Welcome to the APSA MENA Section Awards! We are delighted to announce the 2023 MENA Politics Section Award winners.
Award for Best Book
Committee: David Patel (chair), Steven Brooke, and Kristin Fabbe
The APSA MENA Politics Section recognizes Sharan Grewal, Soldiers of Democracy? Military Legacies and the Arab Spring (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Award for Best Article
Committee: Mohamed Saleh (chair), Tugba Bozcaga, and Ammar Shamaileh
The APSA MENA Politics Section recognizes Daniel Arnon, Richard McAlexander, and Michael A. Rubin, “Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict,” International Security 47 (3) 2023: 52-94.
Award for Best Paper Presented at APSA
Committee: Asli Cansunar (chair), Nadya El Hajj, and Nicola Pratt
The APSA MENA Politics Section recognizes Elizabeth K. Parker-Magyar, “Workplace Networks and Civil Society in Autocracies: Evidence from Jordan.”
Honorable Mention: Rana B. Khoury, “Surviving International Aid: Local Organizations in Wartime Syria.”
Award for Best Dissertation
Committee: Shamiran Mako (chair), Daniel Tavana, and Michelle Weitzel
The APSA MENA Politics Section recognizes Co-Winner: Hessa Alnuami, “The Legitimation of the Arab Gulf States through British Colonial Racialisation of Arabs and South Asians,” University of St. Andrews.
The APSA MENA Politics Section recognizes Co-Winner: Alice Baroni, “Imperfect Struggles: Jewish-Israeli Activists for Palestinian Rights and the Paradoxes of Solidarity from a Position of Power,” Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva).