Viviane Saglier

Decolonizing the Page - Decolonizing the page

What an incredible online exhibition of Arabic book art spearheaded by Zeina Maasri. "It reveals how the aesthetic concerns & political commitments of a generation of Arab artists & graphic designers transformed the Arabic book in its content, form, & very conception." www.decolonizingthepage.com/en

Solidarity!

Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza This essay, parts of which were initially delivered at the annual Indigenous art gathering aabaakwad in December 2024 at the University of Toronto, offers three contributions to the historiography ...

One of the most important articles you will read this year. Esmat Elhalaby, "Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza," Journal of Palestine Studies. @esmat.bsky.social 🗃️

Thanks so much @takeoneaction.bsky.social for the wonderful screening of Red Skirts on Clydeside followed by an invigorating workshop with Living Rent Dundee

UK’s first transgender judge launches case against Supreme Court sex ruling

The UK’s first trans judge has launched a case against the UK Government in the European Court of Human Rights over the Supreme Court's gender ruling

Please sign the open letter asking the Edinburgh International Festival to end its relatonship with Baillie Gilford docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Arts Workers for Palestine Scotland explains how EIF engages in artwashing and supports genocide: "Programming Palestinian artists while taking money from companies profiting from the deaths of other Palestinians puts those artists in an impossible and deeply cruel position."

University of St Andrews - End Link With Hebrew University Open letter from staff and students Link in bio

Staff and students at St Andrews - sign the open letter calling on the university to end links with Hebrew University www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...

Pledge to Join SCMSSP's Boycott of SCMS 2026 Scholars of Cinema and Media Studies in Solidarity with Palestine (SCMSSP), formerly Palestine Solidarity Working Group (PSWG), calls for a boycott of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2026 ann...

SCMSSP is now asking for ppl to pledge to boycott the conference by filling out this form:

docs.google.com/forms/d/1Jb6...

Renowned Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim dies at 88 Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim, famed for his critiques of political repression, neoliberalism and Western hegemony, has died at the age of 88, the culture ministry announced on Wednesday.Ibrahim…

Renowned Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim dies at 88
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Palestinians don’t need a state. We need justice | Ahmed Moor In the midst of a genocide, the Palestinians are best served by abandoning any effort to attain self-rule in the Occupied Territories

Palestinians don’t need a state. We need justice | Ahmed Moor

End Links With Hebrew University — UCU St Andrews

St Andrews staff & students, please sign this open letter calling on the university to sever links with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and all other Israeli universities

and if you're not connected to St Andrews, please publicise this anyway. thank you!

www.ucustandrews.org/end-links-wi...

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

Sign the Petition Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable

Going in town today with leaflets and my easygoing personality to gather support from the community against the mass redundancies at Lancaster University. If you see us (wearing some fancy UCU garmets) please come to say hi!

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South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water **With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

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from Sameer:

Rice prices dropped! With aid starting to come in, prices in markets are slowly dropping. Our kitchen decreased the price of 800g of rice from $17.50 to $9.

Donate: chuffed.org/project/1132...

This is great! I hope the board listens to its members, bans the agitator, apologizes to the WOC and trans woman on the receiving end of his violence, commits to a racism and harassment free space at confs & communication, and finally acknowledges the genocide and scholasticide in Palestine.

Amen!

Boycott scms 2026 For nearly 2 years, the scms board of directors has refused to publicly acknowledge Palestine or decry anti-Palestine racism and the Israeli genocide in Palestine. Instead the scms board has: - ignored the wishes of over 700 of its members to make a public statement condemning the Israeli scholasticide and mediacide in Palestine - issued mass messages to deny the perpetration of racism and harassment by a pro-israel agitator at the 2025 conference - disabled vital communication platforms for caucuses and special interests groups - instituted authoritarian changes to the associations annual election nomination process without rationale or explanation

Scholars in Cinema and Media Studies for Palestine (formerly PSWG) have issued a call to boycott SCMS. We need better from our institutions. Nothing normal under genocide.

"BOYCOTI SCMS 2026 FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, THE SCMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS REFUSED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE PALESTINE OR DECRY ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM AND THE ISRAELI GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE. INSTEAD, THE SCMS BOARD HAS: 1) IGNORED THE WISHES OF OVER 700 OF ITS MEMBERS TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE ISRAELI SCHOLASTICIDE AND MEDIACIDE IN PALESTINE 2) ISSUED MASS MESSAGES TO DENY THE PERPETRATION OF RACISM AND HARASSMENT BY A PRO-ISRAEL AGITATOR AT THE 2025 CONFERENCE 3) DISABLED VITAL COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS FOR CAUCUSES AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS 4) INSTITUTED AUTHORITARIAN CHANGES TO THE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL ELECTION NOMINATION PROCESS WITHOUT RATIONALE OR EXPLANATION SEND A MESSAGE TO THE BOARD. BOYCOTT THE CONFERENCE. Scholars of Cinema and Media Studies in Solidarity with Palestine (SCMSSP, formerly PSWG)"

And there we have it. A call to boycott SCMS this year.

"This forum aims to position justice at its intellectual core and within its organizing framework. The field of film and media studies shall no longer be deemed “apolitical”!" From their longer message

"The SCMSSP is working to organize a parallel scholarly forum. This forum is envisioned as a largely virtual conference that will, in addition to protesting the SCMS Board’s inaction regarding Palestine, allow scholars excluded from SCMS to become a more central and active part of the conversation."