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    Since 1965, the Middle East Center has been educating and informing the Philadelphia area about the richness and diversity of the Middle East and North Africa. Join us.

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Events



Requiring Resistance: Life Against Carceral and Colonial Violence in Egypt and Palestine

Yasmin El-Rifae
Apr 8, 2025 at -

About the eventI will begin from a thread in Radius which connects reproductive justice to the militant feminist struggle described in that book, in order to consider social reproduction during…



Islamic Socialism: The Difficulty of Justice as Equality

Apr 9, 2025 at - | PCPSE 250 (The Forum)

Islamic Socialism: The Difficulty of Justice as Equality Islamic socialists drew upon the centrality of justice in Islamic juridical and political thought to make a case for the coming together of Islam and…



The Cultural Journey of Folklore and Dance: Halay

Apr 10, 2025 at - | Williams Hall Room 440

Speaker: Dr. Ahmet KeskinDr. Ahmet Keskin is a faculty member in the Department of Turkology at Samsun University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Turkish culture and folklore. Keskin's research focuses…

Courses

Course offerings on the Middle East at Penn are rich and multidisciplinary. All are taught by world-renowned scholars in their field with exemplary records of teaching and publishing some of the most innovative research on the Middle East and Islam.

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