Making the Dinar, Producing the State in Independent Tunisia
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Making the Dinar, Producing the State in Independent Tunisia

Myriam Amri is a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology & Middle Eastern studies at Harvard University. She previously completed an MSc in anthropology & development from the London School of Economics and is the co-founder of the literary magazine "Asameena".
CEMAT Director, Dr. Laryssa Chomiak, led this interview which was recorded during the CEMAT Director’s Conference on “Narratives of Legitimacy and the Maghrebi State: Power, Law and Comparison” held on 21 June 2019 in Sidi BouSaid, Tunisia.
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Tsing, Anna L. 2000. "Inside the Economy of Appearances". Public Culture, 12(1) : 115–144.