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Reflecting on the Many Faces of Mecca, the Lived City

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“Mecca is lived, experienced, and documented differently by different people,” began Rosie Bsheer, Assistant Professor of History at Harvard and author of the forthcoming “Archive Wars: Spectacle, Speculation, and the Politics of History in Saudi Arabia,”...

Saud Alsanousi and Jonathan Wright on "The Bamboo Stalk"

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The CMES Arabian Peninsula Studies Lecture Series presents the author and translator of The Bamboo Stalk Saud Alsanousi, author of IPAF-winning novel The Bamboo Stalk, and Jonathan Wright, award-winning translator of The Bamboo Stalk Please note: seating...

Zayed and Nation Building: Mirage to Reality

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The CMES Arabian Peninsula Studies Lecture Series presents Aisha Bilkhair UAE Cultural expert, lecturer and columnist Dr. Aisha Bilkhair is a UAE Cultural expert, lecturer and newspaper columnist on various topics including cross cultural studies and the...

Framed Forgeries: A Day in Court for Dubai’s Skyline

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The CMES Arabian Peninsula Studies Lecture Series presents Todd Reisz Architect, writer, and lecturer at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Earlier this year, the Dubai Frame opened to visitors with some controversy: the $68 million folly...

After Dark in the Arabian Peninsula

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On April 7-8, 2017, scholars of history, architecture, design, film, and anthropology gathered to explore nighttime landscapes and public spaces in the Arabian Peninsula at the symposium "After Dark: Nocturnal Activities and Public Spaces in the Arabian...