Between the 1850s and World War I, the Ottoman Empire welcomed about a million Muslim refugees from Russia. These refugees established hundreds of villages throughout the Ottoman Balkans, Anatolia, and the Levant. Most…
Salafis explicitly base their legitimacy on continuity with the Quran and the Sunna, and their distinctive practices—praying in shoes, wearing long beards and short pants, and observing gender segregation—are understood…
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Beshara Doumani, the Mahmoud Darwish Professor of Palestinian Studies at Brown University, where he will reflect on current affairs, future uncertainties and the challenges of…
During the Middle Ages, the Iberian Peninsula was home not to Spain and Portugal but rather to al-Andalus. Ruled by a succession of Islamic dynasties, al-Andalus came to be a shorthand for a legendary place where people…
Many life stories of actors and narratives who lived during the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic have been silenced by the official historiography of the state, institutionalised in Nutuk (…
Upon their independence, Moroccan, Algerian, and Tunisian governments turned to the Global South and offered military and financial aid to Black liberation struggles. Tangier and Algiers attracted Black American and…
In Revolution of Things, Kusha Sefat traces a dynamism between materiality and language that sheds light on how the merger of the two permeates politics. To show how shifting relations between things and terms form the…
Join us for a special event as we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the passing of Janet Lee Stevens, a remarkable individual who dedicated her life to bridging cultures and fostering understanding in the Arab world.
Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa Conference
Apr 27, 2023
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Nabil Fahmy, former Foreign Minister of Egypt and Egyptian Ambassador to the United States, will deliver a keynote address immediately followed by a Q&A by Executive Director John Ghazvinian. This keynote is a part…
