Featured Stories Archive

Featured events, announcements, faculty and student profiles from the present year, and other information about CCAS. For previous years, see archive pages.

What Can We Learn About Islam By Studying People?
April 26, 2013
CCAS Post-Doctoral Fellow Jeremy Walton reflects on his anthropological study of Islam in Turkey, and the ways context and community shape Muslims’ interpretations of their texts and traditions.
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Journeying Home
April 22, 2013
MAAS alumna Dorothée Kellou (2012) discusses her forthcoming documentary film on Algeria’s war of independence as witnessed by townspeople—and family—who experienced it.
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The Arab Studies Journal Celebrates Twenty Years
April 16, 2013
Founding Editor Bassam Haddad and co-editors Sherene Seikaly and Nadya Sbaiti reflect on the origins, progress, and future of the journal.
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When Definitions of “Common” Property Differ
April 12, 2013
CCAS Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Karen Rignall talks about her study of land tenure in rural Morocco, and offers some surprising insights into what land means to the people.
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Syria Is Not Iraq
April 10, 2013
MAAS student Sarah Harvey publishes an article in Al-Jazeera English explaining why she thinks Syria will not descend into sectarian infighting post-Assad.
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The Passions Surrounding Civil Marriage
April 1, 2013
CCAS Post-Doctoral Fellow Raja Abillama asks what debates over civil marriage law in Lebanon tell us about secularism in Arab countries today.
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How Will History Remember Rafiq Hariri?
March 15, 2013
CCAS Visiting Assistant Professor Hannes Baumann reflects on the legacy of Lebanon's former prime minister.
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Political Scientists to Join CCAS in 2013-2014
March 12, 2013
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies is pleased to announce the appointments of Marwa Daoudy and Daniel Neep as permanent members of the SFS faculty.
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The Problem with Keeping Torture Secret
March 5, 2013
MAAS alumna and university professor Lisa Hajjar discusses recent developments in the American public debate over the use of torture, and the personal road she took to speaking out against it.
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Mediating the Arab Uprisings
March 1, 2013
CCAS adjunct professors Bassam Haddad and Adel Iskander publish a new edited volume on media coverage of the Arab uprisings.
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Commemorating the United Arab Republic
February 25, 2013
MAAS student Sarah Mousa reflects upon the formation and disbandment of the United Arab Republic in an opinion article for Al-Jazeera English.
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Roads of Arabia
February 15, 2013
CCAS's educational outreach program sponsors an event examining the history, geography, trade, and art of Saudi Arabia.
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The Many Roles of Turkey in the Syrian Crisis
February 1, 2013
In a new article published with MERIP, CCAS Associate Professor Rochelle Davis examines Turkey’s multi-faceted involvement in the Syrian crisis.
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CCAS Publishes Winter/Spring 2013 Newsletter
January 31, 2013
Highlights of the newsletter include Assistant Professor Fida Adely on marriage trends in Jordan, MAAS students and alumni responses to Syria's crisis, and an interview with new CCAS Board Chairman David Jackson.
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A Nation Divided
January 14, 2013
CCAS Adjunct Professor Bassam Haddad traveled to Cairo, Egypt, in December, 2012, as protests were erupting over President Muhammad Mursi's assumption of near absolute power.
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