CCAS News

  An interview with the report’s author, CCAS Visiting Researcher Salma Al-Shami  MAAS Student Besan Jaber By Besan Jaber Food insecurity in the Arab World is…

Dr. Marwa Daoudy is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS) and the Seif Ghobash Chair in Arab Studies at…

For the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center…

The rise and fall of an international business empire—from shipping to banking and opium.

Congratulations to the esteemed Professor Judith Tucker, former Director of the Master of Arts in Arab Studies Program, on receiving the American History Association’s Award for Scholarly Distinction given…

THE SASSOONS: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire…

  Join us for an exciting week of events at CCAS to learn about becoming a part of the MA in Arab Studies program! You will have the opportunity…

  Dr. Benan Grams is a social historian of infectious disease and medicine in the Modern Middle East. Her research focuses on the intersectionality of the history…

"Power plus: Tony Allan’s contributions to understanding transboundary water arrangements"…

Dr. Mark Drury, the 2022-2023 Qatar Post-Doctoral Fellow at CCAS, is a political anthropologist and scholar of decolonization in northwest Africa. His research examines how unresolved tensions…

"Burnings, Beatings, and Bombings: Disaggregating Anti-Christian Violence in Egypt, 2013–2018"…

MAAS student Nisrine Hilizah publishes first survey report on racism and anti-Blackness in the region.

Congratulations to Prof. Mohammad Al Ahmad on his new book, The Relationship Between Metaphor And Aesthetic Experience in Poetry…

"Rising Temperatures Turn Middle East Region Into Climate Hot Spot…

MAAS alum Antonio Tahhan writes about his quest and global survey to find the "best" recipe for this iconic dish.

The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies is pleased to welcome 24 new students from ten countries to the Master of Arts in Arab Studies program this fall!…

Beyond authoritarianism versus democracy: Why Tunisia needs alternatives…

MAAS Alum Anela Malik on Food, Writing, and Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur…

"Best Books on the Rise and Fall of Dynasties"…