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  • Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics

    Aliya A Ali explores how kinship and marriage alliances shaped political power and governance in the early Islamic city of Kūfa.

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Writing about State Violence: Commemoration & Collaboration

Michael Demson discusses the essays contributed to a new edited collection on Peterloo.

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  • June 28, 2019
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