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Middle Eastern and African History
Church, State and Colonialism in Southeastern Congo
Reuben Loffman discusses the uneasy relationship between church and state in the Belgian Congo, showing how the expansion of…
Same Memory, Different Memorials
Recent literature on modern martyrdom and memory has focused on cases in which individual groups remember martyrs’ sacrifices…
The Mediterranean and North Africa, 1940–1944
Simon Ball explores the components of French strategic analysis and decision-making down to the defeat of June 1940.…
Alamein: Great Battles
El Alamein was one of the pivotal battles of the Second World War, fought by armies and air…
A History of Borno
Borno (in northeast Nigeria) is notorious today as the home of an Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, whose…
Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration
Many decades have passed since the Palestinian national movement began its political and military struggle. In that time,…
Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency in the Neoliberal Age
Laleh Khalili examines the colonial roots of counterinsurgency practices deployed by the US after September 11, 2011 in Iraq…
Like Bees in a Smokes Hive: The Historical Ecology of Malaria in Ethiopia
Professor James McCann Like Bees in a Smokes Hive: The Historical Ecology of Malaria in Ethiopia Boston University
Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa
Before the 2011 uprisings, the Middle East and North Africa were frequently seen as a uniquely undemocratic region…
The Barber of Damascus
Dana Sajdi is Assistant Professor of History at Boston College. She is the editor of Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman…