Congratulations to Thayer Hastings and Leen Alfatafta, whose papers were selected for the American Anthropological Association Middle East Section Student Paper Prize!…
Prof. Noureddine Jebnoun publishes article with Jakob Plaschke (MAAS '22) titled "Peripheral resistance: geographies of occupation and policing in Tunisia." …
CCAS Events and Programs Manager, Coco Tait, interviewed our 2024-2025 post doctoral fellows. Natalie El-Eid What brought you to be interested in contemporary transnational literature and cultures…
Prof. Marwa Daoudy contributed to an article for the journal Geoforum titled, ” At the crossroads – Critical perspectives on the study of climate security”…
We are pleased to welcome the fall incoming class of students to the Master of Arts in Arab Studies program. This year’s incoming group is one of our largest…
Faculty from the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the African Studies Program at Georgetown University worked together to create a selection of books (and one film!) about Sudan. Take…
CCAS has responded to the war in Gaza by holding more than a dozen workshops and teach-ins to help educate the Georgetown community and larger public on the history of…
SFS Professors Nader Hashemi, Jonathan Lincoln, and CCAS Director Fida Adely reflect on what it means to educate and care for students in this present moment.
MAAS alum Michael Fischbach discusses his research on connections between the Black Freedom movement of 1960s America and the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
An interview with CCAS Qatar Postdoctoral Fellow Adey Almohsen on his research historicizing Palestinian thought in the years between the Nakba and the Six Day War…
“Still Without End” by Giuliana Roviello; Courtesy of the Palestine Poster Project. By Rochelle Davis In my book, Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced (Stanford University…
Still haven’t decided what to read this summer? Take your pick from the CCAS faculty summer reading list for 2024 to get a kickstart on your page count…
CCAS has the privilege of hosting two undergraduate interns from the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) in Washington DC, who will be working with CCAS faculty and staff this…