Join us this Wednesday, on February 11 for talks on Gender and Migration by Prof. Amira Badri and Prof. Ibtisam Idris and hosted by Prof. Lahra Smith of Georgetown African Studies Program and Center for Contemporary Arab Studies! 3-4.30 pm ET To join: forms.gle/qKyfrzJNyyPN...

Pitch you work for our partner MERIP's Summer issue. www.merip.org/2026/02/call...

Join us on March 2 for a virtual talk by our fellow Lutforahman Saeed on women’s right to healthcare in Islamic law and Afghanistan. Monday, March 2, 2026 11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST Register here: ucla.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Tomorrow: EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM IN PALESTINE Wednesday 4 February, 5-7:30pm Palestine / 10am-12:30pm EST Join to listen our fellow Ahmed Kamal Junina and mentor Tony Alessandrini. Register for the zoom webinar: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

These talks are by Prof. Amira Badri and Prof. Ibtisam Idris and hosted by Prof. Lahra Smith of Georgetown African Studies Program and Center for Contemporary Arab Studies! 3-4.30 pm ET To join: forms.gle/qKyfrzJNyyPN...

Join us on February 11 for talks on Gender and Migration! "Survival Strategies of the Displaced Small Traders in Omdurman city: A Gender Resiliance Analysis" and "Ethiopian Females in Kassala Town: Identity CrisisBoundry Making, and the Politics of Belonging". (1/2)

Our fellow Abdul Wahid Gulrani is organizing an event called "From Exile to Empowerment: Unlocking Opportunities for Afghanistan’s Diasporic Community in the United States". Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1OVt...

Notice of Postponement: Please note that Fateh Saeidi’s talk originally scheduled for February 16 and Bahman Khodadadi’s talk scheduled for March 9 have been postponed. Revised dates will be announced soon.

REMINDER: The First Virtual Research Workshop organized by MESA will be held online from June 2-4, 2026. Proposals are due JANUARY 9! mesana.org/resources-an...

REMINDER: The First Virtual Research Workshop organized by MESA will be held online from June 2-4, 2026. Proposals are due JANUARY 9! mesana.org/resources-an...

Read the latest piece by our fellow Ahmed Junina, published in The Guardian: “During a fierce storm I could hear the panicked screams of children in tents outside. This is Christmas in Gaza.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

And his chapter "Religious Rhetoric and Genocidal Violence: The Massacre of Kurds in Rojhelat Under Khomeini’s Fatwa" here: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... . (2/2)

New publications! Read our fellow Fateh Saeidi's article "Muslim Brotherhood legacies and local adaptations in Iran: the Iranian call and reform organization" here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/2

New publication! Read our fellow Zahra Khoshk Jan's new article "Religiosity against religiosity: Iranian women’s approach to reflexive religiosity – Dimensions, reasons, and consequences". doi.org/10.1177/0037...

Check out this online program on Gender where our fellow Amira Badri teaches.

Check out the latest blogpost by Amira Badri: "Building skills and decent work opportunities for migrant women in Italy" here: migrationpolicycentre.eu/building-ski...

Here is the latest piece from our fellow Dr. Abdul Wahid Gulrani: thediplomat.com/2025/12/beyo...

This book is an autoethnographic collection featuring 14 refugee scholars from diverse academic and national backgrounds, each sharing their experiences navigating the tensions between humanitarianism and the Western academic establishment. For more info: (2/2) macmillan.yale.edu/middleeast/e...

Join us tomorrow (Thursday, November 13, 2025) to learn more about the book "Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals?" co-edited by one of our alumni, Sayed Hassan Akhlaq. This is an in-person event that will take place at Luce Hall, New Haven, CT. (1/2)

We thank the Georgetown University Arabic and Islamic Studies Department and the Center for the Contemporary Arab Studies for partnering with us! (2/2)

Join us this Friday (November 14, 12 pm ET) for Prof. Ahmad Qabaha's online talk "Genocide, Ecocide, Scholasticide and The Palestinian Native American in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry". (1/2) Register here: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We thank the Georgetown University Arabic and Islamic Studies Department and the Center for the Contemporary Arab Studies for partnering with us! (2/2)

Join us this Friday (November 14, 12 pm ET) for Prof. Ahmad Qabaha's online talk "Genocide, Ecocide, Scholasticide and The Palestinian Native American in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry". (1/2) Register here: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Read our fellow Dr. Ahmed Kamal Junina's latest piece "‘Silence never truly arrives’: what the eve of a ceasefire feels like in Gaza" here: www.independent.co.uk/voices/gaza-...

Dr. Saeed's talk, part of the session "Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond," took place on September 26 in New York and is available here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w.... (3/3)

Dr. Ali's talk was a part of the panel "Ending the Gaza Genocide" and took place on September 30 in Geneva. (2/3)

I am pleased to announce that two of our fellows, Dr. Nijmeh Ali and Dr. Lutforahman Saeed, gave talks at the UN. (1/3)

Please read our fellow Dr. Ahmed Junina's latest piece: "Recognising Palestine is important, but more is needed to save Gaza’s shattered generation" here: www.independent.co.uk/voices/educa...

Read our fellow Dr. Lutforahman Saeed's essay "Freedom of Communal Prayer in the Primary Sources of Islamic Law and under the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan" in the Canopy Forum on Interactions of Law & Religion here: canopyforum.org/2025/09/20/f...

Read Dr. Bahman Khodadadi's new article "The Theocratic Agency of the Iranian Legal System at the Legislative and Judicial Levels" in Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities here: openyls.law.yale.edu/entities/pub...

Listen to our fellow Ahmed Junina's interview on Ireland's RTE Radio 1 to learn about daily struggles in Gaza, education, and the resilience of the people: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Watch our fellow Ahmed Junina's interview on CBS News on surviving in a warzone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrbp...

Newest article from our fellow Dr. Nijmeh Ali: “Archives Under Fire: Resisting Erasure Amid Genocide” is available here: scene48.org/en/articles/...

#Fellowship The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invite applications for ACLS/ Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowships in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America, offered as part of ACLS Fellowship Program. mesana.org/resources-an...

Prof. Messick died on August 15, 2025. Their generosity and guidance left a lasting mark on our community, and we will remember them with gratitude. Please see anthropology.columbia.edu/content/brin... and maktoobmedia.com/more/educati... for more information.”

IN MEMORIAM We are deeply saddened by the passing of our former Global Academy mentor and supporter, Brinkley Morris Messick(1949 - 2025). He was a renowned scholar and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University.

Check out the newest publication, "Open Constitution: The Dilemma of Constitutional Stability and Adaptability Iran’s 1906 and 1979 Constitutions: A Case Study" by our alum Seyed Masoud Noori! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Read our fellow Fateh Saeidi's new article "Religion Meets Gender: The Impact of Sunni Islamic Discourse on the Jina Uprising in Eastern Kurdistan" here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Read our fellow Nijmeh Ali's recent work published in the BMBF Network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict (Germany) here: rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/wp-content/u...

Check out our fellow Nadia Al-Sakkaf's latest article! “Crafting a Post-Conflict Constitution for Yemen: Navigating Rule of Law and Emerging Forces.” Published in Review of Middle East Studies 58, no. 1–2 (2024): 3–8. doi.org/10.1017/rms..... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New publication by our alum Evren Altinkas! Exile at Small-Time U. Essays from the Trenches of Embattled Academia. Find it here: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/exil...

A new report by our fellow Lutforahman Saeed on Status of Constitutionalism and Rule of Law in Afghanistan. Read it here: cdpg.ch/status-of-co...

New article from our fellow Bahman Khodadadi! resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A new article by our fellow Ahmed Kamal Junina: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Read our alumnus Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari's story here: global.columbia.edu/news/the-wou...

and Razan Shawamreh, Ibtisam Idris, Fateh Saeidi, Arash Reisineshad, Amira Y. Badri, Malaka Shwaikh, Kayvan Tahmasebian, Seda Altuğ, and Lutforahman Saeed! (2/2)

Check out the profiles of our 2025-2026 fellows at lnkd.in/d6FDkWQS ! Congratulations to Zahra Mobballegh, Najeeb Alomaisi, Abdul Wahid Gulhani, Gökhan Demir, Hayatullah Ahmadzai, Ahmad Qabaha, Bahman Khodadadi, Ahmed Kamal Junina (1/2)

www.ucpress.edu/books/indust... New book by our alumnus Utku Barış Balaban: "Industrial Islamism How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers". Available now to read online or purchase as a hard copy!

New publication by our fellow Leyla H. Tajer! jurnalfuf.uinsa.ac.id/index.php/te...

New publication by our fellow Sayed Hassan Akhlaq! His edited volume "Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals? Reflections on the Paradox of Inclusion and Exclusion" is out now! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...