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ellje
@elljeharrjs.bsky.social
Columbia Islamic Studies ‘25
I truly hit the jackpot in terms of aligning the end of my masters with finding a full time job but turning in my dissertation two weeks into my new job and packing up to move feels like I’m standing in front of an approaching tsunami
August 8, 2025 at 3:09 AM
finished the first full draft of my dissertation this morning and i truly did not think i had it in me to write anything that long. I always lowballed word counts for undergrad papers it’s just how i am

But 25 days of hard work later and 17400 words
August 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
i did this in grad school and my hair fell out. Don’t ❤️
Stop wanting things to be easy and prepare for them to be hard.
August 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“It is hard to be optimistic for a transcultural, philological and profound study of Islam and Islamic culture as long as senior professional and powerful members of academia still view the heartlands of Islam as being in the Arab world. We thus need “taboo-breakers” 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️
Also fwiw I appreciate Majid Daneshgar’s provocative essay about related things:

brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
hey so the replies on this are insane

(Paging @keithorejel.bsky.social )
It’s complex. It’s raw. And it’s worth asking—who benefits from convincing people to vote against their own survival?
July 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Marcus Aurelius has freed me from the obligation of sharing my opinions.
July 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
psst... old tw*tter friends .. I got a really good job! so I am going incognito. I'm still here, but I don't want to be a Job Title in Bio person
July 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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July 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
many people are saying this
July 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I just

C'mon

The tool that gives you like 50-100 words when you're stuck is inside your skull!!!! Or maybe weed! Or a nice walk! Or literally anything else!
May 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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If academics wrote books like substack bros.

“If you’ve been with me for a while you know that I like to go DEEP into a topic. That’s just who I am. Well this new book goes extra hard & I’ve written 90k words on my fave subject. But bear with me, folks, it’s gonna be a wild ride, so buckle up.”
May 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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People are getting NEH termination letters saying “Your grant’s immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government.” 1/2
April 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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woke and DEI get removed, economy instantly crashes.
April 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Two Yale professors are moving to Canada and liberals are suddenly melting down about the collapse of the academy. Where was their outrage in the years and years of contingent faculty having their contracts terminated?
Much like the many scientists who fled Germany under the Nazis, we are very likely to lose a large swath of Intellectuals as this regime speeds towards authoritarianism.
March 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Ballal helped make a work of art that has smashed through the sociopathy and contempt for Palestinian life that runs through ordinary political discourse. That is why Israel is didn’t rely on “discourse” to silence Ballal—it relied on violence.
By Targeting Artists and Journalists, Israel Is Trying to Kill the Truth
The recent targeting of Hamdan Ballal, Hossam Shabat, and Mohammed Mansour shows that Israel sees the truth as a threat to be eliminated.
www.thenation.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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my haft sīn 🌷:
1. strike to divest
2. stock in te$la plunging to $0
3. shared access to kitty cuddles
4. socialised medicine that works
5. sara ahmed _the promise of happiness_
6. save montréal from catholaïcité
7. SO-SO-SO! SOLIDARITÉ! AVEC! AVEC! AVEC LA PALESTINE!
March 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM