Originally published in The Chicago Reporter here For 20 years, the U.S. proclaimed it went to war in Afghanistan for humanitarian reasons. The U.S. maintained it was “saving women” to secure democracy, advance women’s rights, or ensure the destruction of the Taliban to help women. Yet the talk about “helping Afghan women” was just a means …
Are you constantly feeling stuck while you are writing? Do you know what leads many radical scholars to feel stuck? We don’t always feel like we are enough. Here are some of the ways I see it showing up: We constantly second guess our research ideas. We feel miserable about our research. We feel like …
Scholars working within or outside the university tend to have access to radical theories about topics like abolition, decolonization, intersectionality, queer justice, disabilty justice, and beyond. Yet far less opportunity exists to learn and develop radical methodologies. This problem has grave implications not only for scholars but also for the communities with whom scholars conduct …
The 3 R’s of Activist Research: Responsible, Relational, and Revolutionary (Part 1) Read More »
Originally published in The Chicago Reporter here As we consider the past, many people living in the U.S. believe they would have supported the civil rights movement, even in the face of the white supremacists of the KKK and the Jim Crow stalwarts in Congress. If old enough, many likely believe they would have at …
To Honor Desmond Tutu, Illinois should rescind its anti-Palestinian legislation Read More »
Originally published in The Chicago Reporter here We have major problems in this country in how we think about and get appropriate government assistance to Arab Americans. Social workers, translators, housing and transportation experts, health workers, and community-based funding agencies all face three substantial difficulties. First, the U.S. Census folds Arab Americans into the category …
Chicagoland Study Shows Why We Need a MENA Category in The U.S. Census Read More »
Over the years, I have been paying attention to the anxieties radical scholars face: imposter syndrome, overwhelm, and fear. Over and over, people tell me things like: I spend 50% of my writing time constrained by these anxieties. I go through complete despair. It feels like torture. I waste so much of my time anxious …
SAKINA for Easing Internalized Academic Oppression Read More »
