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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
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Waliany, Zoya. “Why Does the Media Ignore ISIS’s Muslim Victims?” (Muftah)
MAAS student Zoya Waliany ('17) writes for Muftah on the media's failure to discuss ISIS' Muslim.…
July 19, 2016
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AlAhmad, Mohammad. “The crisis of higher education for Syrian refugees.” (Brookings, 2016)
CCAS Professor Mohammad AlAhmad writes for Brookings about the crisis of higher education in Syria that he has witnessed firsthand. Translated by MAAS alum Will Todman ().…
June 17, 2016
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Todman, Will. “Sieges in Syria: Profiteering from Misery.” (Middle East Institute)
"No longer simply a military tactic to subdue opponents, sieges have also become a profitable enterprise, encompassing a complex web of businessmen, traders and armed actors,…
June 17, 2016