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Maria Marsh

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Middle Eastern & African studies, Publisher, Cambridge University Press. All views are mine.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 26/12/2025
Diasporic State-Building by Oula Kadhum What role did the Iraqi diaspora play in Iraq's state-building process post-2003, and what has been the legacy of their involvement? 📚 cup.org/44JXvcq
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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Books as Breath: Gaza’s Living Story Salah and Abdullah's small bookshop in Nuseirat is a testament to the power of literature. A model of Palestinian endurance.
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Books as Breath: Gaza’s Living Story
Salah and Abdullah's small bookshop in Nuseirat is a testament to the power of literature. A model of Palestinian endurance.
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
So pleased to see that Crystal Ennis's (@crystalennis.bsky.social) book, MILLENIAL DREAMS IN OIL ECONOMIES: JOB SEEKING AND THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF LABOUR IN OMAN is the winner of this year's AGAPS Book Award
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The Frederick Douglass Book Prize finalists have been announced and I'm so pleased to see that Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré's book with Cambridge, SLAVERY, RESISTANCE, AND IDENTITY IN EARLY MODERN WEST AFRICA is on the list. macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stories/...
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Yale Announces 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists
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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
As the world recognizes Palestinian state, Israel's plan to bury it.“It’s performative diplomacy.You’re recognizing the Palestinian state,but at the same time,your actions are aiding and abetting the very system that is destroying that state.” www.972mag.com/palestinian-...
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As the world recognizes Palestinian state, Israel's E1 plan moves to bury it
The long-frozen settlement project would sever East Jerusalem from the West Bank, fragment Palestinian communities, and advance permanent annexation.
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The second element in our new series "Elements in Middle East Politics" has published: Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures - www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures
Cambridge Core - Sociology: General Interest - Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures
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BRISMES @brismes.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
More than 40 students trapped in #Gaza with scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come & study. Over 4,800 UK university staff urge the UK Home Office & FCDO to allow biometric visa deferrals & open a safe route. Read the letter: bit.ly/3IYjqVl
‪@gaza40.bsky.social‬
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Publishing this month: Ethan Sanders' book in the African Identities series: BUILDING THE AFRICAN NATION - www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
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Building the African Nation
Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Building the African Nation
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Saqi Books @saqibooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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. @theguardian.com
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
North Gaza: Food, Water & other Distributions by The Sameer Project - chuffed.org/project/help...
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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...
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
From the account Gaza Poets Society over in that other place: Famine by Design by Taqwa Al Wawi
Poem, Famine by Design by Taqwa Al Wawi
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
A template for writing to your local representative: Stop UK's Complicity in Israel's Atrocities: www.map.org.uk/campaigns/st...
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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.
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Publishing this month: OCCUPIER AND OCCUPIED by Chloe Skinner - www.cambridge.org/core/books/o...
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Occupier and Occupied
Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Occupier and Occupied
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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...
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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
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Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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...
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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
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 24/03/2025
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 dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
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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.
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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...
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New Sudans
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - New Sudans
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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...
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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...
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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
Front cover of the book: What is the Middle East by Marc Lynch
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historians4palestine @history4palestine.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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Historians for Peace and DemocracyPetition to Members of the AHA Council
[To sign this petition please complete this form.] We urge you to rescind your veto of the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza and put theresolution to a vote of all AHA members. The Council’s ...
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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...
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Tehran's Borderlines
Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Tehran's Borderlines
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It occurs to me, for no reason in particular, that I should put this starter pack back in circulation go.bsky.app/3h6n3YC
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 29/01/2025
"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 cup.org/4hxZu7A
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Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa
Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa
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Seckin Sertdemir @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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.
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Striking covers, as usual, from The Global Middle East series: the latest from @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social is CIVIC DEATH IN CONTEMPORARY TURKEY
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historians4palestine @history4palestine.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Historians For Palestine's response to the AHA Council veto: 1. Today's American Historical Association veto supports scholasticide.
Today's American Historical Association veto supports scholasticide. May 22, 2021, Samir Mansour stood on the rubble of his destroyed bookshop.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
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
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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
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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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/...
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[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...
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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...
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The Science of Music
Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - The Science of Music
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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Today on ArabLit, an extraordinary text by poet Yousef el-Qedra. arablit.org/2025/01/06/w...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
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
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Elham Fakhro @elhamfakhro.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
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 www.facebook.com/share/p/19f8...
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Redirecting...
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Marwa Daoudy here on what Syria's transition process might look like: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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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.
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
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...
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Toiling for Oil
Cambridge Core - Social and Population History - Toiling for Oil
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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…
Pic of my desk: includes coffee, note pad, ASA programme and badge
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Arbella Bet-Shlimon @abshlimon.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
“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...
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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…
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
A collection of free book chapters and articles on Syria: www.cambridge.org/core/browse-...
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Politics and International Relations | Cambridge Core
Browse all available academic journals, books and articles at Cambridge University Press.
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Fingers crossed for these two finalists in the 2024 ASA book prize #ASA2024
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The Cambridge booth is all set up at #ASA2024: book exhibit is on the 7th floor and opens at 9am with coffee provided by the African Studies Association.
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
African studies folks! We’re in Chicago today, setting up our booth all ready for tomorrow’s African studies meeting
Image of African studies highlights from Cambridge University Press
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
If you can, please do take the time to read sections of Salwa Ismail’s THE RULE OF VIOLENCE: this is a manuscript that has stayed with me since I read it, a powerful look at the rule of the Assad family in Syria - www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
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The Rule of Violence
Cambridge Core - Middle East History - The Rule of Violence
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
It’s a good day for Mahmoud Darwish — “The Prison Cell”
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Out this week: Ali Mirsepassi & Tadd Fernée's THE INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT OF AL-GHAZALI, part of Cambridge's Global Middle East series: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
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The Intellectual Thought of Al-Ghazālī
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - The Intellectual Thought of Al-Ghazālī
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
If you’re looking to catch up on scholarly work on Syria, I’ve posted a number of reading lists over the years. Here’s one, featuring Ora Szekely’s Syria Divided and Dipali Mukhopadhyay & Kimberly Howe’s Good Rebel Governance plus another ten for background. abuaardvark.substack.com/p/wrestling-...
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Wrestling With Syria's War
Two new books examine the complexities and divisions which bedeviled Syria's rebels
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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
🎁This year, we have put together a Holiday Giving list. It includes mutual-aid suggestions and gifts you can buy where 100% of profits go to Palestine, Sudan, Lebanon: books, art, pottery, more. Thanks to everyone who helped w/the list. arablit.org/2024/11/28/h...
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Holiday Giving, 2024
By ArabLit Staff, with the wider community We have, in the past, run holiday-gift listicles. This year, we focus on gifts where profits go to community support, mutual aid, and on-the-ground assist…
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Publishing this week at Cambridge University Press: the legendary Toyin Falola’s UNDERSTANDING COLONIAL NIGERIA - www.cambridge.org/core/books/u...
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Understanding Colonial Nigeria
Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Understanding Colonial Nigeria
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Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @insurgentthought.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
If I must die, let it be a tale. —Refaat Alareer
If I must die,
If I must die
Refaat Alareer
you must live to tell my story to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail) so that a child, somewhere in Gaza while looking heaven in the eye awaiting his dad who left in a blaze-and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh not even to himself-
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope let it be a tale
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Maria Marsh @mariasolemarsh.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I'm late to this, but there's a wonderful roundtable here of reviews of Mehran Kamrava's HOW ISLAM RULES IN IRAN
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