Shiva Balaghi
@sbalaghi.bsky.social
cultural historian of the Middle East
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“I am a full-time college student from a low-income family, and I rely on these benefits to buy groceries — as do many of my close friends.“
Mia Vesely | I use SNAP benefits, and many other college students do too
Senior columnist Mia Vesely discusses the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and dispels the notion that such programs are misused or unessential.
www.thedp.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“I am a full-time college student from a low-income family, and I rely on these benefits to buy groceries — as do many of my close friends.“
Homayoun Ershadi, who starred in Abbas Kiarostami’s A Taste of Cherry, has died after a battle w cancer. The film, a layered meditation on life and death, won the Palme d’Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Homayoun Ershadi, who starred in Abbas Kiarostami’s A Taste of Cherry, has died after a battle w cancer. The film, a layered meditation on life and death, won the Palme d’Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
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Reminder that many Republican elected officials aren’t just hostile to Obamacare but to the very concept of “insurance” which violates their deeply held creed of fuck-you social Calvinism. My Le Monde diplo report from Trump I mondediplo.com/2017/07/05he...
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Reminder that many Republican elected officials aren’t just hostile to Obamacare but to the very concept of “insurance” which violates their deeply held creed of fuck-you social Calvinism. My Le Monde diplo report from Trump I mondediplo.com/2017/07/05he...
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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I really try to mind my business when it comes to this loser, but MY GOD.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I really try to mind my business when it comes to this loser, but MY GOD.
"Artists know that you only have to do something once to prove to others that the unimaginable is actually very much possible." Read @hrag.bsky.social's powerful essay on artistic creative imagination and Mamdani's election. hyperallergic.com/1055167/the-...
The Creative Essence of Zohran Mamdani's Ascent
The sentiments that drove his inspiring campaign should be familiar to any artistic soul.
hyperallergic.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"Artists know that you only have to do something once to prove to others that the unimaginable is actually very much possible." Read @hrag.bsky.social's powerful essay on artistic creative imagination and Mamdani's election. hyperallergic.com/1055167/the-...
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One of the most important articles you will read this year. Esmat Elhalaby, "Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza," Journal of Palestine Studies. @esmat.bsky.social 🗃️
Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza
This essay, parts of which were initially delivered at the annual Indigenous art gathering aabaakwad in December 2024 at the University of Toronto, offers three contributions to the historiography ...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
One of the most important articles you will read this year. Esmat Elhalaby, "Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza," Journal of Palestine Studies. @esmat.bsky.social 🗃️
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The wealth of the 10 richest Americans surged $698B in the past year.
Trump’s tax handouts to billionaires and cuts to health care will only make inequality worse.
We need an economy that works for everyone – not one that works for the 1% and hangs everyone else out to dry.
Trump’s tax handouts to billionaires and cuts to health care will only make inequality worse.
We need an economy that works for everyone – not one that works for the 1% and hangs everyone else out to dry.
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The wealth of the 10 richest Americans surged $698B in the past year.
Trump’s tax handouts to billionaires and cuts to health care will only make inequality worse.
We need an economy that works for everyone – not one that works for the 1% and hangs everyone else out to dry.
Trump’s tax handouts to billionaires and cuts to health care will only make inequality worse.
We need an economy that works for everyone – not one that works for the 1% and hangs everyone else out to dry.
Huge victory in Mississippi www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Huge victory in Mississippi www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
So is he packing his bags???
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So is he packing his bags???
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Breaking news: California voters approved a congressional map that could give Democrats up to five more House seats, countering Texas’s GOP-favored redistricting in a nationwide battle over district lines. https://wapo.st/3WYEm2h
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Breaking news: California voters approved a congressional map that could give Democrats up to five more House seats, countering Texas’s GOP-favored redistricting in a nationwide battle over district lines. https://wapo.st/3WYEm2h
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Mayor elect Mamdani. Epic!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Mayor elect Mamdani. Epic!!!
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BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Hyperallergic is tracking NY elections from the perspective of the arts.
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hyperallergic is tracking NY elections from the perspective of the arts.
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They’re counting on you to sit this one out. Don’t give them what they want.
Get loud with your ballot. Drop it off today or hit the polls tomorrow ASAP.
#CAVoteYesProp50
Get loud with your ballot. Drop it off today or hit the polls tomorrow ASAP.
#CAVoteYesProp50
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
They’re counting on you to sit this one out. Don’t give them what they want.
Get loud with your ballot. Drop it off today or hit the polls tomorrow ASAP.
#CAVoteYesProp50
Get loud with your ballot. Drop it off today or hit the polls tomorrow ASAP.
#CAVoteYesProp50
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tired: great gatsby parties
wired: bastille day parties
wired: bastille day parties
Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP
November 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
tired: great gatsby parties
wired: bastille day parties
wired: bastille day parties
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“A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.”
Authorities Investigating Explosion at Harvard Medical School, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliat...
www.thecrimson.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.”
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Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
You can donate needed items directly to your local food banks on Instacart.
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
You can donate needed items directly to your local food banks on Instacart.
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BOSTON (AP) — Judges order the federal government to use contingency funds for SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown.
October 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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We spoke to released Palestinian prisoners who allege severe abuse while incarcerated, & families of detainees whose bodies have been returned to Gaza bearing signs of torture. Our @pbsnews.org story.
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Palestinians say bodies and detainees returned by Israel show signs of torture and abuse
As part of the latest ceasefire deal, Israel has released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees and the bodies of nearly 200. Many of the dead show what Palestinian officials and relatives ...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We spoke to released Palestinian prisoners who allege severe abuse while incarcerated, & families of detainees whose bodies have been returned to Gaza bearing signs of torture. Our @pbsnews.org story.
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.