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Jamie Pelling
@obscureottomanist.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Kean University

Research: affect and the state in the Middle East

Working to understand weird feelings in and about the late-Ottoman Empire
and getting a small dose of Spring at Duke University is a beautiful added bonus!
March 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
thank you!
December 16, 2024 at 3:41 AM
I mean look at his beautiful eyes! I want him
December 16, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Reposted by Jamie Pelling
Unimaginable.

The liberation of the women/children section of Sednaya prison. Cut off from the world, they’ve no idea what’s happened.

A man shouts: “You are all free now. Don’t be scared. Go home.”

“What happened?” a woman asks

“The Regime fell. You are free.”

#Syria 🇸🇾

(🎥Credit: Galyarahal)
December 8, 2024 at 2:01 PM
(it is difficult to be hopeful given that so many of the likely outcomes do not end in freedom for Syria, but we should try)
December 8, 2024 at 2:37 PM
sometimes we are allowed a little Kemalism, as a treat
November 19, 2024 at 9:45 PM
thanks for making the list!! I'd love to be added too!
November 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I love imperial ignorances and also transliterating ج as "dsch"
November 14, 2024 at 8:40 PM
thanks for putting it together!! it's so helpful to find people
November 14, 2024 at 4:51 PM