Refusing the New Normal—An Interview with the Gulf Coalition Against Normalisation
MER’s Summer/Fall issue examines the material underpinnings of normalization five years after the Abraham Accords and amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza—developments rejected and contested by peoples across the Gulf. The Gulf Coalition Against Normalisation (Gulf CAN), founded in 2019, unites groups across the region to coordinate
Identity and Cultural Diplomacy of the Abraham Accords
In December 2020, three months after the Abraham Accords were signed enabling the first commercial flights between Israel and the UAE, a short video went modestly viral on Israeli twitter. A man in a white dishdasha and ghutra introduces his friends to the camera as curious bystanders look on. They
The Abraham Accords and Sudan’s Global Counterrevolution
On October 23, 2020, Sudan became the third Arab-majority country to normalize relations with Israel under the Abraham Accords. The deal between Israel and the civilian-military Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC)—formed after the popular revolution ousted President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019—was facilitated by the United Arab Emirates