Category: News
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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
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CCAS Hosts Conference on State-Business Relations in the Middle East
On April 13-14, 2016, the CCAS was pleased to host the international workshop, "State-Business Relations In The Middle East." The workshop was led by Dr. Marc Valeri of the…
April 20, 2016
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MAAS Student Timothy Loh Named Davis Fellow for Peace
The CCAS congratulates second-year MAAS student Timothy Loh, who was recently named a 2016 Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace, as well as awarded a postgraduate MENAR. …
April 19, 2016
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Syrian Lives Matter
"The suffering of Syrians is seen through four distorted lenses. But to find a sustainable political solution in Syria, we must move beyond clichés," writes Prof. Marwa Daoudy…
April 4, 2016
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Joseph Sassoon Publishes New Book on the Anatomy of Authoritarianism
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies is pleased to congratulate Dr. Joseph Sassoon, CCAS Associate Professor and Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah Chair, on the publication of…
March 14, 2016
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CCAS hosts ADF Post-Doctoral Fellowship Inaugural Ceremony
On February 11, 2016, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies was pleased to host the American Druze Foundation (ADF) Post-Doctoral Fellowship Inaugural Ceremony. The evening…
February 18, 2016
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World Religions and Islam in US Textbooks
The inaugural event included a talk by CCAS' first ADF Fellow Dr. Alex Henley on how religious sects built new religious leaderships for modern.…
February 18, 2016
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Malkin, Noga. “My Brother’s Keeper: The Double Experience of Refugee Aid-Workers.” (Journal of Peacebuilding & Development)
Noga Malkin (MAAS ’15) writes for the Journal of Peacebuilding & Development about the the unintended effects of participatory approaches to refugee assistance based on…
February 17, 2016
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Jean-Pierre Filiu Delivers Talk on The Twelfth Israeli War on Gaza
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies recently had the privilege of hosting Jean-Pierre Filiu, Professor of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po, Paris School of International…
February 10, 2016