Rohan Advani

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Studying the political economy of the GCC and Singapore. PhD sociology at UCLA. Century International.

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Here's @rohanadvani.bsky.social's review of "Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil," Andrea Wright's recent study of migration and the Gulf

Review of "Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil"www.jadaliyya.com Studies of migrant labor in the Persian Gulf often generate stereotypical images of Indian men caught in a Faustian bargain: compelled to leave their homes and loved ones in search of employment, or w...

Very few scholars have done ethnographic research of labor migration in both India and the Gulf. Andrea Wright's new book is an exception -- it was a pleasure to read and review her work! www.jadaliyya.com/Details/45629 @jadaliyya.bsky.social mena sky

Interested in the development of Marxism and neo-Marxism in the field of political sociology? @itsmccarthy.bsky.social and I provide a broad overview in the new Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology. The entire volume is full of wonderful resources! www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/elg...

Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociologywww.e-elgar.com ‘Providing an invaluable guide to contemporary political sociology, by a range of foremost contributors, this comprehensive Encyclopedia will provide an essential point of research reference for sch...

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At long last, we are truly happy to announce on @jadaliyya.bsky.social that ASJ Fall 2023 is now available! Featuring spectacular contributions from Omer Shah, Nicholas Mangialardi, Killian Clarke, @rohanadvani.bsky.social ,Samir Saad, and Ceyda Karamursel. Order your copy today!

Out Now! Arab Studies Journal Announces Fall 2023 Issue: Editors' Note and Table of Contentswww.jadaliyya.com This is the Editor's Note and Table of Context for the Arab Studies Journal Fall 2022 issue, which is now available for purchase. Click here to subscribe to Arab Studies Journal.

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On Century International's "Order from Ashes" podcast, Thanassis and I discussed my new report on donor support for Lebanon's public institutions and services, and all the complications and weird distortions that support entails: tcf.org/content/podc... For the report: tcf.org/content/repo...

Adopt a Ministry: How Foreign Aid Threatens Lebanon’s Institutionstcf.org Lebanon’s economic crisis has impoverished the country’s people and brought the state to the brink of collapse. Millions of people in Lebanon are

Excellent primer on neighbouring states’ reaction. Covers Turkey, Iraq, Morocco, GCC, and more www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

The Gaza War Reverberates Across the Middle Eastwww.crisisgroup.org As war rages in Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to escalate, causing grievous harm to civilians and threatening stability across the Middle East. Crisis Group experts offer a 360-degr...

Inside story: Quds Force chief in Lebanon, but Hezbollah ‘calling the shots’ Menasky amwaj.media/article/axis...

Inside story: Quds Force chief in Lebanon, but Hezbollah ‘calling the shots’amwaj.media The commander of Iran’s Quds Force is on the ground in Lebanon as clashes between Hezbollah and Israel continue, Amwaj.media has learned. Multiple informed sources said Esmail Qa’ani arrived in Be...

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Good @carnegiemec.bsky.social Michael Young interview with @crisisgroup.bsky.social's Tahani Mustafa, including on the prospects for an Israeli ground incursion in Gaza and the Israeli military's real effectiveness: carnegie-mec.org/diwan/90851 menasky

Is Israel Prepared to Take Gaza?carnegie-mec.org In an interview, Tahani Mustafa says that the Israeli armed forces have less combat knowhow than many people presume.

Rashid Khalidi, lucid as ever www.thedriftmag.com/a-desperate-...

“A Desperate Situation Getting More Desperate”www.thedriftmag.com Since Hamas’s gruesome attack on October 7, we’ve watched as Israel has — with our government’s blessing and material aid — bombarded the captive residents of the Gaza Strip and displaced mo...

US homeownership is 66%—after The Great Inheritance (and the many more who will inevitably miss out), this may even end up more vicious.

I think people are correct to be guardedly pessimistic that a large portion of young left-identifying people may take a fairly hard reactionary turn in the near future. In many, I don't see much generous communitarian sentiments, I see only resentment, fear, and deeply rooted unresolvable grievance

A really excellent, short interview w @mwhanna.bsky.social on Rafah and Egyptian concerns about population transfers www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Pressure mounts on Egypt to open its border to Gaza refugeeswww.wbur.org Egypt controls the Rafah crossing, which is the way out for desperate Palestinians trapped by Israel’s blockade and attacks.

Adam Shatz at his best www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Adam Shatz · Vengeful Pathologies · LRB 20 October 2023www.lrb.co.uk The inescapable truth is that Israel cannot extinguish Palestinian resistance by violence, any more than the...

“The US needs to try to restrain Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, both for the sake of Palestinians in the crossfire and so that American forces are not drawn into deadly regional escalation. Wider war is a real danger" @abujamajem.bsky.social & Thanassis Cambanis tcf.org/content/comm... menasky

America Needs to Prevent a Regional War in the Middle Easttcf.org Palestinian militant organization Hamas’s massacres on October 7 have provoked shock and horror around the world. But revulsion at the group’s atrocities

Singaporean Minister of Home Affairs on Israel-Palestine: 1. Strong, unequivocal condemnation of Hamas attacks 2. Can sympathise with plight of Palestinians and also condemn terrorism 3. Israel to respond w/ full might (but unclear if it supports or condemns tis) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXH...

Well that’s one possible explanation menasky

@abuaardvark.bsky.social as sharp as always goodauthority.org/news/gaza-an... As well as Mouin Rabbani www.jadaliyya.com/Details/4537... menasky

Gaza and Israel: Five things to watchgoodauthority.org Aerial image of Gaza © Abdallah ElHajj via Canva.com. Hamas shocked Israel on Saturday morning by launching a massive, well-coordinated incursion across

Any good pieces/analysis of wtf the Hamas strategy/end goal is here? menasky

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