californian.pakistani.leo | gradstudent.teacher (literature, critical race/ethnic studies) @ucsc | editor @ThePublicSquare
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GWOT LIT
Literature has unveiled the 'war on terror' as more than a military project, writes Zócalo's @talibali: "It is also a story about who is dangerous, who wields power over sovereign peoples, and what violence is justified in the defense of 'freedom.'"
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Literature has unveiled the 'war on terror' as more than a military project, writes Zócalo's @talibali: "It is also a story about who is dangerous, who wields power over sovereign peoples, and what violence is justified in the defense of 'freedom.'"
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Apply now for ICSZ's Underground Fire faculty fellowship for faculty mentoring students in CZS!
Fellowship supports SWANA and Global South critical lenses on Zionism & building connections among CZS researchers.
Applications due: Oct. 16
Apply at criticalzionismstudies.org/u…
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"Examining the harder chapters of our history is not the same as hostility toward America,” @amhistorymuseum director Anthea Hartig told a Congressional subcommittee this week. Four historians defend her nuanced approach to telling America's story. zocalopublicsquare.org/in-de…
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Read an excerpt from Joe Sacco's latest book on the Muzaffarnagar riots, which Penguin has decided to not publish
equator.org/articles/scenes-…
christian 🤘🏽!! is this @MIAuniverse’s complete rejection of western positivism ? or something else ?
Buckle up for M.I.A.’s surprisingly moving Christian album, a bass-driven, gospel-infused testament to personal salvation
pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…
💡guide to dtla by @NewArabella
A Broadway Rose by any other name would smell as sweet! Learn about the historic styles of DTLA streetlights—like the Broadway Rose and the Llewellyn Grand—with this mini-tour:
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If you had to read one thing today, make it this powerful @lrb piece by @weizman_eyal on the assault on Gaza and its precedents in colonial genocides through what Lemkin called ‘the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups’
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n07/…
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Congratulations to Despy Boutris, whose poem "'California Poem'" is a runner-up in the 2026 Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize contest!
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@Equatormag is so so good. If you're not reading pretty much everything they publish, you are missing something. Start with this most recent, three-part symposium on the Iran War. equator.org/articles/death-a…
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Stuart Schrader (@stschrader1) on what Trump’s urban occupations mean for police and the unions that represent them go.nybooks.com/4aCtUnj
madhuri getting the netflix treatment !
Oh my mother sister 😳 Ek maa, do behen and aur ek bilkul bhayankar kaand 🧨
Watch Maa Behen, coming soon, only on Netflix.
#MaaBehen
#MaaBehenOnNetflix
#NextOnNetflixIndia
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After jailing Imran Khan two years ago, Pakistan’s military establishment has tried to erase him from public life. @OsmanSamiuddin) travelled to Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore to report on this bizarre effort to disappear the country’s most famous man.
equator.org/articles/the-hid…
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For @thebafflermag I wrote “If You Read This You Are Gay,” an essay about manosphere streamers, teaching writing after Charlie Kirk, the dismantling of the New School, reading slowly, and the impossible desire for cultural coherence. thebaffler.com/latest/if-you…
on inglewood
Amid a rapidly gentrifying present, the Inglewood Park Cemetery preserves my best friend's—and my neighborhood’s—story, writes Joshua N. Hernandez.
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.@LRB has produced an excellent podcast series called "Aftershock" that revisits its coverage of the War on Terror. A must listen
lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-video…
