Laleh is a professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and the author or editor of seven books including Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula (Verso 2020) and Extractive Capitalism (Profile Books 2025).
Unsafe harbours
04/07/2025
Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf Studies born in Iran to politically radical parents, uses her understanding of material structures such as ports, shipping, and mining, to build a picture