Andrew Farrand, "The Algerian Dream: Youth and the Quest for Dignity" (New Degree Press, 2021)

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Robin Whelan, "Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

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Emily Sibley, "The Poetics of Incivility: Satire and Subversion in Modern Arab Culture" (Cornell UP, 2026)

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