I’ve had the pleasure of putting together this SI with @marcowenjones.bsky.social and Fatema Hubail, consisting of engaging contributions from mostly early career scholars from within and outside of the region. Happy to finally see it go live!

🚨 New article alert: I surveyed the methods and source selection of articles on Saudi Arabia that were published in area studies journals. What do we study when we study Saudi Arabia? open access link to the article 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Menasky

1/ 📢 Introducing a new Special Issue in the Journal of Arabian Studies: "Reorienting the Gulf" 🌍. "What shapes Gulf studies? Edited by myself, @charlottelysa.bsky.social and Fatema Hubail tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Israel is conducting an ever-escalating shadow war against UNRWA, and their newest laws spell a disaster in the context of a catastrophe.

Never has a crime so obscene been so confessed to, so endlessly, so shamelessly, so proudly

Making my debut here with a reminder that the deadline for submitting your panel and paper proposals for next year’s Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern is coming up December 15. Please help us spread the word! Full cfp: nsmes.org/Thirteenth-N... Hope to see you in Oslo next year!