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Sana Quadri | سناء قادري
@sana25.bsky.social
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Writer, editor and researcher on the political economy & international relations of the Arab Gulf and South Asia.

✍️ https://www.clippings.me/sanaquadri

📍Dubai | دبي

#FreePalestine #HandsOffSudan #StandWithUkraine #MahsaAmini #StandWithKashmir
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Sana Quadri | سناء قادري @sana25.bsky.social · Nov 29
🎉 Super excited that my first ever peer reviewed article is finally published in the special issue of “Reorient the Gulf” in Journal of Arabian Studies.
marcowenjones.bsky.social Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · Nov 29
9/ Traders to Tycoons - Sana Quadri traces the evolution of Indian migrant entrepreneurs in the UAE, spotlighting their role in capital accumulation, diversification, and regime stability. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Curious?! He is Trump’s favorite Field Marshal in the world.
www.ft.com/content/8ced...
The curious rise of Pakistan’s military strongman
Asim Munir is strutting the world stage but has much to prove at home
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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What a sordid spectacle this entire episode has been for not just our dear Sami but many like him, who believed & had hitched their hopes to Trump’s Middle East gamble.
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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geofffhughes.bsky.social
Going through copyedits for my book, out in 2026...
Title page of a book manuscript: Social Media Tribes Jordan’s Bedouin and the Margins of the State Geoffrey F. Hughes University of Texas Press [logo] Austin
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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An eternal dumpster fire this place…
dropsitenews.com Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5d
Pakistan’s parliament is about to vote on the 27th constitutional amendment which seeks to convert the government into a permanent military dictatorship.

It introduces several new clauses related to Pakistan’s military command structure:

1. Abolition of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee...
Pakistan’s parliament is about to vote on the 27th constitutional amendment which seeks to convert the government into a permanent military dictatorship. It introduces several new clauses related to Pakistan’s military command structure: 1. Abolition of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee: The post will be abolished on November 27, 2025. 2. Creation of a new command post: The Prime Minister, on the recommendation of the Chief of the Army Staff (also serving as Chief of Defence Forces), will appoint a Commander of the National Strategic Command from the Pakistan Army and determine his salary and benefits. 3. Lifetime privileges for top military ranks: Officers promoted to Field Marshal, Marshal of the Air Force, or Admiral of the Fleet will retain their rank, privileges, and uniform for life. 4. Protection from removal: These officers, considered national heroes, can only be removed from office through the procedure outlined in Article 47 of the Constitution (which deals with the removal of the President). 5. Legal immunity: The immunities provided under Article 248 (for the President) will also apply to Field Marshal, Marshal of the Air Force, and Admiral of the Fleet. 6. Duties after command: Once their command term ends, the Federal Government will assign their future roles and responsibilities in the national interest. Ryan Grim @ryangrim This really is cultural torture. Imagine you were part of Mamdani’s win — knocked doors, phone banked, and even overcame a series of abductions and attacks from the state — and then on election night it’s reported you won in a landslide. Then the vote counting is stopped and in the sloppiest, most brazen way, it is simply declared the next day that actually Andrew Cuomo won. That’s what happened last February in Pakistan, with the full support of the United States and the Biden administration. Now their Cuomo is rewriting the Constitution to add a 27th Amendment effectively making him dictator for life. Trump called him “my favorite field marshal.” Quote Waqas @worqas · Nov 6 I feel so sad for Pakistan, where dozens of Mamdanis faced death, kidnapping, threats against their families, yet they prevailed, went out and won their elections only for the military to flip the results overnight, for the courts to not give them justice. So deeply unfair. Waqas @worqas I feel so sad for Pakistan, where dozens of Mamdanis faced death, kidnapping, threats against their families, yet they prevailed, went out and won their elections only for the military to flip the results overnight, for the courts to not give them justice. So deeply unfair.
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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A #MustRead by Breitbart author John Carney.
www.commonplace.org/p/zohrans-pa...
John Carney: Zohran’s Park Slope Populists
Conservatives shouldn’t write off the economic pain of New York City’s downwardly mobile professional class.
www.commonplace.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Fair.
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Still can’t get over how Mamdani invoked Eugene Debs, Nehru AND Mario Cuomo in the same speech. Just incredible work.
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Lina Khan is part of the transition team too… cool!
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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👀
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The MAGA predicament 😂 😂
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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😂 😂 😂
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Let's not allow Mamdani's victory erase Ghazala Hashmi's hard-earned achievement in Virginia.
sana25.bsky.social Sana Quadri | سناء قادري @sana25.bsky.social · 9d
From my ancestral town 💪🏽
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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From my ancestral town 💪🏽
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Whoa… just discoverd Mamdani went on a hunger strike in D.C. to demand a ceasefire in the 7th week of the Gaza genocide! www.instagram.com/reel/DQk-0GU...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Just can’t help compare how ground breaking Mamdani’s win is than the current Desi moron serving London.

The latter is a literal Labour establishment figure, was part of anti-Corbyn brigade. Born & bred in London, while Mamdani got naturalized like 7 years ago (?!)
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
sana25.bsky.social
Now don’t fuck this up Zoh 🫶🏽
nickjbrumfield.bsky.social Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 10d
Don't fuck this up New York
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Help Mahmoud Isaac's family from Darfur escape UAE-funded genocide, West (&Rest) facilitated, genocide, famine and devastation in Sudan if you can.
Darfur is the epicentre of RSF violence.
Share.
Thank you.
#KeepEyesOnSudan

www.gofundme.com/f/help-mahmo...
Donate to Help Evacuate My Family from Darfur and Save Their Lives, organized by Ahmed Omer Mohamed
Hello, my name is Mahmoud Isaac, and I am from Darfur, Sudan.… Ahmed Omer Mohamed needs your support for Help Evacuate My Family from Darfur and Save Their Lives
www.gofundme.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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This.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10d
As you see Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Stephen Miller all endorse Andrew Cuomo, just remember that Chuck Schumer — leader of the Democratic party — never ended up endorsing Cuomo's opponent (the Democratic nominee)
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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If I had a dime for every president who claimed war would be fast, vicious and sweet I…well I wouldn’t need to beg you to subscribe to my newsletter
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13d
Trump threatens to invade Nigeria "guns-a-blazing.”

“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!”
Trump: If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. Will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, "guns-a-blazing," to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST! 160 ReTruths 458 Likes 11/1/25, 1:43 PM
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
sana25.bsky.social
كفووووو…. ✌🏽👏🏽
zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13d
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Such a proud moment to see my bestie & foremost Emirati sociologist Dr @miraalhussein.bsky.social speak to @wsj.com !!!!!!!!! 🥳🥰

Watch in full: youtu.be/W2FM1vmXdd8?...
October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Outrageous. #FreeSami
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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davidwearing.bsky.social
More on the political economy of UK-Gulf relations, and the associated problems, in this 2018 article, and in my book "AngloArabia", from the same year.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gulf petrodollars are a destructive addiction – the UK must kick the habit | David Wearing
The flow of Gulf capital into Britain helped to cause the financial crisis, says writer and researcher David Wearing
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM