Unruly Labor A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea Pin Choukini layers an eerie latency

Choukini layers an eerie latency into his works: mazes of slits

Paolo Roversi

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and essays that explore the blurry and conceptual edges of aridity

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Unruly Labor A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea Pin Choukini layers an eerie latencyIn 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