@adam-ali.bsky.social

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asst. prof. - sociocultural studies in sport.

[Sport Scholars for Justice in Palestine @ss4jPal]

We are supporting the @gazasunbirds from now until September 20 through a targeted aid and awareness campaign. @gazasunbirds are providing aid on the ground, and their emergency aid fund crossed the mark of £800,000 last week. We hope to raise for another £10,000.

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

One week away: Five Years Later: Critical Reflections on @NASSSport ‘Decolonizing Minds Indigenizing Hearts’ 2019 Conference w. @janelllejoseph, @McGuireAdams, & Jeff Montez de Oca. Great warmup for Chicago. You can register here: https://t.co/AGeQVElF2e

[shireenahmed.bsky.social @_shireenahmed_]

Women in sport see you.
Intersex women. Hijab-wearing women. Trans women. Women who have survived genocide, and abuse. Marginalized women.
Don't pretend to care about women when what you say really means:
"Let's protect white and feminine types of women and sport".

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

Bombs dropped over a sunny sky as a child plays football — the powerful reference on the shirt worn by Palestine’s flag-bearer Waseem Abu Sal at the Olympics Opening Ceremony 🇵🇸

[shireenahmed.bsky.social @_shireenahmed_]

Remember when Nouhaila Benzina played at the Women's World Cup and everyone applauded? Now is the time to speak up against France banning women athletes in hijab. If Benzina was in France, SHE WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO PLAY.
My latest for @cbcsports
https://t.co/3OO1Mq4C9B

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

"The scene shows a moment of respite and relative calm in Gaza: a crowd of people watching a football match in a school playground..." https://t.co/He1JRYDxGw

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

This pub began as an UG project with Jack Zhan, who is doing great things @UBCKin! We found that sport is used to forge bonds within Chinese community for international students, which helps guard against the cultural challenges posed by Cdn unis.
https://t.co/0ZBxJAvDTt

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

BREAKING: The Lancet has just published this article "conservatively" estimating that the death toll in the Gaza genocide could be 186,000 people or more. That's 8% of the population, obliterated. These are apocalyptic figures.

https://t.co/HaRTAvTvVI

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

We must illuminate voices of environmental advocates, hold IOC/France to account in their engagement with activists, and maintain a healthy skepticism of the promised “green” legacies of the Games. (w. @punchingprof and jay johnson) https://t.co/Ulv9lbb8sW

[Ornella Nzindukiyimana, same handle on Bluesky @OraRunsWild]

Kristian Jamieson, a great, great-grandson of legendary Onondaga runner Tom Longboat, has qualified for the Boston marathon.
https://t.co/55MfaNIbSW

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

@aliciasmithtran Congrats!!

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

@punchingprof I have been incredibly fortunate to call him a colleague over the last couple of years, and am excited to continue witnessing his advocacy work towards transforming the Canadian sport system. I'm not much of a fisher, but maybe I'll cast a line with him sometime too. Thanks, Mac

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

When I first started at Western, @punchingprof was one of my strongest supporters. He made a point of welcoming me to our department, and made me feel incredibly valued. As a racialized scholar, I can't emphasize how important this was for me...

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

@punchingprof Mac is one of the most important public sport scholars I have come across... he unapologetically speaks truth to power, centers the voices of the marginalized, and does so while acknowledging his own privilege in ways that other scholars could take learn from...

[Leyla Hamed @leylahamed]

Al-Ahli Gaza player Ahmad Abu Al-Atta has been killed along his wife and children in an Israeli airstrike on his home in Gaza.

At this point, it’s impossible to count all the losses Palestinian football and sports have suffered at the hands of the occupation.

[Prem Thakker @prem_thakker]

Violent alleged attack on a Palestinian mother & attempted drowning of her two kids at a pool in Texas

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

"Sports can be about anything from intense competition to mental perseverance, and it can even be about basic survival. Survival through sport is exactly what the Gaza Sunbirds are doing — keeping their Para sports dreams from turning into rubble." Wonderful from @_shireenahmed_

[shireenahmed.bsky.social @_shireenahmed_]

My latest for @cbcsports @CBCOlympics on an exceptionally resilient Para cycling team @gazasunbirds

'They can keep dreaming': Gaza Sunbirds aim to offer hope for future of Para cycling in region https://t.co/vKhd041muv

[@adam-ali.bsky.social @AdamAli_04]

What a wonderful pair of winners! Congratulations @_shireenahmed_ and @punchingprof and thank you for all your advocacy and trailblazing in your respective fields!!

[Ahmad Elbayoumi @ahmadelbayoumi]

NEW: Ontario Federation of Labour president Laura Walton in a new letter to University of Toronto president Meric Gertler: "If, you decide to move against the students, you'll have to go through the workers first."

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

The resolution does not give Palestine full UN membership, but recognises them as qualified to join and extends their rights and privileges https://t.co/n2btbYLr1m