Thread by @zwingham, Sept 8-9, I’ll be participating in the #ScholarStrike. Here’s a thread of [...]

Sept 8-9, I’ll be participating in the #ScholarStrike. Here’s a thread of articles that touch on race, racialization, and/or blackness outside of the U.S., primarily in the MENA region

This article by Al-Monitor gives a brief history of the African diaspora in the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey.

Afro-Turks join global outcry over George Floyd killing http://almon.co/3dby ">https://almon.co/3dby"... via @AlMonitor

Afro-Turks join global outcry over George Floyd killing

The little-known community that largely traces its roots to the Ottoman slave trade is speaking out about police brutality in America, saying their own example of coexistence is an example for the...

http://almon.co/3dby

Sulaiman Addonia, In Search of Beauty: Blackness as a Poem in Saudi Arabia: https://granta.com/in-search-of-beauty/">https://granta.com/in-search...

In Search of Beauty: Blackness as a Poem in Saudi Arabia | Sulaiman Addonia | Granta

Sulaiman Addonia on the slow process of rediscovering the beauty of black skin after moving to Saudi Arabia as a child.

https://granta.com/in-search-of-beauty/

Blackness on the Iranian Periphery: Ethnicity, Language, and Nation in Bashu, the Little Stranger https://ajammc.com/2015/09/23/blackness-on-the-iranian-periphery/">https://ajammc.com/2015/09/2... via @ajammc

Blackness on the Iranian Periphery: Ethnicity, Language, and Nation in Bashu, the Little Stranger -...

Through Bashu’s attempts to assimilate into a village where his dark skinned features and Khuzestani Arabic denotes his displacement, Beizai’s film prompts criticisms of ethnocentric Persian nation...

https://ajammc.com/2015/09/23/blackness-on-the-iranian-periphery/

This latest article from SceneArabia also features words from @faisalaxc!

Nation Building and Legacies of Slavery: The Intersections of Being Black and Arab in the Gulf https://scenearabia.com/Life/The-Intersections-of-Being-Black-and-Arab-in-the-Gulf">https://scenearabia.com/Life/The-... via @SceneArabia

Nation Building and Legacies of Slavery: The Intersections of Being Black and Arab in the Gulf

"Populations from the Arabian Peninsula and those from the African continent have crossed, migrated, and mixed both within and outside the institution of slavery for thousands of years. In many...

https://scenearabia.com/Life/The-Intersections-of-Being-Black-and-Arab-in-the-Gulf

. @beetasays is writing cutting edge research on the African diaspora in Iran. Here& #39;s some of her latest work. Also check out @BlackIranians.

Picturing the Other: Race and Afro-Iranians in Documentary Photography https://ajammc.com/2015/07/20/picturing-them-vs-us-race-and-afro-iranians-in-documentary-photography/">https://ajammc.com/2015/07/2... via @ajammc

Picturing the Other: Race and Afro-Iranians in Documentary Photography - Ajam Media Collective

These types of documentary ventures, both filmic and photographic, identify a racialized community as their subject, visibly recognizable by their visual characteristics. Despite this clear reliance...

https://ajammc.com/2015/07/20/picturing-them-vs-us-race-and-afro-iranians-in-documentary-photography/

. @TunayAltay1& #39;s article explores representations of Black people in Turkish media & there& #39;s a bibliography below the article for further reading!

Is there really no anti-Black racism in #Turkey? http://bianet.org/english/people/226799-is-there-really-no-anti-black-racism-in-turkey">https://bianet.org/english/p...

PENNED BY TUNAY ALTAY: Is there really no anti-Black racism in Turkey?

Amid Black Lives Matter protests following the killing of George Floyd in the US, Tunay Altay takes a closer look at the representation of Black people in Turkey: “Anti-Black racism in popular...

http://bianet.org/english/people/226799-is-there-really-no-anti-black-racism-in-turkey

Anti-Blackness in the Arab World and the Violence That Doesn’t Get a Hashtag https://scenearabia.com/Life/Arab-Anti-Blackness-Racism-and-the-Violence-that-Doesn-t-Get-A-Hashtag#">https://scenearabia.com/Life/Arab... via @SceneArabia

Anti-Blackness in the Arab World and the Violence that Doesn't Get A Hashtag

When Black people are attacked in the Arab world and we refuse to see it, that is not fundamentally different to when a police officer kneels on the neck of a Black man in the US.

https://scenearabia.com/Life/Arab-Anti-Blackness-Racism-and-the-Violence-that-Doesn-t-Get-A-Hashtag#

The @AjamMC podcast has tons of teaching material and there& #39;s great content such as Ajam Podcast #7: The Limits of Whiteness w/ @nedasoc. Dr. Maghbouleh& #39;s research has been groundbreaking in many spaces. https://ajammc.com/2018/12/16/ajam-podcast-7-limits-of-whiteness/">https://ajammc.com/2018/12/1...

Ajam Podcast #7: The Limits of Whiteness - Ajam Media Collective

In this episode, Rustin is joined by Neda Maghbouleh, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Toronto. She is the author of The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday...

https://ajammc.com/2018/12/16/ajam-podcast-7-limits-of-whiteness/

Another piece on #AfroTurks on the politics of polarization, the ambiguities of the word "zenci", and the Afro Turk Association by @MikeJFerg.

White Turks, Black Turks, and Negroes: The Politics of Polarization https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/28868 ">https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/2... via
@jadaliyya

White Turks, Black Turks, and Negroes: The Politics of Polarization

On 11 June, in the midst of the return of the Istanbul police forces to Gezi Park and Taksim Square, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rose in the Turkish parliament and expressed his frustrations...

https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/28868

“According to historians’ estimates, they were brought to Abkhazia in XVII by the local Count Sharvashidze, who purchased them at a slave market in Istanbul to work the citrus plantations.”

The Tale of Afro-Abkhazians https://www.georgianjournal.ge/discover-georgia/29876-the-tale-of-afro-abkhazians.html">https://www.georgianjournal.ge/discover-...

The Tale of Afro-Abkhazians

Black slavery was not limited to the America’s and Africa’s. Despite being outlawed in most of Europe, it still existed in peripheral areas linked to the Muslim world

https://www.georgianjournal.ge/discover-georgia/29876-the-tale-of-afro-abkhazians.html

We also have to think beyond land as the place for race, racialization, and blackness. As @blacklikewho reminded us a few weeks ago in a talk, we need to think through "black liquidity."

White Innocence in the Black Mediterranean https://thedisorderofthings.com/2017/06/07/white-innocence-in-the-black-mediterranean/">https://thedisorderofthings.com/2017/06/0... via @wordpressdotcom

White Innocence in the Black Mediterranean

A guest post from Ida Danewid. Ida is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her work focuses on decolonial theory, global ethics, and t…

https://thedisorderofthings.com/2017/06/07/white-innocence-in-the-black-mediterranean/

You can listen to @RachelSchine’s amazing talk on #Race and #IslamicHistory here. https://anchor.fm/bottled-petrichor/episodes/E9_Race-and-Islamic-History_Dr--Rachel-Schine-eete0i">https://anchor.fm/bottled-p...

E9_Race and Islamic History_Dr. Rachel Schine by Bottled Petrichor • A podcast on Anchor

Join me as I discuss race and Islamic history with Dr. Rachel Schine, a graduate of the University of Chicago and current Postdoctoral Associate in Arabic Literature and Culture at the University of...

https://anchor.fm/bottled-petrichor/episodes/E9_Race-and-Islamic-History_Dr--Rachel-Schine-eete0i

Fun fact: we& #39;re both giving a talk for MELA& #39;s Social Justice Lecture series, which in many ways intersects with #ScholarStrike . You can find out more here: https://twitter.com/MENALibAHS/status/1300794446032916480?s=20">https://twitter.com/MENALibAH...

https://twitter.com/MENALibAHS/status/1300794446032916480?s=20

There& #39;s also forthcoming work by Taylor M. Moore who& #39;s not on here. Below, I& #39;ve crudely posted a screenshot (academic citations are long!) of one of her articles. Her website is: https://www.taylor-m-moore.com/ ">https://www.taylor-m-moore.com/">...

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