Leonie Böttiger (previously Rau)

Nile Nightshade Preorder Campaign Thank you so much for preordering Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato by Anny Gaul. Note: submitting a patron request to your public or institutional library counts as a preo...

For every preorder (or library request) a donation will be made to mutual aid initiatives in Sudan & Gaza; more info here:

ABSOLUTELY REQUEST YOUR LIBRAR(Y/IES) ORDER NOW. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

« Le ministre des Affaires étrangères empêche des Palestiniens de sortir de la bande de Gaza » Les avocats de Palestiniens bloqués à Gaza, soutenus par des associations, ont décidé de saisir en urgence le Conseil d’État pour contester la suspension des évacuations vers la France. Interview de Lyne Haigar, l’une des avocates ayant travaillé sur le recours.

La #LDH saisit la justice contre la décision très grave du ministère des affaires étrangères de suspendre toute opération d'évacuation de #Gaza en plein #génocide, même déjà organisée, alors que la CNDA a confirmé que le statut de réfugié peut être demandé par les Gazaouis.

Help a Refugee Student Finish his PhD, Save Endangered Heritage! By Stephennie Mulder

This refugee student is in the final months of his dissertation after a long journey out of war. Helping him helps assure the future of Syria.

There's a lot of darkness in the world right now, but this is how we bring the light. No amount is too small (or too large lol)! 🙏 💖

givebutter.com/fgQG3V

Help support Husam Maarouf, a Palestinian poet, novelist, editor, and pubisher from Gaza, whose life and work are at grave risk. Husam is currently applying to the PAUSE Program in France, which provides urgent assistance to scholars and artists in exile. The program offers safety and the chance to continue creative work in collaboration with French institutions. A French university has already agreed to act as his host, offering the framework Husam needs to begin his residency. To make this possible, we need to raise €42,000. This sum will cover costs not fully financed by PAUSE and secure Husam and his family’s life in France for one year. It will make it possible to cover administrative procedures and visa fees, the relocation from Gaza to Paris including evacuation costs, as well as housing and daily living expenses for the first year.

🚨IF YOU HAVE READ & ENJOYED Husam Maarouf's work on ArabLit (or elsewhere), please support this campaign.

chuffed.org/project/1492...

🧵 of Husam's work follows.

Gaza Journalist Fund Supporting Journalists Evacuating Gaza City and Surviving Displacement in the South

⭐️ Drop Site News, with Unmute Humanity, has launched the Gaza Journalist Fund to help 29 vetted reporters evacuate Gaza City and survive displacement in the south.

Please give: gazafund.dropsitenews.com

Just 3 donations of $75 and this Syrian student will be able to submit his (already written!) open-access article: a requirement for graduation in his program. Who’s got $75 out there today? It might be you! Let’s get him that publication!

I just donated to Ahmed‘s fundraiser—he’s a young photojournalist and needs our help to continue his vital work!

gofund.me/e18eb94c

Vote - The Ignyte Awards Public voting for the 2025 AWARDS IS NOW OPEN THRU AUG 15. GO VOTE OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/...

If you haven’t already, please take the time to vote before the fifteenth. This award is open to everyone. I’m a finalist for two categories: Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction for best anthology. And the Ember Award: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/

lifeline4gaza - a list of appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza lifeline4gaza gathers links to existing chuffed & gofundme appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza.

hey can we try something?

lifeline4gaza.com is incredible. since some aid seems to be coming in, prices have dropped. this is a great time for ppl to try to get food. can everyone donate $10 to 1 family, and then post a message like this to your acct? we could do some good if many ppl participate ❤️

A stage of the band Fontaines DC with a massive Palestine flag in the background and a billboard on the side with the words “Israel is committing genocide. Use your voice.”

Amazing to see a band actually use the stage they’re given… 🇵🇸
@fontainesdc.bsky.social

🚨 We're under 200 USD on Ppal 🚨
We're in the very risky + stressful zone again 😔
In the last 24h, we used 101.8 USD to top up 8 active eSIM plans (Simly, Nomad & Sparks)
We'll run out of funds soon without donations coming in
Help us to connect Gaza in August too 🙏
#ConnectingGaza

"after many tribulations, I managed to get to Israel and join my colleagues and students at Tel Shaddud. Very grateful to be able to come and do research. Hoping for a lasting peace". Comment from Zchary Thomas: Kinda jealous! Happy diggin'

🏺🩸Did you know that as the genocide in Gaza & West Bank escalates, a UCLA Prof is excavating w 2 students in 🇮🇱? Meet Bill Schniedewind, who, for the past 10 days has been posting on his fb about how much fun they are having at Tel Shaddud. Worry not though: He hopes for peace 🫠 🧵1/
telshaddud.com

Just chipped in, please join me if you can!

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Sarah. Sarah is only 15 years old and is trying to help her entire family including her parents Mohammad and Layla, her grandmother, Basma and her siblings, Samir, 19, Ahmed, 13, Abdullah, 9 and Hamza, 3. They are all living together in a tent

Stone III Online workshop Friday, 25th April, 10-11.30am Boston/ 3-4.30pm London/ 4-5.30pm Paris Register for the zoom meeting here. Presenters: Beatrice Barbara Anne Bottomley, Research fellow, Department of P...

Today (25 April), I’m joining the Writing Technologies team for an informal workshop to chat about the properties of stones in a medieval Arabic handbook of recipes for remedies and wonders by the 13th alchemist al-ʿIrāqī, and my tentative steps into thinking about stones and generation 💎

Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.

Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters - my latest @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/03/31/g...

Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics | Aeon Essays Physicists today need to jettison the all-too-attractive myth that they are uncovering the hidden reality of our Universe

‘We risk what has been called a ‘post-empirical physics’. In short, a Universe lost to the world’ Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics @adesut.bsky.social

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Introducing… the Society for the Study of the Past by Marchella Ward on behalf of the Critical Ancient World Studies and Everyday Orientalism teams What does it mean to do history in the ruins of history? Since October 7th 2023, historians have bee…

🚨I am thrilled to announce that we have launched the Society for the Study of the Past!
This new subject organisation is for all those who have been let down by existing associations. More info - incl. our manifesto - here:
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/i...

All six volumes of S.D. Goitein’s “A Mediterranean Society” laid out on a wooden floor, yellow covers with decorative borders.

Cheering myself up by finally springing for the (used!) full set of S.D. Goitein’s A Mediterranean Society.
First published in 1969-1983, it’s still an incredible resource for anyone working on the medieval Arab world.

Thrilled to have you on board!

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