Official account of the APSA- Middle East & North Africa Politics organized section

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@APSAMENA position on @APSAtweets 2023. 1) Business meeting online. 2) 3 options for panels (Request relocation out of the Marriott to the Convention Center, move online, or defer to 2024.) Contact the chair ASAP if exercising one of these. 3) Reception with @POMEPS cancelled.
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For those of you making a change, please follow us at the same handle on 🟦☁️. Please tell your networks. @APSAMENA @APSAtweets @POMEPS
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@APSAMENA position on @APSAtweets 2023. 1) Business meeting online. 2) 3 options for panels (Request relocation out of the Marriott to the Convention Center, move online, or defer to 2024.) Contact the chair ASAP if exercising one of these. 3) Reception with @POMEPS cancelled.
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The @APSAMENA section position can be read in full here, and includes the link to a form to notify of remote panel format: docs.google.com/document/d/1… and bXo/edit?usp=sharing

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A consolidated recap of @APSAMENA updates so far re: this year's #APSA annual conference: 1) Our planned joint reception with @POMEPS is cancelled. 2) Our board is meeting to discuss our options for section panels and will provide updates ASAP.
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
If you mentor graduate students from Turkey or Syria, irrespective of discipline, please share this with them. The writing group seeks to provide motivation and accountability. Many thanks!
I’m grateful to all those who joined our Zoom writing sessions this week. We’re in our 21st week and have new participants each week. If you are a student or scholar from Turkey or Syria and are looking for a writing space that provides structure and solidarity, DM or email me.
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I can't recommend this one enough. This is a fantastic book.
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Best Book (honorable mention): @se_parkinson Beyond the Lines: Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon. Cornell University Press. cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo… (available open access) (3/10)
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
This paper on the impact of colonialism on rising rural elites presents some of the most impressive data collection and analysis I've seen. Huge congratulations @as_hartnett and @msaleh1982 on winning #APSA2022 Best MENA Paper Honorable Mention!
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Best #APSA2022 Paper (honorable mention): @as_hartnett and @msaleh1982, “Rural Intra-Elite Conflict, Colonization, and Demands for Power-Sharing: Evidence from Khedival Egypt” (7/10)
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
I'm already citing a version of this outstanding paper on sectarianization that was published in @n_nationalism. Huge congratulations @BasileusZeno on winning Best #APSA2022 MENA Paper! Link to article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Best #APSA2022 Paper: @BasileusZeno, “The Shifting Rhetorics of the Syrian Uprising: Politics of Sectarianization” (6/10)
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
A peer-reviewed version of this paper has since been published in @n_nationalism .The article is open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… .I'm very grateful to many scholars, friends, and interlocutors whose feedback & insights have immensely enriched the paper & article (2/2)
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
I'm very honored to share that my research was awarded the Best MENA Politics APSA Paper award @APSAMENA @APSAtweets. #APSA2022 Thank you @APSAMENA & the award committee for this recognition (1/2).
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Best #APSA2022 Paper: @BasileusZeno, “The Shifting Rhetorics of the Syrian Uprising: Politics of Sectarianization” (6/10)
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
A big thank you to @APSAMENA for recognizing my joint work w/ @msaleh1982 on rural elites, social conflict, and colonialism in Egypt with an honorable mention for the best #APSA2022 paper award.
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Best #APSA2022 Paper (honorable mention): @as_hartnett and @msaleh1982, “Rural Intra-Elite Conflict, Colonization, and Demands for Power-Sharing: Evidence from Khedival Egypt” (7/10)
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
Thank you to the APSA MENA Politics section for awarding my book their Best Book prize. I am thrilled and honored!
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Best Book: @davidspatel Order Out of Chaos. Cornell University Press. cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo… (2/10)
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
29 Jun 2023
My book has a cover! Honored that Chris Ferrante, who designed many of my favorite @PrincetonUPress books, beautifully and precisely captured the argument of “Devotion to the Administrative State” in visual form. press.princeton.edu/books/pa…
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
My paper where I examine value-based cleavages in Tunisia is officially out at @PolBehavior available at: link.springer.com/article/10…
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Incredibly honored to be in such great company, and very grateful to the prize committee for their work! The article is open access...
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Best Article (honorable mention): @MichWeitzel “Access Denied: Temporal Mobility Regimes in Hebron.” Borderlands Journal 21, no. 1 (January 1, 2022): 171–200. doi.org/10.21307/borderlands…. (5/10)
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
I'm glad that my dissertation received honorable mention by @APSAMENA. Special thanks to the selection committee and my advisors. It's a well-timed gift in Eid :)
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Best Dissertation (honorable mention): @a_ezz_eldin “Religious cycles of policy responsiveness: How religious seasons regulate public opinion and government responsiveness in the Muslim World” @Columbia_PolSci (10/10)
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APSA MENA Politics Section retweeted
Thrilled and honored to learn my dissertation has been recognized by the @APSAMENA Section! Thanks especially to all of those in Kuwait who helped make my research possible over the past few years.
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Best Dissertation (honorable mention): @danieltavana “The Origins of Opposition: Elections, Identity, and Order in the Middle East” @PUPolitics (9/10)
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We are pleased to announce the winners of @apsamena section prizes! The section awarded prizes for best book, best article, best @APSAtweets 2022 paper, and best dissertation categories. Congratulations to all, and thank you to the prize committees for your hard work (1/10)
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Best Dissertation (honorable mention): @danieltavana “The Origins of Opposition: Elections, Identity, and Order in the Middle East” @PUPolitics (9/10)
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Best Dissertation (honorable mention): @a_ezz_eldin “Religious cycles of policy responsiveness: How religious seasons regulate public opinion and government responsiveness in the Muslim World” @Columbia_PolSci (10/10)
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