Wafa وفاء

PhD @LSEIRDept l Researcher on Gulf history & politics l باحثة مهتمة بتاريخ الخليج السياسي

[Wafa وفاء @WafaAlsayed]

My paper on Sawt al-Bahrain (1950-1954), a short-lived literary magazine, was recently published in @SENJournal. I explore how this magazine influenced the Bahraini intelligentsia’s ideas on modernity and belonging to the Arab world. (DM for access) https://t.co/nKl1cVCt0z

[Middle East Critique @MidEastCritique]

"𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱."

NEW #OPENACCESS Article on #Bahrain #WomenInHistory #AntiColonial #ArchivalCommons

Title: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚: 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧

Author: 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐝

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𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦:
"𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 '𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑒' 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠’, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ‘𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘."
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𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡:
"𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠.... 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒."
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𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒:
"𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟? ... 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒, 𝑡𝑜𝑜, 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑎—𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑟ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑣𝑒."
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𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒:
"𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑎ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛'𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 1930𝑠, 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 1936–1939 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡 (𝑎𝑙-𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑤𝑟𝑎 𝑎𝑙-𝐾𝑢𝑏𝑟𝑎). 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠-𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑎ℎ𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. "

... and much more!
Continue reading here: https://t.co/O3gqxxQ0Oo

[Wafa وفاء @WafaAlsayed]

@shoomoz Thank you for always promoting my work 😊

[Wafa وفاء @WafaAlsayed]

@shoomoz @tsalrashoud Thank you for the shoutout !

[Asseel Al-Ragam @a_alragam]

🤲🏼🌺 كتابي

My book is now available for pre-order with Edinburgh University Press. This has been an important journey for me & it means a lot to finally see it out in the world. I’ve added a flyer with a 30% discount

Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way

[Wafa وفاء @WafaAlsayed]

@BesenyoJ @SENJournal Thank you

[Wafa وفاء @WafaAlsayed]

My paper on Sawt al-Bahrain (1950-1954), a short-lived literary magazine, was recently published in @SENJournal. I explore how this magazine influenced the Bahraini intelligentsia’s ideas on modernity and belonging to the Arab world. (DM for access) https://t.co/nKl1cVCt0z

[Filastin Files™ @FilastinFiles]

🇵🇸🎞
Edward Said

[Omar Alshehabi عمر هشام الشهابي @omaralshehabi]

Fantastic debut article by Bandar Alsaeed on the 1932 pearl divers' uprising in Bahrain and the emergence of the category of "foreigner" in the Gulf.

https://t.co/Kovj9RcM44

[عمار العباسي @3mmarAbbasi]

الجميع يدعي الانتصار.. لكن الخسارة المحققة لنا هي عملية الضخ الهائلة للسباب والعداوات بين الشعوب خلال الفترة السابقة..

[Wafa وفاء @WafaAlsayed]

@omaralshehabi @tsalrashoud Thanks Omar for the kind post 🌷

[The Palestinian Archive الأرشيف الفلسطيني @palestinian_the]

في حب الكويت | سيري فعين الله ترعاكِ

في يوليو عام ١٩٨٥، تعرضت الكويت لهجمات إرهابية في منطقتي شرق والسالمية، واستشهد فيها عدد من الأبرياء..
فرسم الشهيد ناجي العلي، تعبيرا عن حبه للكويت وأهلها، هذه اللوحة التي يظهر فيها وجه حنظلة..

[Omar Alshehabi عمر هشام الشهابي @omaralshehabi]

New article

Labour Importism: its rise and reproduction in the Arab Gulf States

https://t.co/j9CbTiUZ9V

[Middle East Critique @MidEastCritique]

🚨33.3 - Special Issue OUT🚨

Despite the ongoing genocidal campaign unleashed by Israel on Gaza and now Lebanon, we continue to witness a major wave of universities-led censorship, tenure denial, and students' disciplining related to 🇵🇸 across Western educational universities. In such a context, Middle East Critique is proud to present our third and most timely issue 33.3 of 2024:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞
(guest editors @walqaisiya & @PeruginiNic)

The theme could not be more significant, and the list of contributions--combining research articles and essasy (almost all in Open Access (OA))--are so enlightening.

Check it out: https://t.co/Ovqqvibdju

[Talal Al-Rashoud طلال الرشود @tsalrashoud]

هناك سؤال دائما ما يوجهه المشككون لأنصار المقاطعة: كيف تقاطعون الشركة الفلانية ولا تقاطعون الشركات العلانية؟ أليست هذه انتقائية وتضاربا؟ نرد على هؤلاء بجوابين: ١-يقول تعالى (فاتقوا الله ما استطعتم) كما ينص الفقه: ما لا يدرك كله لا يترك كله، فلا حرج أن نكون عمليين بمقاطعتنا (يتبع)

[Talal Al-Rashoud طلال الرشود @tsalrashoud]

Wrote a paper with @WafaAlsayed for @MidEastCritique about a drastically different time in the Gulf’s history:
“Arabia’s Anti-Colonial Hub: Kuwait and the Bahraini Nationalist Movement (1957–1966)”
DM me for access
https://t.co/GocTZZiqIc

[Jadaliyya @jadaliyya]

The Gulf states have increasingly avoided relying on Washington’s deterrence alone. Instead, they developed a strategy built on three interlocking elements: cultivating deeper security guarantees from the United States; pursuing de-escalation with Iran; and, for some states, engaging Israel.

"The Gulf’s Security Comes Apart" by @elhamfakhro
https://t.co/GbYiAf8M9m

[Wafa وفاء @WafaAlsayed]

4/4 In 1970 and as Bahrain was preparing for independence, Iranian claims were put to rest following a UN survey that once again confirmed that Bahrainis do not see themselves as part of Iran. So these statements are ploys by politicians benefiting from regional conflict.

[Wafa وفاء @WafaAlsayed]

1/4 It’s important not to give this statement unnecessary importance. Iranian parliamentarians have been doing this since the 1950s. Bahrainis across the board have always rejected these claims.

[Wafa وفاء @WafaAlsayed]

3/4 The same publishing house also published Sawt al-Bahrain (1950-1954) magazine which often also disproved these Iranian claims.