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Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good

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Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, a comparative sociologist and medical anthropologist, is Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine in Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. She also teaches in the Department of Sociology...

The changing spaces and ethics of humanitarian refuge: Case studies from Afghanistan and Syria

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The Harvard GSD Graduate Student Council (GSC) and the Harvard Middle East Cultural Association (HMECA) are pleased to present Marianne Potvin Harvard Graduate School of Design Marianne F. Potvin studies the intersection of humanitarianism and urbanism...

Topics in the Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms: Mental Disorder and the Body

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The CMES Director's Series is pleased to present Nicola Carpentieri Research Associate at the University of Manchester, UK Nicola Carpentieri is a research associate, responsible for transcribing and collating the commentaries. His academic interests...

Working Across the Turkish border in Syria: Drinking from the Humanitarian Fire Hose

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Turkey in the Modern World & The Middle East Seminar are pleased to present Martha Myers Country Director, Save The Children-Syria Response >> Please note: this lecture takes place on a Thursday and begins at 4:00 pm. << Contact: Liz Flanagan Sponsor(s)...

CMES students participate in field study course assessing the Syrian refugee crisis

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This January, three CMES master's students participated in a Harvard winter term field study course on the Syrian refugee crisis led by Professor Claude Bruderlein of the Harvard School of Public Health. Supported by a financial grant from CMES, master’s...

Mona Mowafi discusses Egypt's future at a talk at CMES

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By Geoffrey Allen There was a strong turnout at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies for Mona Mowafi’s afternoon talk on October 18, 2011, “From Neighborhood Watch to Neighborhood Development: Transforming Revolutionary Energy to Rebuild Egypt from the...

Read the Crimson's coverage of Mona Mowafi's talk on neighborhood development in Egypt

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On October 18, 2011, Mona Mowafi delivered a talk at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies titled "From Neighborhood Watch to Neighborhood Development: Transforming Revolutionary Energy to Rebuild Egypt from the Ground Up." Dr. Mowafi is currently a...

Outreach Center Water Exercise Used In Anti-Poverty Education

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A popular water exercise developed by the Outreach Center is being used to highlight water issues in the Middle East region. Islamic Relief, a global anti-poverty NGO, included the activity in the latest issue of their Partnership magazine to highlight...