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“Magnificent Century” reshaped Turkish aesthetics of the early 2010s, and it visualized blatantly wrong, self-aggrandizing history telling in the post-ex-neo Ottoman contexts. However it is still a great cultural product for putting your knowledge of (self)Orientalism in work. Catch it on @netflix #aftersaidat5 #screen #fail #magnificentcentury #suleymanthemagnificent #kanuni #hurrem #hurremsultan #orientalism #selforientalism #muhtesemyuzyil #ottomanhistory #ottomans #ottomanempire

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The title of this essay says it all: The late John Berger, one of the most prominent philosophers of our time, writes through his grief at the graveside of Mahmoud Darwish, one of the most influential poets of our time. Written in 2008, the piece is still as strong today as the first day it appeared, and a beautiful literary work. Find the link here: http://lithub.com/john-berger-contemplates-life-and-death-at-the-graveside-of-mahmoud-darwish/

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Mashrou’ Leila - Roman

مشروع ليلى Mashrou' Leila is an international sensation. Founded in 2008, this Beiruti band already has a growing fanbase in the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Their latest song “Roman” came with a visually stunning video, and it will redefine what “woke music” looks like in the region and beyond. Many thanks to our reader Kali Handelman for the tip. 

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Persuasive Cartography at Cornell is a collection of maps that are designed to convey a political message to their audience, instead of just representing geography as maps usually do. The collection gathers 800 maps from all corners of the world, dating from the 16th century to the contemporary era. The MENA examples shine bright among this fascinating collection, conveying to us not only the message of the maps’ creators but also the conventions of how the MENA has been represented cartographically. The map in the image is called “Angling in Troubled Waters: A Serio-Comic Map of Europe” and it is from 1899. Link here: https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu

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Karl Sharro’s #karlreMarks has a proposition for those who are willing to (re)shape the Middle East from their armchairs. An excellent take on the region’s history and imperial meddling, this map offers the best ways to partition the region. As @aftersaidat5 we endorse the one based on jeans. For hilarious satirical #applause material and more, head to reMarks’ Twitter and Facebook. #aftersaidat5 #applause #karlremarks #karlsharro #middleeast #maps #cartography #satire

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This is a hilarious but also so on-point read of #fail journalistic writing. #aftersaidat5 #applause #orientalism #fail #stereotypes

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Calendar Converter for Near East Historians is free on https://www.muqawwim.com John Walker developed this web tool and graciously opened it to the public. Its user-friendly interface will encourage students of history to dig in deeper in the archives for new discoveries. #aftersaidat5 #online #archive #calendarconverter #juliancalendar #islamiccalendar #gregoriancalendar #historywriting #historiography #solarhijricalendar #persiancalendar

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Beth Baron’s book “Egypt as a Woman: Nationalism, Gender, and Politics” is #canon for the students of Modern Egypt. Baron’s book was among the first studies which brought questions of nationalism, memory, and identity into dialogue with gender in Middle Eastern Studies. Baron’s book has led to similar works in other contexts of the region, therefore it is also #canon for students of gender studies in the Middle East. The book was published by @uc_press #aftersaidat5 #canon #egypt #gender #identity #memory #nationalism #history #middleeasternhistory #baron #bethbaron

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Mad Man John Hamm goes to Beirut via Hollywood. Of course as one does, he and his film crew reproduces all the tired stereotypes about the Lebanese capital for this one big, fat #fail Don’t catch “Beirut” anywhere, because you probably already know the story, plot twist, the good and the evil, and the “East” of the film. #aftersaidat5 #fail #beirut #orientalism #johnhamm #hollywood

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OHP once again focuses on the best scholarship in the field. Listen to Peirce discuss her new book “The Empress of the East,” and Hurrem Sultan’s riveting life story. #aftersaidat5 #fresh #ohp #ottomanhistorypodcast #ottomanhistory #ottomanempire #hurrem #hurremsultan #magnificientcentury #roxalana #peirce #lesliepeirce

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Colonialist obsession of the Western politicians/oppressors/artists/scientists with the veil goes on #evenaftersaid Take a look at this “art” project “My Stealthy Freedom” by Marinka Masséus on @guardian and decide which photo is the bestest of the multiple #fail s in this series. Thanks @kaliginger for submitting this. Link: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/jan/06/behind-the-veil-iranian-women-cast-off-their-hijabs-in-pictures #aftersaidat5 #fail #orientalism #orientalistphotography #iran #marinkamasseus

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David Gramling’s first book “The Invention of Monolingualism” is a sound study of monolingualism and a #fresh book of multiple audiences hailing from scholarly clusters of literature, applied linguistics, cultural studies, and translation studies. Gramling’s analysis touches on literatures of English, German, Turkish, and Spanish languages, but the impact of his work will cross over borders of any kind.

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Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is known for her pins. In her extensive collection, unsurprisingly, she had this Orientalist set depicting an “Arab village.”

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MER 282 is on the study of Palestine from a transnational work. Read the editors’ introduction to take a look into a #fresh take on the issue of Palestine, at the centenary of the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which changed the country forever. This issue has some #fresh gems on the cultural dimensions of the politics of space in Palestine.

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This #online piece is not specifically based on the MENA countries, but it has intriguing explanations to why countries are named the way they are. Take a tour of the globe and witness the chaotic order or systematic arbitrariness of country-naming in the world. Link: https://qz.com/1070266/the-name-of-a-country-can-only-really-mean-one-of-four-things/

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The Holiday season gift picking is made more difficult with racist artifacts like this. Stay warm and do not put your champagne glasses on Turks’ heads. Thanks @mcneil.sam for this #fail submission.