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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
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CCAS mourns the passing of H.E. Ambassador Clovis Maksoud
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ambassador Clovis Maksoud on May 15, 2016, at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Maksoud was…
May 16, 2016
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Cult of personality: How Trump uses the playbook of Europe’s far right
Dr. Joseph Sassoon talks to Newsweek about the cult of personality in the 2016 presidential.…
May 13, 2016
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Loh, Timothy. “Digitizing Refugees: The Effect of Technology on Forced Displacement.” (Gnovis)
MAAS student Timothy Loh ('16) examines the effect of technology on forced displacement for Gnovis: A Journal of Communication, Culture, and.…
May 13, 2016
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Getting Online in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
MAAS alum Sacha Robehmed ('15) writes about her research in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on technologies being used by displaced Syrians to communicate with family and loved.…
May 11, 2016
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MAAS Student Casey Bahr Named Boren Fellow
MAAS student Casey Bahr has been awarded a Boren Fellowship to study Arabic in Jordan this summer. An initiative of the National Security Education Program, the fellowship…
May 5, 2016
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Bogos, Kristina. “The bloody consequences of US hypocrisy are on full display in Yemen.” (Medium)
MAAS student Casey Bahr has been awarded a Boren Fellowship to study Arabic in Jordan this summer. An initiative of the National Security Education Program, the fellowship…
May 5, 2016
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CCAS hosts Oberoi Distinguished Roundtable
On Thursday, April 21, 2016, CCAS was pleased to host the 2016 Oberoi Distinguished Roundtable, titled "The Indian Ocean in Global Perspective: Mobility, Exchange, and…
April 26, 2016