Sonja Mejcher-Atassi @SoMeAtassi
Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature at American University of Beirut - new book: An Impossible Friendship (Columbia UP) aub.edu.lb/fas/english/Pa… Beirut Joined March 2022-
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Reviving Afif: A Filmmaker’s Journey into an Unsung Past Join us for a special screening and talk exploring the legacy of Afif and the untold stories of art, music, and memory. 📅 Tuesday, September 16, 2025 🕔 5:00 PM 📍 Auditorium B, West Hall – AUB #AUB #AUBVibes
في لحظة التطييف العنفي في #سوريا، يعود محمد علي الأتاسي إلى شعار «الدين لله والوطن للجميع» كمدخل لإعادة بناء الهوية الوطنية. megaphone.news/oped/%D8%A7%D9…
Call for Applications: Wiko Early Career Call for #fellowships 2025/26 in the #Humanities and #SocialSciences. Apply online by September 1st for a 10 month fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin - Institute for Advanced Study: wiko-berlin.de/fellow-werden/… #cfa
Airstrikes and shelling by Israeli Forces continue in #Gaza. No sirens. No safety. Let’s not forget Gaza. #CeasefireNow
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi @SoMeAtassi joins New Lines’ @RashaElass to discuss her new book, “An Impossible Friendship,” which describes a transformative friendship in the early years of the conflict in Palestine and Israel. newlinesmag.com/podcast/jerusa…
يكتب محمد علي الأتاسي عن مجازر الماضي ومجازر الحاضر، والأمل الذي تصنعه أحياناً بضع حبّات من الطماطم. #سوريا megaphone.news/oped/%D8%A7%D9…
تمّ تقديم #مؤتمر_الحوار_الوطني الذي انعقد في #دمشق، هذا الأسبوع، كحجر أساس للمرحلة الانتقالية. لكنّ تحدّي الانتقال الفعلي هو في كيفية الانتقال من مشروعية ثورية إلى مشروعية انتخابية، حسب محمد علي الأتاسي. megaphone.news/oped/%D8%B5%D9…
As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Etel Adnan, AUB Libraries presents a special 20-minute feature exploring her archival collection, literary and artistic contributions, and impact on generations of scholars and creatives Watch full video: youtu.be/QSleDkdXsog?fe… @AUB_Lebanon
📢OPEN: Gonville & Caius College Visiting Bye-Fellowship for "Arts & Humanities" scholars from the Global South. The Fellowship is tenable for 1 year with a stipend of £30,000 + other benefits. Closing date 28 Feb 2025. cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/visi…
تحية متأخرة إلى د.عبد الحي سيد بقلم محمد علي الأتاسي aljumhuriya.net/ar/2024/12/18/…
📢 Check out Faculty Publication Spotlight Series #FPSS on YouTube! Dr. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi discusses her latest book - An Impossible Friendship: Group Portrait, Jerusalem Before and After 1948. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/o4pABITHvaw?si… #AUBLibraries @AUB_Lebanon @SoMeAtassi
Yesterday was an historic day: the breaking open of Saydnaya Prison marks the end of an era of extreme violence, torture, starvation, and mass execution. Deeply moving images of survivors set free remind us of the conversations we had with a group of survivors eight years ago as…
New episodes of the MEC Booktalk podcast now available to listen here🎧 podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/middle-… @StAntsCollege @SoMeAtassi @SajadJiyad @elhamfakhro
Looking forward to talk with colleagues and students at Sapienza University Rome about An Impossible Friendship thanks to Arturo Monaco and Fernanda Fischione @ColumbiaUP University Press @AUB_Lebanon University of Beirut @SapienzaRoma Università di Roma
TODAY - join @SoMeAtassi , Marilyn Booth and Peter Hill for a panel on 'Writing Middle Eastern Lives' discussing their new books, 5pm, Investcorp Lecture Theatre. Books will be available for sale thanks to Gulp Fiction Books. @StAntsCollege @FAMESOx
Little Palestine will be screened on Arte next week A film by Abdallah al-Khatib Produced by Mohammad Ali Atassi and Jean-Laurent Csinidis arte.tv/de/videos/1177…
An Impossible Friendship - please join me for book talks in Geneva 21.10., Zurich 22.10., Basel 23.10., and Munich 24.10. @ColumbiaUP @AUB_Lebanon
We are calling on our worldwide family to come together in support of AUB and our abiding commitment to Lebanon. Your donation to the AUBMC Emergency Response will be used to support the care of patients (AUBMC Needy Patients Fund) and for urgently needed medical supplies and…
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