Kelli Harris receiving her award from GU President John DeGioia The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies would like to congratulate Assistant Director of Academic Programs Kelli Harris, who was a…
Planning an Event to Showcase Our Teachers’ Best Ideas for the Global Classroom in Spring 2020 We know that the teachers who attend our CCAS Education Outreach events are…
6th Annual Educator Workshop on Award-Winning Children and Youth Literature Thursday, April 2, 2020, 10am – 3:30pm Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center, 2218 – 6th Street, NW, Washington,…
Applications due 1/20/2020 March 20-21, 9am-5pm Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies, George Mason University For Virginia Educators, We invite middle and high school teachers who…
CCAS Professor Marwa Daoudy debunks the theory that climate change caused the Syrian uprising, reminding us that the protestors were seeking an end to repression and injustice.
Sima (center) with her students after distributing their course completion certificates. (L to R) Nuria Aldao, Louis Enebeli, Leen Shoukair, Rami Mehio, Kevin Kenechukwu, Ali AbuAwad, and Nour Nahhas (not…
MAAS alum Uma Mencia shares how her career as an endurance horse racer has introduced her to new landscapes and peoples and given her a deeper connection with the natural…
Examining the historic roots of Jordan’s water management policy By Skylar Benedict “As you know, the country suffers from a shortage of water. Suddenly, millions and millions of…
Since the 2014 drop in oil prices, Gulf countries have begun to shift their attention toward renewables. By Aisha Al-Sarihi The nearly-completed Innovation Centre at Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Al…
Timothy Loh graduated from the MAAS program in 2016 as part of an accelerated dual-degree program at Georgetown University, after earning a B.S. in Foreign Service in 2015.
This summer, CCAS partnered with the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and Bethlehem University to host a dynamic team of interns from both the United States and abroad.
Jinseul Jun, who is interning with HRW’s Disability Rights Division, shares her experiences in the hopes of bringing visibility to local and global movements promoting the rights of people with…
CCAS Professor Daniel Neep argues in his article for the Crown Center for Middle East Studies that we must learn from Syria’s history of tyrannies to understand why the Asad…
Congratulations to Prof. Noureddine Jebnoun on the publications of his chapter “Tunisia: Patterns and Implications of Civilian Control” in Civil-Military Relations: Control and Effectiveness Across Regimes with Lynn Riener Publishers.
Congratulations to the winners of the Exodus Institute "Welcoming Immigrants to America" video contest, including MAAS students Nour Laswi (1st place) and Saúl Ulloa (Runner Up)!…
CCAS Adjunct Associate Professor Noureddine Jebnoun recently published "Public Space Security and Contentious Politics of Morocco’s Rif Protests" in the journal Middle Eastern Studies.
