A snapshot of the violence “that the Islamic Republic inflicts on all those who oppose its fascist rule. It should be read by all those Eurocentric leftists who invoke the false dichotomy of US (imperialism) vs. Iran (anti-imperialism) in their selective solidarities.”

I will be screening the soundpiece (Woman, Life, Freedom; The Sounds of A Revolution) I have co-produced with Reza Hakiminejad and co-edited with Duncan Whitley on Wed 22 May Centre for Feminist Research (CFR), Goldsmiths Goldsmiths, University of London

Thinking and writing on ‘City Centre South’ - a large-scale urban intervention in the heart of Coventry, through our Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) funded research ‘Undoing Open City; The Demolition of Coventry’s City Arcade and Bull Yard’ with Reza Hakiminejad rgs.org/in-the-field/g…

Great to share the floor with #NazanÜstündağ, the author of 'The Mother, The Politician and The Guerrilla” & screening my sound-piece “Woman, Life, Freedom:The Sounds of A Revolution” at Goldsmiths, University of London Event org by Centre for Feminist Research (CFR), Goldsmiths Nirmal Puwar & #Gholamkhiabani

At Goldsmiths, University of London I learned people matter when thinking ab the city & private public spaces. That without hearing people’s voice, the city becomes a closed system driven by the politics of centralised control (like Gold’s SMT) that prescribes how people should live! #Notadonedeal

Looking forward to speak at the Environmental Change Institute, ⁦⁦⁦University of Oxford⁩ tomorrow at 12:00. Urban environments and social change - Oxford Talks talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/bdaa3…

Honoured by a 2024 slow release collection Re-Visiting Space Invaders, with articles out by @CriticalSlavery Angelo Martins Jr @RoshiNaidoo Yichen Zhang Agata Lisiak + Shana Almeida Bard College Berlin 10 more to come, inc. @ManuGal1 Ashjan Ajour Mahsa Alami Louise Rondel Chloe Turner

Our special issue in #Darkmatter is out! Thanks to our great contributors Roshi Rouzbehani, Kaveh Abbasian کاوه عباسیان, Fariba Balouch / فریبا بلوچ, #JosephConway, Duncan Whitley & Nirmal Puwar Special thanks to sanjay sharma | @[email protected] and others in the editorial board. darkmatter-hub.pubpub.org/issue-17-woman…

It was an absolute pleasure to share the panel with Hashem Abushama at Conjunctural Analysis symp org by SHAP Our discussion revolved around the past, present and the futuristic vision of “Gaza 2035” through an urban lens Great to have Ayyaz Mallick as the discussant

This was indeed a great workshop, with a diverse group of scholars from South and North! We reflected on “the making” of our sound piece 'woman life freedom: the sounds of a revolution' #GenderInCrisis

“I REBEL” A piece of art by Dan Thompson Dan Thompson, generously offered by him after his speech in the “Arts and the Urban Commons” event org by SpaceX-RISE at the LTB Showrooms

In marking 20 yrs since the pub of Nirmal Puwar ‘Space Invaders’ the concepts of bodies out of place & space invaders are revisited in our article ‘Woman, Life, Freedom; Revolting Space Invaders in Iran’ - written with Reza Hakiminejad in European Journal of Cultural Studies (EJCS) doi.org/10.1177/136754…

“Bridge And Door”: A Workshop on Connection and Separation My SpaceX-RISE workshop at Home for Cooperation in #Nicosia, Cyprus Date: 4 September 2024 Time: 17:30-19:30 For more info please visit home4cooperation.info/product/bridge…

In "Woman, Life, Freedom: Revolting space invaders in Iran", Mahsa Alami Fariman and Ahmadreza Hakiminejad discuss how the Woman, Life, Freedom protests in Iran created a new generation of 'space invaders'. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Today, I’ve started a new position as ‘Lecturer in Just Urbanism, Societal Diversity and Citizenship’ at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) Within the past two yrs, Coventry Uni has been my academic home & it’s been a great learning journey working with colleagues & students in Geography team & beyond.

Good to be back to SoGE, University of Oxford to give a keynote lecture on “Urbanisation, Extraction, Exclusion”

Dr Mahsa Alami Fariman will speak at the 17, Instituto de Estudios Críticos XXXVIII International Colloquium, 'Urban Realities: Produced City, Inhabited City' on Friday 24 January, 3:30 pm-5:30 pm GMT at Museo de Arte Popular. 🌎 🏙️ 🔗 For more information: 17instituto.org/xxxviiicoloqui…

“He has built a house for himself. As he was falling asleep, he said: “Don’t destroy my house, okay? This is my home forever.” My heart sank! I thought to myself: I hope our house doesn’t get destroyed too. I hope Iran stays our home forever.” #StopTheWar