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Dr. Fatima Badry Reports on Her Time at CCAS
The Center for Contemporary Arab studies welcomed Dr. Fatima Badry of the American University of Sharjah as a visiting scholar last semester and this past summer. Dr. Badry’s…
May 29, 2010
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Dr. Michael Hudson Ends Three-Year Stint as Director
On May 18, faculty, staff, students, and board members gathered to honor Dr. Michael Hudson’s past three years of service to CCAS as its director. However, this recent…
May 18, 2010
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Visiting Scholar Nadia Naser-Najjab Reports on Benefits of CCAS Experience
Dr. Nadia Naser-Najjab, a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at Birzeit University in the West Bank, came to CCAS as a visiting scholar in January…
May 15, 2010
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Voices of Palestine Summer Film Series Debuts July 14
The Jerusalem Fund and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University are pleased to present their annual summer film series highlighting recent documentary…
May 10, 2010
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Adel Iskandar Speaks About Violent YouTube Footage on Al Jazeera English
American soldiers as well as fighters from Iraq and Afghanistan are posting raw, violent footage of their conflicts on YouTube and other video-sharing sites. In a recent episode…
May 5, 2010
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CCAS’s Adel Iskandar Speaks at Arab Media Forum
Last month, CCAS adjunct professor Adel Iskandar traveled to Dubai to participate in the Arab Media Forum, a conference that took on the hot topic of media in the Arab world.…
April 25, 2010
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Jerusalem Fund Displays Photos by MAAS Alum Najib Joe Hakim
In October 2006, photographer and 1982 MAAS graduate Najib Joe Hakim visited his birthplace of Beirut, Lebanon. Though less than three months had passed since the latest war with…
April 15, 2010
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Dr. Samer Shehata Responds to Article About the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Mohamed ElBaradei
In a recent Foreign Policy article, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council Ilan Berman asserts that Mohamed ElBaradei, “the Nobel laureate turned would-be…
April 8, 2010
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Renowned Poet Tamim al-Barghouti to Give Poetry Reading at CCAS
CCAS is proud to sponsor a poetry reading by the celebrated Palestinian poet Tamim al-Barghouti Tuesday, March 23 at 7pm following the conclusion of its annual symposium on Arab…
March 20, 2010
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Wadah Khanfar, Director General of Al Jazeera, to Deliver 2010 Symposium Keynote Address
CCAS is honored to welcome Wadah Khanfar, Director General of the Al Jazeera Network, as the Keynote Speaker at its 2010 annual symposium, "Information Evolution in the Arab.…
March 15, 2010