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CCAS Professor Featured in PBS Documentary
Professor Joseph Sassoon provides historical background on the Hussein regime in the new PBS documentary "The Dictator"s Playbook: Saddam Hussein.;…
January 22, 2019
- Alumni Spotlight
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Q&A with Jill Ricotta (MAAS ’16)
Jill Ricotta graduated from CCAS in 2016 with an M.A. in Arab Studies. She currently works as a Regional Security Advisor for the Middle East/Central Asia region at the…
January 22, 2019
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The Human Impact of the Government Shutdown
Professor Daniel Neep, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, writes for The Independent about the wide-ranging human impact of the.…
January 10, 2019
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The Arts & Culture issue of the CCAS Newsmagazine is out!
Featuring artist interviews and profiles of MAAS alums and CCAS faculty whose work touches on arts & the Arab world—from prison literature to quilts inspired by Islamic…
January 7, 2019
- Alumni Spotlight
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Quilting the Arabesque
MAAS alum takes inspiration from ancient Islamic designs to quilt kaleidoscopic works of art. By Grayson Lee When Tighe Flanagan (MAAS ‘12) began quilting, he realized that he…
December 20, 2018
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A Place to Gather
A profile on A. Joseph Howar, the CCAS benefactor behind one of Washington’s most iconic cultural and religious institutions By Vicki Valosik, Isabel Roemer, and Nancy Howar A.…
December 19, 2018
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Artist Q&A
Q&A with Artist Helen Zughaib By Vicki Valosik Helen Zughaib, currently based in Washington D.C., is known for her colorful gouache works that emphasize hope and human,…
December 19, 2018
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Saudi Arabia’s Artists of Change
MAAS alum Sean Foley (‘00) discusses his forthcoming book, Changing Saudi Arabia: Art, Culture, and Society in the Kingdom. By Sean Foley May 19, 2017, Air Force One arrived in…
December 19, 2018
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Preserving a Genre under Duress
How a class assignment led to MAAS alum Dan Walsh’s lifelong passion for preserving Palestine’s visual heritage By Brittni Foster When Dan Walsh (MAAS ’11) was serving as a…
December 19, 2018