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MMES Major and Minor Year-End Celebration
Join us for the MMES Program’s annual End-of-Year Party! See the attached poster for details. Or, save yourself the mouse-click and come to the Middle East Center (Fisher-Bennett 228) on Friday, May 2 anytime from 1-3pm. Light refreshments will be served and graduating seniors can pick up their graduation cords to represent!Roger M. A. Allen 2025 Award Recipient: Rawad Wehbe
Congratulations to Rawad Wehbe! Dr. Wehbe is the recipient of the 2025 Roger M. A. Allen Dissertation Prize for his dissertation, “STRUCTURES OF FEELING AT THE THRESHOLD OF ISLAM: THE MUKHAḌRAM IN ARABIC POETRY” in the Department of Middle East Languages and Cultures (MELC) under the direction of Prof.Janet Lee Stevens Fellowship Accepting Applicants
The Janet Lee Stevens Award will be given annually to two graduate students in Arabic and Islamic Studies who, in addition to showing exceptional merit in their academic performance, fulfill the spirit of the Award by working to improve relations with and understanding of the Arab world.MEC Photography Contest Now Open
The Middle East Center is now accepting entries for the MEC 2025 Photography Contest. The goal of this contest is to connect students to the culture and history of the Middle East in a modern context. Students may submit a portfolio of up to five photos, with a short paragraph explaining what they are and why they were submitted.
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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.