehrenreich.bsky.social is so excellent that it is difficult to find a single excerpt to share that would do it justice in its entirety.
And a relevant extension—
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
And a relevant extension—
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
You Don’t Get Trump Without Gaza
Fascism doesn’t just appear. It must be invited in—and the bipartisan repression of the anti-genocide movement did just that.
www.thenation.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This whole piece by @benehrenreich.bsky.social is so excellent that it is difficult to find a single excerpt to share that would do it justice in its entirety.
And a relevant extension—
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
And a relevant extension—
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Not having to wear masks is the essence of American freedom. Here’s why my agents cover their faces while kidnapping students on college campuses.
by Donald Trump
by Donald Trump
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not having to wear masks is the essence of American freedom. Here’s why my agents cover their faces while kidnapping students on college campuses.
by Donald Trump
by Donald Trump
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Rumeysa Ozturk was kidnapped in plain sight & sent to Louisiana to be locked in the same detention center Mahmoud Khalil was sent to.
She's a peaceful protestor, grad student, & my constituent who has a right to free speech & due process.
Now she's a political prisoner. Free her now.
She's a peaceful protestor, grad student, & my constituent who has a right to free speech & due process.
Now she's a political prisoner. Free her now.
March 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Rumeysa Ozturk was kidnapped in plain sight & sent to Louisiana to be locked in the same detention center Mahmoud Khalil was sent to.
She's a peaceful protestor, grad student, & my constituent who has a right to free speech & due process.
Now she's a political prisoner. Free her now.
She's a peaceful protestor, grad student, & my constituent who has a right to free speech & due process.
Now she's a political prisoner. Free her now.
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Gaza medics issue malnutrition alert as total Israeli blockade enters fourth week
Gaza medics issue malnutrition alert as total Israeli blockade enters fourth week
Israel continues to batter territory in renewed offensive as Palestinian officials say death toll of war has passed 50,000
Malnutrition is spreading in Gaza, medics and aid workers in the devastated Palestinian territory are warning, as a total Israeli blockade of all supplies enters its fourth week.
There has been no sign that Israel will open entry points to allow essential aid to flow or ease the new offensive in Gaza, which started on Tuesday with a wave of airstrikes that killed 400 people, mostly civilians, ending two months of relative calm. On Sunday, Palestinian officials said the total death toll from nearly 18 months of conflict had passed 50,000. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Gaza medics issue malnutrition alert as total Israeli blockade enters fourth week
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Speak up for Momodou Taal. Your silence will not protect you.
Academics outside the US esp have a moral duty to publicly come out in support and organise. ICE will disappear Momodou Taal.
Your trips to the US can wait, seriously!
theintercept.com/2025/03/21/t...
Academics outside the US esp have a moral duty to publicly come out in support and organise. ICE will disappear Momodou Taal.
Your trips to the US can wait, seriously!
theintercept.com/2025/03/21/t...
He Sued Trump Over Free Speech. Then ICE Demanded He Turn Himself In.
Cornell student Momodou Taal’s lawyers said the demand was “retribution” for his lawsuit against the crackdown on pro-Palestine speech.
theintercept.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Speak up for Momodou Taal. Your silence will not protect you.
Academics outside the US esp have a moral duty to publicly come out in support and organise. ICE will disappear Momodou Taal.
Your trips to the US can wait, seriously!
theintercept.com/2025/03/21/t...
Academics outside the US esp have a moral duty to publicly come out in support and organise. ICE will disappear Momodou Taal.
Your trips to the US can wait, seriously!
theintercept.com/2025/03/21/t...
I am pleased to share my new article on young people, cultural inequalities, representation, and activism. #museums #education #culture
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social @educationuom.bsky.social
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@uomseed.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social @educationuom.bsky.social
<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five-year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of c....
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I am pleased to share my new article on young people, cultural inequalities, representation, and activism. #museums #education #culture
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social @educationuom.bsky.social
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @uomsociology.bsky.social @educationuom.bsky.social
Beautiful Iftar at the Manchester Museum. Alhamdulillah for blessings like these 🤲🏽❤️
March 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Beautiful Iftar at the Manchester Museum. Alhamdulillah for blessings like these 🤲🏽❤️
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🗣 The Moss Side "joint enterprise" case and miscarriage of justice concerns in the criminal trial system - @david_conn
📆3-4pm, Weds 19 Mar 2025, Uni of Manchester
All welcome. Pls share🙏🏾
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
📆3-4pm, Weds 19 Mar 2025, Uni of Manchester
All welcome. Pls share🙏🏾
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
March 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🗣 The Moss Side "joint enterprise" case and miscarriage of justice concerns in the criminal trial system - @david_conn
📆3-4pm, Weds 19 Mar 2025, Uni of Manchester
All welcome. Pls share🙏🏾
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
📆3-4pm, Weds 19 Mar 2025, Uni of Manchester
All welcome. Pls share🙏🏾
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
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Speaking exclusively to Declassified, half a dozen current and former staff at the BBC, Sky, ITN, the Guardian and the Times have disclosed the extent of anti-Palestinian prejudice in their newsrooms.
Watch
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxtg...
Watch
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxtg...
Pro-Israel bias at the BBC, Guardian and Sky: The inside story
YouTube video by Declassified UK
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Speaking exclusively to Declassified, half a dozen current and former staff at the BBC, Sky, ITN, the Guardian and the Times have disclosed the extent of anti-Palestinian prejudice in their newsrooms.
Watch
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxtg...
Watch
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxtg...
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*No Other Land* airs on *Channel 4 at 11.15pm, Tuesday 4 March.* Please share widely so as many people as possible can witness how Israel steals Palestinian land and destroys homes and lives, shown through the eyes of Basel, a Palestinian filmmaker, and Yuval, an Israeli journalist.
March 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
*No Other Land* airs on *Channel 4 at 11.15pm, Tuesday 4 March.* Please share widely so as many people as possible can witness how Israel steals Palestinian land and destroys homes and lives, shown through the eyes of Basel, a Palestinian filmmaker, and Yuval, an Israeli journalist.
Absolute privilege to hear about the work done by @darrenchetty.bsky.social to promote anti-racist education in the area of Philosophy for Children. We loved hosting Darren at @official-uom.bsky.social and were pleased that as usual our seminar was attended by students, staff & activists!
February 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Absolute privilege to hear about the work done by @darrenchetty.bsky.social to promote anti-racist education in the area of Philosophy for Children. We loved hosting Darren at @official-uom.bsky.social and were pleased that as usual our seminar was attended by students, staff & activists!
My Museum colleagues boldly & beautifully curated an event honouring Palestinian stories & voices pointing to our responsibility as cultural workers, educators, human beings, custodians of artefacts & stories. Our values - care, imagination and inclusion mean we must keep talking of #Palestine 🇵🇸 💚
February 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My Museum colleagues boldly & beautifully curated an event honouring Palestinian stories & voices pointing to our responsibility as cultural workers, educators, human beings, custodians of artefacts & stories. Our values - care, imagination and inclusion mean we must keep talking of #Palestine 🇵🇸 💚
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On Wed 29 Jan 2025, the Univ of Manchester’s UCU branch passed a BDS motion, calling on the institution to support BDS & academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. To read the motion in full, follow link or scan QR-code in visual.
#Palestine 🇵🇸
#Palestine 🇵🇸
February 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
On Wed 29 Jan 2025, the Univ of Manchester’s UCU branch passed a BDS motion, calling on the institution to support BDS & academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. To read the motion in full, follow link or scan QR-code in visual.
#Palestine 🇵🇸
#Palestine 🇵🇸
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The Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem has been raided by Israeli security forces. Mahmoud and Ahmad Mina have been taken to custody. Anyone who’s visited Palestine knows how serious this is for freedom of speech and cultural organising in Palestine and Israel.
February 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem has been raided by Israeli security forces. Mahmoud and Ahmad Mina have been taken to custody. Anyone who’s visited Palestine knows how serious this is for freedom of speech and cultural organising in Palestine and Israel.
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I'm pleased to announce that Colonial Vocabularies: Teaching and Learning Arabic, 1870-1970, edited by Karène Sanchez-Summerer, @rachelmairs.bsky.social, Lucia Admiraal and me, published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social, is now available open access from www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Colonial Vocabularies
Language teaching and learning were crucial to Europeans’ colonial, national, and individual enterprises in the Levant, and in these processes, “Oriental language teachers” – as they were termed prior...
www.aup.nl
February 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I'm pleased to announce that Colonial Vocabularies: Teaching and Learning Arabic, 1870-1970, edited by Karène Sanchez-Summerer, @rachelmairs.bsky.social, Lucia Admiraal and me, published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social, is now available open access from www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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This, you guys, is 💫💥
YES - we need to Reimagine University
& TRANSFORM IT!
This new book series looks very promising:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...
UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED is edited by @profstevenjones.bsky.social and @sadiahabib.bsky.social by @manchesterup.bsky.social & @lauramswift.bsky.social.
& TRANSFORM IT!
This new book series looks very promising:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/unive...
UNIVERSITY REIMAGINED is edited by @profstevenjones.bsky.social and @sadiahabib.bsky.social by @manchesterup.bsky.social & @lauramswift.bsky.social.
February 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This, you guys, is 💫💥
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Looking forward to this new series @ profstevenjones.bsky.social and @sadiahabib.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Looking forward to this new series @ profstevenjones.bsky.social and @sadiahabib.bsky.social