Khalidah Ali @KhalidahAli Twitter profile

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Khalidah Ali

17 days

My friend Ahmad ( @Ahmad_Q3udaih ) spoke to me yesterday about how he was once a student with dreams and ambitions and now he lives day to day just waiting to die. Please support him and his family by donating whatever you can to their campaign:

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11 months

@EdmontonOilers @TheJUNOAwards Love that they proudly displayed their support for Palestine with their kafiyyahs 🇵🇸

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10 months

@sasa_ghada I agree. I can’t imagine handing over thousands of dollars to that criminal government.

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

@DerikChica @OntarioNDP @NDP @MaritStiles @theJagmeetSingh I have lost faith in the party at all levels and I have voted NDP consistently for years.

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Khalidah Ali

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8 years

@KhaledBeydoun I have even had to convince other Muslims that Bill Maher is an Islamophobe. Sad how he masks himself as a "balanced" thinker

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Khalidah Ali

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5 years

Unbearable whiteness: -Take some random video of a non-Islamically sanctioned slaughter practice and apply it to a holiday that represents Muslims globally -Confuse Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha -Think you have the moral high ground

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Khalidah Ali

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5 years

It’s difficult to see Muslim scholars opposing movements that fight racism, oppression etc., supporting hierarchies, allying themselves with oppressive governments. It’s even more hurtful when I see people I care for supporting this garbage. Sigh.

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Khalidah Ali

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9 months

@Josh20Left @OldManIvarr The Amalek references are pretty clear and the statements about Gazans being human animals

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

@JoshuaPHilll Meanwhile…

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Khalidah Ali

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11 months

@isnacanada can you let the community know why he was there and what you were trying to achieve?

Ghada Sasa | غادة سعسع PhD(c) 🇵🇸

@sasa_ghada

11 months

Today, I confronted ISNA execs for privately meeting w/ the Zionist leader @PierrePoilievre in the mosque. I asked, moving forward, for mosques like ISNA to include me & other Palestinians in conversations about Palestine & to ensure no pro-apartheid politician enters a mosque.

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

@khaledsasa_ We’ve watched his face grow thinner and dark circles form around his eyes. How I wish we could just give him the safety he so desperately needs. 😭❤️

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

@Rowaida_Abdel @_nadirahp I think it’s a fake or troll account. It’s got some pretty bizarre nonsense on it. Hijabi pic but anti-Muslim, pro-Trump, anti-Black tweets. But who knows with Muslim Twitter.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

4 years

@AcademicChatter I would advise speaking to one’s own supervisor first and the graduate director. If they’re not helpful but you have another ally/mentor among faculty appeal to them. Try to get as much support as you can.

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Khalidah Ali

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2 years

@gatnash It's honestly a nightmare. I've been upset all day.

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

@BonsaiSky Gosh I can’t stop crying

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Khalidah Ali

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5 years

Why is there always one kid at Eid prayer in a Spiderman costume? (sometimes even at the mosque for iftar/tarawih) 🤔

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

8 months

@BonnieCrombie Why are you deliberately lying and making this dangerous statement when you know this will only increase anti-Palestinian racism? So incredibly irresponsible!!

Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا

@SMohyeddin

8 months

I documented this protest. Began at Israeli consulate & went to US consulate. At every bit of scaffolding, some protesters climbed & waved Palestinian flag. Mount Sinai also had scaffolding that was climbed. It was treated no different than any other building along the route.

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@omarsuleiman504 @JustinTrudeau @ShoumanMansour Thank you for making this video. I have very little faith that @JustinTrudeau has any interest in saving Palestinian lives and Canada is basically standing by Israel despite the charges of genocide. But I pray for Mansour’s safe return.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

8 months

@melaniejoly @MunSecConf You are complicit in this genocide as are @JustinTrudeau and @cafreeland

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@BonnieCrombie You deliberately lied (to score political points) about the protesters “infiltrating” the hospitals when there is evidence online that contradicts that story and now these are the direct effects of you and other Canadian leaders deliberately misleading the public.

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

@AsadFromNYC My first thought was: thank goodness she doesn’t have a gun 😖

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@LailaAlarian @nytimes “Barrage of gunfire” — the audacity

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

4 years

@sergeibaka @shadalaiyan Kyle Lowry would have to go and collect you

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

I was also put in ESL in grade one. I was born in Trinidad and my teachers didn’t know that it is an English speaking country.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

5 years

It’s as if some people think God lives at the mosque. You can worship Him anywhere, people. Mosque closures save lives. Get over it, it’s only temporary.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

11 years

Speaking truth to power means calling out scholars who support oppressive regimes. Thank you for your courage @TariqRamadan

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

8 months

@ShreeParadkar @JustinTrudeau @melaniejoly you’ve basically suspended UNRWA funding with no evidence, yet maintain support for Israel despite ample evidence of their war crimes. The public needs to know why you’re abetting a nation on trial for genocide.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

3 years

Yep, getting a mouth guard next week 😐

deray

@deray

3 years

The dentist said tons of people are grinding their teeth since the quarantines began.

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@AyyashMohannad @YorkUniversity So @YorkUniversity are you afraid of professors teaching now? Is that so radical that you need to send police?

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

8 months

Hey @JustinTrudeau @melaniejoly you are supporting this horror. We know you want us to think you have no part in this, but we know your military, financial and other support you mislead the public about. How do you sleep at night knowing you have helped this genocide?

Muhammad Smiry 🇵🇸

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8 months

From Rafah this night

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Khalidah Ali

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7 months

@HonAhmedHussen You suspended UNRWA funding based on Israel’s word with no evidence. We do not trust your pretend good will.

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Khalidah Ali

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9 months

@ScottFieldsMT @prafxis

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

8 months

@theJagmeetSingh This is not true and you know it. Why are you such a coward? I remember growing up observing your political rise in Brampton thinking we could actually see great change in Canadian politics. But you are an embarrassment and a disappointment.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

6 years

“[T]his law is not promoting secularism — this is racism, this is Islamophobic, this is xenophobic.”

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

@Nisha_Kansal @uOttawa @yipengGe Shame on @uOttawa for trying to stifle legitimate political critique

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

4 years

Decided to go for a walk. Now half an hour later I’m still lying on my bed laughing hysterically at tiktoks. I wonder if I will actually make it outside...🤔

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

3 years

Thinking about how I’ve expressed how difficult finishing the PhD is to several people in the past few months and the response was “just wait until you have kids” or “just be grateful you don’t have kids.” Can this process just be difficult on its own?

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

4 years

Ugh these influencers who post hot pics of themselves captioned “you ready for Ramadan?” — please stooooop. Please, enough with this nonsense. We get it, you’re hot, you don’t have to think of a flimsy caption to go with your photo.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

11 months

@nccm @oliviachow are you even noticing the rise in Islamophobic violence? You need to protect *all* Toronto communities.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

5 years

Just spent an hour working on my dissertation and the net result was 3-4 new sentences. My brain hurts! #dissertating

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

5 years

This week in #MuslimTwitter

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

6 years

Seriously disturbed by the popularity of Jordan Peterson among Muslims. The amount of times I’ve heard Muslims say “he makes sense” keeps me awake at night. Where are we headed when these are the “intellectuals” the community is drawing from?

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

5 years

Twitter akhs obsessively argue and whine about women while Muslim women are out there making WAVES, starting trouble by standing up for justice. #forgettheakhs #supportourleaders

Ilhan Omar

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5 years

Women—especially women of color—have been told to go slow, to not be seen and to not be heard for many years. We are not in Congress to be invisible. In the words of Congressman John Lewis, we are here to make good trouble. 💪🏽

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Khalidah Ali

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3 years

Reading through my dissertation and I’m soooo bored. My poor committee 🤦🏽‍♀️

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Khalidah Ali

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7 months

@HonAhmedHussen “Canada is concerned about the humanitarian crisis it helped create” Hypocrite

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Khalidah Ali

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2 years

Just watched a take from a yt Muslim convert saying that born Muslims are too “cultural” and that’s problematic because it distorts their Islamic practice. The rage I feel inside of me right now…😡

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Khalidah Ali

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5 years

@HajiAgaKhorasan Not only are you wrong historically but you’re a crazy racist. That’s facts.

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Khalidah Ali

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6 years

@TorontoStar Why would you publish this article? So distasteful at a time like this! Who cares what this murderer thinks? The Muslim community is grieving and you think a story about our terrorizer “feeling bad” is a good idea.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

6 years

Grateful today for a father who supports my spiritual, intellectual, athletic pursuits and does not expect I should be anything other than I am (doesn’t expect me to be demure, subdued, or other things that define Victorian womanhood that people take to be traditionally Islamic).

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

11 months

These children are begging- in Arabic then in English- to live. They want to live. They want to be safe. But we know many may not live out the next few days, weeks because of Israel’s actions. Will you not step up to help? @JustinTrudeau @cafreeland @melaniejoly

شبكة قدس الإخبارية

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11 months

تغطية صحفية: مؤتمر لأطفال غزة؛ رفضاً للتجويع واستهداف المستشفيات.

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

The standard for becoming teacher’s pet is so simple this year: just turn your camera on. Easily you become a fave.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

4 years

Fellow academics, read #BlackintheIvory tweets. The stories are painful but need to be heard. We need to face the harsh reality of academia.

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Khalidah Ali

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7 months

There are white male academics who consistently mispronounce my name after several corrections. And it’s exclusively white males. This is a function of power and privilege.

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@Toronto4P @MayorOliviaChow Hey @oliviachow can you respond? There are many Palestinians and Palestine supporters among your constituents who need you to stand up for them.

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@selinarobinson Using Islamophobic tropes to mislead the public as an education minister is disgusting. You should resign.

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Khalidah Ali

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3 years

Revising my dissertation on the floor in semi-darkness because of a lingering migraine. This thing has taken too much from me.

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Khalidah Ali

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6 years

@musafurber @khateeb88 Well given this tweet isn’t established by any research and is mere exaggerated opinion, I am contrarian who will voice my disagreement.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

5 years

If you want to oppose feminism, CRT, can you read first? Can you just pick up a book and read it properly? Can you learn the history of oppressive regimes? Can you just think for a minute about intellectual honesty and dishonesty?

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

8 years

"Colin Kaepernick: Mix of racism, anti-Islam rhetoric are increasingly toxic" by @KhaledBeydoun

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

Trudeau Government Authorized $28.5 Million Of New Military Exports To Israel Since October | “It’s almost as if Canada is accelerating its arms export authorization process amid a genocidal campaign.” @JustinTrudeau @melaniejoly .

Trudeau Government Authorized $28.5 Million Of New Military Exports To Israel Since October

“It’s almost as if Canada is accelerating its arms export authorization process amid a genocidal campaign.”

www.readthemaple.com

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

11 months

An attack on our freedoms as Canadians

Calgary Police

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11 months

🔵 CHARGE LAID 🔵 Following the protest on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, after consultation with the CPS Hate Crime Coordinator, one man has been charged with causing a disturbance & hate motivation has been applied to the charge. Ahead of the protest, our Diversity Resource Team & our

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

“Verily we belong to God and to Him we shall return” Remember professor and poet Refaat Alareer

Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸

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11 months

If I must die, let it be a tale. #FreePalestine #Gaza

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

I’m an adult. I am also holding off on making a doctor’s appointment until my mom gets so frustrated she books it for me 😬

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Khalidah Ali

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1 year

Every day I fight the temptation to answer emails with “Google is free”

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Khalidah Ali

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7 months

@mohamadfakih8 @HonAhmedHussen what a shame

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Khalidah Ali

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5 years

I totally want to see a new storyline where she doesn’t change her body and leave her life behind for a man she barely knows

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5 years

Whatever colour Ariel is I just really want her to know that men aren’t worth giving up your magical powers for.

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Khalidah Ali

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10 years

@KhaledBeydoun don't most ancient Semitic peoples look like Western Europeans and have British accents? That's what I learned from movies.

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

Why do the posts that use the word “females” instead of “women” feel so icky?

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

Parents sneaking out to go to the grocery store while I’m sleeping...I don’t have enough authority in this house!

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

5 years

Note to self: don’t engage with Muslim Twitter before bed. #nightmares

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

A lot of my daily frustrations would be solved if I just took the time to reflect and realize that I’m just hangry

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Khalidah Ali

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5 years

Ramadan Mubarak!! 🌙🕌

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

4 years

I use the word “entanglement” several times in my dissertation. Now it means something totally different to me and it all sounds wrong 🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

I have not been able to stop thinking of Ruh al-Ruh for the past few days. So much beauty and love amid darkness, destruction and hate. 😭❤️ #FreePalestine #PalestineGenocide

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10 months

The father of the little girl Reem used her earring like a badge because it’s the only souvenir from his beloved daughter.

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@CJPME @HMcPhersonMP @melaniejoly Hey @melaniejoly why are you lying so blatantly? How are bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, other explosive devices and charges not weapons?? Disgusting.

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

5 years

Speaking to female academics of colour this week about their supervisor troubles, I have just been amazed at the oppressive practices that have been passed off as the normal PhD experience. Frustrated that all I can do is lend my support while the system remains so broken.

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@melaniejoly @MunSecConf And yet, because of your racism, you would never acknowledge the women of Palestine suffering horrendous violence at the hands of the IDF that you and our government are supporting. You are a disgrace to any feminist cause.

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Khalidah Ali

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11 months

@SameraEsmeir I can’t stop crying 💔

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Khalidah Ali

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3 years

Was sitting in my apartment freezing from the AC and realized that I am the adult here and I can change the temp. No Dad is gonna come out from some corner of the house to police the thermostat and readjust the temp to freezing again.

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Khalidah Ali

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7 months

@SanaSaeed @nytimes Wow @nytimes disgusting

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Khalidah Ali

@KhalidahAli

4 years

@researchcait @AcademicChatter Do what works for you! There’s this idea that everyone is mobile and can afford to shift their lives in pursuit of degrees, like its some greater virtue. I chose community and family over that! Stayed at one institution. Best decision for me.

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Khalidah Ali

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6 years

My brothers and sisters in New Zealand, my heart breaks for you. I can’t believe what’s happening. Allah help you and have mercy on you during this horror. #Christchurch #NewZealandShooting

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

Eid Mubarak!!

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

@ShreeParadkar Thank you for writing these pieces about Gaza. We need more brave journalists who are willing to provide fair perspectives on what’s happening, particularly this issue of the dehumanization of Palestinians.

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Khalidah Ali

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5 years

@Muhammad7Hakeem While some of our community prayed the janaza prayer for our brother who was just slaughtered by a white man, these ‘scholars’ try to tear down the tools that fight white supremacy. Allah guide us all. #JusticeforElijah

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Khalidah Ali

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5 years

This seems to be an international phenomenon. (Pic is from a post I saw a few days ago)

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

Was mad at myself for watching this game instead of working but this made it all worth it

Toronto Raptors

@Raptors

4 years

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!??!?!

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Khalidah Ali

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1 year

Next month I’m sure some Muslim scholar is gonna be on a podcast singing JP’s praises even though he is so clearly trash

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1 year

Give 'em hell @netanyahu Enough is enough

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Khalidah Ali

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6 years

4 or 5 years ago I did a lecture at an Islamic centre about Bill Maher’s racism and Islamophobia. The person who invited me made it a point to mention that Maher had some good traits, making it clear he thought my argument was too harsh. Wonder what he thinks now. #MaherisTRASH

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Khalidah Ali

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10 years

To the undergrads who are going through this struggle alongside us, thank you for your amazing support. #WeAreUofT #CUPE3902

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Khalidah Ali

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3 years

My next project has to be in an English-speaking context. Reading Arabic isn’t a problem, but transliterations will be the death of me.

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

I worked on my dissertation today and graded a bunch of papers. I deserve a prize.

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5 years

My message to (some) new grad students: if you ever judged me or others for complaining about how difficult it is, good luck! The process will humble you whether prepare or not.

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Khalidah Ali

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9 months

Up early watching this historic moment. #EndIsraelsGenocide

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@SusanMorais @AjAqrabawi @selinarobinson Why do Zionists so blatantly lie like this when there is so much evidence to contradict this narrative? Your lies aren’t working. We know historic Palestine was a rich territory with a population that had to be cleansed and villages that had to be demolished to create Israel.

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Khalidah Ali

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5 years

Watching #StrangerThings and the thing stressing me out the most is that no one is keeping track of the kids for DAYS. I’m 35 and have to call my brown parents every single day.

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Khalidah Ali

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8 years

Weekend takeaway: even the smartest people don't understand how institutionalized racism works or racialization. #ris2016

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

Grading is the worst 😫 (yes I know I’ve said this a hundred times already)

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Khalidah Ali

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4 years

In a workshop I led today, I had to stop myself from saying “that’s a really great point Diane, thank you” But I’m sad about it cuz it woulda been really funny 🙁

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Khalidah Ali

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10 months

Please, God, end this. Save the Palestinians. Save these poor children. How can our leaders be happy to cheer on this brutality? The injustice is incomprehensible. #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #EndTheOccupation

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Khalidah Ali

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8 months

@JustinTrudeau Why do you continue to mislead the public with these statements?

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