Ireland’s entry, Bambie Thug, was told to remove makeup from their face and legs that spelled out “ceasefire” and “freedom for Palestine” in a medieval Celtic script, according to the Irish Times.

Bless.

It's not too late to submit to this exciting book project. Details here: itdi.pro/community/dogm…

A more direct link to the open letter I posted yesterday. Thanks to Aleks!

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The HUPcast #37 Tasneem's message
Tasneem contacted us out of the blue to tell us about the nightmare she is currently living in @Gaza
youtu.be/OBJBKM0HnwE

Scott Thornbury offers us another Great Minds course in 2024 whilst Dorothy Zemach is back for her forever-in-demand self-publishing for ELT professionals! Plus there's an exciting new neuroscience course from Curtis Kelly and Stephen Ryan!

New on Language: a feminist guide: why a new campaign promoting cervical cancer screening is so terrible (with bonus material on the history of sexist ads, and some jaw-dropping examples, verbal and visual)
debuk.wordpress.com/2023/11/27/don…

Researching the impact of weekly intercultural Zoom link-ups on children's enjoyment of studying English in large classes in Governmental schools in Gaza. A recording of the The Hands Up Project webinar - 20th November 2023 - #Worldchildrensday youtu.be/-aAacM__Wls

“There’s no Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There’s only a brutal Israeli occupation.”

-The editor in chief of Israel’s largest English language newspaper.

At last, the complimentary copy of this book (with my chapter in it) has arrived:

The HUPcast #16 Haya's will
You must listen to teacher Hanan speaking at a meeting of West Bank teachers & HUP volunteers.
GLOBAL EDUCA Dr Jehan Al-Azzawi Education Cannot Wait Diverse Educators #DiverseEd
Dominic Brassington EAL (he/his) INTO Belfast West Branch
youtu.be/sj2fdG8R8ME

Yara and Rahaf (Gaza) speaking after performing their prizewinning play 'Welcome to Earth' in person in Belfast Sep 2022. 'I'm free, you know, I'm free'.

Some thoughts about language teaching research: adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com/2023/09/23/per…

HUGE shout out to all the teachers in the #iTDiCommunity taking #DogmeELT with Scott Thornbury We're tremendously excited to see what more emerges in the coming days, weeks, and months if not years ahead!
#ScottThornbury #TESOL #TEFL #TESL #TEAL #CPD #iTDiAdvancedSkills

Join me live tomorrow on Teachers Talk Radio when I chat to The Hands Up Project (@nickbilbrough) 's Twitter Profile">Nick Bilbrough, Founder of The Hands Up Project about the great work he does with The Hands Up Project . #ELT #remoteteahing #theatre #socialjustice

Congratulations to our author Dr. JPB Gerald whose book 'Antisocial Language Teaching: English and the Pervasive Pathology of Whiteness' has been shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize! bit.ly/3wX0Sfe

An invaluable resource

The Duty of the Host: Delighted that this play, performed by children in Pakistan & Palestine, was one of four winners of the #HandsUpProject Remote Theatre Competition. Have to declare an interest: I wrote it! (But I wasn't a judge) l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%…