Stay ConnectedMiddle East Law and Governance (MELG) is a peer-reviewed journal for scholarly analysis on issues pertaining to governance and social, economic, and ideological transformation in the MENA region.
On the MELG podcast, we talk to the journal’s contributors about their work and current events in the region.
The podcast is hosted by MELG advisory board member, Ezra Karmel.
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In this episode, we speak with Jacob Mundy about the decade of unrest since the revolution in Libya and the encouraging recent establishment of the Government of National Unity. The podcast draws both from Jacob's 2018 book (Libya) and the recent MELG special collection he edited on Libya's protracted interregnum: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/13/1/melg.13.issue-1.xml
In this episode, we speak with Rima Majed about the "double liminality" that Lebanon has experience as a result of a year of protest and pandemic. The podcast draws from Rima's recent article in MELG: Living Revolution, Financial Collapse and Pandemic in Beirut: Notes on Temporality, Spatiality, and “Double Liminality”. It is available here: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/12/3/article-p305_305.xml
In this podcast, we speak with Ibrahim Halawi and Bassel Salloukh about their upcoming field note, which reflects on the Gramscian dilemma that anti-sectarian, post-war protests in Lebanon have faced. The field note being discussed is not yet published, but Ibrahim’s earlier article mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sena.12328
In this episode, we speak with Haala Hweio about the history of Libyan branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and its important for the future of the global movement. The discussion focuses on Hala's recent article in MELG, which can be found in advanced copy here: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/aop/article-10.1163-18763375-01202001/article-10.1163-18763375-01202001.xml
In this episode, we speak with Bozena Welborne about her upcoming article in MELG, "On Their Own? Women Running as Independent Candidates in the Middle East, in which she examines the growing number of women running as independent electoral candidates in the Middle East.
In this episode, we speak with José Ciro Martínez about his 2018 MELG article, "Site of Resistance or Apparatus of Acquiescence? Tactics at the Bakery" as well as some more recent develops in Jordan around bread politics and COVID-19. Martinez's article (which is open access) is available here: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/10/2/article-p160_160.xml?language=en
In this episode, we speak with Joas Wagemakers about the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, its historical evolution, and the splits that have emerged within the movement. Joas recently published an article in MELG focusing specifically on the divergent responses of the Brotherhood to the "Arab Spring". The article is available here: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/12/1/article-p35_35.xml
In this episode, we speak with Annelle Sheline about her recent article in which she demonstrates how Middle East monarchies have used the label of "moderate" as a reputation strategy. Her article is available to read here: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/12/1/article-p109_109.xml
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jillian Schwedler about different approaches to studying politics and protests in the Middle East, with a specific focus on protests in Jordan.
In this episode, we speak with Michelle Weitzel about soundscapes, affect, emotions, the Arab Uprisings, and her recent article in MELG: "Engineering Affect: Street Politics and Microfoundations of Governance", which can be found here: https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/11/2/article-p203_203.xml
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