Jebel Dahar mountain chain in the Medenine Governorate, Tunisia. Tasnim Nasri/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images MER Article Peripheries and Borderlands of North Africa and the Middle East A curious thing about so-called peripheries is they tend to encompass the lived experience of most of the people in the world today. It is only through a hegemonic perspective—one emanating from and enacted in “centers” of power by the Lord Curzons of a century ago and the President The Editors of Issue #305 • 5 min read