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MAAS Student writes for Georgetown Public Policy Review

Grant Marthinsen (MAAS '20) writes about the future of U.S. policy in Syria following the recent military withdrawal.…

January 25, 2019

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MAAS Student Awarded CLS Scholarship to Study Persian

Read about second-year MAAS student Maxwell Scurlock’s experience studying Persian in Tajikistan through a Critical Language.…

January 24, 2019

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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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Reading the Arabesque with Kamal Boullata

December 19, 2018