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The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) has provided critical, alternative reporting on the Middle East since 1971. www.merip.org
EVENT: Honoring Joe Stork, Live in DC!
Join MERIP on 11.22.25 at Busboys and Poets 450K Street for a special event honoring Joe Stork, our co-founder and longtime editor. Featured speakers include Aslı Bâli, Sarah Leah Whitson, Joel Beinin and more!
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ICYMI: Tariq Dana investigates the arms deals that structured the Abraham Accords, and shows how the same hardware and security tech used in the Gaza genocide is being used to repress popular movements across the region.
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And if you don't read Arabic, but haven't read the original, check it out here: buff.ly/k10hYol
10.10.2025 16:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
NEW IN ARABIC: Arang Keshavarzian's review of Elham Fakhro's new book on the Abraham Accords has been translated into Arabic, thanks to our comrades at Al-Sifr. Check it out now! Yallah!
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As Tariq Dana has written over @merip.bsky.social merip.org/2025/10/the-...
09.10.2025 18:37 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
NEW: The Military-Industrial Backbone of the Abraham Accords, by Tariq Dana
In a preview of our forthcoming issue, Tariq Dana analyzes the industry of repression and militarization that underpinned the Abraham Accords.
NEW PODCAST: The MERIP Roundtable, "On the Regional War"
Maziyar Ghiabi, Shana Marshall and Kevin Schwartz join @jdryan08@bsky.social to discuss Israel's strike on Qatar, ratcheting tensions between Israel and Iran, and impacts on US policy in the region.
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As Canada, the UK and Australia recognize the State of Palestine, check out this MERIP Roundtable from last month. Sean Yom, Lisa Hajjar, Jacob Mundy and James Ryan discussed what this recognition means, and what it doesn’t.
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As Canada, the UK and Australia recognize the State of Palestine, check out this MERIP Roundtable from last month. Sean Yom, Lisa Hajjar, Jacob Mundy and James Ryan discussed what this recognition means, and what it doesn’t.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Thank you @keshavarziana.bsky.social for taking the time to write this thoughtful and comprehensive review of my book with @merip.bsky.social - it was a nice surprise to see it in my inbox this morning!
15.09.2025 19:47 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I had the opportunity to review Elham Fakhro's excellent and highly timely book on the Abraham Accords. It sheds light on Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, the GCC, and the US at this current moment. merip.org/2025/09/the-...
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NEW: The Limits of Protections and Profit, Five Years Into the Abraham Accords
Arang Keshavarzian reviews Elham Fakhro's new book on the Abraham Accords.
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Have you checked out The MERIP Podcast yet? Our latest episode on the Houthis and Israel's recent assassinations was released last week. Check out other episodes on Syria, Palestinian recognition, the US Embassy in Beirut and more on Spotify below!
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09.09.2025 15:30 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0You can read Lackner’s essay from January here: merip.org/2025/01/yeme...
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Journalist and longtime MERIP contributor Helen Lackner joins the podcast to discuss the recent Israeli assault on the Houthi government in Sanaa, and her piece from our Winter 2024 Issue, "Yemen's Ansar Allah".
LISTEN NOW
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Last chance to drop us a rec for our newsletter comrades!
26.08.2025 12:12 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Hey y'all! The third installment of our Syria at the Crossroads series (organized with @merip.bsky.social ) is available on MERIP's podcast channel.
w/ Sara Ajlyakin, Sana Mustafa, and Yasser Munif.
Links to the previous two installments in our thread.
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Let us know what your faves are!
24.08.2025 13:15 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0PSA: if you are assigning MERIP articles in class, you can access the full text versions on our website, and the scanned PDFs of our back issues on JSTOR! If you’re able to assign the JSTOR versions, it helps us out on the back end!
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We’re prepping a newsletter for this week featuring past and present MERIP articles that are popular on the syllabi of our friends and comrades. Shout out a reply here with your favorite MERIP teaching tool, and we’ll feature it in the newsletter!
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