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Sahar D. Sattarzadeh (سهر/سحر د. ستارزاده/Səhər)
@speckadust.bsky.social
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Asst Prof & Research Assoc @Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Ed Transformation (CriSHET) @Nelson Mandela University

Comparative global Indigenous, ethnic & racial studies of: higher ed•knowledge•sci & tech•human rights•activism•research methodologies
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July 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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"It is NOT controversial to affirm that an end to genocide is possible."

—@not_controversial (on IG)
Blaxk text on a lavender-colored background: "It is [italicized: not controversial] to affirm that an end to genocide is possible."
July 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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As a daughter of refugees who fled all that was both violent and familiar so that their future children could have access to higher education, these words hit DEEP, especially now, as a higher ed activist, scholar, and faculty member. 😭🫶🏼✨️😔

"Born from dreams that crossed borders."

📸: @juliet.social
A protest poster is hoisted in the air amongst a crowd of people/protesters that is cut out in the shape of a butterfly, painted with the orange, black, and white markings of a monarch butterfly with the following words written in white capital letters across the butterfly's wings and body: "BORN FROM DREAMS THAT CROSSED BORDERS."
July 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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"We never know how our small activities will affect others through the invisible fabric of our connectedness. In this exquisitely connected world, it's never a question of 'critical mass.' It's always about critical connections."

—Grace Lee Boggs
June 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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"Every bombed village is my hometown."

—James Baldwin

Artwork/Graphic by @silveiraworks (via Instagram)
"Every bombed village is my hometown." —James Baldwin In yellow, capital letters on a red background above an outline of a human figure in yellow with arms and legs spread wide apart surrounded by yellow outlines of explosions, a missile, and a drone. Between the figure's legs is an image of a tent in light blue with a darker blue entrance/door/opening.
June 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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"The U.S. attack on Iran was unprovoked and illegal, done in cooperation with a regime that is currently perpetrating a genocide, whose leader is wanted by the International Criminal Court. This is the world we are in."

—@jasonhickel.bsky.social
The US attack on Iran was unprovoked and illegal, done in cooperation with a regime that is currently perpetrating a genocide, whose leader is wanted by the International Criminal Court. This is the world we are in. Tweet by @jasonhickel (on Twitter)
June 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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"Every bombed village is my hometown."
—James Baldwin

Poem by Nikita Gill
"Every bombed village is my hometown." -James Baldwin And every dead child is my child. Every grieving mother is my mother. Every crying father is my father. Every home turned to rubble is the home I grew up in. Every brother carrying the remains of his brother across borders is my brother. Every sister waiting for a sister who will never come home is my sister. Every one of these people are ours, Just like we are theirs. We belong to them and they belong to us.
March 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Educational advocacy groups anticipate an executive order will be signed today, March 20, to close the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). This link (tinyurl.com/speakup4ed) provides more context, links, & facts on the importance of the DOE, alongside a call to action. #SpeakUpForED #EDMatters.
March 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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CAIR-CA is hosting an informational webinar for students about their rights on higher ed campuses titled, "What Does Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest Mean for Students?"

Friday, 21 March 2025
5:00 p.m., PDT/8:00 p.m., EDT

Zoom Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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"The Battle for Higher Ed: Courageous Voices in a Time of Crises" webinar series hosted by SSJ & FAJI/ @scholarsforsj.bsky.social

1 April: Premilla Nadasen
23 April: Tiffany Willoughby-Herard
6 May: Maura Finkelstein

Webinar registration: www.scholarsforsocialjustice.com/events
March 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Imagine . . . 🥰
Social media post by @gbee314 (black text on white background): Last one out the door at the Dept. Of Education should erase the entire student loan database. Be a legend.
March 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Tweet post from @missfalasteenia: "I’ve seen so many people say they see less from Gaza on their timeline. Our silence kills. So keep Palestine in the algorithm. Share and repost everything from Gaza. Palestine isn’t a trend."
January 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Climate change and this . . .
Tweet/Twitter post by @izzykento: A lot of fires were controlled in California under indigenous populations by also using fire, but when they decided to bring out “firefighting” and not adopt indigenous practices, it led to more wildfires running wild. And we are seeing some effects of it today.
January 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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“Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone, who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.”

—Audre Lorde
Young Palestinian juggling small oranges before an audience of five Palestinian children, who are smiling and applauding the juggler's skill/talent. Photo: Free Gaza Circus
December 31, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Tonight, we celebrate 'Yaldā'—the longest, darkest night of the year, the winter solstice ('Yaldā' in Persian). Shab-e Yaldā (شب یلدا) or Shab-e Chelleh (شب چلّه) falls on the 20th or 21st of December, or the end of Azar, the 9th month in the Iranian calendar.
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December 20, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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Academia/higher education has been inherently designed on the foundation of human rights violations and anti-relationality . . .
Tweet by Maya Mikdashi (@mayamikdashi): Professors are told to 1) ignore the historical record, 2) ignore the UN, 3) ignore the ICJ/ICC, 4) ignore academic consensus, 5) ignore NGO consensus. We are told to stop being academics when it comes to #Palestine. This is the threat to the university we should be talking about
December 15, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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"I wish children didn't die. I wish they would be temporarily elevated to the skies until the war ends. Then they would return home safe, and when their parents would ask them “Where were you?” They would say “We were “playing in the clouds”

—Ghassan Kanafani

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Painting of a Palestinian girl wearing a cream-white gown, wrapped in a black and white kuffiyeh atop a cloud, floating in the sky, high above the ground. A close-up of a painting of a Palestinian girl wearing a cream-white gown, wrapped in a black and white kuffiyeh atop a cloud, floating in the sky, high above the ground.
December 15, 2024 at 12:53 AM