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Rapid Response
On January 26, 2017 President Trump issued the Executive Order (EO) entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” This order was…
September 15, 2017
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The Crisis of Higher Education for Syrian Refugees: Between Relief Work and Strategic Planning
Meeting the educational needs of refugees and displaced people, particularly the need for higher education, is considered one of the greatest humanitarian challenges facing the…
September 15, 2017
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Transforming Futures in Palestine
As a MAAS student in the mid-90s reading Sara Roy’s important book, The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-Development, little could I have imagined that I would one day…
September 15, 2017
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Jebnoun, Noureddine. Tunisia’s National Intelligence: Why “Rogue Elephants” Fail to Reform. (New Academia Publishing, 2017)
Drawing on extensive fieldwork and original data, Noureddine Jebnoun examines the political and security evolution of Tunisia’s national intelligence in the post-independence…
September 14, 2017
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Teacher Workshop and Exhibit Tour: “From Sinbad to the Shabab Oman: A Seafaring Legacy”
This first workshop of the new academic year is a collaboration between the CCAS and the SQCC, and takes up the seafaring legacy of trade and travel in the Indian Ocean and the…
September 12, 2017
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Prof. Jebnoun Publishes book on Tunisia’s Intelligence Apparatus
CCAS’ Noureddine Jebnoun recently published Tunisia’s National Intelligence: Why “Rogue Elephants” Fail to Reform with New Academia Publishing. Drawing on extensive…
September 8, 2017
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Lincoln, Jennifer. “Manich Msamah and the Face of Continued Protest in Tunisia.” (Jadaliyya)
MAAS student Jennifer Lincoln writes for Jadaliyya about the Manich Msamah movement, based on her research in Tunisia this.…
August 24, 2017
- Alumni Spotlight
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Q&A with Sherene Seikaly (MAAS ’00)
MAAS Alum Sherene Seikaly (2000) recently published Men of Capital: Scarcity and Economy in Mandate Palestine with Stanford University Press (2015). Her book, which was…
August 21, 2017
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Q&A with Grace Benton (MAAS ’14)
Grace Benton, originally from Mobile, Alabama, graduated from the MAAS program in 2014 and also holds a Certificate in Refugee and Humanitarian Emergencies from Georgetown. Grace…
August 17, 2017
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MAAS Alum Named to Inspiring Arab Leaders List
MAAS grad Deena Shakir (2010) was included by Huffington Post as one of the top ten inspiring young Arab American Leaders of.…
August 16, 2017