Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies: Recent submissions
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Uncolonialism/Bāb Art
(Duke University Press, 1 May 2024)How can we see beyond colonialism? And how might we be able to apprehend the work of those who saw themselves as living and creating the strictures of imperial control? This article argues for an uncolonial approach to ... -
Book review: Tusiani, Michael D., and Anne-Marie Johnson. From Black Gold to Frozen Gas: How Qatar Became an Energy Superpower. New York: Columbia University Press, 2023
(Pluto Journals, 19 January 2024)Michael D. Tusiani and Anne-Marie Johnson investigate the story of Qatari wealth, which was primarily derived from oil and gas. With the rise of the importance of gas, from just 2 million metric tons of global demand in ... -
Archiving resistance: A conversation with Dr Omar Sheikhmous
(Brill, 13 June 2024)In this conversation, Omar Sheikhmous (author, researcher, activist, and broadcaster), talks with Farangis Ghaderi (author and academic at the University of Exeter), about his life, involvement with and contributions to ... -
Iran’s water policy: Environmental injustice and peripheral marginalisation
(SAGE Publications, 26 April 2024)Water exhibits various politico-economic dynamic. Water scarcity can lead to conflicts, and it lies at the core of Iran’s environmental crises. The literature on Iran’s water crisis indicates the effects of this issue in ... -
Jin, Jiyan, Azadî and the Historical Erasure of Kurds
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 11 January 2024)Following the murder of Jîna (Mahsa) Amini on September 16, 2022, her parents decided—despite the threats and intimidation by security forces—to hold a public funeral. Protests were ongoing outside Kasra Hospital in Tehran ...