The American University in Cairo (AUC) has named Dr. Joel Blecher as the 2023 Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professor in their department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations. Established i…
This summer, ten fellows took part in the summer FLAS program to study Arabic, Persian and
Hebrew. Whether in Rabat or in Amman or Yerevan or Haifa, our fellows expressed great
satisfaction wi…
The Middle East Policy Council (MEPC) has announced its inaugural cohort of 40 Under 40 Awardees. The 40 Under 40 Awards recognize the breadth of cultural, economic, and political relationship…
Dr. Maro Youssef has recently joined the Elliott School as a non-resident fellow at the the Institute for Middle East Studies. She is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellow at…
IMES is seeking a FWS Events Assistant for the 2023-2024 Academic Year.
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The Institute for Middle East Studies (IMES) Events Assistant works with the IMES Program Manager and Outreach…
Congratulations to Dr. Joel Blecher, who’s translation of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani’s Merits of the Plague, which was completed with Dr. Mairaj Syed, is now available from Penguin Clas…
Congratulations to the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) summer program fellowship recipients, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Our GW students will be traveling to Egypt, Jo…
For Morocco, a World Cup run that transcends the sport
By Graham Cornwell
December 13, 2022
This World Cup is a reminder that colonialism is hardly a distant memory. On Wednesday, Morocco will…
The Institute for Middle East Studies invites applications from full-time faculty at four-year colleges or universities to spend their sabbatical at the Institute, which is part of the George …
The Middle East Policy Council (MEPC) has announced its inaugural cohort of 40 Under 40 Awardees. The 40 Under 40 Awards recognize the breadth of cultural, economic, and political relationship…
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