Soha Bayoumi
@sbayoumi.bsky.social
Cairo-born, Baltimore-based academic: health humanities, Graphic Medicine, Egypt, Middle East, feminisms.
Editor-in-Chief | Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS)
Director of Fellowships | Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies (BBQ+)
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Editor-in-Chief | Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (JMEWS)
Director of Fellowships | Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies (BBQ+)
She/They
I appreciate how @lsiraganian.bsky.social is seriously engaging claims about "viewpoint diversity" and "intellectual pluralism" and how they're weaponized by the Trump administration and other actors to launch attacks against Higher Ed. A Well-researched, compelling, and important read. #academicsky
September 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I appreciate how @lsiraganian.bsky.social is seriously engaging claims about "viewpoint diversity" and "intellectual pluralism" and how they're weaponized by the Trump administration and other actors to launch attacks against Higher Ed. A Well-researched, compelling, and important read. #academicsky
I love this so much.
June 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I love this so much.
MAHA report written by AI and includes hallucinations. So. On. Brand.
White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
MAHA report written by AI and includes hallucinations. So. On. Brand.
Join us this Thursday at 6 pm ET for the next Center for Progressive Research webinar on US Empire & Global Justice, featuring Profs. Sa'ed Atshan and Sebastian Gil-Riano who discuss the place and future of the US Empire & the possibilities of solidarity www.progressiveresearch.org/events/event...
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Join us this Thursday at 6 pm ET for the next Center for Progressive Research webinar on US Empire & Global Justice, featuring Profs. Sa'ed Atshan and Sebastian Gil-Riano who discuss the place and future of the US Empire & the possibilities of solidarity www.progressiveresearch.org/events/event...
#AcademicSky: consider adding your name to this letter of joined resistance for faculty from the 60 universities targeted by the Trump Administration--with around 5K signatures already. Faculty from other universities are also welcome to add their names as allies
Home
March 20, 2025
Dear Presidents, Chancellors, and Boards of Trustees of the 60 Universities that received a March 10th warning letter from the U.S. Department of Education:
You are on the frontlines ...
sites.google.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#AcademicSky: consider adding your name to this letter of joined resistance for faculty from the 60 universities targeted by the Trump Administration--with around 5K signatures already. Faculty from other universities are also welcome to add their names as allies
The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies is recruiting for the 2025-2026 fellowship supported by the Mellon Foundation. It’s a great opportunity for BIPOC/Queer scholars to connect, seek mentorship, and work in a space of solidarity and community. Spread the word!
Apply to the Fellowship — The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies
www.bbqplus.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies is recruiting for the 2025-2026 fellowship supported by the Mellon Foundation. It’s a great opportunity for BIPOC/Queer scholars to connect, seek mentorship, and work in a space of solidarity and community. Spread the word!
Please consider signing this petition to university administrators urging them not to comply with or abet lawless violations of human rights by the federal government.
Please Sign This Petition on Behalf of Constitutional Rights
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April 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Please consider signing this petition to university administrators urging them not to comply with or abet lawless violations of human rights by the federal government.
DOGE is terminating NEH staff and cutting grant funding. Please contact your representative to urge them to stop this. This link makes it very easy for you to do that. #Savethehumanities
URGENT: Save the NEH
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April 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
DOGE is terminating NEH staff and cutting grant funding. Please contact your representative to urge them to stop this. This link makes it very easy for you to do that. #Savethehumanities
Thank you, MESA and AAUP!
US academic groups sue White House over planned deportations of pro-Gaza students
Trump administration is accused of inciting ‘climate of repression’ and stifling free speech on campuses, including Columbia University
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Thank you, MESA and AAUP!
Good news for Yunseo Chung!
Judge Orders U.S. to Stop Attempts to Deport Columbia Undergraduate
The administration has been seeking to arrest and deport Yunseo Chung, who immigrated from South Korea as a child, after she participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Good news for Yunseo Chung!
The horror resumes
Live updates: Hundreds killed as Israel launches airstrikes across Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the strikes because of a lack of progress in ongoing talks to extend the Gaza ceasefire.
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The horror resumes
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How can a country that does this host the World Cup next year? No person traveling to the US is safe.
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NEW: Photo released showing the treatment of 100s of people deported by Trump to El Salvador, in defiance of a federal judge ruling.
Remember, none of these individuals had any due process. They had no opportunity to contest any evidence, if is existed.
A grievous human rights violation.
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Remember, none of these individuals had any due process. They had no opportunity to contest any evidence, if is existed.
A grievous human rights violation.
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March 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
How can a country that does this host the World Cup next year? No person traveling to the US is safe.
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MESA Board Statement on the repression of academic freedom in the United States
Middle East Studies Association
In the current national climate, as institutions of higher education and their mission of critical inquiry face unprecedented attack, MESA unequivocally supports efforts to stand up for freedom of exp...
mesana.org
March 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
MESA Board Statement on the repression of academic freedom in the United States
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Well, there it is folks. The official ADL position is support for Trump secret police to illegally detain and deport green card holders if they are part of pro-Palestine protests. If and when DHS starts doing this to citizens, count on the ADL to continue its support. This is who they are.
March 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Well, there it is folks. The official ADL position is support for Trump secret police to illegally detain and deport green card holders if they are part of pro-Palestine protests. If and when DHS starts doing this to citizens, count on the ADL to continue its support. This is who they are.
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Donald Trump on eggs and other high-priced groceries:
August 2024: “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One."
March 2025: "Shut up about egg prices."
August 2024: “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One."
March 2025: "Shut up about egg prices."
March 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Donald Trump on eggs and other high-priced groceries:
August 2024: “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One."
March 2025: "Shut up about egg prices."
August 2024: “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One."
March 2025: "Shut up about egg prices."
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“If academic freedom in teaching & in scholarship can be overridden by the dicta of politicians & administrators, then the right to learn will not survive our present moment.”
Read AAUP President Todd Wolfson’s full letter to Governor Hochul on CUNY interference here:
www.aaup.org/news/governo...
Read AAUP President Todd Wolfson’s full letter to Governor Hochul on CUNY interference here:
www.aaup.org/news/governo...
Governor Should Withdraw CUNY Interference
After New York governor Kathy Hochul earlier this week ordered the City University of New York to remove a job posting for a professorship in Palestinian studies, AAUP president Todd Wolfson is urging...
www.aaup.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“If academic freedom in teaching & in scholarship can be overridden by the dicta of politicians & administrators, then the right to learn will not survive our present moment.”
Read AAUP President Todd Wolfson’s full letter to Governor Hochul on CUNY interference here:
www.aaup.org/news/governo...
Read AAUP President Todd Wolfson’s full letter to Governor Hochul on CUNY interference here:
www.aaup.org/news/governo...
And this is how the @nytimes.com chooses to cover this scandal. Shameful!
March 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
And this is how the @nytimes.com chooses to cover this scandal. Shameful!
Reposted by Soha Bayoumi
What a surreal encapsulation of anti-Palestinian racism.
A Jewish and pro-Israel man shoots and injures 2 people because he thinks they're Palestinian. They're actually Israeli. The two victims respond by assuming the shooter was Palestinian and an antisemite, with one posting "death to Arabs."
A Jewish and pro-Israel man shoots and injures 2 people because he thinks they're Palestinian. They're actually Israeli. The two victims respond by assuming the shooter was Palestinian and an antisemite, with one posting "death to Arabs."
February 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What a surreal encapsulation of anti-Palestinian racism.
A Jewish and pro-Israel man shoots and injures 2 people because he thinks they're Palestinian. They're actually Israeli. The two victims respond by assuming the shooter was Palestinian and an antisemite, with one posting "death to Arabs."
A Jewish and pro-Israel man shoots and injures 2 people because he thinks they're Palestinian. They're actually Israeli. The two victims respond by assuming the shooter was Palestinian and an antisemite, with one posting "death to Arabs."
“If anyone should ‘not forget nor forgive’ one day, it will be the Palestinians, after 100 years of torment, including the prisoners who were released on Saturday,” writes Gideon Levy.
If anyone should 'not forget nor forgive,' it's the Palestinians
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www.haaretz.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“If anyone should ‘not forget nor forgive’ one day, it will be the Palestinians, after 100 years of torment, including the prisoners who were released on Saturday,” writes Gideon Levy.
I'm baffled by his confidence about the feasibility of this illegal ethnic cleansing plan. Egypt and Jordan have been adamant in refusing this, and so has Saudi Arabia. Is this now just for local consumption by his base (which I don't think cares that much about this), or is something else going on?
February 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm baffled by his confidence about the feasibility of this illegal ethnic cleansing plan. Egypt and Jordan have been adamant in refusing this, and so has Saudi Arabia. Is this now just for local consumption by his base (which I don't think cares that much about this), or is something else going on?
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What corporate media aren’t showing you.
The Resistance is Here
What corporate media aren’t showing you.
www.borowitzreport.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
What corporate media aren’t showing you.
Let's remember that Trump is still the least popular US president in modern history. Just as in his first term, he is the only president with an initial approval rating below 50%. There are more of us who disapprove of him than approve (and the good news is that there are almost no "undecideds" now)
February 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Let's remember that Trump is still the least popular US president in modern history. Just as in his first term, he is the only president with an initial approval rating below 50%. There are more of us who disapprove of him than approve (and the good news is that there are almost no "undecideds" now)
Good piece by Peter Beinart
Opinion | Israel Is Meant to Be Jewish and Democratic. It Cannot Be Both.
Israel cannot be both Jewish and democratic.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Good piece by Peter Beinart