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Visit CCAS at MESA!
CCAS will be at MESA in Boston this week! Stop by booth #42 to learn more about the Master of Arts in Arab Studies (MAAS) & our other.…
November 15, 2016
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MAAS Student Brings Lessons from Endurance Horse Racing to the Hilltop
Uma Mencia Uranga is graduate student in the MAAS program, but outside of her academic career she is a professional endurance horse.…
November 11, 2016
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MAAS Alum Publishes Thesis Research in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Nada Soudy (MAAS '13) has published a comparative study of 1.5 and second-generation Egyptian ‘expatriates’ in Qatar and ‘immigrants’ in the U.S. in the Journal of Ethnic…
November 8, 2016
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CCAS Professor and Student to Speak at Center for Social Justice Education Week
On November 7, Prof. Fida Adely and MAAS student Haydn Welch will speak on the panel "Girls Education - Local to Global Perspectives" at Georgetown's Center for Social Justice…
November 2, 2016
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Orient News Interviews Marwa Daoudy
CCAS' Marwa Daoudy speaks to Orient News TV on.…
October 21, 2016
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Christien, Agathe. “The representation of youth in the Islamic State’s propaganda magazine Dabiq.” (Journal of Terrorism Research)
MAAS student Agathe Christien (’18) writes for the Journal of Terrorism Research about the Islamic State’s use of youth representations to attract Western recruits and to…
September 20, 2016
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The Need for Radical Transformation in Responding to Climate Change
As part of Georgetown's Global Futures Initiative, CCAS Professor Marwa Daoudy discusses the need for a radically new environmental and social contract in the era of climate…
September 12, 2016
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CCAS Mourns the Passing of Dr. John Ruedy
The CCAS community was deeply saddened by the recent loss of one of its preeminent founders, early visionaries, and longtime supporters, Dr. John.…
August 10, 2016
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Ricotta, Jill. “The Arab Shi‘a Nexus: Understanding Iran’s Influence in the Arab World.” (Washington Quarterly)
MAAS alum Jill Ricotta (2016) writes for the Washington Quarterly about the precarious state of Arab Shi'a resulting from escalating Shia-Sunni tensions and the breakdown of Iran…
July 29, 2016
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Pedagogy Project, Gaza in Context, is Released Today!
Two years after the onslaught on Gaza that killed over 2200 people, a group of activists, academics and artists has produced a new teaching video that aims at shifting the…
July 20, 2016