Shadi Abu-Ayyash

Assistant Prof. of Media & Communication @ UAE University. Public Sphere; Cultural Representations; Digital Transformation in Media.

[Shadi Abu-Ayyash @shadi3000]

A ch. I co-authored with Dr. Maeen Al-Maitamy & Dr. Amor Ben Amor, The War of Algorithms: Artificial Intelligence and the Shaping of Conflict Narratives in the Russia-Ukraine War published in book of Media Representation and Public Perception of War. https://t.co/Qd75MWoT31

[Shadi Abu-Ayyash @shadi3000]

My chapter “Digital Transformation’s Effect on PR and Strategic Communication in Palestinian Startups” is now published in Strategic Public Relations in Emerging Economies.
مشاركتي في بحث حول اثر التحول الرقمي على الاتصال في الشركات الفلسطينية الناشئة https://t.co/Mt6BYvj2Kv

[Shadi Abu-Ayyash @shadi3000]

My latest research paper explores how digital journalism curricula evolve to meet media industry demands in Palestine, highlighting the role of local contexts and colonial realities in shaping students’ essential skills.
https://t.co/6aLERMhCps
#NewMedia #Palestine #Journalism

[Shadi Abu-Ayyash @shadi3000]

A new research contribution: The #domestication of #data_journalism in #Palestine: Consumption of data-based news stories via social media - Shadi Abu-Ayyash, Hussein AlAhmad, Elias Kukali, 2024 https://t.co/8BKA84xTJP

[Shadi Abu-Ayyash @shadi3000]

لقاء إذاعي حول السردية الثقافية عبر الفضاء العام الرقمي ودلالات الكوفية والثوب

On the Palestinian keffiyeh and thobe cultural significance and the digital public sphere https://t.co/86ASh6KfG0

[Shadi Abu-Ayyash @shadi3000]

@Tracking_Power @BristolUni Great news..

[David Miller @Tracking_Power]

VICTORY AT THE EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL

The Employment Tribunal has released its judgment in my landmark legal case against @BristolUni, concluding that I was wrongfully dismissed in October 2021 and discriminated against because of my anti-Zionist beliefs. This is not just a victory for me, but also a victory for pro-Palestine campaigners across Britain.

Over many years, anti-Zionists have faced harassment and censorship in Britain due to the efforts of the Israel lobby. Many people have faced disciplinary procedures and lost their jobs for manifesting their anti-Zionist beliefs.

Before I took my case, it was unclear whether a belief in the idea that Zionism is a racist, imperialist, and colonial ideology could be protected under the Equality Act 2010 as a philosophical belief. I’m proud to say that, with this case, we have proven that anti-Zionist beliefs, of the sort that I articulated, should be protected.

I hope this case will become a touchstone precedent in all the future battles that we face with the racist and genocidal ideology of Zionism and the movement to which it is attached.

The determination that I was sacked for my anti-Zionist beliefs is a vindication of the case I made all the way through this process. The University of Bristol maintained that I was sacked because Zionist students were offended by my various remarks. However, it was plain from the evidence provided by the university’s own witnesses, that I was sacked because of the anti-Zionist nature of my comments.

This verdict is also a vindication of the approach I have taken throughout this period, which is to say that a genocidal and maximalist Zionism can only be effectively confronted by a maximalist anti-Zionism. The self-justifying and defensive approach of the sort illustrated by many on the left and even in the Palestine Solidarity movement will not work. The Zionist movement cannot be negotiated with. It must be defeated.

I thank the Tribunal, Judge Pirani, and the two panellists Ms Kaye and Mr Launder for the professional way that proceedings were conducted and for giving me a fair hearing in spite of many external pressures. I also thank my legal team @ZillRah7 of @RahmanLowe and Zac Sammour of @11KBW for their strong commitment, from the outset, to defending the right to be anti-Zionist.

I am also truly grateful to every single person who has donated to this case through the @Fighting_Fund. Without your support, there is no way I could have seen this through to the end.

This is just as much your victory as it is mine.

Now we need to spread the campaign to #DismantleZionism all around the world - wherever the Zionist movement raises its ugly head.

[Shadi Abu-Ayyash @shadi3000]

my new article #Mediatized #Politics in #Palestine: The Influence of Online Platforms on the #Framing of Politicians' Messages.
مقالتي الجديدة حول السياسة المؤعلمة (الموسعة إعلاميًا) في #فلسطين: تأثير المنصات الإلكترونية على تأطير رسائل السياسيين
https://t.co/QuZXW9gj84

[Shadi Abu-Ayyash @shadi3000]

my new research contribution: #Representations of #Palestinian #Culture in the Digital Public Sphere: A Semiotic Analysis of the #Thobe and the #Keffiyeh
مقالتي الجديدة تمثيلات الثقافة الفلسطينية عبر الفضاء الرقمي العام: تحليل سيمائي للكوفية والثوب

https://t.co/QENqKOAsNn

[BDS movement @BDSmovement]

On stage & outside nat'l bookfair in Rome, activists recall Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, killed by Israel in Gaza on Dec 7, along with 17,000 others, flying a kite as he requested in his poem "If I must die."

#CeasefireNow & #DismantleApartheid calls met with huge applause.

[Shadi Abu-Ayyash @shadi3000]

A Unified Call for Justice and Freedom in Palestine from Palestinian Higher Education institutions
https://t.co/Qm91hmpr1p

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Do Palestinians not scream in agony as they watch their friends and family die?

Do Palestinian children not deserve to laugh and play with their friends at school?

Do Palestinian lives not matter?

To save what is left of our common humanity, we need a ceasefire now.

[David Miller @Tracking_Power]

Rainwater is the property of 'Israel'.

Palestinians are forbidden from gathering rainwater.

Source: a UN report: 'according to Israeli military orders in effect in the area, rain is the property of the Israeli authorities and thus Palestinians are forbidden from gathering rain water for domestic or agricultural needs.'

And:

'As well as prohibiting nearly all construction of wells necessary for Palestinians to secure additional quantities of water to support population growth and socio-economic development, such policies have denied communities access to water and sanitation facilities, including water, toilets, sewage networks and cisterns for rainwater harvesting.'

This is Zionism.

#DismantleZionism
#Gaza_Genocide
#FromTheRiverToTheSea

https://t.co/f2lpPYY4Ta

[Ione Belarra @ionebelarra]

We are witnessing a live genocide by the State of Israel in Palestine, and I don't want to be an accomplice. Today it's Palestine, tomorrow it could be anyone.

That's why I ask you to support by signing the initiative https://t.co/kS9KJ3mXNq

#ICCJusticeForGaza

[Daniella Modos - Cutter -SEN @DmodosCutter]

Gilles Devers is one of the most veteran lawyers in France, who in just 10 days gathered an army of lawyers from all the continents of the world to prosecute Israel for its war crimes against the Palestinians.

Lawyer Giles Devers is promising the Israeli occupation with a dark fate and says to the Palestinians: "You did not have anyone to defend you, but now you have an army to defend you in international and national courts."

#Gaza_Genocide

[Abier @abierkhatib]

Goosebumps, head to toes, literally head to toes.

What a legend!!

#Gaza

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Something historic is happening in London right now

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[Ione Belarra @ionebelarra]

Are you going to stop being complicit with a genocidal state like Israel? That is the question you must answer.

[Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida]

I am the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, and my perspective is needed here now more than ever. I will not be silenced and I will not let anyone distort my words.

I’m from Detroit, where I learned to speak truth to power, even if my voice shakes.