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Sawahil

Alex Thurston

A newsletter about West Africa, MENA, Islam, and politics.

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PricingOnly free issuesPublishesTwice weekly
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Latest Issues

Recent posts by this newsletter. Browse the email archive.

Contrasting Views of Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré

Burkina Faso’s ruler Captain Ibrahim Traoré took power in a coup in 2022. Since then, he has generated both admiration and controversy.

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Reading Muzan Alneel on a "Revolutionary Path" out of War in Sudan

Tributes have been pouring in for the Sudanese engineer, activist, and thinker Muzan Alneel, who died at the age of 39 on April 15. You can read a few of those tributes from the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, Drop Site, the Transn...

5 days ago
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West Africa, Horn, MENA: Links for 4/17/2026

Last week’s links can be found here.

8 days ago
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The Berlin Conference on Sudan: Major Pledges, Few Breakthroughs

Yesterday (April 15), Germany hosted a ministerial conference on Sudan as the war there enters a fourth year.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Alex Thurston

    I teach in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati. I work on a range of topics connected to Islam and politics.

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