anthropologist working on borders, infrastructure, migration in northern Morocco/ assistant prof @Wesleyan_U /co-founder of Youmein Fest / NYC/Ramallah/Tangier

Joined March 2011
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In "In Between Silence" from our new series "Counter Archives," @ageorgeb situates the encampment "within the context of broader ethnographic and anthropological literature on social ties forged during moments of ‘crisis,’ in-betweenness, and waiting.” culanth.org/fieldsights/in-b…
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Our latest collection is here!! It serves as a counter-archive, seeking to recover traces of embodied, ephemeral encampments as Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues and expands in the West Bank and devastates Lebanon. culanth.org/fieldsights/seri…
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While Judith Butler was on the @BrianLehrer today, I wrote in to ask what they might tell the students in my @wesleyan_u intro to cultural anthropology who were reading Gender Trouble for today, over 30yrs later. We got to open up the class with Butler’s response to my question.
ICYMI: Judith Butler on her new book "Who's Afraid of Gender?" wnyc.org/story/judith-butler…
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The magic of live radio!
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Mustafa just zoomed in to Wesleyan’s campus at the end of November as a part of our Palestinian Voices: From the West Bank to Wesleyan series to share the important cultural work that the theatre does and how they keep on with that work despite the fear of this happening, & worse
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.@ageorgeb, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, has presented a multidisciplinary art festival in Tangier, Morocco since 2015. This year’s festival featured a mix of performances, artwork, and talks. newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.ed…

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Yesterday, @ageorgeb joined my borders seminar to discuss his fascinating research about life in the Spanish-Moroccan borderlands. I can't wait to read his book! For now, I encourage everyone to check out this brilliant article: berghahnjournals.com/view/jo….
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📢George Bajalia @ageorgeb "Doing Barzakh, Making Boza: Betwixt and Between Migration and Immigration in Tangier" on all what happens in the time spent waiting by 🇲🇦 W African migrants en route to EU (@ time of racialization of migrant figure in N-Africa) doi.org/10.3167/cja.2023.410…

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Today is the official publication day for my book, “On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus” (@Harvard_Press), which explores how the memory of al-Andalus has shaped culture and politics around the world. Please help me spread the word! hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?….
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The latest #openaccess issue of The Cambridge Journal of #Anthropology titled: Held in Suspense - Promise, Threat and Revocability as Modalities of Governance has published! conta.cc/411jSG5 @liana_chua #BerghahnOpenAnthro #SubscribeToOpen
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Better posted late than never: check out the story from this summer about our #YoumeinFestival in Tangier this past summer from @Diptyk_mag from @chama_tahiri diptykmag.com/tanger-laborat…

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Just got the proofs for my upcoming piece in @BerghahnAnthro Cambridge Journal of #Anthropology! Doing Barzakh, Making Boza. Bewtixt and Between Migration and Immigration in Tangier.
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My piece on the ethno-politics surrounding Morocco’s World Cup run - and why we’re not pleased to see Arab autocrats & hyper-nationalists waving the 🇲🇦 flag: africasacountry.com/2022/12/…
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Tue., 11/1 through Sun., 12/11/22, Main Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, @wesleyan_u: exhibition "fron/terra cognita Hostile Terrain (HT94)" on the broad theme of borders, migration, displacement, and violence. FREE! wesleyan.edu/cfa/galleries/z… #WesCreative @UMP_LosAngeles
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