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Love, Death, and a Day’s Work
Majd Al Waheidi, a first-year MAAS student, was born in Gaza to a Bedouin family from Beersheva. Before joining MAAS, Majd worked in Gaza as a reporter for the New York Times.…
April 17, 2018
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MAAS in and on the Media
Graduates of the MAAS program have distinguished themselves in many professional fields, including the media. We hear below from alums who work in the media—as journalists and…
April 17, 2018
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Amplifying Voices, Responding to Crises: Media Technology and the Arab Spring
By Jeffrey Ghannam Well before the Arab Spring protests erupted in late 2010, people in the Arab world were accessing the Internet and social media platforms like Facebook and…
April 17, 2018
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Q&A with Journalist Ada Mullol (MAAS ’18)
Ada Mullol was well on her way to a career in journalism when she decided to pursue her Masters in Arab Studies at Georgetown. She first honed her reporting skills as an…
April 17, 2018
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MESA and the Muslim Ban
By Beth Baron, former president of MESA, and Judith Tucker, CCAS Professor and current MESA president The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) recognized early on that the …
April 17, 2018
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The Revolutionary Seeds of Mass Media
By Sania El-Husseini The development and spread of mass media throughout the Middle East over the past two decades—starting with satellite television stations, which took…
April 17, 2018
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Speaking Truth to Power, Giving Voice to the Voiceless
By Tithi Patel Growing up in California, Dena Takruri, Senior Presenter and Producer at AJ+, the digital news channel of Al Jazeera Network, always knew she wanted to be a…
April 17, 2018
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The Big Takedown
Read about how MAAS alum Dorothee Myriam Kellou, in an award-winning investigative series, exposed Lafarge Cement’s wartime profiteering and ties to.…
April 17, 2018
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Engage Your Senses!
Each year, in conjunction with the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Conference, institutional members of its affiliate, the Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC),…
April 17, 2018
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Ancient Inspiration for a New Marketplace of Ideas
Inspired by a seventh-century model, a new “souq” at CCAS brings together thinkers and scholars to discuss current regional events within their historical and global.…
April 17, 2018