The UAE and Egypt: “In a series of deals since 2022, [Abu Dhabi wealth fund] ADQ became the biggest shareholder in 2 of Egypt’s top listed companies — Commercial International Bank and Eastern Tobacco Company, the country’s main cigarette-maker” 1/3 bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Inspiring work by Noah Sutter

Israel is on the verge of invading #Rafah and committing a new horrific massacre… Where all those who pride themselves as advocates for a the Rule based system and for respect of international law… Obscene double standards and destroying the system will eventually boomerang

The Second IAST University of Oxford NuffieldCESS @SciencesPo Conference in Political Economy has kicked off in Toulouse! Delving into the nuances of public opinion, political representation, and governance dynamics, it promises fascinating insights. #PoliticalEconomy #politicalsciences

BREAKİNG LSE students OCCUPY Marshall Building in solidarity with Palestine and set up an encampment

May 15th is Nakba Day. 76 yrs ago, Zionist forces ethnically cleansed 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. A key tactic to incentivize flight was mass murder. Here is a summary of 5 of the most gruesome massacres during the Nakba (via Seraj Assi). A 🧵 jacobin.com/2024/05/ethnic…

This contains (we believe) Patrick Wallis Meredith M. Paker the first calculation of the elasticity of the labour supply to the firm for the 18C (fun!!) . It indicates this big construction employer had a very high level of wage setting power, consistent with the very nominally rigid day rates

Today the ICJ is hearing South Africa's submissions on its request for additional provisional measures. "The very manner in which Israel is pursuing its military operations in Rafah, and elsewhere in Gaza," South Africa argues, "is itself genocidal. It must be ordered to stop."🧵

Looking forward to this workshop LSE STICERD LSE Department of Economic History tomorrow, co-organized with Melanie Meng Xue, Tim Besley, and Carmine Guerriero.

🧵 to unpack the UK #GeneralElections2024 Results #UKElection2024 #GE2024 1/ Keir Starmer is neck to neck with Tony Blair 1997 victory making it a historic win for #LabourParty. However, in terms of vote shares #GE2024 ranks below average as compared to past 100 years.

Excellent postdoctoral opportunity for economic historians!

Was very excited to present at LSE this week! Here is a thread on my research into elites, foreign influence and competition in Tsarist Russia.

✍️Economics Seminar Series - Joint with Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) - Tuesday, 28 January 2025 ✍️ We look forward to welcoming Mohamed Saleh to TCD next week! 📉 #econtwitter #economics Trinity Research in Social Sciences @TCD_SSP Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH) Marvin Suesse

Looking forward to my upcoming visit to Trinity College Dublin!

#OpenAccess from American Political Science Review - Precolonial Elites and Colonial Redistribution of Political Power - cup.org/40OZmLC - Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky) & Mohamed Saleh #FirstView

My paper with Allison Hartnett (Allison Hartnett (ashartnett on Bsky)) on colonial redistribution of political power among precolonial domestic elites is finally out at American Political Science Review

.Mohamed Saleh presents his research on elite conflict, colonialism and democracy in the Middle East LSE Events LSE Department of Economic History tonight

It was great pleasure to deliver this public lecture at LSE. Thank you to The British Academy for supporting this research and to my own LSE Department of Economic History and LSE Middle East for hosting the event. youtube.com/live/6-tOPv7gK… via YouTube

Still a few days left to submit a paper to Special Issue of Industrial History Review Industrial History Review on EH of MENA!

My blog post at LSE Middle East Centre on elite conflict and democracy in MENA. Democracy struggled because of colonialism and domestic elites resolving conflict via disenfranchisement not powersharing