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CCAS mourns the loss of Albert Aghazarian

The CCAS community was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Albert Aghazarian, a renowned scholar and activist, and the first graduate of the Master of Arts in Arab(…

February 3, 2020

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Did you miss “Rethinking US-Gulf Relations”?

You can watch this event, which discusses future interdependencies with the vitally important Gulf region, on the CCAS YouTube.…

February 3, 2020

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How to Avoid the Arab Resource Curse

If you missed our event on macroeconomic policies in the Arab world, you can watch it now on. …

January 28, 2020

Alumni Spotlight

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Q&A with Najib Joe Hakim (MAAS ’82)

Najib Joe Hakim works as a documentary and editorial photographer in San Francisco. He is a Political Art Fellow at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the recipient of the…

January 24, 2020

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CCAS Assistant Academic Director Honored with President’s Excellence Award

The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies would like to congratulate Assistant Director of Academic Programs Kelli Harris, who was a recipient of the 2020 President’s Excellence…

January 17, 2020

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MIT features MAAS alum’s work in sign language, identity, and assistive technology

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December 13, 2019

Fall 2019 Newsmagazine

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Climate Change and the Syrian Conflict?

CCAS Professor Marwa Daoudy debunks the theory that climate change caused the Syrian uprising, reminding us that the protestors were seeking an end to repression and. …

November 18, 2019

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Q&A with Timothy Loh (MAAS ’16)

Timothy Loh graduated from the MAAS program in 2016 as part of an accelerated dual-degree program at Georgetown University, after earning a B.S. in Foreign Service in.…

November 14, 2019