Hayat, a Palestinian scholar from Gaza who has earned a fully funded PhD in Management at the University of Bristol, needs your help getting to the UK. Consider donating to her campaign: gofund.me/e0fcb0464

Check our Dr. Nijmeh Ali's recent article on debates on Palestinian resistance here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out Dr. Fateh Saeidi's recent article on Syria’s renewed conflict with Kurdish-administered regions here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us for Dr. Gokhan Demir's talk on June 29th! We send our thanks to our partners at Marburg University! Register here: forms.gle/TUNMaaEX8KHu...

Watch Hayatullah Ahmadzai's talk "Climate Shocks, Household Food Security, and Welfare in Afghanistan" here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zVW...

Join us for Dr. Gokhan Demir's talk on June 29th! We send our thanks to our partners at Marburg University! Register here: forms.gle/TUNMaaEX8KHu...

Catch our fellow Dr. Najeeb Alomaisi's talk explaining structural drivers of war and peace in Yemen here: youtu.be/PJ5eoIa-oUk A special thank you to our colleagues at German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)!

Our friends at Arab Political Science Network (APSN) are inviting you to a webinar discussion titled "Political Economy of Sanctions and War". Tuesday April 28, 3 pm Cairo / 8 am EST Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are happy to share the recent article published by our fellow @MalakaShwaikh here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our friends at Arab Political Science Network (APSN) are inviting you to a webinar discussion titled "Political Economy of Sanctions and War". Tuesday April 28, 3 pm Cairo / 8 am EST Registration: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Check out our fellow Dr. Nijmeh Ali's recent piece here: scene48.org/en/articles/...

“From Scholasticide to Knowlash: Reimagining Academic Freedom in Gaza" A Webinar with Dr. Ahmed Kamal Junina, Al Aqsa University in Gaza. Thursday, April 30, 12pm EST organized by CUNY and NYU. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... More information: pcp.gc.cuny.edu/event/from-s...

Today at 12 PST/3ET ! Join us for a talk by our fellow Hayatullah Ahmadzai "Climate Shocks, Household Food Security, and Welfare in Afghanistan". We thank our partners @Stanford! Register here: tinyurl.com/ClimateShock

Join us tomorrow for a talk by our fellow Hayatullah Ahmadzai "Climate Shocks, Household Food Security, and Welfare in Afghanistan". We thank our partners @Stanford! Register here: tinyurl.com/ClimateShock

Starting soon! Join us for a talk by our fellow Dr. Najeeb Alomaisi "Conflict Economies and Multi-Alignment: Structural Drivers of War and Peacebuilding Failure in Yemen". Thanks to our partners @GIGA for making this happen! Register here: forms.gle/ju6LjrbH8qpW...

Tomorrow! Join us for a talk by our fellow Dr. Najeeb Alomaisi "Conflict Economies and Multi-Alignment: Structural Drivers of War and Peacebuilding Failure in Yemen". Thanks to our partners @GIGA for making this happen! Register here: forms.gle/ju6LjrbH8qpW...

Huge congratulations to our alumna Selin Bengi Gümrükçü on the publication of her book Protest and Politics in Turkey in the 1970s: Echoes of Dissent! So proud to see this incredible work out in the world. 📖 grab your copy: www.routledge.com/Protest-and-...

Join us tomorrow for a talk by Prof. Ahmad Qabaha "Palestinian Poetry and Question of Indigeneity" hosted by Prof. Olivia Harrison at USC. April 15, 2026 at 10 am PST / 1 pm ET/ 8 pm EET. Registration link: forms.gle/V6smyk6LgRAG...

Here is another the other publication (2/2): Shehab, Ekrema, and Ahmad Qabaha. 2026. “Translating Resistance: A Postcolonial Analysis of Cultural and Ideological Shifts in the Arabic Version of Mornings in Jenin.” Journal for Cultural Research, March, 1–15. doi:10.1080/14797585.2026.2643827.

Check out recent publications by Dr. Ahmad Qabaha (1/2): Qabaha, Ahmad, and Ahmed Khouli. "‘Mad I cannot be, sane I do not deign to be, neurotic I am’: Stuttering and writer's block in Mahmoud Darwish's works", Critical Survey 37, 2 (2025): 18-34, accessed Apr 10, 2026, doi.org/10.3167/cs.2...

Today! Talks by our fellows Malaka Shwaik and Ahmed Kamal Junina "Against Resilience Expectations and Re-Imagining Academic Freedom: Voices from Gaza's Universities" 1 pm ET! uh-edu-cougarnet.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Read our fellow Dr. Nijmeh Ali's recent article "The Gaza School Birth" here: read.dukeupress.edu/jmews/articl...

Join us for talks by fellows Malaka Shwaikh and Ahmad Kamal Junina: "Against Resilience Expectations and Re-Imagining Academic Freedom: Voices from Gaza’s Universities" Friday, April 3 2026 | Noon CDT/1PM ET/5 PM GMT/7PM EET uh-edu-cougarnet.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Our friends at Arab Political Science Network (APSN) are inviting you to a webinar discussion titled "What is Political Economy from the Global South?" on March 31st. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are thrilled to announce that our alumnus Utku Balaban's book, Industrial Islamism: How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers, has been honored with an award from the International Studies Association! Congratulations! Get your copy: www.ucpress.edu/books/indust...

Read the latest from our fellow Dr. Ahmed Kamal Junina here: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Join us for talks by fellows Malaka Shwaikh and Ahmad Kamal Junina: "Against Resilience Expectations and Re-Imagining Academic Freedom: Voices from Gaza’s Universities" Friday, April 3 2026 | Noon CDT/1PM ET/5 PM GMT/7PM EET uh-edu-cougarnet.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Please join us for a talk by Dr. Najeeb Alomaisi who will analyze Yemen's conflict and the failure of peacebuilding initiatives through the lens of political economy and comparative analysis with Sudan, Libya, and Iran. April 21, 2026 10 am ET/ 4 pm CET forms.gle/ju6LjrbH8qpW...

MESA Global Academy Fellowship Application for 2026-2027 is now open! Visit mesaglobalacademy.org/grant-opport... for more information and to apply!

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

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)