India's BJP is using Pepe the Frog, a meme made popular by 4chan/White nationalists in the US, to pitch a Hindu temple as a campaign issue for the upcoming elections.

What a time to be alive.

Whoa, it’s finally, officially out! zubair khalid and I write on the food practices of a Reshi moul saeb titled “Islamic Multiplicities in Kashmir: Debates about the Food Practices of a XVIth-Century Sufi Saint and the Modern Cult”

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Today would have been Benjamin Zephaniah's 66th birthday. A man of integrity who spoke truth to power. So sorely missed.

Preparing to go to 'the region'. First stop, Jordan.
I continue to seek access to the occupied Palestinian territory, in line with my UN mandate and procedures.

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention urges western media outlets to abandon framing that actively shields Israel from responsibility for crimes against the people of #Palestine and to utilize framing that recognizes the binding nature of international law. We are concerned that the western media…

The '8 heavens' of a 17th-century Dakani poet of African descent:

Malik Khushnud was born as a Qutb Shahi slave of African descent. His talents made him a diplomat for the Adil Shahi & Qutb Shahis. He wrote 'Jannat Singaar' in Dakani at the instance of M Adil Shah:

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Muhammad Adil Shah of #Bijapur #Deccan with his #African Prime Minister Ikhlas Khan.
c1660 #India n #Painting with LACMA #Lacma now.
William Dalrymple Don't Panik Jamal Jafri Indian Art
#African sInIndia
#Heritage #History in #Art of #India

Incredible story. USC offers a minor in “resistance to genocide”, this girl minored in it, was named valedictorian, and then they cancelled her speech because she might talk about genocide

Happening Now🚨: The Zionists attacked the Torah Jews Center in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, where they brutally beat the coordinator, and several others were taken to the hospital after receiving brutal injuries from the Zionist Nazis.

Israeli Military Police have Invaded a Anti…

1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is still too silent about the war in Gaza. Following my viral tweet last month, this is the updated & expanded version of how I see things based on >1000 articles and 1000s of videos/images of the war. 🧵of summary conclusions:

Together with other UN experts, I have condemned
the systematic and widespread destruction of housing, services and civilian infrastructure in Gaza as a war crime, crime against humanity and part of the genocide described in my #AnatomyofGenocide report.

The World Bank , #UN …

Today we learned that an Israeli military court has placed Palestinian Christian young woman Layan Nasir, who was arrested last week, in administrative detention for four months (renewable). No charges have been presented. Layan is just one of thousands of Palestinians who are in…

Iranian woman in the 60's.

🚨 #Gaza : Trying to return home after being forced out by the Israeli army‼️

A photo worth a thousand words!

Very heartbroken to know my last grandparent passed away an hour ago in Jabalia Camp, north of Gaza. My grandfather refused to leave the north, even after his house was destroyed in an air strike four months ago.
He is my last grandparent. I loved him. He loved me.
My heart is…

'Mini Rajasthan' of #Pakistan in #Karachi

The fact that this crackdown on academic freedom is happening at a private liberal arts college that brands itself entirely around teaching students ‘critical thinking’ is noteworthy.

Beit Hanoun is my hometown, situated amidst the rubble. Our house, two of my UNRWA schools, my high school, a hospital my father helped build, our groves, our water well, and many friends and family are buried under their own houses. Who is the terrorist?

Ummm in case im not the only one who missed this back in Feb this leaked convo re Columbia’s Antisemitism Taskforce is GOLD. James Schamus is a ⭐️ and I will make it a point to watch things he’s worked on in the coming weeks. Only joy I’ve had in a while!

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'Yugoslavs storm and burn down the Belgian embassy in response to the murder of Patrice Lumumba. Belgrade, January 1961.'