Why have state-building projects across the MENA region proven to be so difficult for so long? Following the end of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, the c

This book examines the regime changes in Iraq and Libya to unravel the complexity of statebuilding in countries emerging from authoritarianism and conflict in t

Explores the relation between histories of violence and their contemporary commemoration.

Why have state-building projects across the MENA region proven to be so difficult for so long? Following the end of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s, the c

This book offers fresh insights to enhance and diversify our understanding of the modern history of the state and societies in today’s Jordan, while also prov