Here's wishing that remembering Mahfoud Bennoune helps us to keep acting in hope for a better future in these difficult times for the world.
Thank you for taking the time to read this thread.
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Mahfoud Bennoune:
"It's a very difficult question. You cannot give recipes for what can be done. We have to keep trying to promote hope & provide analysis. This helps the framing of a perspective that allows people to act in hope & figure out how to struggle for a better future"
Donations to the Mahfoud Bennoune Memorial Thesis Award @Umich.edu Center for Middle Eastern & North African Studies can be made at this link: tinyurl.com/bdejhptt
It is an essential time to encourage young people to study & understand these vital regions of the world 4/7
We are also continuing our fundraising to support the Mahfoud Bennoune Memorial Thesis Award at the University of Michigan @umich.edu Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies.
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3/7
To continue to share his words & wisdom, we plan to mark what would have been Dr. Bennoune’s 90th birthday year in a number of ways, including posting his unfinished memoirs on mahfoudbennoune.com & holding a virtual memorial conference in October 2026...
#Algeria
2/7
Back in 2002, as Algeria's "dark decade" was coming to an end, I interviewed Mahfoud about the struggle against extremism. I ended with this question, "As Tolstory asked, what then must we do?"
His answer in the next post stays with me...
#Algeria
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5/7
I pay tribute to the great women's rights advocate #YanarMohammed, tragically murdered in #Iraq today
Condolences to her family, friends & all who continue her work
The work of #women #HumanRights defenders who challenge extremists is so dangerous
Support them. Honor Yanar.
Today would've been the 90th birthday of my dear dad Mahfoud Bennoune, Algerian anthropologist & activist. His work against colonialism & extremism remains sadly relevant
To help remember him & draw strength for today's rights struggles, visit mahfoudbennoune.com
#Algeria
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UNESCO statement on damage to Golestan Palace World Heritage site following airstrikes on Tehran. The US belatedly adopted the 1954 Hague Convention as atonement for our failings in safeguarding Iraqi heritage in the 2000s. Let’s see if we now honor our obligations.
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
