A new poster for the first college course I ever taught.
Historian of media, pop culture, and the Middle East; senior lecturer @dartmouth; author of "Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt"; founder of “Ideas to Ink”; andrewgsimon.com
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A new poster for the first college course I ever taught.
A new poster for the first college course I ever taught.
What can tomatoes teach us about the past? This new culinary history of Egypt with @ucpress.bsky.social sounds fascinating.
A sobering read about the humanities and their future: www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
An exciting opportunity for Middle East scholars! alpheratzmag.com/careers/%D9%...
When your translator says that of all the books they brought into Arabic, they take a “special pride” in yours 🥹 For more on Badr El Refai’s extraordinary journey, the subject of a recent autobiography: gate.ahram.org.eg/daily/News/2...
A tenure-track opening in history with a starting salary of $54,000-$59,000.
All in stock @stanfordpress.bsky.social books, including their wonderful Middle East Studies list, are 50% off from now until September 8!
A thousand thanks to Ahmed AbdelHalim for this sharp reading of "Media of the Masses" for Arabi21! To have your work receive such a generous exploration is truly a gift. arabi21.com/story/170251...
A thousand thanks to Ahmed AbdelHalim for this sharp reading of "Media of the Masses" for Arabi21! To have your work receive such a generous exploration is truly a gift. arabi21.com/story/170251...
Gary’s record collection is unmatched.
An exciting competition celebrating the voices of Arab American authors!
In the spirit of making new college courses possible, I've been curating an edited volume that centers media in the Middle East. I'm thrilled to share that this project will continue to take shape at Northwestern University in Qatar's Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South this fall!
In the spirit of making new college courses possible, I've been curating an edited volume that centers media in the Middle East. I'm thrilled to share that this project will continue to take shape at Northwestern University in Qatar's Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South this fall!
Feeling grateful that a reader took the time to share their thoughts on "Media of the Masses" on Goodreads. For anyone else who has read the book (in English or Arabic), I'd love to read your Goodreads reactions.
Me too!
This new film by Annemarie Jacir looks incredible!
This new film by Annemarie Jacir looks incredible!
Five forthcoming books to start your week with @stanfordpress.bsky.social A thousand congratulations to Hannah Scott Deuchar, Randa Tawil, Alex Boodrookas, Orçun Can Okan, and Ziad Abu-Rish! #MiddleEastStudies
Five forthcoming books to start your week with @stanfordpress.bsky.social A thousand congratulations to Hannah Scott Deuchar, Randa Tawil, Alex Boodrookas, Orçun Can Okan, and Ziad Abu-Rish! #MiddleEastStudies
Out next January with @princetonupress.bsky.social!
I'm searching for research on video games and the Middle East. Do any essays, articles, or scholars come to mind? #academicsky
At a point in time when many universities are marginalizing Middle Eastern Studies programs, Dartmouth is investing more fully in its relationship with the region. home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/08...
This week, Ms. Rachel spoke about the importance of protecting all children, including those from Gaza, one of which, a three year old double amputee, appeared on her show. Today, the State Department proudly proclaimed that such children can no longer enter the US. Shameful!
New Career Goal Unlocked: "Media of the Masses" (إعلام الجماهير) is now on BookTok.
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New Career Goal Unlocked: "Media of the Masses" (إعلام الجماهير) is now on BookTok.
“To numb the traumas of wartime Gaza, Rahma Abu Abed, 12, plays a game with her friends. They ask one another: What did you eat before the war?…Trying to remember what good food looked like, Rahma plays with the wet sand, shaping it into imaginary meals.”
This interview with Ms. Rachel on her work with Rahaf from Gaza is worth watching in full. "As an early childhood educator, I know what children need to thrive. They need food and food is being blocked from them." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuqy...
This interview with Ms. Rachel on her work with Rahaf from Gaza is worth watching in full. "As an early childhood educator, I know what children need to thrive. They need food and food is being blocked from them." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wuqy...
We’ve lost one of the greatest Arabic language authors: Sonallah Ibrahim. If you’ve yet to read any of this author’s singular works, many are available in translation. Some places to start include “Zaat,” “The Committee,” and “That Smell and Notes From Prison.”
An exciting opportunity at the University of Toronto! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
A new narrative history of the Iranian Revolution out this week.
So many important titles to read! Omar El Akkad’s book was tremendous.
The shortlist for the 2025 Palestine Book Awards has been announced!
The American Research Center in Egypt, which has played a key part in supporting countless research projects (including my first book), will not be offering fellowships this year. The future of their fellowships also remains uncertain. The impact of such a loss of support will be immense.
From "diversity" to "discovery." Wow.
The American Research Center in Egypt, which has played a key part in supporting countless research projects (including my first book), will not be offering fellowships this year. The future of their fellowships also remains uncertain. The impact of such a loss of support will be immense.
An opportunity for those working on Islam in the Americas!
Out next month with @stanfordpress.bsky.social! "The struggles between Palestinian theater artists and Israeli authorities form the central relationships in this history."
“People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive…they are walking corpses.” A haunting statement in a new London Review of Books essay by Amjad Iraqi.
"Media of the Masses" is now available in Mecca.
“People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive…they are walking corpses.” A haunting statement in a new London Review of Books essay by Amjad Iraqi.
I mean, if I do reply, perhaps it could result in a great essay! ; )
The first phishing attack to target my training in Middle East history.
Honored to have "Media of the Masses" appear in this new @afikra.bsky.social essay on Sheikh Imam and Ahmed Fouad Negm! www.daftar.afikra.com/articles/she...
Seeing one’s book at an academic conference is one thing, and seeing it as part of a display in Egypt is another.
At the very least, one can hope that this conversation between Peter Beinart and Jon Stewart prompts more people to listen to Palestinians and to question prevailing discourses that all too often dehumanize them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5kX...
As a contingent faculty member, I’m seriously thinking about writing something on this neglect of such a central issue.
It never ceases to amaze me how select cases of full professors deciding to leave the U.S. for a university abroad merit more attention than the adjunctification of higher education and the complete erosion of tenure-track openings.
A chilling paragraph from “Another Doctor is Dead in Gaza” in the New Yorker.
I can only imagine!
It brought to mind a documentary I assign on emojis : )
Easily the oddest suggestion I’ve ever offered to an editorial team.
Today’s harvest.
When you check out forthcoming books with @stanfordpress.bsky.social and want to purchase every single one.
Nothing like receiving the page proofs for a forthcoming publication! I'm excited to share this essay, which offers a small glimpse into my new book project about a blind performer turned political dissident whose story reveals a history of dissent decades before the Arab Spring.
A poster of Palestine in Yale's archives.
Out soon with @ucpress.bsky.social!
يكتسب "إعلام الجماهير" أهميته من أسباب عدة، أولا حداثة موضوعه وتأثيره في أجيال ترى تبعات الأمر في حياتها الآنية...ثانيا لأنه ينتج أفكارا بعيدة عن الأرشيف المعتمد الذي تنبثق منه غالبية الأفكار العربية عن الماضي الثقافي... ثالثا لأنه يفتح آفاقا أوسع للحديث عن الإعلام العربي عموما
A wonderful interview with Karam Youssef, the founder of one of Egypt's leading publishing houses who will soon be making Ta-Nehisi Coates’ "The Message" available in Arabic. www.okayafrica.com/run-publishi...
A statement from university presidents in Gaza: "Constant bombardment, starvation, restrictions on internet access, unstable electricity, and the ongoing horrors of genocide have not broken our will. We are still here, still teaching, and still committed to the future of education in Gaza."
“Music for Egyptian Dance” from Riverside, California.
A not to miss event featuring Ziad Fahmy in Cairo next week!
I have long dreamed of an audiobook for “Media of the Masses.” Today, that dream comes true in Arabic with Iqraaly. To see this story resonate with readers in the Arab world means so much. iqraaly.com/books/3325
I have long dreamed of an audiobook for “Media of the Masses.” Today, that dream comes true in Arabic with Iqraaly. To see this story resonate with readers in the Arab world means so much. iqraaly.com/books/3325
I can think of about 1,000 more important issues than grade inflation when it comes to the university and its future right now.
"The killing of families trying to access life-saving aid is unconscionable," said Catherine Russell, the executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund.
Egyptians who momentarily migrated to the Gulf during the oil boom played a key part in the dawn of Egypt’s cassette culture. This week, “Media of the Masses” became available in Saudi Arabia for the first time!
Egyptians who momentarily migrated to the Gulf during the oil boom played a key part in the dawn of Egypt’s cassette culture. This week, “Media of the Masses” became available in Saudi Arabia for the first time!
A fully funded workshop that might be of interest: agya.info/fileadmin/us...
All Stanford University Press ebooks are 50% off for the month of July! sup.org #AcademicSky
Easily one of the oddest listings I've come across on Facebook Marketplace.
This conference on cosmopolitanism in Colonial Egypt looks tremendous!
When Hindi songs from a hit film find their way to Egypt on a cassette from a company known for piracy.
Abu Hamza! A photograph I took right by Fishawi in 2015.
When Hindi songs from a hit film find their way to Egypt on a cassette from a company known for piracy.
“more than six hundred Palestinians have been killed while collecting aid, according to the United Nations.” Let that quote sink in.
“more than six hundred Palestinians have been killed while collecting aid, according to the United Nations.” Let that quote sink in.
A new record for this afternoon’s soundtrack.
A new record for this afternoon’s soundtrack.
Starting the week by facilitating engagements with the very latest scholarship in Middle East Studies. If you're the #author of a new book on the Middle East, or oversee a list regarding the region as an #editor, don't hesitate to reach out. I'd love to learn more about recent and exciting work!
Rainy day reading.
Building community is key. Here’s one way to do so in Middle East Studies.
A new mural in France just in time for Fourth of July weekend.
"Media of the Masses" will be appearing at the Library of Alexandria Bookfair starting this upcoming Monday in Egypt! One of the many times I wish I could be my book's plus one.
Bookmarking for later. Asef Bayat is one of the sharpest observers of the Middle East that I’ve ever read. newlinesmag.com/first-person...
Would love to hear the story about that class at some point!
Over a century ago, today, a blind performer turned political dissident was born in Egypt. To commemorate the start of Shaykh Imam's story, the subject of my new book project, it seems only fitting to share this podcast episode: kerningcultures.com/sheikh-imam-...
النهارده ذكرى ميلاد الشيخ إمام، فنان مهم في تاريخ مصر و العالم العربي. و الشريط ده من لبنان حيث غني إمام خلال جولته العالمية في سنة ١٩٨٤.
This workshop on ethnography at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies sounds tremendous. For more information: mesana.org/resources-an...
This workshop on ethnography at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies sounds tremendous. For more information: mesana.org/resources-an...
How will one write the history of Gaza going forward? Upon what sources will people rely? And what stories will such materials make possible? These are a few of the pressing questions raised by this latest @newlinesmag.bsky.social essay: "Historicized in Gaza." newlinesmag.com/essays/histo...
Nadah El Shazly reflects on the sounds she heard growing up in Cairo and the music she is making now. hyphenonline.com/2025/07/01/n...
What appears to be a mic drop moment in Brooklyn this past weekend, but I had no mic in hand 🙃 Points for being animated at least? A clip from the Egyptian comedy Teer Enta, which everyone should watch, plays in the background of a record shop I will be revisiting.
A forthcoming essay on Shaykh Imam that will offer a glimpse into my current book project and appear in an IJMES roundtable on music, class, and modern Egypt. Excited to share it with all of you soon!
Over *100* academic programs.
Over *100* academic programs.
For a link to the entire exchange: www.babmsr.com/%d8%a3%d9%86...
One of the most enjoyable interviews I've ever had. A thousand thanks to Heba Moawad for the tremendous questions about my relationship with the translator of "Media of the Masses," my experience researching a culture with which I did not grow up, and the origins of Egypt's "shadow archive."
