Fatima Zahid Ali.
@FatimaZahidAli
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Full-time PhD (@VUBrussel @echo_vub), part-time TV connoisseur. Perpetually angry at the weather, cancer, social injustices & small talk. Serial bibliophile.
Brussels, Belgium
Joined August 2011
Which histories remain inaudible when we write/study History? How do we write Peoples' histories? Join us to discuss Pakistan's many histories. 📅 Mon 2 Feb - ONLINE 🕓 4pm🇬🇧 9pm🇵🇰 🗣️ & 🆓 reg. details: https://t.co/bq5EVIXFK8
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Just saw someone saying using the em-dash is a sign of something being written by AI, because real people rarely use it. This is terrible news for everyone like me who has an unhealthy emotional attachment to the em-dash.
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"Businessmen became politicians and were acclaimed as statesmen, while statesmen were taken seriously only if they talked the language of successful businessmen." — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
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A genocide has become background noise, just a thing that is constantly happening. Horrific levels of normalisation
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the US elections are just a gender reveal for the bombs fired at the middle east
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Not everyone is blessed enough to have someone who gets them completely, but everyone can have books, music, cinema, and art. May the right art reach you when you need it.
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We have, for too long, shackled the bakery to the morning. Night bakeries. Fresh croissants at 11pm. It is possible.
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We, colleagues of @bahruz_samad have written a statement demanding his release and urging governments and representatives to do all they can. Please consider signing the letter via
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Routledge books are notorious for their weird covers, but this one just defeats them all in the awkwardness contest. Back cover and all. And to prove that I’m not making this up: https://t.co/uGhn2t67IK
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“Energised and inspired to kick off another academic semester!”
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just realised that “very demure very mindful” is the tiktok american version of “so beautiful so elegant just looking like a wow”
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insane that you have to defend yourself at the end of the ph.d. why are you attacking me i’m so tired
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🤓Still reeling from exhaustion (the good kind!) attending @ECREA_eu Doctoral Summer School at @roskildeuni in 🇩🇰. Definitely one of the most enriching & intellectually stimulating experiences. Great connections, impeccable organization, beautiful campus, & just so much fun! ⭐️
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Global North scholars identifying the “knowledge gap” in their literature reviews of decolonial thought even though they only read in English.
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1) Put off tasks until August 2) Arrive in August 3) Have a breakdown
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