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@madiha.bsky.social
Antifascist. Asst Prof @ Yale. Personal acct. Writing book on digital war, drones, & empire w/ view from the Global South. Former journo & filmmaker. Interests: tech, militarism, anticolonial, anti-imperial praxis, transnatl solidarities.Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
"The red dots are Indian military camps in Kashmir, where Indian soldiers operate under a different set of laws (i.e, can kill with impunity). Other laws allow police to detain (incl. children) without charge/trial for up to two years.
Map: The Funambulist"
Map: The Funambulist"
April 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"The red dots are Indian military camps in Kashmir, where Indian soldiers operate under a different set of laws (i.e, can kill with impunity). Other laws allow police to detain (incl. children) without charge/trial for up to two years.
Map: The Funambulist"
Map: The Funambulist"
Activism/academia: Not sure continuing to issue public statements, as if political conditions haven't shifted, is a great idea. US leftists have something to learn from activists operating in authoritarian and other openly violent spaces. (Photo: Eject resistance symbol. Artist: Asim Butt
February 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Activism/academia: Not sure continuing to issue public statements, as if political conditions haven't shifted, is a great idea. US leftists have something to learn from activists operating in authoritarian and other openly violent spaces. (Photo: Eject resistance symbol. Artist: Asim Butt
As I posted the Nadera Shaloub-Kevorkian article yesterday, this is a response worth paying attention to:
November 1, 2024 at 12:30 PM
As I posted the Nadera Shaloub-Kevorkian article yesterday, this is a response worth paying attention to:
An Open Letter in Defense of Yale University Students Facing Targeted Harassment docs.google.com/document/d/e...
November 18, 2023 at 1:16 PM
An Open Letter in Defense of Yale University Students Facing Targeted Harassment docs.google.com/document/d/e...
"The function..of racism is distraction. It keeps u from doing your work. It keeps u explaining..Somebody says u have no language & u spend 20 yrs proving that u do...Somebody says u have no kingdoms, so u dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing” -Toni Morrison
October 20, 2023 at 9:47 PM
"The function..of racism is distraction. It keeps u from doing your work. It keeps u explaining..Somebody says u have no language & u spend 20 yrs proving that u do...Somebody says u have no kingdoms, so u dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing” -Toni Morrison
The US-influenced ouster in Pakistan that keeps on giving, from weapons to Ukraine to normalizing the brutalization + occupation of Palestine and Palestinians.
October 7, 2023 at 4:03 PM
The US-influenced ouster in Pakistan that keeps on giving, from weapons to Ukraine to normalizing the brutalization + occupation of Palestine and Palestinians.
A flaneur in Lahore! Sooo looking forward to this book. This completes @sepoy.bsky.social trilogy: www.amazon.com/Disrupted-Ci...
October 3, 2023 at 2:07 PM
A flaneur in Lahore! Sooo looking forward to this book. This completes @sepoy.bsky.social trilogy: www.amazon.com/Disrupted-Ci...
I received this email from the Chronicle today abt Afghan students *fleeing the US war.* The email is titled: "From Warzone to American Dream." I don't know what kind of cognitive dissonance is necessary for this heading.
September 27, 2023 at 2:32 PM
I received this email from the Chronicle today abt Afghan students *fleeing the US war.* The email is titled: "From Warzone to American Dream." I don't know what kind of cognitive dissonance is necessary for this heading.
Why isn't this a bigger story splashed across front pages? Saudi Arabia using *explosives* to kill 100s of Ethiopian migrants.
August 24, 2023 at 4:38 PM
Why isn't this a bigger story splashed across front pages? Saudi Arabia using *explosives* to kill 100s of Ethiopian migrants.