Ibrahim N. Abusharif
@i_abusharif
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Assoc Prof @NUQatar: narrative journalism & storywork • religious studies • digital religion & authority • translation • coffee • views mine • Likes/RTs ≠ love
Doha | Chicago
Joined February 2011
RT @Suntimes: An organization claims there is a full-grown man living inside “the Bean.” He utters no sound, but you can see him — when the….
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Ald. Brendan Reilly, in whose ward the Bean sits, says its nonsense and doesn't want to keep responding to calls about it to his office.
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RT @BlueATLGeorgia: John Oliver not mincing words: "Gaza is starving, is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly mislead….
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RT @itsjueun: Powerful piece by my dear professor @i_abusharif . This part stays with me: .Is it “pro-Palestinian” to call for the end of v….
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This media shorthand is increasingly used to conflate violence with acts of solidarity and protest against mass murder.
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RT @BSmile: Today In 1979: The infamous "Disco Demolition Night" is held at Comiskey Park! The ensuing chaos and damage to the field forces….
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RT @AJEnglish: "To describe peaceful protests against the genocidal violence in Gaza as 'pro-Palestinian' is disparaging. Opposing the stra….
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This media shorthand is increasingly used to conflate violence with acts of solidarity and protest against mass murder.
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RT @jasmineelgamal: ‼️This NYT investigation reveals what's been clear for months: Netanyahu has inflicted what has become a genocide in G….
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Secret meetings, altered records, ignored intelligence: the inside story of the prime minister’s political calculations since Oct. 7.
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In this latest piece of mine (in @AJEnglish) I argue that the term “pro-Palestinian” has become a lazy journalistic shorthand that collapses advocacy, outrage, and solidarity into a euphemism for violence. I argue why we should consider retiring it—and speak with clarity about.
"The term 'pro-Palestinian' operates within a false linguistic economy. It flattens a grossly unequal reality. as if occupied, bombarded and displaced people are equal to one of the most advanced armies in the world.". — #AJOpinion by Ibrahim Abusharif
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RT @commondreams: Peace without justice is an anesthetic, and anesthetics wear off, says @i_abusharif.
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Mainstream coverage—especially in conservative media—attempts to pathologize public rage, diagnosing it as deviance or irrationality rather than consequence.
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My latest for Common Dreams. I turn toward the meaning and message of the LA unrest several weeks ago. The gist: . “The recurring tableau of public rage in urban America has been reduced to visual shorthand—burning cars, shattered glass, tossed stones, fleeing reporters, looting.
Peace without justice is an anesthetic, and anesthetics wear off, says @i_abusharif.
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RT @FranceskAlbs: This is not business as usual. My new UN report, From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide, is out today. It show….
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Mainstream American press bends over backwards to avoid the word “genocide“ when reporting on Israel’s assault on Gaza. This isn’t a matter of semantics or editorial caution. There are many qualified and credible scholars, human rights groups, and international court systems who.
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My latest piece for @commondreams. Here I suggest seeking answers in dystopian fiction to tell us what is wrong with our dystopian nonfiction.
A university that survives only by avoiding discomfort and confrontation is no longer a university; it is a finishing school churning out bureaucrats for the group-think industry, writes @i_abusharif.
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RT @commondreams: A university that survives only by avoiding discomfort and confrontation is no longer a university; it is a finishing sch….
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In this moment of disruption, to teach, to write, and to read critically are no longer normative acts expected of rigor and scholarship; they have become, in face of federal bullying, acts of...
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RT @RichardERoeper: Chicago is the only city in history that has been instrumental in producing a Pope, a President, a Dark Knight and a GO….
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RT @MMFlint: Went to see THE ENCAMPMENTS in NYC — it blew me away. One of the best docs I've seen in years. It's about the campus encampmen….
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