STEREOTYPING ARABS – A Timeless Hollywood Tradition (youtu.be)

Arabs suffer from a long and systematic stereotyping from the West. From the Orientalist movement of the 18th century till today, Western perceptions of Arabs and by extension Muslims, are based on what they have been conditioned to believe through the media be it in the form of literature, art, and more recently, movies and...

A Moroccan activist was sentenced to 5 years for criticizing the country’s ties to Israel (apnews.com)

An activist who criticized Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with Israel was sentenced to five years in prison, as some of the Arab world’s largest pro-Palestinian protests continue to sweep the country. Abdul Rahman Zankad of Mohammedia, Morocco was arrested in March after posting on Facebook about the Israel-Hamas...

British Museum investigated over Ethiopian artefacts hidden from view for 150 years (www.theguardian.com)

Watchdog examining claims key details have not been disclosed about altar tablets it is facing calls to return The British Museum is being investigated by the information watchdog over claims it has been overly secretive about some of the most sensitive items in its collection – a group of sacred Ethiopian altar tablets that...

The Pacific is generally closer linked to Israel than Palestine — but these activists are speaking up - ABC Pacific (www.abc.net.au)

In a region historically linked more closely with Israel than Palestine, some activists in the Pacific Islands have been speaking up against the status quo, staging rallies and voicing solidarity on social media.

“A Suggestion for a Different Existence in Israel-Palestine” – Eastwards: R. Binyamin, Binationalism and Counter-Zionism (trafo.hypotheses.org)

Avi-ram Tzoreff in conversation with Georges Khalil about his new book on R. Binyamin, his take on binationalism, (counter-)zionism and how this relates to current historiographical and political debates within Israel.

New Book / Discussion—“Cheddi Jagan and the Cold War: 1946-1992” (repeatingislands.com)

Cheddi Jagan (1918–1997) was the first major politician in the Anglophone Caribbean enraptured by Marxism-Leninism as espoused by the Soviet Union − the beacon for the radical transformation of colonies like his country, British Guiana (Guyana). Moreover, he sought to persuade US President Kennedy, that although this was the...

A Q&A with Afro-Latina author and poet Melania Luisa Marte (repeatingislands.com)

Melania Luisa Marte is the author of Plantains and Our Becoming (Tiny Reparations Books, August 2023). National Book Award–winning author Elizabeth Acevedo (author of Clap When You Land and Family Lore) calls Marte’s book “a full-throated war cry; both a request for anointment and the responding bendición.” The book...

CFP: “Small Islands, Proximity, and Connection in the Eastern Caribbean” (repeatingislands.com)

Here is a call for papers for a special issue of In the Same Sea, a project that “advances the hypothesis that the Lesser Antilles were decisively shaped by inter-island connections that transformed separate islands into a common world of slavery and freedom.” This project, based at the University of Copenhagen, has received...

$7bn of gold is buried in these PNG hills. The battle to claim it has been called 'Game of Thrones on crack' (www.abc.net.au)

PNG's Porgera gold mine could potentially transform the fortunes of an impoverished province now that it has reopened. But some locals say they've experienced considerable environmental damage from the mine's waste and tailings.

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