@brianjulrich
Professor of History @ShippensburgU, focused on Middle East since the rise of Islam, author of The Medieval Persian Gulf (https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700046/the-medieval-persian-gulf/), views are my own
The idea of the U.S. seizing #Iran ' s #Kharg Island seems like outside speculation rather than a true administration discussion at this point, but for those interested, here is a book on it
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Iโm delighted to see โThe Caliph and the Falconsโ take to the skies at Early Medieval Europe! I had a blast writing this with @medivalist.bsky.social as we followed the extraordinary journey of falcons from Scandinavia all the way to Baghdad. #medievalsky
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The academic equivalent of "you can judge someone by how they act with the server" is "you can judge someone by how they act with students whose success isn't tied to them/doesn't reflect on them" or maybe just "you can judge someone by how they act with students"
3.2 million people. 3.2 million people.
The idea of the U.S. seizing #Iran ' s #Kharg Island seems like outside speculation rather than a true administration discussion at this point, but for those interested, here is a book on it
That would be excellent and fill a gap!
Fiorani Piacentini has an extremely long "chapter" on it in The Ports of Oman
Aleppo Citadel at the beginning of spring
Strongly encourage all academics, novelists, reporters, bloggers, whatever to just email this account and state that you want to opt out of this idiocy.
Overload them with emails and make them regret they ever tried this shit.
expertoptout@superhuman.com
Pictures emerging from todayโs heavy bombing of Isfahan. Damages to the mirror works, tiles, floors, and carved wooden doors of Safavid palaces of Aali Qapu and Chehelsotoon. Both of these are within the UNESCO Heritage complex of Naqsh-e Jahan Square. These are 16th-17th century bldgs.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
The Canucks are hosting Ottawa at home tonight!
"It reminded me that America is not the center of the universe.โ โProfessor Matthew Shupp, Shippensburg University
Iran announces Mojtaba Khamenei as the country's third Supreme Leader succeeding his father. #Iran
Ahab Bdaiwi tweets: Iโm afraid the reading of this statement thatโs gaining traction online is done by non-specialists who donโt understand Shii clerical culture. Sistani didnโt issue this; his local office in Mashhad did. It is not a fatwa. And it doesnโt call communal defence.
My first thought when I saw this was why is Sistani writing in Farsi?
A strike on a residential area (polite way of saying labour accommodation) in Saudi has left two dead (Indian national and a Bangladeshi national), and 12 injuredโall Bangladeshis.
The attacks are killing migrant workers whoโve come to earn a living. Theyโre the ones bearing the brunt of this war.
4 deaths in the UAE now. Many more injuries. Nearly every victim is from the Middle East, South Asia or Africa.
Yet media coverageโesp British coverageโof Dubai continues to focus on โinfluencersโ & wealthy Westerners, reproducing the very racism & classism it claims to oppose.
Desalination plans have also reportedly been attacked in the Gulf States. Hard to see how attacking a water sources could ever EVER be legally justifiedโฆ.as if that even matters to anyone anymore
If it is confirmed that the US has directly attacked the Qeshm desalination facility, this government would join Saddam Husseinโs 90-91 attacks in Kuwait and Houthi strikes vs. Shuqaiq in 2019/2022. Not good company for the US.
Some background on an interview with a high-ranking official from a key Iranian Kurdish group #Iran #Kurds
If export routes are disrupted, energy supplies curtailed, and political paralysis prolonged, Iraqโs recent stabilization could unravel. The conflict may not be of Iraqโs making, yet its consequences could decisively shape the countryโs next chapter. โ Abbas Kadhim agsi.org/analysis/ira...
Is it a way of getting at academic integrity? That's how I'd approach it, unless maybe it was a Middle Eastern university
I asked a single question in an email which caused the investigation, and subsequent shutting down, of an illegal, multi-million dollar, degree-selling ring which was believed to be funding terrorism in southeast Asia.
New #OpenAccess book from @degruyterbrill.bsky.social:
Slavery and the Shaping of the Premodern Muslim Family
New book out today! www.routledge.com/Shakespeare-...
This is the book that led me to learn a lot about a lot of things, but also about hunting down the creator of a meme to get image permissions. (It's in the epilogue.)
Congratulations!
Our author Bruno Shirley will be giving a talk on March 9th. You can join it! Register here:
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There has not been any confirmed large-scale disruption to Middle Eastern crude production or exports at this stage. However, the marketโs sensitivity reflects how thin the buffer for disruption currently is. โ Kate Dourian agsi.org/analysis/oil...
Militarily, Iraqโs geography places it at the center of the confrontation. The country hosts U.S. forces while maintaining deep political, economic, and security ties with Iran. This dual alignment transforms Iraqi territory into strategic space contested by others. โ Abbas Kadhim