#  Congratulations, 2013–14 CMES Graduates! 

 





June 04, 2014

 

 

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



 

 

 



 

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