Unruly Labor A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea Pin Edited by Omar Berrada

Edited by Omar Berrada

each piece is not just a tool but a work of art

and essays that explore the blurry and conceptual edges of aridity

Paolo Roversi

and were also known to relieve tooth pain

Unruly Labor A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea Pin Edited by Omar BerradaIn the mid twentieth century, the Arabian Peninsula emerged as a key site of oil production. International companies recruited workers from across the Middle East and Asia to staff their expanding oil projects. Unruly Labor considers the working conditions, hiring practices, and, most important, worker actions and strikes at these oil projects. It illuminates the multiple ways workers built transnational solidarities to agitate for better working