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Thanks Maha for sharing your positionality and for telling us what you loved about our paper – I did enjoy reading your post. I engaged in the first two Facebook threads but left when I came to realise that I wasn’t achieving engagement and my presence was probably counterproductive, but I have very much enjoyed our respectful engagement of late and have learned much from it.
Maha, you know for the reasons I shared with you privately why I can’t answer your question. Recently, in a comment on my blog, I identified “My communication philosophy online is along the lines of listen, respect others, be prepared to admit mistakes and be open to fresh starts.” I think that I should put it on my blog, pin it above my desk as I struggle to live up to it.

For me what is very valuable about all this discussion, both here on your blog and elsewhere, is that it helps me to think about the implications for any future work and what questions we should be asking ourselves in the future.