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Adnan Mahmutovic

@mahmutovic.bsky.social

Writer (At the Feet of Mothers, How to Fare Well and Stay Fair, Thinner than a Hair) Prof of English Literature and Creative Writing at Stockholm University. Academic work (Ways of Being Free, Future in Comics, Craft of Editing, Claiming Space)

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E25 Love & Diapers with Prof Sarah Cramsey
YouTube video by Love & Its Discontents E25 Love & Diapers with Prof Sarah Cramsey

Your favourite podcast is back with the historian Prof. Dr. Sarah Cramsey. Hear me rave about changing diapers and Sarah saying deep things about the history of #care and #love as that invisible work that constitutes the bulk of human #history.

youtu.be/64b6Q0xL7wk

19.05.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Prayer for Love

Say Ya Wadud (The Loving) (يا Ψ§Ω„ΩˆΨ―ΩˆΨ―) 20 times.
Say your prayer.
Say Aajilen wa ajelen ΨΉΨ§Ψ¬Ω„Ψ§ و Ψ£Ψ¬Ω„Ψ§ (sooner or later)
Say salawat
Recite Al Fatiha

You’re welcome πŸ˜…πŸ₯°β€οΈ

01.05.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also, fun story - Palestine's Deputy Foreign Minister for nearly 20 years was Jewish!

20.04.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

@BBC adaptation of my & Lucy Durneen’s story Comics, War and Ordinary Miracles exploring our very different lives in 1992 during the Bosnian War.

Originally in @worldlittoday 2015.

#bosnia #genocide #comics #mahmutovic #durneen #cnf #worldliterature

bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07…?

14.04.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just a random to do list πŸ˜…πŸ’―

11.04.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the diverse panel on #genocide and international community at #EUparliament during Anti-rasist week, organized by @enareurope.bsky.social I gave everyone Memory Flower of Srebrenica πŸ₯°πŸ’―.

25.03.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Read what Hossam, a 24-year-old Palestinian journalist, wrote just hours before he was killed today.

There are no words to describe the inhumanity of the times you and I are sharing.

24.03.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1017    πŸ” 617    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 14
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BREAKING | The Israeli army has assassinated journalist Hossam Shabat, 24-year-old reporter for Al Jazeera Mubasher and contributor to @dropsitenews.com , in an airstrike targeting his vehicle in northern Gaza.

24.03.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 286    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 14

In the future when people say they’re Columbia alumni it’ll be like some of those colleges in Bosnia where you buy a diploma.

21.03.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Similar to how the Carrington-Cutileiro plan played out. It was agreed to and signed by representatives of all sides on March 18, 1992. Izetbegovic withdrew his signature on March 28, 1992 after meeting with the US amb. Warren Zimmerman. With this move, he chose to start the war.

Similar to how the Carrington-Cutileiro plan played out. It was agreed to and signed by representatives of all sides on March 18, 1992. Izetbegovic withdrew his signature on March 28, 1992 after meeting with the US amb. Warren Zimmerman. With this move, he chose to start the war.

So, it's 18 March, the 33rd Anniversary of the fabled Cutileiro Agreement in Bosnia-Herzegovina. There's a popular narrative of this agreement which typically goes something like this.

It's been brought up a bit more recently, particularly w/ comparisons to Ukraine. It's nonsense, and here's why. 🧡

18.03.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

What an amazing luxury to be able to fast in peace and know that there is a meal and prayer come night.

18.03.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Live NOW from the European Parliament! πŸŽ₯ Join us at the Anti-Racism and Diversity Week on 18-19 March. #ARDW25

🀝 Co-organised with the help of the @ec.europa.eu & the Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup in the European Parliament (ARDI).

πŸ”— 18 March: europeanparliament.webex.com/webappng/sit...

18.03.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently the US President can change people’s ethnicity at whim πŸ‘‡

12.03.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Again, non-Jews have given themselves the right to define who is a Jew. This is still antisemitism.

The dominant form of pro-Israel politics in the US today is Christian Zionism, and it is antisemitic to the core.

And to be Palestinian here is to be the untermensch. We are seen as subhuman.

12.03.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1265    πŸ” 370    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 13
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Pismo koje su bh savezi zajednički uputili vladi Švedske o kriznoj situaciji i BiH

11.03.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today I went out without glasses and noticed it only when I got to to the tram πŸ˜³πŸ˜…. The first sign has been noted felt registered πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚

10.03.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Columbia’s mission is to teach, create, and advance knowledge. For over 270 years, that mission has been grounded in an enduring and essential commitment to freedom of expression, open inquiry, and generous, respectful debate.

Today, we were notified of federal action from Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) cancelling $400 million in federal funding to the University. The federal agencies cite β€œthe school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”

There is no question that the cancellation of these funds will immediately impact research and other critical functions of the University, impacting students, faculty, staff, research, and patient care.

But let me be very clear: Columbia is taking the government’s action very seriously. I want to assure the entire Columbia community that we are committed to working with the federal government to address their legitimate concerns. To that end, Columbia can, and will, continue to take serious action toward combatting antisemitism on our campus.

Columbia’s mission is to teach, create, and advance knowledge. For over 270 years, that mission has been grounded in an enduring and essential commitment to freedom of expression, open inquiry, and generous, respectful debate. Today, we were notified of federal action from Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) cancelling $400 million in federal funding to the University. The federal agencies cite β€œthe school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.” There is no question that the cancellation of these funds will immediately impact research and other critical functions of the University, impacting students, faculty, staff, research, and patient care. But let me be very clear: Columbia is taking the government’s action very seriously. I want to assure the entire Columbia community that we are committed to working with the federal government to address their legitimate concerns. To that end, Columbia can, and will, continue to take serious action toward combatting antisemitism on our campus.

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Email from Columbia President Armstrong makes clear that admin still has no idea what it’s dealing with. No amount of β€œserious action to combat antisemitism” (read: punish Palestine activists) will satisfy the Nazis. They see universities as an enemy institution to crush underfoot.

07.03.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2999    πŸ” 588    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 187

I used Gemini to work on a translation of a story and instead of translating it invented an entire middle section, some 1/3 of the entire story. It didn’t follow the style even close. It used shitloads of anaphora. I mean a ridiculous amount. πŸ˜³πŸ˜‚

03.03.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some more disingenuous framing by legacy media of what happened at the White House

02.03.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very interesting take here from Grieve, who I don't believe is on Bluesky.

01.03.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First terawih a little girl (ca 4) who I remember had chased a little boy (2-3) last year was at it again. She spotted him in the crowd went over and smacked him and let him a cry a bit and then continued chasing him around the whole evening πŸ˜…β€οΈ

01.03.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish everyone Ramadan Mubarak and also Happy Independence Day to Bosnia. This year both on the same day. There’s an expression ”mirna Bosna” (lit. peaceful, calm Bosnia). I wish everyone ”mirnu Bosnu.” ❀️

01.03.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pankaj Mishra πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

26.02.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pankaj Mishra On Gaza, The Memory Of The Holocaust, And The "Very Dark World" To Come | Defector In his own words, Pankaj Mishra wrote his latest book not to describe the atrocities in Gaza, which have been well documented, but β€œto ask some very basic questions: How can human beings treat other h...

I interviewed Pankaj Mishra about his new book, the memory of the Holocaust, and what Gaza portends: defector.com/the-world-af...

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Elon Musk has pledged to β€œfix” X’s fact-checking tool in response to a poll that contradicts Donald Trump’s claim that Ukraine's President Zelenskyy is deeply unpopular in his country.

Read more: aje.io/i0zuwg

21.02.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 217    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 10
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JD Vance is so nauseatingly unlikeable that he’s literally dragging down the AfD’s approval rating

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