CCAS News (Summer 2009)

Included are articles about the spring 2009 symposium, "Palestine & the Palestinians Today," several teacher and faculty workshops on topics ranging from energy to Egypt, and the MAAS graduating class of 2009. 

Published 08/17/2009

CCAS News (April 2009)

Includes articles about CCAS's Annual Distinguished Lecture in Arab Studies, this year on "Musical Ecstasy in the Arab World," the 25th anniversary celebration of the outreach program, events such as a lecture by Rashid Khalidi and a videoconference with Muammar al-Qaddafi, and a current MAAS student who has founded a non-profit on Middle East democracy. 

Published 04/15/2009

CCAS News (November 2008)

Included are articles about CCAS's educator tour to Morocco, a lecture by Senator Chuck Hagel, a one-day conference on Iraq in honor of Hanna Batatu's The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq, and the 30th anniversary of the MAAS program.

Published 12/11/2008

CCAS News (June 2008)

Includes articles about the spring 2008 symposium, "Industrialization in the Gulf," a graduate student demonstration against a 60th birthday celebration for Israel, and two outreach workshops (one with renowned writer Ibtisam Barakat and the other on the subject of Israel and Palestine). Also included are obituaries for Drs. George Atiyeh, Andrew Vincent, and Louis Cantori as well as Ambassador Lucius Battle, and an account of the memorial service held for CCAS Professor Faruk Tabak.

Published 07/14/2008

CCAS News(March 2008)

Includes articles about the new Clovis and Hala Salaam Maksoud Chair, outreach workshops on subjects ranging from varied approaches to teaching the Middle East to the rise and fall of Islamic Spain, the latest Occasional Paper entitled "Is the Maghreb the 'Next Afghanistan'"?, and a CCAS alumna helping to lead an interfaith delegation to Israel and Palestine.

Published 07/07/2008

CCAS News(July 2007)

Included are articles on CCAS's symposium on Islamist politics and a conference on education and change in Qatar, an update on CCAS development activities, faculty news, and more. 

Published 07/07/2008

CCAS News (March 2007)

Includes articles about Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi's views on women's political rights in Islam, a survey on attitudes toward the Middle East among Georgetown students, and three workshops for K-12 teachers. Also included is an interview with MAAS alum Laurie Fitch, an equity investor at Artisan Partners.

Published 07/07/2008

CCAS News (May 2006)

Includes articles about CCAS's symposium on trajectories of education in the Arab world, a teacher workshop on Mongol history, and Spring 2006 public events. Also included is a special report from Alanya, Turkey, where Georgetown's McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies is located.

Published 07/07/2008

CCAS News (February 2006)

Includes articles about the 2005 Egyptian parliamentary elections, a teacher workshop on Africa and the Middle East, and the CCAS Arab Society and Culture Film Series. Also included are obituaries for Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal and Board Member Jim Sams.

Published 07/07/2008

CCAS News (September 2005)

  East-West Relations

Includes articles about "Education Exchange with the State of Qatar", "A Voice from the First Class of Exchange Students", a pull-out list of events, a Letter from the Director, report on the "Seventh Annual Teacher's Summer Workhop", and announcements.

Published 09/27/2005