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Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social · Feb 3

🔔SPECIAL ISSUE (guest edited) “The Gig Economy and Women Workers in the Middle East”💪🏾

It is now out with the Global Labour journal.

Thanks to all the authors Crystal Ennis, Laila Mourad, Zahra Shah, Hawra Hosseini-Milani, Rikke Bjerg Jensen
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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2025): The Gig Economy and Women Workers in the Middle East (special issue) | Global Labour Journal

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Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social · Apr 21

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

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Hannes Baumann @hannesbaumann.bsky.social · Feb 14

New article where I examine Gulf deposits to other Arab states' central banks as monetary statecraft in the service of counter-revolution @ripejournal.bsky.social
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Monetary statecraft in the service of counter-revolution: Gulf monarchies’ deposits to Arab states’ central banks 1998–2022

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchies have deposited several tens of billions of dollars in other Arab states’ central banks since 2011 to prop up recipients’ currencies. GCC currencies do not ...

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Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social · Feb 3

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2025): The Gig Economy and Women Workers in the Middle East (special issue) | Global Labour Journal

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · Feb 3

Pleased to see my article on women & techno-fixes in the platform economy, which uses a case study of an Omani ride-hailing app OTaxi & their female service is out!
#menasky #gpe #polisky #platformcapitalism #gigeconomy

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Driving Gigs in Oman: Women and Techno-Fixes in the Platform Economy | Global Labour Journal

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · Feb 3

Please also check out the rest of the special issue on the gig economy in the Middle East edited by @stellamorgana.bsky.social

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · Jan 15

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This was originally published and still accessible here for the intersted. Its typically brilliant.

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Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social · Jan 8

2/2 This is part of a thought-provoking discussion with contributions by leogoretti.bsky.social, anselmkuesters.bsky.social, Ananya Sharma and me

"Challenges and Opportunities of Using Generative
#AI for Academic #Research"

Full roundtable here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Challenges and Opportunities of Using Generative AI for Research: Opening the Discussion

The rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools poses a number of urgent questions to all those involved in knowledge production processes. In order to discuss its potential benefits as w...

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Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social · Jan 8

1/2 "AI and academic sources: challenges, biases, risks and the question of knowledge production"

my thoughts here www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social · Nov 19

The World-Historical Significance of the War on Gaza. Lecture by Gilbert Achcar. Worth your time
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The World-Historical Significance of the War on Gaza

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Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social · Nov 19

'Geometries of Imperialism in the 21st Century'
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Edward Said Memorial Lecture By Étienne Balibar, French Philosopher Lecture

YouTube video by AUC, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Kristoffer Ekberg @krekberg.bsky.social · Nov 17

Now I have read the whole thing and I just want to repeat my praise. Head over to @versobooks.bsky.social or your local library and pick it up!

Kristoffer Ekberg @krekberg.bsky.social · Nov 8

Only halfway through, but I strongly recomend you all to pick up Hanieh's new book where he charts the history of oil's role in capitalism. Lucid, engaging, and to the point!

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · Oct 15

A friend reminded me this morning that I made this a while back - a MENA social science reading & resources list with an emphasis on scholarship from the region. Each entry is tagged so you can control find

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MENA social science readings and resources

MENA social science readings and resources Dana El Kurd This document contains social science readings from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region which can be incorporated in a number of cour...

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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · Nov 19

Continuing the chapter-by-chapter summary of Iris Marion Young’s Justice and the Politics of Difference with my personal favorite chapter: chapter 3 on welfare capitalist society and bureaucratic domination.

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Neve Gordon @gordonneve.bsky.social · Nov 15

The recording is available

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Event with Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur

YouTube video by QMUL School of Law

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Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social · Nov 19

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