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We engage in a broad discussion of Kurdish history, culture, politics, literature and language, with particular attention to issues of statelessness, identity, and violence. We talk about the current moment with regard to Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and the US-Israel war on Iran and beyond.
We engage in a broad discussion of Kurdish history, culture, politics, literature and language, with particular attention to issues of statelessness, identity, and violence. We talk about the current moment with regard to Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and the US-Israel war on Iran and beyond.
A note: I mention Temaşa-i Dünya ve Cefakar ü Cefakeş, written in Greek alphabet by Evangelinos Misailidis as the first novel in Turkish, I didn't remember at the moment that there was an even earlier Turkish novel, equally unrecognized, which was written by Hovsep Vartanian in Armenian alphabet.
The text I read at the beginning can be found here (and thanks to the Decolonial Passage and its editor Audrey Shipp for their support): thedecolonialpassage.net/2024/11/10/n...
I am grateful to @palumboliu.bsky.social and Hevin Karakurt for our conversation on Speaking Out of Place. We talked about literature, language, dehumanization, colonialism, academia, far right, Kurdishness, and posthumanism. Here is the episode:
open.spotify.com/episode/193G...
We talk about the connection between power and knowledge, between ecocide and genocide, and the need to democratize education and research if we are going to have the kind of world we want to both live in, and to pass on to other generation
Daniel Naawenkangua Abukuri's short story on gravelessness in contexts of violence, published by the decolonial passage: thedecolonialpassage.net/2026/02/25/o...
"...la desaparición, tanto en sentido estricto como en el modo más amplio de ser borrado, parece insistir que lo humano puede ser retirado del mundo sin dejar rastro; que alguien puede convertirse en pregunta; que el silenciamiento puede ser una forma de gobierno."
revistacomun.com/blog/desapar...
Barış Arslan, Serkan Koç'un Kahtalı Mıçe belgeseli üstüne çok güzel yazmış.
fikrisinema.com/kahtali-mice...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
A few days ago, I received the evaluation on an academic manuscript. One of the reviewer reports was clearly written by an LLM. Any editor who sends me one of those should know that their journal will not convince me to do one single review for them for the rest of the times.
Practicing Digital Ethnography, to which I contributed a micro-chapter on the concept of "Representation", is out. Thanks to Devin Proctor for a great editorial process.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
My deepest solidarity to those who are suffering from state violence in Minnesota. I know how it feels to be hit, gassed, and insulted. I also know what it is like to watch your fellows be murdered on social media. They use violence to make you feel inferior. Don't let them.
Kurdish Red Crescent reports that four children have died from cold in Rojava: www.rudaw.net/english/midd...
Escribí sobre los ataques contra Rojava y sobre cómo estos forman parte de un proyecto neocolonialista: www.revistafiloscritica.com/post/rojava-...
Heyva Sor (the Kurdish Red Crescent) is calling for donations to support displaced people in Rojava: heyvasor.com/en/2026/01/1...
He hecho algunos comentarios sobre los ataques contra la Administración Autónoma Democrática del Norte y Este de Siria y la grave situación en Rojava para @es.france24.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HOY...
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Syrian security forces are committing war crimes in autonomous Kurdish neighborhoods. This should be considered part of a larger wave of extreme violence perpetrated by US-backed governments in West Asia, which includes the current Syrian administration.
www.rudaw.net/english/midd...
Les comparto mi último texto sobre la lucha contra el neofascismo en Asia Occidental, publicado en la Revista Filos Crítica.
www.revistafiloscritica.com/post/la-impo...
I am very happy to see that my creative nonfiction piece, "Note From Nonpeople", has been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology by the Decolonial Passage: thedecolonialpassage.net/2025/10/08/b...
SAR’s #Free2Think2025 report is here! As violent threats to #highered in authoritarian contexts persist, recent years have seen increases in attacks on historically liberal contexts—incl. in the #UnitedStates. Read the report’s pressing findings now: www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...
Hell is other chatbots.
Scholars at Risk is now active on Bluesky! SAR is an international network of institutions and individuals working to protect scholars and promote academic freedom. Keep an eye out for our upcoming #Free2Think2025 report, documenting global attacks on #highered! Learn more: scholarsatrisk.org
