Mark Twain on Thanksgiving:
Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England 2 or 3 centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for annually, not oftener, if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians…
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All 6 of Edward W. Said's recorded Reith lectures on Representations of the Intellectual can be heard here:
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
I made a zine! It's dedicated to Palestinian folklore and folk religion. This first issue is the folktale 'The Promise Kept' which comes from Gaza.
It's available for your own set price, or free if you like!
soniasulaiman.itch.io/paranormal-p...
Download your free copy of the anthology "Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire," which I had the honor of co-editing in 2022. Light in Gaza explores the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and the struggle for liberation.
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1861-l...
a foreign debt paid for 50+ years to a Yurop country because the new postcol state decided to not be a federal state and this state spiraled down by occupying another Indigenous land & people. i've known this history for so long now; it's still maddening.
preparing this lecture on the early months of indonesian independence and feeling numb. i feel like more students must know that the failure of the indonesian revolution is pretty much cosmic.
This publication, for READ PALESTINE WEEK (Nov 29 - December 5) is now available in digital format, free, at our Gumroad storefront: arablit.gumroad.com
random thought: the project of reclaiming pentecostal spirit, from its charismatic hell to the freedom of soul that my tongue speaks languages, that my breathing is a history of the cast out, of the non-onoma, until the unsung repraise
borrowing ebooks from CPL via Hoopla has been my fav thing for the past five years. and Hoopla's scrolling feature is truly a savior for a doomscroller like me.
