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Photo Gallery: 2016-17 Harvard College International Photo Contest

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CMES awarded a first prize and three honorable mentions in the 2016–17 Harvard College International Photo Contest for photos taken in the Middle East region. All photos were from students’ internships, language study, and travel in the summer of 2016...

Congratulations, 2016-17 CMES Graduates!

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CMES is pleased to congratulate this year's graduating class of thirteen students who earned a master's degree in Regional Studies—Middle East and its three graduating PhD students. AM Graduates and Thesis Titles Zena Agha—Thesis: “The Judaization of...

Turkey's Identity Politics Inside Out: From Foreign Policy to Pop Culture

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The WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar presents Lisel Hintz Assistant Professor of International Relations and European Studies, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies Discussant: Lenore G. Martin, Professor and Chair, Department...

Video: "No Place to Raise a Daughter": My Life and Work in the Middle East—A Woman’s Perspective

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Martha Myers, former Country Director, Save the Children—Syria, delivers the 2017 Hilda B. Silverman Memorial Lecture.

Hope and Loss Made Vivid

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Arab-American artist Helen Zughaib reflects on Middle East unrest in new exhibition sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Read the story in the Harvard Gazette.

Looking for Green in the Desert, an Irishman Is Lured to Bahrain

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In his new book, Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-State, CMES faculty affiliate Gareth Doherty, assistant professor of landscape architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, captures the tension between staying green and being...

Joining the Ranks of Rhodes

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Kirkland House resident Nancy Ko, a joint concentrator in history and Near Eastern languages and civilizations, was one of four Harvard students named as 2016 Rhodes Scholars. Ko participated in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies' inaugural Winter...

Students Celebrate Middle Eastern Culture Following Immigration Order

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A crowd of Harvard affiliates filled Ticknor lounge Monday to hear performances celebrating Middle Eastern people and cultures following President Donald Trump’s executive order that suspended immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Read...

Harvard Opens New International Office in Tunisia

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Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies opened its first field office in Tunisia last Tuesday in an effort to expand Harvard’s global presence and provide resources for scholarship in the Middle East and North Africa region. Read more in the Harvard...

A Beautiful Mosque and the Dark Period of the Armenian Genocide

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In an October 14 article in the Independent, journalist Robert Fisk writes about the Turkish city of Gaziantep and the "Liberation" mosque as a milestone on the journey between one great crime of the 20th century, and another seen during the Second World...

The Crisis in Gaza: Examining Current Conditions and Future Possibilities

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The Middle East Forum presents Mohammed Omer Visiting Researcher, CMES; Palestinian journalist Contact: Liz Flanagan

After Dark in the Arabian Peninsula

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On April 7-8, 2017, scholars of history, architecture, design, film, and anthropology gathered to explore nighttime landscapes and public spaces in the Arabian Peninsula at the symposium "After Dark: Nocturnal Activities and Public Spaces in the Arabian...