BREAKING: Jewish American activists with @jvp.bsky.social have taken over the lobby of Trump Tower in New York to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who faces deportation for protesting Israel's war on Gaza.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Exhibition Engagement Officer to join our team! Find all details here: rb.gy/utleoj #Dublinjobs #MuseumJobs #Irishjobs

Few days left to apply to "Libraries in the Ottoman World" that I am organizing w/ my great colleagues in Dublin
@tcddublin.bsky.social @chesterbeatty.bsky.social
in November. We want to cover the linguistic and regional breadth of the Ottoman world: chesterbeatty.ie/collections/...

The application pages for the Mediterranean Seminar's 2025 Summer Skills Seminars are now open.

This year's offerings include:
- Islamic Legal Texts: In Depth - Aun Hasan Ali
- Medieval & Early Modern Cartography: An Introduction - Karen Mathews (New for 2025)

NB, we are looking for anything that happened under the large umbrella of the Ottoman dynasty: all regions, all languages, all religions. Abstracts are due by February 28.

I you are working on any aspect of library culture in the wider Ottoman world, consider submitting an abstract for the conference I co-organize with my wonderful colleagues in Dublin, Moya Carey @chesterbeatty.bsky.social and Murat Şiviloğlu @tcddublin.bsky.social! www.saw-leipzig.de/de/projekte/...

In my second contribution, I analyse the endowment seals in the context of sealing practices in the region and the Ottoman empire as a whole. Both articles are part of a great collaborative effort to shed light on one of the region's most splendid cultural institutions. brill.com/display/book...

First, the history of Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar's library. How did the infamous governor get his hands on those books? Was it all theft and violence? My analysis of the history of its surviving volumes suggests a more nuanced story. brill.com/display/book...

For my first post under the blue sky, I am delighted to share two of my latest articles on Ottoman book culture. I feel these are especially relevant as they deal with Palestine at a time when its culture and history are particularly imperilled.

Very nice! I have seen similar patterns used in books at later dates. The reading proposed for the motto is not correct, however. It should read: اعتمادي على خالقي وكفى