Jessica Marglin
@JessicaMarglin
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Maghrib, Mediterranean, Jews, Law, etc.
Joined September 2020
I'm extremely honored by this award, and I choose to take it as a sign of hope that the book award named after Albert Hourani has been awarded to a book about a Jew from Tunis. The Middle East and North Africa is never only what we see on the news today.
The #MESA2023 Albert Hourani Book Award Co-winner is Jessica M. Marglin for “The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship across the Modern Mediterranean” (Princeton University Press).
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Honored to be in such excellent company; and thank you to Brittany White for such a stimulating interview.
In 1873, Nissim Shamama, a Tunisian Jew born in the Ottoman Empire, died suddenly at his palazzo in Livorno. A decade-long international dispute over his vast inheritance ensued. In 'The Shamama Case', Jessica Marglin investigates nationality on trial 👇
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Thank you @JonathanChaloff for demonstrating that The Shamama Case has relevance to citizenship today!
@spe07 “Golden Passports” aren’t new, nor their ability to cause int'l legal havoc. 🤓Digression: @JessicaMarglin 's “The ShamamaCase” recounts failed & successful attempts in 1860s to get citizenship of 🇫🇷&🇮🇹by Nissim Shamama, subject of Bey of Tunis, semi-aut. Ottoman province 9/17
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RT @MESA_1966: The #MESA2023 Albert Hourani Book Award Co-winner is Jessica M. Marglin for “The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship across…
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RT @StephCSaldana: Today's the big day: the release day of my book What We Remember Will Be Saved from @broadleaf_books. I share of the jo…
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RT @HodosAndrea: If you live in LA, identify as Muslim or Jewish, and want to take a deep dive into one of the most hopeful and resillient…
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RT @jadaliyya: The story of the liberation of North Africa from fascist rule has been told by the region’s elite. Most North & West African…
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Many thanks to @MomentMagazine for this review of The Shamama Case!
In @JessicaMarglin’s new book, a 19th-century Italian estate lawsuit gives way to a fascinating history and the concepts of citizenship and belonging.
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@ShreerupaMitra @ericgarcetti @USChamber @USIBC So cool!! He was our mayor and we even sometimes went to the same synagogue!!
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RT @Youssefbens: If you are in Tunis next week, don’t miss this fantastic event featuring my dear friend, anthropologist and filmmaker Marg…
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