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January 15, 2012 by cptwitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15
In rainy Beirut for #CASAR2012 "Shifting Borders: America and the Middle East/North Africa." First time here. Beautiful seaside campus. # Suad Abdul-Kabeer (Purdue) on "Muslim Cool": emergent practice; performance of blackness as a way of creating Muslim identity. #CASAR2012 # Blackout at the moment; sitting in the dark listening to our speaker. Several power outages [...]
December 4, 2011 by cptwitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-04
Bound for Madinat Zayed and environs In search of UAE National Day swag. #abudhabi #
November 20, 2011 by cptwitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-20
@jamiaw We've moved and are at NYU Abu Dhabi this year! Hope you are well. #
November 13, 2011 by cptwitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-13
In NYC, rats on the train tracks; in Sawai Madhopur: wild boar. #India # Exploring old Purana Quila fort in Delhi: luxuriously deserted because it's the morning of a festival day. #India #
November 6, 2011 by cptwitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-06
We've come to Delhi for Eid. The air is cool and smoky as we are driven to our hotel. It's 4:40 am. # Driving in Abu Dhabi is child's play compared to navigating the streets of Delhi. Lanes? Bah! Glad it's not me driving. # "Snake Driving": that's what our driver calls the way Indians [...]
September 18, 2011 by cptwitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18
Taking my first public bus in #AbuDhabi Fare is AED 1 = $.27! #
September 11, 2011 by cptwitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11
On my way to teach my second class at #nyuad And writing to @_waterman from the shuttle bus about #vWNY Today: Appiah's Cosmopolitanism. #
June 26, 2011 by cptwitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-26
Looking forward to discussing "When the Whip Comes Down" at tonight's reading at McNally-Jackson: http://t.co/BH9FBP7 #
May 15, 2011 by cptwitter
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-05-15
Listening to radio from Martha's Vineyard via iTunes while 8 time zones away in Abu Dhabi. Gotta love some things about the 21st century! #
May 8, 2011 by cptwitter
