
Ibrahim N. Abusharif
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Assoc Prof @NUQatar: narrative journalism & storywork • religious studies • digital religion & authority • translation • coffee • views mine • Likes/RTs ≠ love
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13-02-2011 12:11:06
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Here’s another article of mine for Common Dreams. It is partly personal, political commentary, and music. Olivia Rosane, PhD Northwestern Qatar Common Dreams




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 Ibrahim N. Abusharif. commondreams.org/opinion/radica…

My latest piece for Common Dreams. Here I suggest seeking answers in dystopian fiction to tell us what is wrong with our dystopian nonfiction.


Peace without justice is an anesthetic, and anesthetics wear off, says Ibrahim N. Abusharif. commondreams.org/opinion/margin…


In this latest piece of mine (in Al Jazeera English) 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

"To describe peaceful protests against the genocidal violence in Gaza as 'pro-Palestinian' is disparaging. Opposing the strategic starvation of a trapped population is hardly pro-Palestinian. It is pro-humanity." — #AJOpinion by Ibrahim N. Abusharif ⤵️aje.io/qf6dxr



Powerful piece by my dear professor Ibrahim N. Abusharif This part stays with me: Is it “pro-Palestinian” to call for the end of violence that has claimed the lives of more than 18k children? ... Gaza is not a side. Gaza is... a “graveyard for children”. aje.io/qf6dxr