soniasikka.bsky.social
@soniasikka.bsky.social
Professor, Philosophy, University of Ottawa
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She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Video: Activists spray paint ‘ISRAEL TERRORIST STATE’ on train in Belgium
<article data-history-node-id="431862" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-activists-spray-paint-israel-terrorist-state-train-belgium" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-activists-spray-paint-israel-terrorist-state-train-belgium" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Video: Activists spray paint ‘ISRAEL TERRORIST STATE’ on train in Belgium</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Activists have spray painted the words ‘ISRAEL TERRORIST STATE’ on train in the Belgian city of Antwer.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Activists have spray painted the words ‘ISRAEL TERRORIST STATE’ on train in the Belgian city of Antwerp. <a href="https://t.co/xMVcWp4teP">pic.twitter.com/xMVcWp4teP</a></p> — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiddleEastEye/status/1992735562063896983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>
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November 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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“We are the ones that are saying what the forest is demanding. We are the ones that are saying what the river is asking for. We are going through a lot of violence in our territories.”
“We Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on COP30
Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous peoples and their allies, have traveled to the COP30 U.N. climate conference in Belém, Brazil. On Friday night, an Indigenous-led march arrived a...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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It's scary how cute Park Slope was tonight.

Happy Halloween, NYC.
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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So Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout from our tax dollars but devastated small towns here at home — nothing.
October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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October 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.

Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
India launches missile attacks on Pakistan
India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
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May 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The Ministry of Health in Gaza condemns the Israeli military’s targeting of the al-Ahli Hospital, the last functioning hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip.

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April 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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@mesa1966.bsky.social condemns in the strongest terms the targeting of noncitizen students and researchers for their constitutionally protected speech and advocacy. We call on universities and colleges to take 9 steps to ensure the protection of their campus communities. mesana.org/advocacy/let...
Middle East Studies Association
The MESA Board of Directors and its Task Force on Civil and Human Rights condemn in the strongest terms the Trump administration’s targeting of noncitizen students and researchers for their constituti...
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April 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Netanyapoohs legacy
April 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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“Women were forced to fend for themselves. Some of our seniors helped with the accommodation by offering their rooms. The company did not consider that it would be unsafe for women to travel at night,” she says.
February 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Gaza Police issued a statement:

▪️The occupation (Israel) destroyed all police headquarters and stations in the Gaza Strip and burned and destroyed hundreds of vehicles and equipment belonging to the agency.
January 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Before leaving London, I visited the SOAS encampment and thanked the students for all they've done to support the Palestinian people in Gaza. It was day 255 of encampment.
January 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Necessary read. The silence on Palestine of academic colleagues has always been appalling. Their silence on 15+ months of genocide revealed their moral bankruptcy

www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250109-so-...
So many in the academy will say, ‘We were with you all along...’
Overcome by the guilt of having been an accomplice in the slaying of the Scottish King Duncan in the well-known Shakespearean tragedy, Lady Macbeth famously bemoans her inability to rid...
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January 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Israeli forces continue to bombard Gaza, as the US has indicated that a ceasefire deal is “on the brink” of success

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January 14, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Israeli forces continue to bombard Gaza, and attack Lebanon after the Lebanese gov't filed a UN complaint over ceasefire violations.

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January 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Our 2nd day of free pediatric care in Gaza: more children received essential check-ups & critical treatments.

Your support makes this possible. Let’s keep going — please donate, boost & share so we can continue providing aid to families in need.
January 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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This is so devastating. Listen and imagine if it were your loved ones there.
January 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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This weekend, there were two marches in Lisbon: one against racism and one by the far-right. The Prime Minister of Portugal shamefully equated them, stating that they represented two extremes. How did we reach this point?
January 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM