Historian • Alexandria/Syracuse • "How Commerce Became Legal" (Stanford UP, 2025) • omarcheta.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.social/post/3mpylctewuk2gThanks to @jadaliyya.bsky.social for featuring my interview about *How Commerce Became Legal* in their New Texts Out Now (NEWTON) page. (@stanfordpress.bsky.social) www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47494 https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/4749406 Jul 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:fa5udf26udysu33heyuulxfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpylctewuk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.social/post/3mpylctewuk2gThanks to @jadaliyya.bsky.social for featuring my interview about *How Commerce Became Legal* in their New Texts Out Now (NEWTON) page. (@stanfordpress.bsky.social) www.jadaliyya.com/Details/47494 https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/4749406 Jul 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:fa5udf26udysu33heyuulxfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpylctewuk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.social/post/3mbzikmsg2s2bGrateful to @nfyahaya.bsky.social for agreeing to read 'How Commerce Became Legal,' and excited to discuss it with her as part of #ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal History on January 21 via Zoom. RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8ZOYQR1fflG_dw_DiPq4NSB4B2HW1VU49zxfdB2o3XMoraA/viewform?usp=publish-editor [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:fa5udf26udysu33heyuulxfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbzikmsg2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.social/post/3mbzikmsg2s2bGrateful to @nfyahaya.bsky.social for agreeing to read 'How Commerce Became Legal,' and excited to discuss it with her as part of #ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal History on January 21 via Zoom. RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8ZOYQR1fflG_dw_DiPq4NSB4B2HW1VU49zxfdB2o3XMoraA/viewform?usp=publish-editor [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:fa5udf26udysu33heyuulxfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbzikmsg2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.social/post/3lxzta7aidk2j*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way. https://www.sup.org/books/middle-east-studies/how-commerce-became-legal (50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)04 Sep 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:fa5udf26udysu33heyuulxfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzta7aidk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.social/post/3lxzta7aidk2j*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way. https://www.sup.org/books/middle-east-studies/how-commerce-became-legal (50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)04 Sep 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:fa5udf26udysu33heyuulxfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzta7aidk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.social/post/3lmmudbiwvc2iForthcoming, September 2025. https://www.sup.org/books/middle-east-studies/how-commerce-became-legal12 Apr 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:fa5udf26udysu33heyuulxfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmmudbiwvc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.social/post/3lkbnsccg7k2lMy review of Aaron Jakes's outstanding and ambitious book, "Egypt's Occupation." https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhae537 @aaronjakes.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social13 Mar 2025 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:fa5udf26udysu33heyuulxfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbnsccg7k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/omarcheta.bsky.social/post/3kn74qoxj7k2nBeth Baron and Jeffrey Culang edited an important book. It features studies by some of the best scholars of Egyptian history, including Kathryn Schwartz, who left our world too soon. Her chapter on al-Waqa’i’ al-Misriyya is a testament to her brilliance. May her scholarship keep her memory alive.08 Mar 2024 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:fa5udf26udysu33heyuulxfa/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn74qoxj7k2n