Nikita Zychowicz 🇵🇱🇷🇺

Lifelong Immigrant. Interfaith, Intercultural, International. | BA Arabic & Islamic Studies @ArabicatLeeds | He/him | Views are my own, RT ≠ Endorsement

[Joseph Lumbard, شاكر عبد الحق @JosephLumbard]

"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness. "

-- Alejandro Jodorowski

[Nikita Zychowicz 🇵🇱🇷🇺 @NikDomZych]

@erdolliell Congrats!! 🥳

[Dr Syed Mustafa Ali 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @DrSyedMustafaA1]

Muslimness in Euro-Tataria explored by @NikDomZych at #cmsconference2023:

[Nikita Zychowicz 🇵🇱🇷🇺 @NikDomZych]

@samjennrr Am more than glad to help as well if you still need it :)

[ReOrient: Critical Muslim Studies Project @CmsReorient]

Ian Hacking passed away. Inna lillahi wa inallahi rajeoon.
https://t.co/aaQduZhhK4

[Piro Rexhepi @pirorexhepi]

East European scholars doing research on their entangled positionalities in Western academia should pay close attention to racism on Roma people, exclusion of queer and trans* folks and the hierarchies of whiteness within our communities otherwise we're just reinforcing whiteness

[Joseph Lumbard, شاكر عبد الحق @JosephLumbard]

"If the study of religion was effectively decolonized, then possibly there would be very little left standing of the current discipline."

-- Malory Nye

[Joseph Lumbard, شاكر عبد الحق @JosephLumbard]

"Justice is the replacement of love: its use is resorted to when love is absent."

--Raghib al-Isfahani

العدل خليفة المحبة يستعمل حيث لا توجد المحبة

[Nikita Zychowicz 🇵🇱🇷🇺 @NikDomZych]

I especially want to use today to highlight and honour the staff at @ArabicatLeeds, who all work tirelessly in their jobs and are tremendously dedicated both to teaching and to their students. Our academic experience would not be the same without every one of you. شكرا كثيرا لكم

[Nikita Zychowicz 🇵🇱🇷🇺 @NikDomZych]

Today in Russia is "Knowledge Day", a day for welcoming students into school and in which teachers frequently receive flowers and gifts. While there is no such holiday in the UK, I still want to use this chance to thank the staff at @UniversityLeeds for all they do 💝

[Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ @abhistoria]

I want to hear analysis about Afghanistan from Afghan academics, specialists, community and religious leaders, and journalists. A certain cadre of western journalists and think-tank opportunists should preserve the little dignity they have left and step aside.

[Nikita Zychowicz 🇵🇱🇷🇺 @NikDomZych]

A very interesting thread! I've used Jones' textbook quite a bit to study Qur'anic Arabic, so it's quite educational to see corrections made to his material.

[Marijn van Putten @PhDniX]

What is it with Classical Arabic/Qurʾānic Arabic textbooks and teaching people incorrect Arabic...
It seems like everyone has decided collectively it's better to lie about the details than actually teach it correctly.
So then you get the joy of unlearning all you learned wrong!

[Nikita Zychowicz 🇵🇱🇷🇺 @NikDomZych]

@ellaboshe Congrats! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Tell me you’ve never read the Bible without telling me you’ve never read the Bible

[Marijn van Putten @PhDniX]

If you want to learn anything about the history of the Quran please do not watch Cira International or Pfanderfilms. Unless you want to be lied to excessively and repeatedly, of course.

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

I'm deeply saddened by events in my home region & the suffering inflicted on many innocent people. This violence is no natural disaster or spontaneous outburst. Hatred needs to be sown & watered for years, & large-scale violence is always the result of calculated human decisions.

[Nikita Zychowicz 🇵🇱🇷🇺 @NikDomZych]

Absolutely disgusting 😡 Solidarity with you @Wnicholasgomes !!

[GabrielSaidR @GabrielSaidR]

Wife distraught by the posts on her facebook from the region celebrating the recent tragedy in Israel. We're both proudly pro-Palestinian but also pro-human. Every loss of life is to be mourned.