Dr. Robert Vitalis, Professor in Comparative International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Sep 19, 2019
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Dr. Robert Vitalis, Professor in Comparative International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania will discuss the myth of a special US-Saudi relationship, its origin and why we tend to…
Professor Hugh Roberts, Edward Keller Professor of North African and Middle Eastern History, Tufts University
Sep 17, 2019
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Come join us for a talk by Professor Hugh Roberts, Edward Keller Professor of North African and Middle Eastern History, Tufts University, on the recent Algeria protests. Following his talk Professor Roberts will be…
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How have people in Philadelphia, the Middle East, and North Africa shaped their urban…
Please join us for a talk on the state of Turkish Democracy given by Gönül Tol, the founding director of the Middle East Institute's Center for Turkish Studies. Dr. Tol is also an Adjunct Professor of Political Science…
Please join us for an evening with internationally acclaimed Saudi comedian Hisham Fageeh, best known for his YouTube channel (especially the viral video No Women No Drive) and his 2016 film Barakah Meets Barakah.…
Join the Middle East Center for an afternoon of conversation and performance highlighting art, poetry, music, and food from displaced Syrian and Iraqi communities.
Lunch will be catered by Syrians living in Philadelphia…
Dr. Tahani Amer, Dr. Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Dr. Golnaz Vahedi
Apr 23, 2019
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Please join us for a fascinating panel discussion on women and STEM in the Middle East. The panel discussion features Dr. Tahani Amer (Senior Technologist, NASA), Dr. Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Professor of History,…
Please join us for a fascinating lecture given by Dr. Faiz Ahmed, Associate Professor of History, Brown University. In his talk he will unearth the lost history of Kabul at the turn of the 20th century. …
Join us for an illuminating panel discussion on the topic of Islamic Bioethics. The discussion features Dr. Hamada Hamid (Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine), Dr. Abdulaziz…
