Themrise Khan
@themrise.bsky.social
Ex development aid practitioner now convinced aid skeptic. Migration policy/governance person. Researcher/writer. Pro-peace/anti-war. Independent in all ways. Co editor; White Saviorism in International Development, Daraja Press 2023.🐱lover 🇨🇦🇵🇰
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You absolutely should question if this 4-hour interrogation of an internationally renowned legal expert on his *95TH BIRTHDAY* was politically motivated and an abuse of power
If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt
If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
You absolutely should question if this 4-hour interrogation of an internationally renowned legal expert on his *95TH BIRTHDAY* was politically motivated and an abuse of power
If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt
If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt
Because 19 degrees is comfortable global north temps. Istanbul is global south. It’s really cold for that environment. We experience temperatures differently than you.
October 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Because 19 degrees is comfortable global north temps. Istanbul is global south. It’s really cold for that environment. We experience temperatures differently than you.
Their subtitle should read Democracy skies in whiteness.
September 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Their subtitle should read Democracy skies in whiteness.
I’ve seen them all :) well most of them anyway. But worth watching multiple times these days
September 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I’ve seen them all :) well most of them anyway. But worth watching multiple times these days
His family at one point tried to collect all his work. He had a dream to open a university called Khaldunia in Pakistan. It ended up being a school opened by his neice. Dr Parvez hoodbhoy the scientist is related to him by marriage and the closest we have to bring a successor. Or was at least.
September 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
His family at one point tried to collect all his work. He had a dream to open a university called Khaldunia in Pakistan. It ended up being a school opened by his neice. Dr Parvez hoodbhoy the scientist is related to him by marriage and the closest we have to bring a successor. Or was at least.
It was in another era. I barely remember a lot of it. But he was definitely a major influence on how I look at the world. Still is. I wish more in Pakistan were influenced by him the current generation doesn’t even know about him
September 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It was in another era. I barely remember a lot of it. But he was definitely a major influence on how I look at the world. Still is. I wish more in Pakistan were influenced by him the current generation doesn’t even know about him
Equal Sahab was the foremost decolonisation scholar of our time. The Pakistani Edward Said who he knew personally. I had the honour meeting him and speaking to him many times. Extremely humble person. There is no one who can replace him.
September 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Equal Sahab was the foremost decolonisation scholar of our time. The Pakistani Edward Said who he knew personally. I had the honour meeting him and speaking to him many times. Extremely humble person. There is no one who can replace him.