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Laleh Khalili
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Laleh Khalili is an Iranian American Professor of Gulf Studies at University of Exeter.

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · Mar 12
The Centre for Gulf Studies has now had three years of amazing virtual seminars, most of whose recordings can be found here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Keep an eye out for our seminar list for next year, coming towards the end of the summer!
Centre for Gulf Studies Virtual Seminar Series - YouTube
www.youtube.com

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 1d
This is not a historical turning point. Settler colonial regimes contain from their inception the kernel of fascism that will sooner or later be their defining characteristics.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'Historic turning point' • Israel moves toward recognizing Austrian party founded by former Nazis
The Austrian Freedom Party's leader gave a speech backing Israel's right-wing agenda that was welcomed by members of the Israeli government. Austria's established Jewish community vehemently rejects t...
www.haaretz.com

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2d
Aw thank you.

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2d
Damn, things got even more embarrassing for Sheeran

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2d
The Al Saud got the French special forces to do their dirty work then and now are hoping to get Pakistani air force to do it.

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2d
Doing a false flag against Mecca is definitely something that the Al Saud (who attacked and flooded the Haram Al Sharif in 1979) would do to preserve their power.

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2d
I was just asked by AHR to review an article. I responded so:
Ordinarily this would be so up my street, but given the woeful behaviour of AHA vis-a-vis Israeli genocide in Gaza, I am boycotting everything that has to do with the organisation.

Reposted by Felicity Callard

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2d
This wonderful review celebrates Patricio Guzman who just passed away, and whose Nostalgia for the Light may be the most beautifully devastating documentary ever:

www.anothergaze.com/great-motion...
Great, Motionless Ship: Patricio Guzmán’s Chile
On the anniversary of the Chilean coup d’état, Kaleem Hawa examines the political cinema of Patricio Guzmán, from The First Year (1972) to Chile, Obstinate Memory (1997), detailing how Salvador Allend...
www.anothergaze.com

Reposted by Patricia Owens

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2d
Something really has changed.

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2d
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"All of the remaining support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour have quit, after the rapper Macklemore was dropped from the line-up for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage. Among them were Finneas, the brother of pop star Billie Eilish, who said in a statement: "Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed." Irish singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe and Danish band Lukas Graham also announced their departure. Irish folk band Beoga, who perform with Sheeran on stage every night, dropped out too. The announcements came hours after Sheeran said he would not be drawn into a public debate over Gaza, and stressed he was not responsible for Macklemore being removed from the tour."

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 2d
If Sheeran had an ounce of courage, he would pull out of the tour and let Bob Kraft the paedophilic john and the promoters (Messina) pick up the pieces.