For a summer research project, MAAS student Aviselle Diaz produced a series of educational videos. This one compares the impact of COVID-19 on female refugees from Syria and Venezuela.
CCAS was pleased to welcome 33 new graduate students from 6 countries at our virtual orientation! Read about our new and returning students at the link above.
The spring issue is themed around gender in the Arab world and explores the topic of gender from a variety of angles including labor, migration, development, activism, & art and…
CCAS is deeply saddened by the news of Nemir Kirdar’s passing on Monday, following a long illness. Mr. Kirdar was a passionate advocate for and supporter of CCAS, where…
This spring CCAS celebrated the graduation of the MAAS class of 2020 with a live-streamed virtual commencement featuring guest speakers, musical performances, and student videos.
The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer is yet another chapter in the long history of racial oppression and injustice in the United States. This killing, along…
By Vicki Valosik A new curriculum unit produced by CCAS and ACMCU The Education Outreach program at CCAS offers workshops, training, and curriculum support to help K-14 teachers develop their…
The MAAS class of 2020 at our virtual commencement By Maddie Fisher Left to Right: Maddie Fisher, CCAS Events Coordinator; Dr. Graham Auman Pitts, 2019-2020 ADF Fellow; Fadi Zuhayri, Former…
Professor Fida Adely discusses her research and in-progress manuscript Using My Education: Female Labor Migration in Jordan and Shifting Gender Dynamics. Professor Adely’s first book, Gendered Paradoxes: Educating Jordanian Women…
Celebrating women artists of the Arab world whose works have documented important historical moments and rallied for social and political change. By Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Gazbia Sirry (Egypt, b.1925)…
CCAS faculty, students, and alums reflect on how the study of gender has impacted their learning, research, teaching, and field work. A few of the many books written by CCAS…
ONLINE: Thursday, May 21st at 4:30 pm An Introduction to UPF’s Newly Launched Islamic Spain Website Join CCAS Education Outreach Coordinator Dr. Susan Douglass and Unity Productions Foundation’s…
This year, the Arab Studies Undergraduate Certificate students presented their capstone papers in a virtual colloquium. Congratulations to each of you!…
In February, a ten-episode television series titled Andi Hulum, Arabic for “I Have a Dream,” premiered on Algeria’s Ennahar TV. The show—Algeria’s first entrepreneurship reality series—is produced by…
Unity Productions Foundation (UPF) recently released an updated interactive website on Islamic Spain built in partnership with CCAS. The website serves as a companion to the…
ONLINE, August 3-7, 2020 The Renaissance is often characterized as a humanistic revival of classical influences and an awakening of scientific endeavor and the arts. At the same time, the…
The Education Outreach program at CCAS, with support from Georgetown’s Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU), has produced a new teaching unit titled Islam and…
Congratulations to first year MAAS student Azim Wazeer, along with Tra Hoang (MASIA ’20), and Haris Fontaine (MSFS ’20), who came in first place in the 2020…
