Issue 315-316 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 (Author not identified) • 1 min read
Sara Qaed Issue 315-316 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 (Author not identified) • 2 min read
