@oulakadhum
Diasporic lives, migration, transnational politics and religion. Leverhulme Fellow @SOAS working on Russian anti-war diaspora. Lover of food, literature, wine and all things fine. Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/oulakadhum
The term for that is White supremacy and any coverage of Reform that does not include that term is complicit in whitewashing White supremacy. Sometimes things really are that simple.
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My book is finally out! It explores the role of the Iraqi diaspora's transnational role in building post-2003 Iraq, looking at both elite and grass-roots mobilisation and assessing their legacy.
#migration #diaspora #state-building #iraq
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
Really happy to share that my first book, 'Diasporic State-Building: Transnational Networks and the Making of 2003 Iraq' will be out next month with Cambridge University Press!!
#Iraq #diaspora #state-building #transnationalism
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The fabulous @oulakadhum.bsky.social and I are planning on putting together a panel on diaspora politics and decolonization for @mybisa.bsky.social annual conference, if anyone is interested in joining?!
More info below, please get in touch via c.r.craven@sheffield.ac.uk
Such incredible news!
Egypt's president pardons British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
"Mum & I are heading to the prison now to inquire from where Alaa will be released and when... OMG I can't believe we get our lives back!"
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This stuff may well be for show, but nonetheless over the past 4 days there has been a remarkable realignment in the Gulf after the Doha strike
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Yes, the podcast discusses this and how we should read some of his work. I found it insightful and helpful.
I just finished listening to this LRB podcast on Graeber, which you might enjoy www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...
Cillian Murphy: I have ROMO: Relief Of Missing Out
Immediately adding this into my lexicon.
More peaceful protesters in London being arrested for holding placards that read “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action”
Under a Labour government, UK 2025
www.instagram.com/reel/DORiNmE...
Israel appears to be destroying high-rise buildings as part of its displacement efforts and aims to conquer Gaza city. Israeli law prof Eliav Lieblich comments: "17 years in the field and I haven't seen a 'state of law' that conducts itself like this. There isn't a millimetre of legality here."
The Israeli government talks as if it is comfortable with international isolation. But they are also privately running a massive survey and focus group project in the US and Europe to try to figure out how to stave off pariah status. New report from @dropsitenews.com
Im happy to share the 1st publication from my Leverhulme project ‘Russian anti-war resistance’. The paper explores the migration and transnationalism of Russians against the war living abroad. Its open access, feel free to share.
comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Im happy to share the 1st publication from my Leverhulme project ‘Russian anti-war resistance’. The paper explores the migration and transnationalism of Russians against the war living abroad. Its open access, feel free to share.
comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10....
“The power is not just with the prime ministers or with the governments. The power is with us, and we can start choosing through our wallet.”
My interview with Francesca Albanese.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
also this is late, but i had a great time at ICCEES last week, but thank you to @oulakadhum.bsky.social for motivating me to escape the pre-viva cocoon and chat about migration, childhood, families, and scams.
🚨BREAKING: We’re deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups.
This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
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BBC broadcasters casually talking about bombing Iran as though they were discussing playing golf. Have any western commentators condemned the unprovoked attacks by Israel on a sovereign country? Have they learned nothing from Iraq and Afghanistan? Does this hell never and for people from the MENA?
Genocidal thug
Today, the World Food Programme stockpiles inside Gaza finally ran out, 54 days after the Israeli military banned aid supplies to the area.
Unless Israel’s blockade is ended or broken, civilians in Gaza will eventually start dying of starvation in large numbers.
www.wfp.org/news/wfp-run...
This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
🚨 Tesla posts a $400M profit, down 71% year-over-year. Revenue is down nearly $2B compared to the same time last year. Wow.
Time for Trump to wear the MAPA cap: Make America Poor Again
