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Frantz Fanon in the Middle East
Free downloads of our exceptional new collection - scary stuff on Halloween for fans of colonialism.
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Gaza Protests and the MENA Academy
Plus critical security studies, the Arab state, and more in this week's roundup!
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Islamists after the Arab Uprisings
Hamas and Hezbollah in warscapes, Al-Azhar, post-Salafism, Islamist effects on elections, and more in this week's MENA Academy roundup.
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The Message and Israel's one state reality
A reading list on Israel's occupation for those who want to go deeper
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September 2024

What after Israel's killing of Nasrallah?
The risks of a widening war with no limits, plus this week's MENA Academy
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Islamists in the MENA Warscape
Our new special issue on Iraq, Syria and MENA warscapes and a new book on Syria join the MENA Academy
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Necropolitics in Syria and Gaza
A theoretically rich book on the logic of violence applies all too well today. That, plus this week's MENA Academy roundup.
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August 2024

Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want
Too bad they usually get what they need. That and more in this week's MENA Academy!
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A New Academic Year Confronts Gaza
On Gaza's universities and ours, plus this week's MENA Academy roundup and a very special offer.
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Gaza and the Risks of Escalation
Plus all the new articles and opportunities in this week's MENA Academy
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July 2024

Seeing Like a MENA State
Our new book is sadly relevant in memory of the great James Scott; plus this week's MENA Academy weekly roundup.
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Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora
Wendy Pearlman's haunting new book, ASPA Awards, and more from the Summer MENA Academy
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