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Anwar Mhajne

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Anwar Mhajne, a native of Umm al-Fahem, is an Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Stonehill College. Her research focuses on feminist security studies, critical cybersecurity, disinformation, and Middle Eastern politics...

"Hot Maroc": From Arabic to English: Yassin Adnan (author) and Alexander Elinson (translator) in discussion

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The Mahindra Humanities Center and the Department of Comparative Literature present Yassin Adnan (author) and Alex Elinson (translator, CUNY) discuss Hot Maroc, Adnan’s novelistic portrait of the challenges Moroccans, young and old face today. Moderator...

Ambassadors of a Lost Homeland: The Diplomacy of Survival in the Andalusian–Morisco Experience (13th–17th Centuries)

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The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program presents Houssem Eddine Chachia Shawwaf Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University RSVP here Co-sponsor: Center for Middle Eastern Studies Contact: Liz...

Targeting Infrastructure and Environment in Conflict

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies presents Jeannie Sowers Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, University of New Hampshire Abstract: This talk explores the targeting of civilian infrastructures in protracted conflicts, using cases...

“Gens suspects”: On Surveillance and Detention in Colonial Tunisia (1911-1928)

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The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is pleased to present Arwa Labidi Assistant Professor, University of Jendouba, Tunisia; Hazem Ben-Gacem Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for MIddle Eastern Studies, Harvard University Arwa Labidi is a Tunisian historian...

"The khalla is running away from us”: Gulf Capital, Deficient Deserts and Property-Making in Central Sudan

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The CMES Reframing Conflict: Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria in Context series presents Nisrin Elamin Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Toronto Discussant: Zachary Mondesire, Assistant Professor...

African Landscape Architectures: Alternative Futures for the Field

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The GSD Department of Landscape Architecture and the Department of African and African American Studies present a conference "The African Landscape Architectures" conference brings together a wide range of landscape practices from across the continent...

Uprisings in Competitive Regimes: Protest and Political Change in Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria, and Sudan

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Chantal Berman Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University; Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, Harvard University, and Killian Clarke Assistant...

Worldwide Week Brings Global Office Directors to Campus

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The Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs recently hosted Harvard’s eighth annual Worldwide Week at Harvard event. As part of the week, which ran October 5-12, the directors of several of the University’s global offices visited campus for...

Laura Anne Thompson

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Laura Anne Thompson is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the study of Islam in North Africa and of religion more broadly in the Mediterranean region. She is currently a Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology at Boston University. She was previously a...