Zayra Badillo Castro

historiadora de lo urbano y sus nostalgias soviéticas, based at "that endearing relic of Empire, stuffed with eccentrics"- according to UK government sources.

[J. Lebrón Ayala @SrLebron]

DiaNtLe ⚡️🔥🥊

[Orel Beilinson @BeilinsonOrel]

James is a superb historian, and Bukhara will never cease to fascinate me.

[Golnar Motevalli @golnarM]

The war doesn't define the Strait of Hormuz. This is a beautiful part of the world that is more than mere geography. For many of its people it's a reminder of thousands of years of culture, trade and coexistence and for visitors it's a precious hideaway.
https://t.co/0WHNycj91c

[EL PAÍS América @elpais_america]

La imagen ‘Una mujer come en el comedor de un sanatorio de la era soviética’, tomada en las montañas de Tayikistán por la fotógrafa británica Jo Kearney se ha alzado con el premio principal de los World Food Photography Awards patrocinados por Bimi® https://t.co/DvWnDQ5XoP

[Omar Cepeda Castro @OmarCepedaCastr]

Keiko Fukimori sería la próxima presidenta de Perú después de que la ONPE completaran el 100% de las actas procesadas y el 98.328% de las actas contabilizadas.

Aunque la diferencia sigue siendo mínima entre ambos candidatos, ya es prácticamente irreversible la ventaja de Keiko Fujimori.

La derecha se impone en Perú y sigue uniformando América del Sur bajo esa bandera, donde todo apunta que el próximo país sería Colombia.

[Emily Feng 冯哲芸 @EmilyZFeng]

The full audio series on our work at @npr on Uyghurs in China is out early. We discovered new details of the role the Uyghurs played in Syria’s civil war and explore the thorny question of what is next for this large community in Syria https://t.co/vEmVvstMqN

[Alexander Kavtaradze @alexkavtaradze_]

May 21 is observed globally by Circassians as the Day of Remembrance for the Circassian Genocide and Exile.

We join in remembrance of this tragic event, which once again confirms the evil intentions of the Russian Empire towards the peoples of the Caucasus.

The Georgian and Circassian peoples have shared fascinating and deep cultural ties over the centuries.

For instance, according to a widespread view, the representatives of several surnames common in Georgia are believed to be of Circassian origin. Here are some of these surnames: Ingorokva,
Paghava, Cherkezishvili.

Furthermore, penultimate king of eastern Georgia Erekle II was ethnically one-quarter Circassian. His maternal grandmother was Circassian.

[Joe Luc Barnes @joelucbarnes]

Two months back I went on a 54-hour train journey from Almaty to Aktau. You might think that there are better ways to spend one's free time, but in this piece for @thetimes I will try to convince you of the joys of travelling with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy.

https://t.co/6voaIIcTal

[Gelmary Rivera @gelmary_]

🚨 MUCHA PRECAUCIÓN en Salinas | Reportan un grupo de ganado suelto corriendo por la carretera 706 tras escaparse de una finca cercana. El tránsito se encuentra afectado.

Si transitas por la zona, reduce la velocidad. Ya se notificó a las autoridades. 👇🏽📹

[Emily Feng 冯哲芸 @EmilyZFeng]

When the Assad regime crumbled and I went to Syria for the first time, I immediately noticed some Uyghur fighters among the rebels. I wanted to know more.
https://t.co/X9gSZgrftc

[Spilne | Commons @commonscomua]

Ruined cities and the fragility of everyday life — themes of Bosnian wartime art that are also familiar to Ukrainians.
In a new article about reflection on the parallels between Bosnian and Ukrainian experiences and their reflection in art. https://t.co/zR2alGMcsU

[N @dearvotion]

Just learned about the existence of WikiRug. There’s a map of regional rug patterns of Iran where clicking on each province directs you to a dedicated page about that particular rug.

[EL PAÍS América @elpais_america]

Es frecuente que Puerto Rico se quede al margen cuando el asunto a tratar es su literatura. Tanto en España como en América Latina, es muy poco conocida pese a su potencia y calidad. Con excepciones, por razones de política editorial, lo que se escribe en Puerto Rico se queda en Puerto Rico

https://t.co/ZAPjyqL5VT

[Alex Cohen @anothercohen]

Marco Rubio finding out he now has to run Spirit Airlines

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

The Iran war has now evolved from Lego to Minions

What a time to be alive

[Sarah Deech ☕️ @londonette]

Me flicking through the menu at an Indian restaurant pretending to be open minded when I know full well I’m going to order the chicken tikka masala

[Arezou Azad @ArezouAzad]

This coming Monday, 27 April at 12 noon EST/5 pm UK time/ 6 pm CET, I will be giving a preview of Pejman Firoozbakhsh's and my two new books. We will be joined by Mahmoud Omidsalar of the Jordan Center for Persian Studies at UC Irvine as discussant.

[Max Asecas @MaxAsecas2]

Todos los intentos de asesinato que sufre Trump parecen planificados por El Coyote.

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

Whoever is cooking up these LEGO videos has the Trump regime completely figured out.

While the U.S. fumbles digital propaganda, Iran is dropping AI brick bangers that are actually landing.

They’re winning the meme war brick by brick. 🧱

#LEGOPropaganda

[Maryam Jamshidi (msjamshidi.bsky.social) @MsJamshidi]

I am actually crying 🤣