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Sultan Alamer @alamer.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thank you Brian! Hope you like it

Sultan Alamer @alamer.bsky.social · Jun 10

Happy to share that my chapter, The Arabian Peninsula Wars (1919–1934), has been published. The edited volume, A Violent Peace, features chapters that move beyond nationalistic narratives and challenge the widely held view that the interwar period was one of global peace.

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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · May 20

Academics: have you ever assigned a @newlinesmag.bsky.social article, podcast episode, or video essay in a class? If so, which one(s) and what class(es)? Any and all details welcome! You can respond here, DM me, or e-mail [email protected] 🙏

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Jun 9

A new Gulf Weekly Digest is out!

Gulf authors discuss Hajj
Bahrain and Qatar negotiate a causeway
MBZ meets Egypt's Sisi
Analysis of Saudi podcasts
A book on Gulf–Horn of Africa relations.

www.gulfnashra.com/p/gulf-nashr...

Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Gulf authors discuss Hajj; Bahrain and Qatar negotiate a causeway; MBZ meets Egypt's Sisi; Analysis of Saudi podcasts; and a book on Gulf–Horn of Africa relations.

www.gulfnashra.com

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Sultan Alamer @alamer.bsky.social · May 15

“Sultan Alamer, a Saudi academic, joked that Mr. Trump’s remarks sounded like they came from Frantz Fanon, a 20th century Marxist thinker who wrote about the dynamics of colonial oppression.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/w...

Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’

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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Apr 23

NEW: The detention of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri parallels the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk. His colleague Nader Hashemi reflects for @newlinesmag.bsky.social on his recent visit with Suri in an ICE facility in Texas.

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Teaching Gandhi in a Texas Detention Center

A visit to the ICE facility housing the Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri, whose case parallels those of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Apr 21

This week’s picks feature a book on Order and Region Making in the Middle East Edited by @abuaardvark.bsky.social & Simon Mabon.

Analyses by Simon Henderson, Houda Barroug, Jonathan Fulton, and others.

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Apr 21

This week's Digest is out!

- Emiratis discuss ICJ genocide case on Sudan
- Saudi defense minister meets Khamenei
- Qatar to invest in Egypt
- New book explores Middle East power plays.

Subscribe!

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Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Emiratis Discuss ICJ Genocide Case on Sudan; Saudi Defense Minister Meets Khamenei; Qatar to Invest in Egypt; New Book Explores Middle East Power Plays.

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Apr 12

This week’s Digest covers how Gulf authors discuss the global trade war, old climate record discovered in Saudi Arabia, World Court hears Sudan’s complaint against UAE, and new book explores Gulf religious soft power.

www.gulfnashra.com/p/gulf-nashr...

Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Gulf Authors Discuss The Global Trade War; An Old Climate Record Discovered in Saudi Arabia; World Court Hears Sudan's Complaint Against UAE; And A New Book On Gulf Religious Soft Power.

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Mar 31

In this week’s Digest:

• Gulf authors debate their region’s relations with the U.S.

• Qatar has the Gulf’s highest GDP per capita.

• Bahrain cancels direct cash payments to low-income families.

Do not forget to subscribe!

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Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Gulf Authors Debate Their Region's Relations with the U.S.; Qatar Has the Gulf's Highest GDP Per Capita; and Bahrain Cancels Direct Cash Payments to Low-Income Families.

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Mar 24

This week’s Digest covers the Saudi-UAE clash in social media, along with news about an Israeli businessman admiting transferring Qatari money to Netanyahu's aides and a UK corruption lawsuit involving Kuwait.

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Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Saudis and Emiratis Clash on Social Media; Israeli Businessman Admits Transferring Qatari Money to Netanyahu's Aides; and a UK Corruption Lawsuit Involving Kuwait.

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Sultan Alamer @alamer.bsky.social · Mar 19

Interesting analysis on Gulf, Trump, and Gaza

Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Mar 19

Despite the facade of a united front, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are pursuing separate paths in dealing with Trump II on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

Read our new Insight and subscribe:

Undercurrents – GCC Monarchies Contend with Gaza & Trump II

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Insight: Undercurrents – GCC Monarchies Contend with Gaza & Trump II

Despite the facade of a united front, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are pursuing separate paths in dealing with Trump on the Israeli-Palestinian issue.

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Sultan Alamer @alamer.bsky.social · Mar 16

“Typically, the framing of such announcements would be around security rather than human rights,” said Sultan Alamer, a senior resident fellow at the Washington-based New Lines Institute.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Mar 16

Saudi Arabia cracks down on ‘immoral acts’

https://www.ft.com/content/49fe2291-1d1e-4a3d-ae04-7348e3258874

Saudi Arabia cracks down on ‘immoral acts’

Prince Mohammed creates unit to combat prostitution and begging after years of loosening hardline social restrictions

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Mar 16

This week’s picks feature a book by Thierry Pastor and Frederic Teboul.

Podcast interviews by Khalid Oun, and Layal Alekhtiar.

Analyses & essays by @alamer.bsky.social, @andrewleber.bsky.social, @tparsi.bsky.social, @alomran.me, and others.

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Mar 16

This week’s Digest is out:
• Gulf authors celebrate International Women’s Day.
• They also debated Zelensky’s Visit to Saudi Arabia.
• Gulf Markets End Mixed.

Do not forget to subscribe!

www.gulfnashra.com/p/gulf-nashr...

Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Gulf Authors Celebrate International Women’s Day; Zelensky’s Visit to Saudi Arabia; and Gulf Markets End Mixed.

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Sultan Alamer @alamer.bsky.social · Mar 14

“The Saudi Arabia that Trump currently deals with is significantly different from the Saudi Arabia he knew in his first administration.”

Read my new analysis on the impact of Trump’s Middle East policy on Saudi Arabia.

newlinesinstitute.org/strategic-co...

Trump’s Middle East Policy and Its Impact on Saudi Arabia - New Lines Institute

In his first two months in office, U.S. President Donald Trump’s relationship with Saudi Arabia became increasingly complicated. Trump made sure that his first phone call with a foreign leader after b...

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Mar 11

This week’s Digest

Gulf Authors Debate Trump-Zelensky Clash; Arab Summit for Palestine; Sudan Accuses UAE; and a New Book on the Global Gulf.

www.gulfnashra.com/p/gulf-nashr...

Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Gulf Authors Debate Trump-Zelensky Clash; Arab Summit for Palestine; Sudan Accuses UAE; and a New Book on the Global Gulf.

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Dana AlOrainan @danaalorainan.bsky.social · Mar 8

Saudi Arabia’s Personal Status Law is evolving—what does it mean for Saudi women's legal autonomy?

I examine the key changes, their legal and social implications, and the balance between tradition and modernization.

🔍 Read the full piece here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/02/...

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Feb 28

🧵How A Saudi Atheist Became A Killer

2 months before German elections, a car drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg killing 6 people.

When the attacker’s identity was reviled, many struggled to reconcile his atheism with his terrorism.

In this piece, I tell his story.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Feb 26

NEW: Taleb Abdulmohsen’s attack on a German Christmas market last December concluded the story of a paranoid personality with a record of inserting himself in just causes — only to adopt unjust means in their pursuit. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

How a Saudi Atheist Became a Killer

Taleb Abdulmohsen's warped sense of justice led him from secularism and feminism to an attack on a Christmas market

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Sultan Alamer @alamer.bsky.social · Feb 27

This fascinating essay by @doaiji.bsky.social reads like a detective story, full of plot twists, as it explores the life of a Saudi ex-Muslim refugee in Germany who carried out a horrendous attack on a Christmas market two months before the elections.

New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Feb 26

NEW: Taleb Abdulmohsen’s attack on a German Christmas market last December concluded the story of a paranoid personality with a record of inserting himself in just causes — only to adopt unjust means in their pursuit. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

How a Saudi Atheist Became a Killer

Taleb Abdulmohsen's warped sense of justice led him from secularism and feminism to an attack on a Christmas market

newlinesmag.com

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Feb 22

This week's Digest is out!

Gulf Authors Debate Arab Summits on Gaza; Kuwait Continues Revoking Citizenship from Thousands; Saudi Hosts US-Russia Negotiation.

www.gulfnashra.com/p/gulf-nashr...

Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Gulf Authors Debate Arab Summits on Gaza; Kuwait Continues Revoking Citizenship from Thousands; Saudi Hosts US-Russia Negotiation.

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Feb 21

Our first Insight is out! It examines the geopolitical consequences of the Gaza War for the Gulf!

These Insights are in-depth analyses of geopolitical and domestic trends in the region and are written by one of our Gulf experts.

www.gulfnashra.com/p/insight-th...

Insight: The Geopolitical Consequences of the Gaza War for the Gulf States

The 15-month war impacted the potential for a Saudi-Israeli deal, pushed UAE-Israeli trade further out of the public eye, and disrupted a major global supply chain route through the Red Sea.

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Feb 15

This week’s picks feature a book by @esoubrier.bsky.social.
Analyses by @andrewleber.bsky.social , Amr Hamzawai, Marwan Muasher, @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social, @luaialla.bsky.social, and others.

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Feb 15

This week’s Digest includes the Saudi media campaign against Netanyahu, the growth in non-oil sectors and revenues in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain; and the concerns over the new omani citizenship law.

www.gulfnashra.com/p/gulf-nashr...

Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Saudi Arabia Launches Media Campaign Against Netanyahu; Non-Oil Sectors and Revenues Grow in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain; and Concerns Rise Over the New Omani Citizenship Law.

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Gulf Nashra @gulfnashra.bsky.social · Feb 8

In this week’s Digest you will read about the backlash in Gulf media against Trump's Gaza plan, Saudi Arabia's Population Growth, and Oman's New Nationality Law.

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Gulf Nashra Weekly Digest

Backlash Against Trump's Gaza Plan; Saudi Arabia's Population Growth; and Oman's New Nationality Law.

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