Ilhan Omar is an absolute star. I could watch her go after the ugly man 100 times #Minnesotastrong #Somalistrong
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Ilhan Omar is an absolute star. I could watch her go after the ugly man 100 times #Minnesotastrong #Somalistrong
Standing in solidarity with my many Somali friends. I am so sorry for the garbage coming from the White House.
This was a very uncomfortable interview to watch, and Getachew Reda did not come out looking good.
What is the objective in putting this story (and only this story) out on the #transdayofremembrance ? Adding insult to (mortal) injury? Shame on the #BBC and #EHRC
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance www.bbc.com/news/article...
Today’s ’Just when you thought things couldn’t get more insane’ news:
Trump caps refugee admissions at 7,500 - mostly white South Africans www.bbc.com/news/article...
Solidarity to all who take to the streets today. #NoKings
Very sad to learn of passing of Maxamed Saeed Maxamed ‘Gees’, fmr Somaliland Minister of Planning, Director of the Somaliland Academy for Peace & Development, intellectual, professor. I worked for him in 1998 & we remained firm friends ever since. May he rest in peace.
The IPC’s confirmation of famine in Gaza is not early warning. It’s an indication that it’s already too late to prevent starvation of those already at Stage 5. Immediate ceasefire & full humanitarian access are needed to
keep the situation from worsening
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Great and timely piece by my colleagues Giorgia Dóna, Charlotte Sanders & Paolo Novak: As protesters and politicians call for the closure of asylum hotels, what are the alternatives? #migration #asylumseekerhousing #immigration theconversation.com/as-protester...
Read this letter from the presidents of Gaza’s universities and imagine what it takes to keep a university functioning under the conditions they face. Such bravery and dedication. We need a ceasefire now!
aje.io/66loh2
Very excited about ‘Learning from South Omo’ - an exhibition highlighting new research from Southern Ethiopia. Doors open at the Gabre Kristos Desta Centre this Thursday 16th of July. If you’re in Addis then be sure to drop by. And if you’re not, you can read about it here: grnpp.org/learning-fro...
#Migration Peeps: Our new CoMOOC on Migration research has opened today. Free to join for the next 3 weeks!! Check it out! Share your research/insights/creativity!!!
www.futurelearn.com/courses/conn...
8 years. I keep thinking about how the kids who we lost would have been young adults now. Like my kids. 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
That feeling when it's 6:30 am and you're about to board a long-haul flight. So you download 50 files to read/comment on while in the air. Then you buy a @vanityfair.com and ....
The US Administration is now explicitly threatening similar illegal, authoritarian assaults on every university in the country.
Our entire system of higher education is under attack. The powers being used as weapons are perversions of the public trust.
This is a disaster from every angle. And it has nothing to do with addressing antisemitism at Harvard.
Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students www.bbc.com/news/article...
So nice to meet Somaliland Minister of Environment and Climate Change Minister Abdillahi Jama Osman today in my office at SOAS! Please excuse the mess!
"The Centre for Policy Studies claimed the lifetime net fiscal cost of recent migrants would be £234 billion.
However, this used the wrong data for earnings & employment. Simply correcting the errors results in a net fiscal *benefit* of about £125 bn."
www.independent.co.uk/voices/tight...
Shame on the Worcester Police and on ICE. But I am proud to see City Councillor Etel Haxhiaj, my former student, standing up for her community members who face arrest and deportation. She is as tough as they come, but with a heart of gold.
Last night SOAS President Zeinab Badawi launched Humanitarian Action for Sudan, a group led by nonpartisan Sudanese Diaspora to provide essential relief to civilians caught in the conflict in Sudan. Check out their website here: www.humanitarianactionsudan.org
SOAS is immensely proud to be a partner with HAS. Since the idea for this group was hatched only 3 months ago, they have already started delivering aid across Sudan through trusted local organisations. Please join us in supporting them! Link in previous post ⬆️
You know you’ve stayed at work too long when the Central Line looks like this. #tfl
Oh the irony of the US fretting that the fertility rate is dropping below the 1.8 needed to maintain current population size, who we need to work, pay taxes and care for our elders while at the same time rushing to deport migrants who are - er - working, paying taxes and caring for our grandparents.
Finally a joint statement from the US’ colleges and universities. This is the kind of unity we need more of.
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
Mum, can we go to the beach now? Yes we can! Off to tropical southern England, back after Easter.
Beautiful tribute to Amadou Bagayoko by SOAS’ Prof Lucy Durán. Amadou and Mariam have been a constant part of my family’s soundtrack for many years. May he rest in peace.
Read this together with my previous post and weep.😭
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
ICYMI: my inaugural lecture. 🍿 ☕️ 🍷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUCu...
