Courts of Exclusion—Working-Class Masculinity and Anti-Afghan Racism in Iran
In 2016, Gol Agha, a ball boy and worker at a private tennis club in Tajrish—an affluent neighborhood in northern Tehran—went to an administrative office in Karaj to receive a headcount slip. There, Gol Agha was told by employees at the registration desk that the headcount slip could
Gender, Politics and Scholarship—A Roundtable
On March 3, 2025, MERIP and the University of Exeter's Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies partnered with Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies to host a roundtable on the past, present and future of feminist approaches to Middle East and North African Studies. The event
Deniz Kandiyoti,
Judith Tucker,
Mounira Charrad,
Suad Joseph,
Maya Mikdashi,
Nadje Al-Ali
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Issue 314 (Spring 2025) Masthead
Middle East Report, “New Gender Frontlines,” Spring 2025, No. 314, Vol. 54 No. 1 Executive Director James Ryan jamesryan@merip.org Executive Editor Katie Natanel katienatanel@merip.org Managing Editor Marya Hannun maryahannun@merip.org Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Staff Editor Alyssa Bivins bivins@gwu.edu Issue
A Note on the Cover Image
Raed Issa’s 2024 series, Faces from My Homeland, illuminates the cover of MER issue 314 “New Gender Frontlines.” The work—a mix of charcoal, coffee, pomegranate and hibiscus painted on repurposed medicine packages from Gaza—depicts a grid of women’s faces, spanning generations and conditions: from martyr, to