MER Article Editor's Picks (Fall 2014) Amer, Sahar. What Is Veiling? (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2014). Baron, Beth. The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014). Brand, Laurie A. Official Stories: Politics and National Narrat (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Mahsa Shekarloo Mahsa Shekarloo (1970-2014), Iranian feminist, human rights advocate and MERIP contributor, lost her two-year struggle against lymphoma on September 5. She was laid to rest in Oakland, California, surrounded by numerous friends and her loving family, including her son Borna, 5, and her husband Sohra (Author not identified) • 5 min read
MER Article Contesting Welfare State Politics in Kuwait In October 2013, Kuwait’s Prime Minister Jabir al-Mubarak introduced his government’s agenda with a bombshell -- that “the current welfare state to which Kuwaitis are accustomed is not viable.” [1] Government projections estimate that expenditures will exceed oil revenues in only a few years if spen Rivka Azoulay, Madeleine Wells • 13 min read
