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Announcing the Nina Brekelmans Memorial Fund

The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, in partnership with the Brekelmans family, announces the establishment of the Nina Brekelmans Scholarship Fund to support students of…

August 25, 2015

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Hudson, Michael et al. “Rethinking the Arab State: the Collapse of Legitimacy in Arab Politics.”

Led by professor emeritus Michael Hudson, eight experts analyze the crisis of legitimacy of the Arab state in the wake of the 2011.…

August 20, 2015

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Vasquez, Erica. “Morocco’s Counterterrorism Strategy: Implications for Western Sahara.” (Middle East Institute)

Building on her thesis research, recent grad Erica Vasquez (MAAS '15) analyzes Morocco's counterterrorism strategy and its implications for Western.…

August 14, 2015

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CCAS Visits Yarrow Mamout Archaeological Dig

The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies staff and interns recently took a trip to a newly discovered historic site in Georgetown. At 3324 Dent Place, N.W., archaeologists…

July 31, 2015

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MAAS student awarded Bou Scholarship

Will Todmann (MAAS '16) has been awarded a 2015 Bou Scholarship for international students. Will Todman, a rising second-year MAAS student from Warwick, England has been awarded…

July 9, 2015

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The CCAS mourns the ‰loss of Nina Brekelmans‰

The CCAS community is deeply saddened to learn of the death on June 3, 2015‰ of Nina Brekelmans (MAAS '15), who graduated from the program in May. ‰We extend our most heartfelt…

June 5, 2015

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Joseph Sassoon Named Al Sabah Chair at CCAS

CCAS is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph Sassoon has been appointed Associate Professor and Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah Chair at the Center. CCAS is pleased to announce…

April 28, 2015

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Kellou, Dorothee Myriam. “Moroccan activists fight to give dead migrants dignified burial.” (France 24)

CCAS alumna Dorothee Myriam Kellou writes for France 24 about the fight to ensure dignified burials for Moroccan.…

April 21, 2015

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Embassy of Qatar Inducted into 1789 Society

The CCAS congratulates HE Ambassador Mohammed Jaham Al Kuwari on the induction of the Embassy of the State of Qatar into the Georgetown 1789 Society in recognition of its support…

April 17, 2015

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Religious education, religious literacy, and Islam as an exceptional religion

CCAS Education Outreach Coordinator Susan Douglass writes for the Brookings Institution about the need for students living in pluralistic societies in a globalizing world to be…

April 2, 2015