The countdown to #TESOL2025 is on! Excited to be a #TESOLPartner for the event. The advance registration is coming up soon. Will you be joining us? Use my exclusive discount NMVC2025 to save 20%. https://t.co/iEkNoocNA7 #TESOL @TESOL_Assn

Dear friends, I fear this will be the final letter that I write to you from the Global Sumud Flotilla — now just 120 NM from the shores of Gaza. Last night, several Israeli naval ships menaced our convoy. They attacked our vessels, intimidated our crew, and disabled our

As I watch Israel's illegal abduction of the only humans who have risked their lives to break Israel's unlawful blockade, my thoughts are with the people of Gaza, trapped in Israel's killing fields. Shame on Western governments first and foremost, and their complicit inaction.

I write as former Head of Maritime Section of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Alternate Head of UK Delegation to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Prepcom. 1) The flotilla is on the High Seas and not in Israel's 12 mile territorial sea. Israel has no jurisdiction.

If you’re watching this I have been illegally detained by Israel, for trying to deliver baby formula, food and medicine to Gaza. Demand our government uphold international law and hold Israel to account.

The unlawful interception of the Flotilla is no act of self-defense — it is a blatant act of desperation. It lays bare the extremes the occupier is willing to pursue to keep Gaza starved and cut off. A peaceful civilian mission is attacked precisely because the arrival of

SOS!! 🆘🆘🆘 Global Sumud Flotilla have been illegally intercepted and kidnapped by the Zionist Entity in international waters! Please make noise with your governments. This is a war crime.

Research Article Sustaining Indigenous Language and Knowledge in Island Communities of the Maldives: Challenges and Facilitators  🔗 https://t.co/yvKrkTcdJX @Naashia_M, Mizna Mohamed, Mohamed Inaz

Our JEM special issue on Multilingualism, Indigenous Knowledges, and Sustainability is live and fully open access! Proud of this collection and the inspiring contributions on linguistic and epistemic justice, Indigenous knowledges, and sustainability. ➡️

New article co-authored with Mizna Mohamed and @inaz1 examining how language loss in the Maldives is tied to the erosion of ecological knowledge, is out now in a SI edited by @PaulJMeighan and @ChingChingLin2. Access it here:

@Naashia_M Congratulations to you and all your co-editors. Great to see funds of knowledge being explored and applied in teacher ed across the globe. Can't wait to get hold of a copy ☺️ @fundsknowledge

FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE IN TEACHER EDUCATION edited by Laura Liu, @Naashia_M @ChingChingLin2 Clara Vaz Bauler & Kirti Kapur ✊🏽❤️💪🏾 @igiglobal https://t.co/2aRzuOryHw

OPEN ACCESS: "Foreword: A Translocal and International View of the Funds of Knowledge and Identity Approach" https://t.co/xnmW3eD9qV in amazing volume https://t.co/LrIihPTmr1 edited by L. Liu, @Naashia_M, @ChingChingLin2, C. V. Bauler, & K. Kapur @igiglobal @fundsknowledge

Delighted to share the publication of a new volume on Funds of Knowledge in teacher education that I had the privilege of co-editing alongside the fabulous Laura Liu, Ching-Ching Lin, Clara Vaz Bauler, and Kirti Kapur. Check out the book here:

How hard do you try to get people's names right? How do you feel when someone doesn't bother to say your name correctly? In this blog I share some of my own experiences of how people butcher my name, and implications for teachers in the classroom. https://t.co/3Dh86VG1Am

Every country in the civilised world should be applying sanctions on the United States for its facilitation of ethnic cleansing. This is the only acceptable response. Anything less is a moral failure and cowardice.

We hope 2025 is going well for you so far! This year’s symposium will be hosted by Waikato University, Sat 22 Nov 2025. We hope this helps with your planning, and we will update you further as planning progresses. Future joint ALAA/ALANZ/ALTAANZ conferences are seen attached.

Join us for the first B-MEIS event of 2025! Webinar: Critical Reflections on Identities: Teachers as Change Agents in Global Contexts. Presenters: Drs. Hyunjin Jinna Kim and Huseyin Usyal. 🗓️January 22, 5pm-6pm (EST). https://t.co/18YOHsTuKT Register: https://t.co/5QKcsIOHs9

Classroom ideas to explore language in its social context. https://t.co/RhjccdCvxY