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Unpacking Israel’s erasure of Palestine with Emile Badarin Book Club: Emile Badarin’s ’Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States’ shows how liberal recognition masks colonial violence and the erasure of Palestine

"A timely read which dissects the imperialist politics and rightly shows that the Palestinian struggle is not just against Israel but the prevailing European colonial framework" - @thenewarab.bsky.social on 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States'

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Performance Activism in the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa & Beyond by Joseph Alagha

Examines social practice manifestations of performance activism among contemporary Islamic movements in the MENA and beyond.

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Join author Ann Wilks for a special lecture on the subject of her book 'Britain’s Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan: Government and Diplomacy by Sir Henry Dobbs at the Apex of Empire'.

⏰ Tues 25 Nov, 11:30am, #London
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Rock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art: Petroglyphs from Eurasia, Arabia and Northern Africa by Christoph Baumer & Therese Weber

Vividly illustrated with 340 colour images & 10 maps, this is a celebration of the legacy of #petroglyphs.

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Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States: Normalising Dispossession and Elimination in Palestine Using Palestine as a case study, 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States' shows how recognition politics operate to legitimise long-standing colonial power structures.

Join Emile Badarin for an event at @soasuni.bsky.social - using #Palestine as case study, his book 'Recognition Politics in Settler Colonial States' shows how recognition politics operate to legitimise long-standing colonial power structures.

⏰ 5:30pm TODAY, #SOAS
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Join author Emile Badarin to discuss his new book on settler colonialism in #Palestine, in conversation with Prof Alan Lester next week.

⏰ 3pm, Weds 26 Nov
📍 #Brighton, Uni of #Sussex
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Academic New Books Catalogue October-December 2025 Bloomsbury's latest education products for academic study, including textbooks, research and initial teacher education.

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Female Police Officers in Pakistan Pakistan's police have historically displayed significant apathy towards recruiting women, considering them unsuitable for this profession. The social stigma of…

Female Police Officers in Pakistan: Diverse Realities, Continuities and Change by Sadaf Ahmad

Examines female police officers’ experiences in Pakistan and the extent to which they can effect gendered and organisational change.

www.bloomsbury.com/9780755657681 #Police #Pakistan #Gender

Women, Football and Social Change in Saudi Arabia Until 2018, women in Saudi Arabia did not have access to football stadiums, and before 2020 there was no official women's teams. On the face of it there were no…

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Women, Football and Social Change in Saudi Arabia: Pioneer Players by Charlotte Lysa

Offers a ground-breaking social history of contemporary Saudi society and a narrative of change.

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Living Islam The story of Islam is not one story, but many stories involving peoples of different races, ethnicities, and cultures. Every religious tradition is marked by in…

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Living Islam: Muslim Expressions of Faith by Ali S. Asani

Explores how Muslims from diverse backgrounds and traditions interpret and experience their faith. Published in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies.

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Join author James Gustafson for a discussion w/ fellow scholars on the topic of #Iranian #EnvironmentalHistory and his book 'The Lion and the Sun' - hosted by #Georgetown #PersianStudies dept.

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The Kurdish Movement in Turkey - Nationalism, Social Movements and Recurring Cycles of Conflict | King's College London Join us for a launch celebrating the publication of The Kurdish Movement in Turkey.

Join us for the launch of The Kurdish Movement in Turkey by Elsa Tulin Sen w/ discussant Sevinc Bermek at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

⏰ 6:30pm, Tues 28 Oct
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Join Hamid Dabashi to celebrate publication of 'Imagine a Nation: 6 Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland' w/ a convo on translating #Persian #poetry.

⏰ 2pm, TOMORO Weds 22 Oct
📍 Knox Hall, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, #NYC
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Academic New Books Catalogue October-December 2025 Bloomsbury's latest education products for academic study, including textbooks, research and initial teacher education.

Discover what's #publishing this term with our new Oct-Dec 2025 #AcademicBooks Catalog 📖

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Join Hamid Dabashi to celebrate publication of 'Imagine a Nation: 6 Persian Poets in Search of a Homeland' w/ a conversation on translating #Persian #poetry.

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🎙️ Author @selimkoru.bsky.social joins @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to discuss his book 'New Turkey and the Far Right' — a deep dive into #nationalism, #authoritarianism, and political transformation in Erdoğan’s #Turkey.

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The book cover of 'Fatimid Cosmopolitanism'.

'Fatimid Cosmopolitanism' features the research of 22 scholars on the diverse achievements of the Fatimid dynasty, covering religion and statecraft, legacy reconsidered, ceremony and symbolism, and art and archaeology.

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The Syrian Conflict in the News The Syrian conflict constitutes one of the most covered events in this century. Although the coverage of the Syrian uprising and civil war alternated between pe…

The Syrian Conflict in the #News: Coverage of the War & the Crisis of US #Journalism by Gabriel Huland

Analyses coverage in three major US #newspapers (#NYT, #WaPo & #WSJ) to examine how US #ForeignPolicy dominates how the #Syrian conflict is framed.

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