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A Note on the Cover Image
Manal Mahamid’s silkscreen print, 48 Cacti, 2024, boldly introduces the themes of our summer 2026 issue, “Art at Work—People, Power and Cultural Production.” The fruit of the sabr cactus, or prickly pear, is repeated 48 times in a colorful grid. Each element is meaningful: the number 48, thisIssue 318 (Spring 2026) Masthead
Middle East Report, “Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order,” Spring 2026, No. 318, Vol. 55 No. 1 Executive Director James Ryan jamesryan@merip.org Executive Editor Billie Jeanne Brownlee bbrownlee@merip.org Managing Editor Marya Hannun maryahannun@merip.org Senior Staff Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@
A Note on the Cover Image
The cover image for MER issue 318, Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order, is a photograph of a demonstration held in Philadelphia on December 3, 2023, co-hosted by Penn Students Against the Occupation and four other organizations. The picture was taken by Abhiram Juvvadi for the DailyIssue 317 (Winter 2025) Masthead
Middle East Report, “Reconstruction and Ruin,” Winter 2025, No. 317, Vol. 54 No. 4 Executive Director James Ryan jamesryan@merip.org Executive Editor Billie Jeanne Brownlee bbrownlee@merip.org Managing Editor Marya Hannun maryahannun@merip.org Senior Staff Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Cover Designer John
A Note on the Cover Image
The cover of MER’s winter issue features an acrylic and oil on canvas painting by Syrian architect and artist Mohamed Al Mufti, from his series Urbacide. Produced in 2019 during the counter-revolutionary war in Syria, the painting deploys texture and contrast to depict a damaged urban streetscape: A
Issue 315/316 (Summer/Fall 2025) Masthead
Middle East Report, “The Material Politics of Normalization,” Summer/Fall 2025, No. 315/316, Vol. 54 No. 2–3 Executive Director James Ryan jamesryan@merip.org Executive Editor Billie Jeanne Brownlee bbrownlee@merip.org Managing Editor Marya Hannun maryahannun@merip.org Senior Staff Editor & Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@A Note on the Masthead
Over the summer, MERIP’s executive editor Katie Natanel rotated off the editorial team after three and a half years. Katie joined at the beginning of MERIP’s partnership with Exeter’s Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies, stepping into what was then a new position within the organization. Behind
A Note on the Cover Image
The cover of MER’s Summer/Fall double issue, “The Material Politics of Normalization,” features a 2020 illustration by Bahraini artist Sara Qaed. The image—a pair of scissors bent into the Arabic word for “no” (la)—was published on Qaed’s Instagram two days before the signing of the
