Samar Al-Bulushi

Breaking: NBC reports that satellite images show troop movements and formations indicating a possible imminent major ground operation in Gaza. The network says it is unclear whether Israel intends to launch a new offensive or if the maneuvers are meant as a negotiating or pressure tactic.

Senghor, Asilah and “Afro-Arab Civilization” - ROAPE Hisham Aidi offers a compelling account of how Morocco became a key site for competing political and cultural discourses in support of African and Arab pan-African solidarity. He shows that a…

American-Moroccan scholar @HishamAidi traces #Morocco’s role in Afro-Arab solidarity—first via the #Fanon-inspired Souffles publication (1966-72), then through the Afro-Arab Forum in Asilah (1980), grounded in Senghor’s vision of civilisational métissage. buff.ly/j3foTp6

US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.

SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me.

This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.

Image of a beautiful Black woman with black glasses and long grey locs head titled towards the camera and smiling, wearing cowry shell earrings. In yellow against black background the poster reads Workshops4Sudan The Soviets and Abolition, Monday, May 5th, 12-2 pm EDT. Virtual (via Zoom) Ruth Wilson Gilmore. Ruth Wilson Gilmore is a Writer, Abolitionist and Scholar from New Haven, Connecticut. Workshops4Sudan.

We are proud to introduce our next Workshop4Sudan w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore on May 5 at 12 pm (EDT). This wkshp will among other things allow 4 reflections on what internationalism frm below might look like, given abolition requires it + how we apply it to diff. contexts.
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Text: ISA PEACE Best Global South Scholar Book Award Winner. Image: book cover of Master Plans & Minor Acts.

Congratulations to Shakirah E. Hudani on her book Master Plans and Minor Acts winning the ISA Peace Studies Section, Best Global South Scholar Book Award and being shortlisted for the ISA Global Development Studies Book Award. Learn more here: bit.ly/UCPEXAAG. #AAG2025

Emails Show Mohsen Mahdawi Pleaded with Columbia for Protection for Months Before ICE Detained Him “Is this how Columbia cares for its students?” the green card holder asked less than a month before his arrest this week.

NEW — Emails show Mohsen Mahdawi pleading for months to Columbia for help.
He asked about an FBI visit to his home & a mysterious break-in.
He also asked Columbia to publicly clarify a lie the Trump admin would later cite to justify detaining Mohsen.
No response.
He was detained a month later.

"The consequences for Sudan’s 51 million people have been devastating. Tens of thousands are reportedly dead. Hundreds of thousands face famine. Almost 13 million people have been displaced, 4 million of those to neighbouring countries."

Looking forward to this event @LSE on Thursday!

Picture of a beautiful Black woman with black curly hair layered on top of her head, wearing a yellow V neck shirt against a grey background wearing traditional Sudanese silver hoop earrings. On the top of the image are the words workshops4sudan in yellow, followed by the words Transformative Justice, Wednesday April 2nd, 6:30-8:30 pm {EDT} Virtual {Via Zoom}. Rania El Muggamar Transformative Justice. Rania El Muggamar is a Sudanese Artist, Abolitionist, Community Organizer, and Social Justice Educator based in Tkaronto (Treaty 13). Workshops4Sudan Photo: Marco Kovacevic.

We are excited to announce our second workshop4sudan on Transformative Justice with the amazing artist, organizer, writer and educator Rania Al Muggamar @raniawrites.bsky.social on April 2nd at 6:30 pm (EDT) Via Zoom. Sign up today!!!

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Khalil Case Shows How Migrant Justice and Palestine Solidarity Are Tied Together The detention of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil was made possible by the normalization of deportation.

For @truthout.org I wrote about Mahmoud Khalil’s detention, how Trump is capitalizing on the normalization of incarcerating immigrants to enforce his creeping fascist agenda, and why this moment calls for us to bridge across our movements for social change. truthout.org/articles/kha...

Elon Musk Wanted the Cybertruck to Look Like “the Future.” But It Reminds Us of One Particular Past. Elon Musk was growing up in Pretoria when the Casspir patrolled the townships.

Excellent piece by two dear friends @nanaoseiopare.bsky.social & @themorningsnows.bsky.social about the cyber truck & its uncanny similarities to the Casspir, the tank by which the Apartheid regime brutalized Black south Africans during Elon's childhood. 1/
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"writing heartbroken"

I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”

Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa Drone warfare is increasing in Ethiopia and across Africa. These foreign-supplied weapons risk prolonging wars and can help drive governments further away from the West…

Deadly skies: Drone warfare in Ethiopia and the future of conflict in Africa: ecfr.eu/publication/...

On Refusing to Disappear: Stanford Anthropology’s Collusion with Genocide Denial — American Anthropologist by Sarah Ihmoud (College of the Holy Cross)

“As anthropologists, we are witnessing a doubling down on the discipline’s classical roots where a Palestinian woman can only occupy the savage slot–she can only speak as an object of research, through the colonizer’s narrative of her”
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SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained "I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."

SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him.

He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."

25 hours after Mahmoud Khalil was detained in a Columbia-owned apartment building — Khalil’s whereabouts are still unknown & Columbia has still not commented

Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.

We are happy to launch Workshops4sudan to raise funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan. Our debut series features the writer and abolitionist @williamcson.bsky.social and the organizer, artist and social justice educator @raniawrites.bsky.social.

To sign up go to:

sudansolidarity.com/workshops4su...

Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism with Davarian Baldwin, Johanna Fernandez, Sarah Haley, Robin D.G. Kelley, Barbara Ransby, Robyn Spencer-Antoine, on Tuesday March 4 @ 6pm ET, register here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1611646

Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism on March 4 @ 6pm ET, register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Documents reveal how military contractors want to take over mass deportations The group, led by Blackwater veteran Erik Prince, has close Trump ties.

A group of prominent military contractors, including former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, has pitched the Trump White House on a proposal to carry out mass deportations through a network of “processing camps” on military bases and a “small army” of private citizens empowered to make arrests.

Thanks so much Zareena!

Samar Al-Bulushi, Podcast Episode · New Books in Islamic Studies · 17/02/2025 · 1h 9m

Brilliant interview on New Books Network with @samar42.bsky.social on her study of Kenya’s policies on and experiences of political and economic integration into the ‘War on Terror’:

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Protestor holding up a Palestinian flags. Reads “Sudan and Gaza”

The only thing I know about the Super Bowl is this.

Two in one day?! Whew!

A street artist in DC is putting up these posters all over the city. I’d love to get one.

Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory researches efficient forms of genocide Today, the APL’s “mission areas” are still arms-racing, reflecting the US military’s paranoia of losing its absolute hegemony in science and technology. The APL supplies artificial intelligence, auton...

Student activists wrote a pretty devastating article condemning JHU’s links with the military-industrial complex www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2025...

More than 500 LBUSD students walk out in protest of Trump immigration policies 'My parents fought for my future, so I will fight for theirs,' read one student's sign.

More than 500 #LongBeach students walk out in protest of Trump immigration policies #LBUSD lbwatchdog.com/more-than-50...

Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:     Section

In case you missed it, the US is now prioritizing refugee status and humanitarian relief for Afrikaners “who are victims of racial injustice.” 🤢🤮

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