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Christa Salamandra @csalamand

cultural anthropologist, Middle East media specialist, recreational dancer

Joined October 2009
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Al Jazeera English Podcasts
@AJEPodcasts
3 Mar 2025
Syrian artists and creatives are returning to the country from exile. How will Syria’s TV and film industry evolve in a post-Assad era? 🎧 #TheTake guest host ,@Manuel_Rapalo, hears from @csalamand on what’s next for the film industry in Syria: youtu.be/6t3OtZ-nsrw
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Zaina Erhaim 🪬@ZainaErhaim
9 Dec 2024
Please help spreading the message before it’s too late.. Specialists are needed immediately in #Sednaya Prison in #Damascus, there are 100s, of prisoners stuck layers underground, behind coded concealed doors. Look at them!

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A review of Middle Eastern Television Drama appearing just before release of the paperback! alquds.co.ukالتاريخ-والسياسة-دور-الدراما-في-تشكيل/
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MA in Middle Eastern Studies GC CUNY@MAMES_GC_CUNY
20 Sep 2024
The Graduate Center's MA program in Middle Eastern Studies will be holding an Open House for potential students on Oct. 17, 7-9pm. Please help spread the word! gc.cuny.edu/events/ma-middle…

M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies Open House

The M. A. Program in Middle Eastern Studies is delighted to invite prospective students to our Fall 2024 Open House.

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The Graduate Center MA Program in Middle Eastern Studies's Tony Alessandrini wins mentoring award: gc.cuny.edu/news/announcing-…
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MA in Middle Eastern Studies GC CUNY@MAMES_GC_CUNY
24 Jun 2024
Save the date! Syrian writer Fadi Azzam discusses his newly translated novel at the CUNY Graduate Center, July 23. @nyukevo
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Save the date! Syrian writer Fadi Azzam discusses his newly translated novel at the CUNY Graduate Center.
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Ibrahim Hamidi ابراهيم حميدي
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14 Jun 2024
خبر مفجع رحيل الصديق وزميل الدراسة والمسرحي وكاتب الدراما الموهوب. "أيوووه… ده الموت حلو يا ولاد"، كانت آخر كلمات #فؤاد_حميرة. صاحب مسلسل "الحصرم الشامي"، هكذا أراد ان يودع أصدقاءه ومحبيه.
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Writers Against the War on Gaza@wawog_now
31 May 2024
Replying to @cunygse @ccnysjp @nywarcrimes @UChiUnited @auc4palestine
If the @nytimes has manipulated your statement, feel free to email us at now@wawog.com or reach out here. Long live the student movement. Free Palestine.
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Mohamad Bazzi
@BazziNYU
9 May 2024
“Netanyahu does not want to end the war – and he’s doing all he can to undermine negotiations for a ceasefire and an agreement to release the remaining hostages held by Hamas” — my latest analysis @guardian theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Will Biden finally stop enabling Netanyahu’s extremist government? | Mohamad Bazzi

The Israeli leader is dragging out the war and undermining a ceasefire for political reasons. Can Biden toughen up?

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My friend Francisca interviewed on NPR. It's on the home page!!! @PIG_Edinburgh npr.org/sections/goatsandsod…

RFK Jr. is not alone. More than a billion people have parasitic worms

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about a time when, as he put it, "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." Here's a global perspective on these worms.

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Karl Sharro
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1 May 2024
Is there oil on campuses because why is the US invading them
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MESA Board Joint Statement with CAF updating and responding to campus repression mesana.org/advocacy/letters-…

Middle East Studies Association

The Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association and its Committee on Academic Freedom decry in the strongest of terms the growing number of cases of colleges and universities calling on...

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MA in Middle Eastern Studies GC CUNY@MAMES_GC_CUNY
6 Apr 2024
Open House, April 12, 6-8 pm! Come learn about the MA program in Middle Eastern Studies, meet current and former students and faculty, and enjoy Lebanese food and drink. gc.cuny.edu/events/ma-middle…

M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies Open House

A program showcase for potential and current students. All current students and faculty are encouraged to attend. Event will take place in the MEMEAC lounge.

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Open House, April 12, 6-8 pm! Come learn about the MA program in Middle Eastern Studies, meet current and former students and faculty, and enjoy Lebanese food and drink. gc.cuny.edu/events/ma-middle…

M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies Open House

A program showcase for potential and current students. All current students and faculty are encouraged to attend. Event will take place in the MEMEAC lounge.

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Screening Middle Eastern TV Dramas: Narratives of Sociopolitical and Cultural Dynamics arabmediasociety.com/screeni… via @AMS_Journal

Screening Middle Eastern TV Dramas: Narratives of Sociopolitical and Cultural Dynamics - Arab Media...

Issue 36, Summer/Fall 2023 https://doi.org/10.70090/MB23BRME Book Review: Middle Eastern Television Drama: Politics, Aesthetics, Practices Christa Salamandra and Nour Halabi, Eds.  ISBN 9781032027814...

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Me in Al Modon: almodon.com/culture/2024/3/1…كريستا-سالاماندرا-فورة-الدراما-السورية-بين-التواطؤ-والنقد
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Yours truly with Nour Halabi, New Texts Out Now, Jadaliyya jadaliyya.com/Details/45441/…

Christa Salamandra and Nour Halabi, eds., Middle Eastern Television Drama: Politics, Aesthetics,...

Middle Eastern Television Drama: Politics, Aesthetics, Practices is the first edited volume of peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, and cross-regional essays that attends to the intricacies of Middle...

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