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Reflections on an Egyptian Coup
On January 29, 2014, the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies co-sponsored at Georgetown a day-long conference…
February 14, 2014
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Obama and the Middle East: Rebalancing or Just Stumbling About?
Former CCAS Director Michael Hudson speaks about Obama's foreign policy in the Middle East at Harvard University's Middle East Initiative Speaker Series. Harvard University's…
January 30, 2014
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What Does Power Look Like?
On October 23, 2013, Dr. Mehran Kamrava, director of the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service in Qatar, spoke at CCAS…
January 13, 2014
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Image Makeover
On September 5, 2013, Qatar Postdoctoral Fellow Adel Iskandar delivered a lecture at CCAS about his research on media in the Arab world, and particularly about Radio Sawa, an…
November 11, 2013
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An Atypical Orientalist?
Nadia Abdulhadi-Sukhtian, wife of CCAS Board Member Ghiath Sukhtian, has carefully translated the work of a German Orientalist, Gustaf Dalman (1855-1941), who defies mainstream…
October 4, 2013
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New Post-Doctoral Fellowship Established
CCAS is pleased to announce a new post-doctoral fellowship in Druze and Arab minorities studies. CCAS is pleased to announce the formation of a new post-doctoral fellowship in…
October 2, 2013
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Davis, Rochelle and Taylor, Abbie. “Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon: A Snapshot from Summer 2013.”
CCAS Associate Professor Rochelle Davis and Abbie Taylor, Research Associate at the Institute for the Study of International Migration, present their findings from recent…
September 20, 2013
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Ismi Amanda, wa Adrusu al-’Arabiyya fi Qatar
The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies offers dedicated Arabic language students from the United States the opportunity to master their skills in an intensive Arabic language…
June 28, 2013
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Of Service to One’s Country (and School)
Arabs were very much a part of my community growing up in Washington DC. I grew up Greek Orthodox at a time when there were no churches in the city for Orthodox Christian Arabs…
June 7, 2013
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Mabruk, MAAS Class of 2013!
Twenty students graduated with a Master of Arts in Arab Studies on May 17, 2013. On Friday, May 17, 2013, CCAS congratulated 20 students on their graduation from the Master of…
May 24, 2013