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How Egyptians Became Colored
A new book shines light on the wartime racialization of Egypt in the British Empire
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If you're really going to hold #COP27 in Egypt...
Then you'd really better #FreeAlaa just to start
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Prepping for Qatar's World Cup
Reading Football in the Middle East in Doha
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Saudi oil cuts and American international order
Why the OPEC+ slashing of oil production has triggered the most intense crisis in the alliance yet.
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Arab public opinion in grim times
The new Arab Barometer wave offers a window into changing attitudes across the region.
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Iranian women and the Arab uprisings
Here's what to read.
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And the winner is....
The field of MENA Political Science!
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More Identity, Less Class
Hesham Sallam's gripping new account of the 1970s rebirth of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood
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The Age of Digital Deception in the Gulf
Marc Owen Jones regales us with absurdist tales from Gulf Twitter
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Women, Sports, and the City
Nazanin Shahrokni's fascinating account of gender and segregated public space in post-revolution Iran
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End of Summer Housekeeping
Welcome to all my new subscribers - here's what you'll find here and what's new for the fall!
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Worldmaking after the Ottomans
A masterful new book uses a wide-angle lens to reframe what really happened during the creation of the modern Middle East