Andrew Simon
@simongandrew
Historian of media, pop culture, the Middle East. Senior Lecturer @dartmouth; author of "Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt"; Ideas to Ink
Well this was quite the surprise! A thousand thanks to @Da7eee7 and @NewMediaACDMY for including "Media of the Masses" in this wonderful episode on Ahmad Adawiya and the history of sha'bi music. I cannot wait for the book's Arabic translation with @Dar_elShorouk to debut! 🇪🇬🎵 📚
It never ceases to amaze me how select cases of full professors deciding to leave the U.S. for a university abroad merit more attention than the adjunctification of higher education and the complete erosion of tenure-track openings.
A chilling paragraph from “Another Doctor is Dead in Gaza” in the New Yorker.
Easily the oddest suggestion I’ve ever offered to an editorial team.
When you check out forthcoming books with @stanfordpress and want to purchase every single one.
Nothing like receiving the page proofs for a forthcoming publication! I'm excited to share this essay, which offers a small glimpse into my new book project about a blind performer turned political dissident whose story reveals a history of dissent decades before the Arab Spring.
A wonderful interview with Karam Youssef, the founder of one of Egypt's leading publishing houses. okayafrica.com/run-publishing…
From university presidents in Gaza: "Constant bombardment, starvation, restrictions on internet access, unstable electricity, and the ongoing horrors of genocide have not broken our will. We are still here, still teaching, and still committed to the future of education in Gaza."
A not to miss event featuring Ziad Fahmy in Cairo next week!
يا أصحابي، في كتاب صوتي لإعلام الجماهير مع @iqraaly! أنا لسه مش مصدق. iqraaly.com/books/3325
I can think of about 1,000 more important issues than grade inflation when it comes to the university and its future right now.
