Category: News
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Vásquez, Erica. “Resistance in Occupied Western Sahara: women defining a society.” (Open Democracy)
Written by CCAS student Erica Vásquez for Open.…
December 14, 2014
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CCAS and ADF Launch Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies
CCAS is pleased to announce the establishment of the American Druze Foundation (ADF) Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies. The purpose of the ADF Fellowship is to…
November 15, 2014
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Announcing Kuwait-American Foundation Scholarship Recipient
CCAS and the Kuwait-America Foundation are pleased to award a full scholarship to Jordanian student, Ms. Afaf Khoshman. The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Kuwait-America…
November 12, 2014
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Swingewood, Ellie. “Syrian Refugee Women in Lebanon: Gendering Violence through Johan Galtung.” (E-International Relations)
Written by CCAS student Ellie Swingewood for the E-International.…
November 10, 2014
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Malkin, Noga and Danforth, Nick. “Ghosts of the Future: Fears of a Phantom Referendum Haunt the Turkish-Syrian Border.” (Middle East Research and Information Project)
Written by Georgetown University History Ph.D. student Nick Danforth and Noga Malkin for the Middle East Research and Information.…
October 24, 2014
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Jamal Daniel Levant Foundation Features Scholarship Recipients
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Levant Foundation are pleased to feature the 2013-2014 Jamal Daniel post-doctoral fellowship and scholarship recipients. In 2011,…
September 19, 2014
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CCAS Forges New Relationship with Peking University
CCAS Director Osama Abi-Mershed and MAAS Director Judith Tucker traveled in December to Beijing, China, where they participated in a Georgetown Peking University joint…
September 5, 2014
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The Passions Surrounding Civil Marriage
CCAS Post-Doctoral Fellow Raja Abillama asks what debates over civil marriage law in Lebanon tell us about secularism in Arab countries today. CCAS Post-Doctoral Fellow Raja…
August 29, 2014
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When Definitions of ”Common” Property Differ
CCAS Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Karen Rignall talks about her study of land tenure in rural Morocco, and offers some surprising insights into what land means to the people. CCAS…
August 29, 2014
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Q&A with Judith Mendelsohn Rood (MAAS ’82)
MAAS alumna Judith Mendelsohn Rood talks about her doctoral research as a Lady Davis Dissertation Fellow at Hebrew University and as the Islamic Court of Jerusalem’s first…
July 25, 2014