Daniel Phan

Foreign policy/service, Asia and nostalgia for 1980s to very early 2000s soccer. This platform exclusively a field research tool. Usual caveats.

[شرق‌زده sharghzadeh @sharghzadeh]

In an Istanbul mosque, this elder asked where I'm from.

I respond "Iran" and he began speaking to me in Persian.

Turns out he is from a micro-minority of Kazakh Iranians (he says they are just a few thousand).

He grew up in a village near Gorgan, then, his family went to Istanbul, then Damascus, then Amman, where he lived for decades, finally returning to Turkey.

We spoke in Persian and Arabic. I was surprised he knew Persian, given he left Iran as a child and he speaks Kazakh at home, but he mentioned that his family maintains ties to Iran and visits.

Istanbul is an incredible place.

[RMC Sport @RMCsport]

🇲🇦 Selon le site espagnol Relevo, la Fédération marocaine aimerait sélectionneur le latéral droit du PSG Achraf Hakimi et le milieu du Real Madrid Brahim Diaz pour participer aux prochains Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024.

https://t.co/r790uMQbQ7

[The Spanish Football Podcast @tsf_podcast]

This is brilliant from Jude Bellingham, by the way. Had a winning goal ruled out. Sent off afterwards. Still found time to stop and take photos with every kid who asked for one on the way out of Mestalla. Class.

[Malay Mail @malaymail]

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg has vowed that there will be no racial discrimination for admissions when the free tertiary education scheme commences in state-owned universities in two years’ time.

He said the only criterion would be for students to meet the academic requirements for admission.

He said the state government wanted to ensure that Sarawakians were well-trained in the latest technology.

The state-owned colleges and universities include I-Cat University College, Kolej Laila Taib, University Technology Sarawak, Curtin University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology and Centre of Technology Excellence Sarawak.

#InclusivePolicy #sarawakfutureleaders #UniversalEducation

[Tito Ambyo (arsisto.bsky.social) @Tito_Ambyo]

For young Indonesians who never experienced Soeharto, here’s a little story: one day when I was in high school and Soeharto was in power, I had a pack of cigarettes and a book on Marxism in my school bag. All were banned. The book was more than banned: it was, and is, illegal.

[Italian Football TV @IFTVofficial]

Napoli fans showing their support to Osimhen all the way in Ivory Coast for AFCON 🩵

[Rozanna Latiff @rozlatiff]

Just one sector but most migrant security guards work 12-18 hrs/day everyday with no leave. If they’re lucky, they may get 1-2 days off a month but many don’t. This may be the only break they got from guarding yr malls, parking lots, condos etc the whole year. Leave them alone

[Hadi Azmi @amerhadiazmi]

Rohingya have been deprived of education for at least 3 gen after losing their citizenship in Myanmar. Look at your family, see how much progress there has been since your grandfather's time, and see what they've been deprived of.

3 gens ago my family planted padi.

[Italian Football TV @IFTVofficial]

VICTOR OSIMHEN WITH THE ASSIST OF THE SEASON 😱🇳🇬

Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE.

[Italian Football TV @IFTVofficial]

Journalist: “Will you go to Saudi Arabia too?”
Sarri: “Can you smoke in Saudi Arabia?”
Journalist: “Yes.”
Sarri: “Ok then we’ll see.”

🗣Sarri to La Repubblica 😂

[GermanForeignOffice @GermanyDiplo]

Yes. And it’s called saving lives.

[Daniel Phan @danielphan]

@merahhhhhhhhhh In good time we will all migrate permanently to threads!!!

[Daniel Phan @danielphan]

@merahhhhhhhhhh Totally worth the week and a bit of minor side sleeping discomfort - remember to go titanium.

Soothing tonic to offset work blues: boxing and/or @Maetasworld’s latest album.

[Ro @romaissaa_b]

Eid Mubarak! For @nytimes, I wrote about the liberatory chaos of Eid: https://t.co/ZpeHbelJSj

[TVS @tvsarawak]

Meriahnya gawai di Taee, Serian.

Layari https://t.co/EGZMz1UAq9 & tonton TVS di saluran 122 Astro & MYTV.

#TVS122 #TVSNews #BerkatGawai #GawaiDayak

[Daniel Phan @danielphan]

@merahhhhhhhhhh Atmospheric BTS tracks I may accept - but respectfully yet to ever come across one 😅