Lori Allen

Middle East Studies Association New report from MESA and AAUP: “Discriminating Against Dissent: The Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine,” which is the first systematic empirical study of governmen...

US profs should know about this important report that explains it all in comprehensive and comprehensible detail: mesana.org/advocacy/tas... :

Opinion | How Civil-Rights Law Was Turned Against Civil Rights Title VI is now a tool for silencing dissent.

A strong piece by Mohammed Fadel about the Trump (and Biden) administration's weaponization of civil rights law for the protection of Israel www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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And see report it's based on 👇⬇️

The third death of Palestinian politics This is part of a series of occasional posts critically assessing Palestinian politics and 7 October

Yezid's latest - very interesting and provocative - substack. "Palestinian politics faces an existential crisis." Not for the first time open.substack.com/pub/sayighye...

We buried my aunt Mary last Friday I pause my weekly commentary on Middle East and global politics for a more personal reflection

Yezid's latest Substack post, a poignant and interesting brief essay on his family's history, as the last of the Nakba generation passes away : substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

How far might Israel’s far-right go? Everything that once seemed to be far-fetched should now be treated as probable, worldwide but also in Israel—including overturning parliamentary elections

Yezid's latest ponder: A core feature of the far-right is its penchant for rupture, whipping up emotions it can harness for transgressive violence. I argue that comfortable certainties must be set aside, & ask:

How far might Israel’s far-right go? sayighyezid.substack.com/p/how-far-mi...

I just signed the bsky.app/profile/tamu... petition: Defend Academic Freedom at Texas A&M University! Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...

Judge Stops Trump from Deporting Noncitizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy Middle East Studies Association of North America | - American Association of University Profe...

Judge Stops Trump from Deporting Noncitizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy www.juancole.com/2026/01/depo...

When the United States leaves the United Nations We are already witnessing the manifestations of U.S. withdrawal from the UN, even if its formal departure has not yet been announced—and may not be

Yezid's latest Cassandrapost: When the United States leaves the United Nations open.substack.com/pub/sayighye...

Mischief in Arabia—and its ripple effects The regional effects of Saudi-Emirati tensions will complicate, or even derail, any attempt to repair the two countries’ relationship

open.substack.com/pub/sayighye... Yezid's latest substack about Saudi-UAE relations and what's impacting lives of the people of Yemen, Sudan, and the rest of the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea

A viable new Palestinian politics starts with 7 October An updated narrative by Hamas of its 7 October attack sidesteps the question of what its concrete objectives were, but Palestinian politics requires an honest debate about exactly this.

Check out Yezid's latest substack - on the need for a real accounting (and accountability) . He voices important questions and critiques of how such silence has persisted about what Hamas did, accomplished, expected, prompted, is responsible for... open.substack.com/pub/sayighye...

Standing with Palestinian Higher Education since 1978 | Friends of Palestinian Universities Friends of Palestinian Universities builds UK and international academic solidarity, partnership, and exchange with Palestinian higher education institutions facing systematic attack. We work to suppo...

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Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy Justice secretary urged to ‘show a bit of humanity’ with protesters severely ill after refusing food for weeks

some of the hunger strikers are on day 51; Bobby Sands died on day 66. How heartless is this government determined to be?

UN’s IPC: Gaza out of Famine for Now, but Severe Malnutrition Continues, as Newborn dies of Hypthermia The bad news is that in October and November 2025, "the majority of the population continued to face high levels of acute food insecurity

UN’s IPC: Gaza out of Famine for Now, but Severe Malnutrition Continues, as Newborn dies of Hypthermia

Help keep Palestinian network al-Shabaka continue as a critical voice and platform for debate:

‪@yezidsayigh.bsky.social‬ provides unique insights on Middle Eastern goings on. Check out his recent post on Egypt and the UAE in Sudan

Palestine 36 and the Hard Facts of History Annemarie Jacir’s epic portrayal of the revolt that never ended.

"Palestine 36" is not a film that Zionists will like, not least because they barely feature. ...As Jacir told The Guardian, “This film is for Palestinians. It’s our story that hasn’t been told.”
My review of Jacir's latest epic: www.merip.org/2025/12/pale....

Palestine 36 and the Hard Facts of History Annemarie Jacir’s epic portrayal of the revolt that never ended.

My review of Annemarie Jacir’s recent epic film, Palestine 36: www.merip.org/2025/12/pale... Check it out and see the movie when you can. It's a good one.

Palestinian Rights and Free Speech Rights Are Closely Linked A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is an important win for supporters of Palestinian liberation and opponents o...

The first of my 2 articles on a US court case regarding the intersection of Palestinian, academic, and speech freedoms:
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A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is a win

Friends! I'll be walking in a 5K UNRWA fundraiser on Sunday in support of Palestinian refugees - in honor of my mom Betty, who's turning 97 in a few days. Please donate what you can and share with others. Thanks! getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...

Ultraleftism Can’t Free Palestine Two years into Israel’s genocide, the US movement in solidarity with Palestinians is far weaker than it should be. To cut off American arms to Israel, we need to build a powerful movement oriented to ...

jacobin.com/2025/10/pale... So much wisdom in this conversation: "without focusing on that broader working-class agenda & without focusing on winning over people who don’t already agree with you ... how [will you] build enough power to... change US policy toward Israel and the Middle East”

Hey Americans: These ICE maniacs, who clearly need lifetimes of therapy for whatever propels them into such brutality, are not staying focused on brown people and Palestinians and noncitizens forever.

From Silence to Resistance: Second-Generation Palestinians in Germany Germany, home to Europe’s largest Palestinian community, excludes Israeli state violence from public discourse. Although the ongoing Nakba—the systematic and continuing forced displacement of Pales...

For anyone interested in Palestine, Palestinians, and the madness that is Germany, I highly recommend this essay by Sarah El Bulbeisi www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"No, the New York Times is not committing journalism."
"No, the New York Times is not committing to truth."
What Bret Stephens meant to say.

because none of us is free until Palestinians are free. 4/4

from across lines of difference and ignorance into shared refusal of human destruction-a moral act in these immoral times. An act of solidarity with Palestine and Palestinians, and with each other, a means to enhancing our efforts at building a more just world 3/4

of our tools (facts, words, narratives) of our audiences, and impacts. Contributors to this issue assert the importance of continuing our efforts to witness and denounce, to analyze and explain, to encourage boycott and to unionize. It brings together people 2/4

Public Anthropologist issue on Israel's genocide of Palestinians is now open access until October: brill.com/view/journal... (I co-edited with Heidi Mogstad). It's reflections on what anthropologists can contribute to public education about the genocide in Gaza, and the limitations 1/4

Novel analysis of Egypt - now available for readers of Arabic

What Treasures of Gaza We Save While Palestinians are made invisible by Israel and its Western allies, the The Arab World Institute’s special exhibit, “Treasures rescued from Gaza - 5000 (…)

Of possible interest, esp. if you're planning a trip to Paris by November: my review essay on an exhibit, “Treasures rescued from Gaza – 5000 years of history”, at the Arab World Institute
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