Maria Marsh

Building the African Nation Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Building the African Nation

Publishing this month: Ethan Sanders' book in the African Identities series: BUILDING THE AFRICAN NATION - www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

Over 400 writers, publishers and booksellers — including figures across the literary world — have signed an open letter warning that a proposed ban on protest group Palestine Action represents a serious threat to free expression and civil liberties.
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North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide essential ai...

North Gaza: Food, Water & other Distributions by The Sameer Project - chuffed.org/project/help...

Poem, Famine by Design by Taqwa Al Wawi

From the account Gaza Poets Society over in that other place: Famine by Design by Taqwa Al Wawi

Stop UK's Complicity in Israel's Atrocities Email your MP and ask that they call on the UK Government to take decisive action to end Israel’s atrocities and stop Gaza being erased.

A template for writing to your local representative: Stop UK's Complicity in Israel's Atrocities: www.map.org.uk/campaigns/st...

Occupier and Occupied Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Occupier and Occupied

Publishing this month: OCCUPIER AND OCCUPIED by Chloe Skinner - www.cambridge.org/core/books/o...

The Rule of Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran Cambridge Core - Constitutional and Administrative Law - The Rule of Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Publishing this week: THE RULE OF LAW IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, edited by Hadi Enayat and Mirjam Künkler - www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

The Rule of Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran Cambridge Core - Middle East Government,Politics and Policy - The Rule of Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Happy to see this finally out. Featuring my chapter on labour rights. Thanks to Hadi Enayat and Mirjam Künkler for their hard work www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Hossam Shabat’s Last Article Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.

NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article

Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.

Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous

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New Sudans Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - New Sudans

Publishing in February: Nicki Kindersley's NEW SUDANS: Wartime Intellectual Histories in Khartoum, part of Cambridge's African Studies series www.cambridge.org/core/books/n...

Open letter on the University's application for an injunction to prevent protests for Palestine at Senate House and other administrative buildings Open letter to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge Dear Vice-Chancellor, We are writing to express our grave concern over the University’s application to the High Court for an injunctio...

Open Letter on the University of Cambridge’s application for an injunction to prevent protests for Palestine at Senate House. Open to employees of CUP&A and any alumnus/a: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Front cover of the book: What is the Middle East by Marc Lynch

The first in the brand new series Elements in Middle East Politics is now available online. So pleased to see this launch with such an important topic, thank you @abuaardvark.bsky.social

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Tehran's Borderlines Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Tehran's Borderlines

TEHRAN'S BORDERLINES publishing this week. This book by Jaleh Jalili is a fascinating look at how urban development in Iran's capital city has affected public spaces and the people that use them - www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...

It occurs to me, for no reason in particular, that I should put this starter pack back in circulation

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Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa

"Not just path-breaking; it’s shapeshifting. Presents a bold argument that spatial inequality & regional economic differences, not ethnic identities, shape local and national political dynamics across Africa."

Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa by Catherine Boone

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I am also glad you like the cover, which features a Klein bottle inspired by the Mobius strip. I chose this image because, as illustrated in the Mobius strip, I argue in the book that authoritarianism and securitisation are inextricably linked.

Striking covers, as usual, from The Global Middle East series: the latest from @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social is CIVIC DEATH IN CONTEMPORARY TURKEY

Today's American Historical Association veto supports scholasticide. May 22, 2021, Samir Mansour stood on the rubble of his destroyed bookshop.

Historians For Palestine's response to the AHA Council veto:

1. Today's American Historical Association veto supports scholasticide.

Donate to Help My Family Evacuate Gaza to Egypt for Safety, organized by Sanaa Abdalrahim Hello, my name is Sanaa Abdalrahim, and I live in Belgium alone with… Sanaa Abdalrahim needs your support for Help My Family Evacuate Gaza to Egypt for Safety

I am beginning with the case of @sanaabdlarhim.bsky.social who is collaborating with me on this series, to tell her own story and those of others. She’s a 35 year old single mother who lives in Belgium and who is fundraising for her family of 11. Find her fundraiser here: gofund.me/dd137898

[W4G] Workshops for Gaza Gift Certificate We'd love to raise $5,000 for the Sameer Project's campaign South Gaza: Tents, Cash Aid & Medical before the new year! Want to support our fundraising efforts but not ready to sign up for a worksh...

Any current or former MLA members who can help spread the word about these campaigns, let’s connect. We would love to run a matching campaign for Sameer Project or organize an @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social gift certificate drive like this: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/collections/...

The Science of Music Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - The Science of Music

Publishing this week in the Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization series is Mohammad Sadegh Ansari's The Science of Music - www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Today on ArabLit, an extraordinary text by poet Yousef el-Qedra. arablit.org/2025/01/06/w...

One only needs to read Nurit Peled-Elhanan’s scholarship on how the Israeli education system deals (or does not deal) with the question of Palestine.

I’m serious when I say that if you look at Israel’s educational system it may horrify you as much as watching an IDF soldier selfying a genocide

Gaza University publishes a call for volunteers to teach remotely.

All of Gazas twelve universities have been destroyed or badly damaged through Israeli air strikes or controlled demolitions

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What will Syria's transition process look like? Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

Marwa Daoudy here on what Syria's transition process might look like: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

Toiling for Oil Cambridge Core - Social and Population History - Toiling for Oil

Publishing by Cambridge University Press this week is Touraj Atabaki's TOILING FOR OIL. A big social history of oil in Iran, it has been described by its reviewers as "comprehensive" and "indispensable" - www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...

Khaled Nabhan was filmed holding the lifeless body of his granddaughter Reem after Israel murdered her in Gaza.

I think about that photo all the time. It haunts me.

They’ve now murdered him too.

Israel is a terrorist state

Pic of my desk: includes coffee, note pad, ASA programme and badge

Back to my desk in Cambridge and reflecting on a really inspiring few days in Chicago for the African Studies annual meeting. Thank you to all who kindly took their time to meet at #ASA2024. Now back to the emails…

Why isn’t Israel being held accountable for killing my wife and other innocents? If the U.S. had held Israel accountable for the killing of other Americans like Rachel Corrie or Shireen Abu Akleh, perhaps Israeli soldiers would not feel so emboldened to kill Americans, and othe…

“What do you do with the clothes your wife was wearing when she was killed, now stained with her blood? How do you preserve them as evidence for an investigation that may never happen?”

A painful opinion piece by Hamid Ali, widower of Ayşenur thehill.com/opinion/inte...