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Mushfique Wadud

@mushfiquewadud

6 months

My latest article for the Diplomat magazine.

The Diplomat

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6 months

New Delhi’s perceived support for an unpopular incumbent is stoking the fires of anti-India sentiment in Bangladesh.

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6 months

Bangladesh currently has the lowest minimum wage among the top garment-exporting countries.

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@FarisHammadi @yunus781212 Yes, but you are misusing the term to apply to anyone critical of the Gulf country's rulers. This is a disgusting practice.

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Mushfique Wadud

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3 years

My first solo-authored journal article is now on Taylor & Francis Online. Mixed feelings! Happy to see my name in Journalism Practice. But experiencing anxiety also: did I check all typos, grammatical errors, or other writing issues? 😀

Precariously Employed Climate Journalists the Challenges of Freelance Climate Journalists in South...

Declines in the number of foreign correspondents and bureaus have caused media to rely on freelance journalists, particularly on coverage of complex and topical issues such as climate change. This ...

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My first-ever Top Paper Award. Looking forward to presenting my papers at #AEJMCMidwinter2022 in March

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@ZulkarnainSaer How can a station chief of a professional secret service compromise cover to persuade a politician to participate in a disputed election in a neighboring country? Absurd! Yet another Nijjar-like scandal under PM Modi.

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@Ostrov_A @mofauae If Hamas or Islamic Jihad have rockets that can kill 1000 people, why didn't they use these when Israel was bombing them?

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Mushfique Wadud

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The anti-Indian sentiment is so high in Bangladesh that the PR team at the Australian High Commission in Bangladesh knows most Bangladeshis will support the opponent of today's Australia-India match

Australian High Commission Bangladesh

@AusHCBangladesh

6 months

We know who we’ll be supporting: @CricketAus 🇦🇺!

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@dhume It is challenging for India to maintain friendship with Muslim countries under PM Modi. With all the BJP's anti-Muslim rhetoric, even a secular progressive Muslim would think twice about publicly supporting India. I predict the "India Out" campaign will be popular.

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"The sad reality of Islamophobia is that you can pretty much say anything about Muslims, and almost no one will bat an eyelid, and yet we claim to take it seriously." --Naz Shah MP. #Islamophobia

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@MichaelPolakLaw India has a limited budget for information warfare, resulting in the emergence of a Twitter warrior with only one follower. 🤣🤣

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The Awami League government might have some miscalculations about the United States' seriousness in helping restore democracy in Bangladesh.

Matthew Miller

@StateDeptSpox

8 months

We are taking steps to impose visa restrictions on individuals who have undermined the democratic election process in Bangladesh. The United States is committed to supporting free and fair elections that are carried out in a peaceful manner.

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@HindolSengupta Do you understand what the "ethnically cleaning" means? The real history is most Hindus had voluntarily left the then East Pakistan by exchanging houses with Muslims in India.

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

Much of the journalism research on local/community newspapers is: on how they are dying and their impacts on the communities, but less research is on why the local newspapers fail to make a profit. The focus should be on finding a sustainable business model for news organizations

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Mushfique Wadud

@mushfiquewadud

2 years

15 out of 19 hijackers of the 9/11 attacks were Saudi citizens. And yesterday Saudi Arabia got UK electronic visa waiver status. The decision makes the narrative of denying visas on security and human rights grounds a joke. If you are rich, you are welcome everywhere.

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Mushfique Wadud

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3 years

All conference deadlines should be either in late December or early June. 😀

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Mushfique Wadud

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3 years

I am not submitting any paper to ICA this year. So the deadline does not affect me. But, I am sad that I will miss all the ICA conference-related tweets. They have been entertaining. 😀

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2 years

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Mushfique Wadud

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4 years

My first journal article got published today. Thanks so much @mubashardhaka bhai

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Mushfique Wadud

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5 years

Shoppers are buying clothes just for the Instagram pic, and then returning them via @qz

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

1 advice for PhDs 1. Don’t go to a place having housing crisis 😀

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Mushfique Wadud

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8 months

@dhume In the short term, I don't see an "India out" campaign in Bangladesh because the pro-Indian ruling party successfully eliminated most anti-Indian politicians. In the long run, India has risks. The youths are exceptionally anti-Indian.

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

Happy to see one of my favorite writers @jbenton mentions my study on freelance climate journalists in his Nieman Lab article

How can journalism get better at covering climate change? Being a bummer might help

A new study of social media about a climate change conference found journalists' negative tweets gained far more traction with users than positive ones. That's one of the findings in this new...

www.niemanlab.org

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

From social media participation observation, I can say a large number of Africans and Asians are supporting Putin. I think this is a failure of the U.S.’s soft power strategies

Samuel Ramani

@SamRamani2

2 years

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Ukraine: "The majority of mankind (that are non-white) support Russia's stand in Ukraine. Putin is absolutely right!"

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

Journalists who are reporting from a conflict zone like this risking their lives should be given a byline at the top of the story and not at the end.

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Mushfique Wadud

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@deepscribble And taking inspiration from Bangladesh's path, let's defeat fundamentalism in all of South Asia, including India. Let's fight together against Hindutva fanatics.

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

Enjoy reading this book. At least someone is not blaming technology for journalism’s crisis.

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2 years

At least 1000 people, including hundreds of children, were killed in a climate catastrophe in Pakistan in late August. The inadequate coverage in the Western media is yet another proof that news values vary based on the cultural identity of victims. #PakistanFloods

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Mushfique Wadud

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4 years

Stuart Hall is more relevant now in the world than ever before. One of the few theories that has direct impact

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@HappymonJacob @MEAIndia Since 9 million Indians work in the Gulf countries, India had to change its initial position in the Israel-Palestine war. The economy always drives politics. I think Saudi's firm position in the Palestine cause influenced PM Modi's shifting policies.

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Mushfique Wadud

@mushfiquewadud

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@SuellaBraverman If Britain had said "enough is enough" to immigrants when your parents migrated, Suella Braverman MP may not be here. Let's be thankful for immigration.

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Mushfique Wadud

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It is interesting to note that in a country where democracy has been struggling for a decade, we discuss various rights-related issues but fail to address the decline of democracy. How can we ensure representation without democracy?

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It has been a long journey in many countries, including mine.

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Mushfique Wadud

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You don't hear about the 13 Thai workers taken hostage by Hamas and released with other Israeli citizens. Israeli officials also didn't mention them as if they were nonexistent. There is a grave dehumanization of how overseas workers are treated in the Middle East.

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Mushfique Wadud

@mushfiquewadud

2 years

#Twitter does not have an edit option. I think this is against the fundamental rights of those Twitter users who write English as a second language😀.

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Mushfique Wadud

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6 years

Two days after U.S. call for cease-fire, Saudi-led coalition launches new attacks in Yemen

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Mushfique Wadud

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@ashoswai No one loves a neighbor who interferes with internal matters; forms an unholy relationship with a highly unpopular member of the family to annihilate opponents.

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Mushfique Wadud

@mushfiquewadud

3 years

One lesson the pandemic has taught us−populist leaders are not good at handling crisis−Trump's USA, Bolsonaro's Brazil, and Modi's India all are good examples

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Mushfique Wadud

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3 years

@NaymaQayum International media outlets are mainly dependent on local journalists for the coverage of countries like Bangladesh. It would be interesting to see if the problem is with the reporting or the gatekeeping.

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Mushfique Wadud

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@SanUvacha @WajahatAli Hi Sandeep, do you understand what"dehumanizing" means? Can you define it? And how can this be applied to Mehdi Hasan's criticism of Hindutva terrorism?

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Mushfique Wadud

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@TapashishC @HindolSengupta We have similar stories. Muslims in West Bengal had to migrate to the East, facing persecution. I am not denying there was persecution on both sides of the border. When we try to term this "ethnic cleansing," it creates problems. 1947 Partition is unique and needs objective take.

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3 years

When I see International Communication Association's conference venues, it seems "international" means only the Western world. 2022 - Paris, France, 2023 - Toronto, Canada, 2024 - Gold Coast, Australia, 2025 - Denver, Colorado, USA.Probably, no Africa conference in ICA's history

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

Never compromise on health. Walk, run or go to gym every day. Don’t work on projects at night. 😀

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

During pandemic, almost everyone (including me) on social media was virologist. And in Russia’s war in Ukraine, we all are IR/security experts. Why should anyone pursue a PhD in this age?

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Mushfique Wadud

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Mass shooting coverage is a good case study to understand what is wrong with American journalism. It always prefers profit to social responsibility

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The Internet age is terrible. It is hard to keep your past hidden.

Historic.ly

@historic_ly

5 years

In 1986, Farheed Zakaria was a student activist at Yale .... on behalf of apartheid South Africa

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News fixers are the most vulnerable sub-group in journalism. But, there is almost no scholarship on this topic. Why? That news fixers are mainly from non-Western countries might be a reason. De-westernizing journalism scholarship might solve many problems journalism is facing now

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Mushfique Wadud

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6 years

My latest report Fleeing Rohingya carry one key asset: solar panels

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Mushfique Wadud

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3 years

A great study by @zirugo

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5 months

That's a misleading analysis of history. For most Bangladeshis, the events of 1971 were not a sad occurrence. It was during this time that Bengalis experienced self-rule and felt a sense of liberation.

Fidato

@tequieremos

5 months

The year 1971 is the saddest chapter in the history of Pakistan. Not just for Pakistan but for Muslims of the entire subcontinent, if not Muslims of the world. Some say, 1971 constitutes the 'Second Grenada'. Prominent Bengali political figure, Abdul Hamid Bhashani was so

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Mushfique Wadud

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6 years

Libraries, Writ Small

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@manniefabian One issue with the IDF's videos of the war is that they do not display the targets (Hamas fighters) that they are attacking. This is in stark contrast to the war footage released by Hamas militants. The IDF is not performing well in the information war aspect of this conflict.

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Mushfique Wadud

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4 years

BBC News - Jai Shri Ram: The Hindu chant that became a murder cry

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Mushfique Wadud

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@JonathanACBrown True! Also, academia stands as the most influential soft power of the American empire. The way some politicians have deliberately targeted it is concerning. It will unquestionably cause damage to America's global influence.

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Mushfique Wadud

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@nntaleb I am highly disappointed with Israel's information war tactics in this conflict. I had believed the Israelis to be highly skilled in public relations campaigns, but they have made a series of mistakes in this war.

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Mushfique Wadud

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7 months

@ragipsoylu The same can be said about Erdogan

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Mushfique Wadud

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8 months

@DerekJGrossman The incumbent Bangladesh government can do anything to win Indian support, even if they are against national interests, because it relies on Indian backing to be in office. Most Bangladeshi people would not take India's side in a Canada-India tension.

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

One of my hypotheses is that half of the life of an academic is wasted on stress related to conference/journal submissions, rejections, and tweeting about this. Now need some empirical findings. 😀

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

U.S. universities need more research on the college town housing crisis. Almost every college town in the west has serious housing shortage. In some places, getting a house is the most difficult part of a student life.

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Mushfique Wadud

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6 years

6 things to know about #UNSC visit to Rohingya camps

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4 years

@ianbremmer Why isn't India an option? He has so many Indian fans. Some even worship him 😀

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@JonathanACBrown Some Madkhali Arabs are more Israeli than the Israelis themselves.

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6 months

While celebrating this recognition, we should not forget that rickshaw pulling is inhumane and a feudal practice. It is cruel and exploitative. Poor people are only in this occupation because they have no alternative.

Charles Whiteley

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Brilliant that the beautiful rickshaws of 🇧🇩have received #UNESCO recognition. Let’s also remember the indefatigable rickshaw wallahs who power them.

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2 years

In terms of conference acceptance, 2022 has been a good year so far😀 #aejmc2022

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Reuters journalists Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo receive Pulitzer via @Reuters

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Mushfique Wadud

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3 years

Universities should really have a Zoom classroom policy-particularly whether students should be allowed to turn their video off the entire class. Some students tend to do so. And, they feel offended when they are asked to turn their video on.

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Mushfique Wadud

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5 months

IDF seems to have serious professionalism issues. Why should professional army members shoot at people holding up white flags?

Sky News

@SkyNews

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BREAKING: Three Israeli hostages killed by the IDF were shirtless and holding up a makeshift white flag, an Israeli military official has said. An inquiry into the incident has found the hostages were fired upon against Israel's rules of engagement.

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5 years

My next career goal! These nuns make £850k a year growing and selling marijuana

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Mushfique Wadud

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@clary_co The target audience for this information is not you, I guess. 😀That's why you cannot take away anything from it. But the domestic audience will love it.

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6 years

Need free, fair polls in Bangladesh: USAID via @dailystarnews

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7 months

@MattooShashank Some Indians see Bangladesh and other Indian neighbors in the way some Westerners see India. Commentators pretend to be an expert in Bangladesh though they do not know the history. Do you know both in 2014 and 2018, the Awami League came to power in disputed elections?

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Mushfique Wadud

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Enjoyed reading this piece—a must-read for graduate students and new researchers concentrating on media sociology.

Remodeling the Hierarchy: An Organization-Centric Model of Influence for Media Sociology Research

Primarily due to an influx of market models, the journalism industry recently experienced a fragmentation of professional culture and, therefore, professionalism. This theoretical essay proposes a ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Mushfique Wadud

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2 years

Can @icahdq avoid Europe as conference venues? European visa application process puts huge pressure on researchers of Global South

Muhammad E. Rasul

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2 years

Just had a panic attack during my visa interview for ICA because my interviewer was yelling at me. I still can’t breathe well and am shaking. Just international student things 🙃 I rarely get angry at these shitshows but boy am I fuming right now.

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2 years

During this time of the semester, students and teachers are tired of self-introduction. 😀

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Mushfique Wadud

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So honored to receive PRSSA Diversity Sponsorship Award from PRSSA @PRSSANevada @DiversityAmpsPR

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Trump claims Nobel Peace Prize is rigged against him via @politico

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@MAarafat71 Some people may find the tweet convincing if they are not aware of the situation in Bangladesh. But, those who know about the country's legal system might deem this absurd. /1

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March 16 - A Colorado judge gave law-abiding gun owners something to celebrate March 22: Police in Boulder, Colorado, respond to reports of active shooter at supermarket

NRA

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3 years

ICYMI: A Colorado judge gave law-abiding gun owners something to celebrate. In an @NRAILA -supported case, he ruled that the city of Boulder’s ban on commonly-owned rifles (AR-15s) and 10+ round mags was preempted by state law and STRUCK THEM DOWN.

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Tragic! These hostages were alive in Hamas custody for two months but then killed by IDF.

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian

@manniefabian

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IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says during battles in Shejaiya, Israeli troops identified three Israeli hostages as a threat and opened fire at them, killing them. They were brought to Israel and identified.

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6 years

Bangladesh, Nepal to be connected by tunnel!

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2 years

Love this term Sociologists-in-exile 😀

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4 years

😀

ian bremmer

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8:15, Election Night

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In thrilling Bollywood movies, secret assassination groups from India take down their targets with ease. As it turns out, they are not as skilled as the movies make them out to be.

Inner City Press

@innercitypress

6 months

Today @SDNYLIVE files murder-for-hire charges against NIKHIL GUPTA for a foiled plot to assassinate in NYC a US citizen of Indian origin who advocates for a sovereign state for Sikhs. He was arrested in Czech Republic. Inner City Press will follow the case

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UCONN Communication department people. I can’t thank you enough. This has been most helpful thing at #NCA2022 🤣

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3 years

Except for Boris Johnson and Kim Jong Un, all Donald Trump's friends are in crisis--one (Netanyahu) is officially out of power. Two (Modi and Bolsanaro) are rapidly losing ground. 😀 #Netanyahu

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8 months

@clary_co It's a typical South Asian mentality. Most don't know how to agree to disagree.

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@HappymonJacob Yes. More importantly, the so-called "Indian freedom struggle" was not a struggle in the true sense. The British Voluntarily left the Indian subcontinent.

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@FarisHammadi That's an excellent point. However, the question is: who qualifies as "rulers" here? Are monarchies defacto rulers in Islam? And what is the ruling for the monarchies that gained power with the support of the British?

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@AkhtarM1956 We have undoubtedly made many achievements in 52 years. However, when highly regarded members of civil society become apologists for authoritarianism, it indicates a significant flaw in the society. During the Pakistan era, we did not have such a spineless civil society.

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And I conclude that November and December are the most depressing months for academics 😀

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3 years

Is journalism in crisis, or the Western-centric journalism is in crisis? Like Mutsvairo et al.'s arguments. #dewesternizejournalismeducation

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2 years

True! Great advice! You need leisure for new ideas

Jayne Pritchard

@SlinkyScience

2 years

My Mum told me she’s been researching how to best support PhD students. She asked me how writing was going and when I said “difficult” she told me: “Make sure you take a break from writing this afternoon because it’s good for your brain! You’ll find new ideas!” 🥺😭🥰 #PhDChat

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5 years

At least 12.5M Muslims died in wars in past 25 years, expert says

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3 years

If professors have harsh comments about a paper, I feel that all should be posted before the vacation starts. A few sentences can ruin a student's vacation.😀

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7 years

My latest report Universities take up Rohingya cause, call for research - University World News:

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8 months

@MAarafat71 Comparing this with Dhaka's regular waterlogging might not be appropriate. In Dhaka, it has become an everyday affair during the rainy season. Blaming climate change is also unsuitable for Dhaka because we don't experience unusual rain.

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6 years

Many Rohingyas brought Myanmar currencies with them. They are still keeping these with them in the hope that they might return one taken from Thaingkhali camp