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Two MAAS Students Selected as Finalists for Presidential Management Fellows Program
CCAS is proud to announce that two MAAS students have been selected as finalists for the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program! Alf Mabrouk to Maxwell Scurlock and…
November 28, 2018
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Q&A with Charles Kiamie (MAAS ’04)
Charles Kiamie is the Acting Director of USAID’s Office of Local Sustainability, which focuses on deepening the agency’s partnerships with local and US-based development…
November 14, 2018
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CCAS calls for revisions to TX high school curriculum
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies shares concerns with the Texas Coalition for Human Rights and many other groups regarding the proposed Texas high school curriculum that…
November 12, 2018
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Q&A with Andy Masloski (MAAS ’06)
Andy Masloski received a B.S. in Foreign Service and an M.A. in Arab Studies with a focus in Culture and Society from Georgetown University. He currently works at the State…
October 29, 2018
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To Teach Students to Learn, Teach Philosophy
Afaf Al-Khoshman (MAAS ’16) writes for Al-Fanar Media about the teaching of philosophy in Jordanian schools and.…
October 24, 2018
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MAAS alum argues against Europe’s new wave of ‘migration deals’
In this article for the European Council on Foreign Relations, Chloe Teevan (MAAS '16) argues that EU migration policy is increasingly legitimizing regimes with human…
October 10, 2018
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3rd Annual Area Studies Workshop: Sharing Curriculum on Global Studies and Area Studies Electives and Approaches with Experts and Teacher-Scholars
Saturday, October 20, 2018, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Georgetown University, CCAS Boardroom, ICC #141 In this third annual outreach collaboration between the Center for Contemporary…
October 5, 2018
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Literary Massacre in Kuwait
MAAS student Abrar Alshammari writes for ArabLit about book banning and the literary resistance in.…
September 17, 2018
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Professor Jebnoun’s book reviewed by the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
“Tunisia’s National Intelligence makes a useful contribution to debates about security sector reform and demonstrates the powerful legacy of authoritarian rule in Tunisia,”…
September 17, 2018
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CCAS Awarded Title VI Grant from U.S. Dept. of Education
CCAS is proud to announce that have been awarded a 4-year grant to be a National Resource Center on the Middle East and North Africa (NRC-MENA) through the U.S. Department of…
September 7, 2018