Maria Marsh
@mariasolemarsh.bsky.social
Middle Eastern & African studies, Publisher, Cambridge University Press. All views are mine.
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Maria Marsh
@mariasolemarsh.bsky.social
· Dec 10
The Rule of Violence
Cambridge Core - Middle East History - The Rule of Violence
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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...
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/...
macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stories/...
Yale Announces 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists
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October 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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/...
macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stories/...
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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-...
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.
www.972mag.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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-...
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...
Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures
Cambridge Core - Sociology: General Interest - Narratives of Sino-Middle Eastern Futures
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September 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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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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
Read the letter: bit.ly/3IYjqVl
August 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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
Read the letter: bit.ly/3IYjqVl
Publishing this month: Ethan Sanders' book in the African Identities series: BUILDING THE AFRICAN NATION - www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
Building the African Nation
Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Building the African Nation
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August 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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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
@theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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
@theguardian.com
North Gaza: Food, Water & other Distributions by The Sameer Project - chuffed.org/project/help...
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...
chuffed.org
August 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
North Gaza: Food, Water & other Distributions by The Sameer Project - chuffed.org/project/help...
From the account Gaza Poets Society over in that other place: Famine by Design by Taqwa Al Wawi
August 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
From the account Gaza Poets Society over in that other place: Famine by Design by Taqwa Al Wawi
A template for writing to your local representative: Stop UK's Complicity in Israel's Atrocities: www.map.org.uk/campaigns/st...
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.
www.map.org.uk
July 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A template for writing to your local representative: Stop UK's Complicity in Israel's Atrocities: www.map.org.uk/campaigns/st...
Publishing this month: OCCUPIER AND OCCUPIED by Chloe Skinner - www.cambridge.org/core/books/o...
Occupier and Occupied
Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Occupier and Occupied
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July 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Publishing this month: OCCUPIER AND OCCUPIED by Chloe Skinner - www.cambridge.org/core/books/o...
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 - Constitutional and Administrative Law - The Rule of Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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April 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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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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...
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
www.cambridge.org
April 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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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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...
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...
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.
dropsitenews.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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...
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...
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...
New Sudans
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - New Sudans
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February 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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 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...
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...
docs.google.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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...
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
February 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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 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...
Tehran's Borderlines
Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Tehran's Borderlines
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February 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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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It occurs to me, for no reason in particular, that I should put this starter pack back in circulation
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February 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It occurs to me, for no reason in particular, that I should put this starter pack back in circulation
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go.bsky.app/3h6n3YC
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"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
Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa by Catherine Boone
cup.org/4hxZu7A
Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa
Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa
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January 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"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
Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa by Catherine Boone
cup.org/4hxZu7A
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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.
January 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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
'Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey' by @seckinsertdemir.bsky.social.
Analyses the aftermath of the 2016 Turkish coup attempt, wherein the AKP government introduced new methods of authoritarian securitisation.
📚 cup.org/3Wm4vYU 📚
Analyses the aftermath of the 2016 Turkish coup attempt, wherein the AKP government introduced new methods of authoritarian securitisation.
📚 cup.org/3Wm4vYU 📚
January 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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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Historians For Palestine's response to the AHA Council veto:
1. Today's American Historical Association veto supports scholasticide.
1. Today's American Historical Association veto supports scholasticide.
January 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Historians For Palestine's response to the AHA Council veto:
1. Today's American Historical Association veto supports scholasticide.
1. Today's American Historical Association veto supports scholasticide.
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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
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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January 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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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/...
[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...
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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/...