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College Art Association Conference 2019
I will be in NYC next week for CAA’s 2019 conference. I’ll be presenting on decolonizing the classroom (in the original liberation sense, not the current vapid buzzword sense). There is a pay-as-you-wish day pass, so if you are around … Continue reading
دانيال، ابن بهيجة
ترجمة: هلا قمبريس لإنجليزية الأصلية: Daniel, Ibn Bahija أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يُكَذِّبُ بِالدِّينِ فَذَٰلِكَ الَّذِي يَدُعُّ الْيَتِيمَ. الماعون، ٢-١: ١٠٧ لا نزال نحن المنبوذين، شظايا طردت من الجسد. جسمنا يحيطُ بنا، ويحتوينا، فيطردنا؛ ثم يعود إلى حالة «كما لو» … Continue reading
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Tagged فلسطين, لبنان, الاتجار, التبني, سوريا
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“Kamal Shaqi”: Islamophobia, online bots, and Twitter’s focused attack on the left
ABSTRACT In the summer of 2014, renowned American Indian studies professor Steven Salaita had his appointment to a tenured professorship revoked by the board of trustees of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Salaita’s employment was terminated in response to … Continue reading
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I’ve uploaded papers, conference presentations, articles, etc. to Academia.edu [link to Academia.edu]; I hope this will serve as a more central repository of output than various blogs/web sites. Thanks for reading.
White Savior Syndrome™
(or: “The Journalistic Stunt of Trafficking Syrian Children”) In a recent article written for Information Clearing House [link], Franklin Lamb states: “I confess to having purchased four children near Ramlet el Baida beach recently from a stressed-out Syrian woman.” The article … Continue reading
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The seeker and the sought.
Update: I’ve uploaded the foreword to Academia.edu: https://www.academia.edu/15249125/The_Seeker_and_the_Sought I was honored to be asked to provide the introduction to an anthology of writing concerning adoption reunion: Adoption Reunion in the Social Media Age, an Anthology, edited by Laura Dennis. The … Continue reading
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Tagged adoptees, adoption, adoption experience, adoption reunion, anthology, book, mental health professionals, reunion, voice
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What is the obverse of “ghost” and “haunting”?
Originally posted on Transracialeyes:
We’ve spoken about ghosts here and there. Lately, with reunion looming, I feel like I am haunting my own life, finding might-have-been footsteps; meeting could-have-been friends and, inch’allah, even family. But the metaphor is bothering me.…
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What does “Moving On” look like?
Originally posted on Transracialeyes:
It seems at every juncture I turn and run smack into adoption. I consciously try to avoid it, but it seems to seek me out. For four decades I just lived my life and denied my…
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