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Imperial Mecca
Colonialism, cholera and competition across the Indian Ocean on the late Ottoman Hajj
Marc Lynch
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How did COVID-19 impact MENA?
What have we learned about the effects of the pandemic after more than two years?
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Sexting Like a State
Two important new books on sexual difference, sectarianism, and the Lebanese state
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A new political economy of Islamism
Khalid Mustafa Medani's Black Markets and Militants
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#FreeAlaa
Egypt's political prisons are a disgrace. Enough already.
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Do the Abraham Accords matter?
The Biden team wants to push more normalization. But there are limits.
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Man, The State, and Bread
Jose Ciro Martinez's States of Subistence
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Around the Journals: Spotlight on Syria
My episodic roundup of what's interesting across the MENA Academy
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Where, and why, is North Africa?
Abdelmajid Hannoum's The Invention of the Maghreb and Megan Brown's The Seventh Member State
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Does Lebanon's election change anything?
There were some interesting results. But its political problems run deep.
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Why does MENA transitional justice fail?
Mariam Salehi's Transitional Justice in Process
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It's Friday!
Time for your weekly MENA Academy roundup