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Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention facility: "The Trump administration is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent." mondoweiss.net/2025/03/lett...
March 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I'm really pleased that this is finally out: "Archaeological entanglements: Palestinian refugee archaeologists in Cyprus, Libya and Jordan" traces the experiences of the Palestinian archaeologists of the Mandate Dept of Antiquities after 1948:

Open access at www.sidestone.com/books/empire...
Empire and excavation @ Sidestone Press
The modern discipline of archaeology developed in tandem with the expansion of European imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Cyprus, ruled by Britain between 1878 and 1960, is a fascinating exa...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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For anyone who might have gone on holiday and missed a day or two of our Women in Translation coverage, here are the stories, excerpts, interviews, reviews, poems, &&&+++:

arablit.org/2023/08/31/w...
Women in Translation Month Wrapup: Stories, Interviews, Lists, Poems, & More
This month, as in past Augusts, we focused on writing by Arab women in translation. We included new translations of stories and novel excerpts, lit lists, audio recordings of poetry, book reviews, …
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September 3, 2023 at 9:51 AM