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Stories on Afghan Women, Art, and Everything in Between
The struggle for Salafism in the Egyptian Transition (2011-2013), with Stéphane Lacroix (Sciences Po)
How to Study Humanism and the Representations of Islam? A Dispatch from the Fronts of Today’s French ‘Culture Wars’
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New Publication from MESP Director Nevine El Nossery: “Egypt in focus: creativity in adversarial contexts”
Nevine El Nossery (associate professor in the department of French and Italian) co-edited a special issue with Shereen Abouelnaga of the Journal of the African Literature Association (JALA): “Egypt in focus: creativity in adversarial contexts“. The issue is available online …
20 Years of the War on Terror: Imperialism, Islamophobia and US Defeat in Afghanistan (9/23/2021)
This Year, the Havens Wright Center is collaborating with Conter to bring you a series of panel discussions and lectures on international political events and movements for transformative change. 20 Years of the War on …
Middle East Studies Faculty wins the 2021 L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize by the American Institute for Maghrib Studies
Middle East Studies Program congratulates Aili Tripp whose publication Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019) was awarded the 2021 L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize by the American Institute …
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Middle East Studies (MES) Certificate
The MES Certificate introduces undergraduate students to a multi-disciplinary course of study that provides them with an informed overview of the history, civilizations, religions, politics, geographies, and economic factors that shape the cultural landscape of this dynamic and often volatile region. It provides an in-depth training in a special area that may be particularly useful…