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On the Ground Following the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: Q&A with Deren Ertas

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Deren Ertas is a PhD candidate in history and middle eastern studies at Harvard. She was in Istanbul doing research when, beginning on February 6, 2023, a series of powerful earthquakes struck areas of southern and central Turkey and northern and western...

The Arab and Muslim Evolution of "Deviance" in Homosexuality

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In the Middle East, today’s understanding of gay relationships as abnormal or unnatural relies on concepts invented less than a century ago. In an essay in New Lines magazine, CMES Visiting Fellow Sultan Alamer, a political science doctoral student at...

Viruses Remaking Borders? Unwanted Organisms in Palestine/Israel from Covid-19 to Climate Change

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Natalia Gutkowski Postdoctoral scholar, The Society of Fellows, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Moderator: Steven Caton, Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of Contemporary...

The Embodiment of Protest: Hunger Strikes, Human Rights, and the Health of Palestinian Political Prisoners

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The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative, Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School and the Middle East Forum, Center for Middle Eastern Studies are pleased to present Dr. Lina Qasem Hassan Physician...

From Dictatorship to COVID: Intergenerational Trauma Among Argentinian Israelis

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Sigalit Gal Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies; and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Register in...

Social scientist, scholar Herbert C. Kelman, 94

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Herbert C. Kelman, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics emeritus at Harvard and the director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (1993-2003), died March 1 in...

A Tribute to Herbert C. Kelman

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Herbert Chanoch Kelman passed away peacefully on March 1 at age 94. He was predeceased by his beloved wife and partner of 67 years, Rose Brousman Kelman. Professor Kelman’s career began in 1947, when he graduated magna cum laude from Brooklyn College and...

The Fractured Iraqi Community: Rethinking Development

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The WCFIA & CMES Middle East Seminar presents Martha Myers International and Humanitarian Development Assistance Professional & Former Chief of Party, Iraqi Durable Communities and Economic Opportunity Project, United States Agency for International...

CMES Alum Badriyyah Alsabah Talks with NPR about Kuwaiti Trans Woman Imprisoned for "Impersonating the Opposite Sex"

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NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with activist and recent CMES AM graduate Badriyyah Alsabah, a research and policy fellow with the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth, about Maha Al-Mutairi, a trans woman in Kuwait who was sentenced to two years in prison...

Continuous Trauma: The State of Children's Health in the Palestinian Territory

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The FXB Center for Health & Human Rights and the CMES Middle East Forum present Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Professor and Chair in Law, Hebrew University-Jerusalem Shaina Low, US Advocacy Officer, Defence for Children International-Palestine Jumana Odeh...