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Middle East Centre

Seeds in the Rubble: Cultural Vitality in the Arab World

This seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 20 November by Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation, and was chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan, St Antony’s College.
Middle East Centre

Egypt’s Role, Identity, and Foreign Policy in a River of De-Nile

This MENA Politics Series Seminar was delivered on Tuesday 18 November in the MEC’s Boardroom by Dr May Darwich (University of Birmingham) and was chaired by Professor Neil Ketchley (St Antony’s College).
Middle East Centre

Morocco’s Party of Justice and Development in Government: The Experience and the Future

This seminar was delivered on Thursday 13 November in the MEC’s Investcorp Lecture Theatre by Mustapha El Khalfi (Former Minister of Communications, Morocco) and was chaired by Professor Michael Willis (St Antony’s College).
Middle East Centre Booktalk

Understanding Syria through Syrian Voices: Refugees’ Stories of Revolution, War, and the Struggle for Home

In this joint seminar with Oxford University’s Refugee Studies Centre, Wendy Pearlman, Professor at Northwestern University, shares personal testimonies collected from displaced Syrians around the world.
Middle East Centre Booktalk

From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics

In this Friday seminar, Jérôme Drevon discusses his book ‘From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics’ (OUP 2024).
Middle East Centre Booktalk
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Writing Middle Eastern Lives: Biography in Modern Arab History

Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, author of ‘An Impossible Friendship’, Marilyn Booth, author of ‘The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz’, and Peter Hill, author of ‘Prophet of Reason’, discuss the writing of biography in modern Middle Eastern history.
Middle East Centre Booktalk
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The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization

In this talk, Dr Elham Fakhro, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, launches her new book ‘The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization’
Middle East Centre Booktalk
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God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

In this talk, Iraqi political analyst, Sajad Jiyad, discusses his new book ‘God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’.
Middle East Centre

Regional dimensions of the Gaza crisis, and the Arab role in the UN Security Council

Mouin Rabbani and Hasmik Egian discuss the impact the crisis in Gaza has had on the Arab world, with a particular focus on the UN Security Council.
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars

Facebook Resistance? Understanding the Role of the Internet in the Arab Revolutions

Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. The Internet has been reported as a key factor, but we in fact know little of its role in these revolutions.

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