Congratulations, 2013–14 CMES Graduates!

CMES is pleased to congratulate this year's graduating class, which includes twelve AM students and five PhDs.

Graduates of the Joint PhD Programs

  • Yasmine F Alsaleh (History of Art and Architecture & MES)
    "'Licit Magic': The Touch And Sight Of Islamic Talismanic Scrolls"
  • Sa'ed Adel Atshan* (Anthropology & MES)
    "Dignity and Dependency: The Politics of International Aid Provision in Palestinian Society"
  • Jennifer Thea Gordon (History & MES)
    "Obeying Those in Authority: The Hidden Political Message in Twelver Exegesis"
  • Asher Orkaby (History & MES)
    "The International History of the Yemen Civil War, 1962–68"
  • Ekin Emine Tusalp (History & MES)
    "Political Literacy and the Politics of Eloquence: Ottoman Scribal Community in the Seventeenth Century"

Graduates of the Master's Degree Program in Regional Studies—Middle East

  • Nicole Abi-Esber
  • Youssef Ben Ismail
    "The Political Rise of Ennahdha's Women in Tunisia"
  • Edith Chen
  • Samah Choudhury
  • Kathleen Gillen
  • Yichen Guan
  • Anna Haleblian
  • Sarah Moawad
  • Bandar Shawwaf
  • Carl-Christian Sieben
  • Stephanie Sobek
  • Jason Wimberly**

*Degree conferral November 2013

**Degree conferral March 2014