Our History is Our Mandate
An edited talk delivered at the London School of Economics and Social Sciences on Nov 7th 2023 I spend a […]
Statement on humanitarian action and the situation in Palestine
On the 31st of October 2023, professors and participants in the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Action at the Geneva Centre
The politics of condemnation
As if he was, for the occasion of Halloween, joyfully embracing the figure of the grotesque, Hubert Aiwanger, former as
A critique of humanitarianism on the brink of genocide
That humanitarian language, materials, and practice offer a space for politics to hide (Feldman, 2018, p. 131) can probably not
Not even Israel can block the sun
The title of this statement is a direct quote from Gazan-based journalist Muhammad Smiry, who took footage of how people
We Are All the South
A Call from Birzeit University Union of Professors and Employees to academic and cultural communities worldwide On the twenty-seventh day
Palestinian Resistance is a Way of Being
2023 will be recorded historically as the year that Palestinians stood boldly in the face of colonial fascism and screamed
Gaza in light of German Holocaust memory culture
German Foreign Minister and Green party member Annalena Baerbock announced on the 23rd of October that Germany will not support
We stand with Palestine, whether right or wrong
“We stand with Palestine, whether right or wrong!” (nahnu m‘a falastîn zâlimâ aw mazlûma) is a phrase uttered in 1974
Now is Our Moment to Act
As anthropologists, scholars, and teachers, now is our moment to act. It has always been our responsibility, as academics and