Past Events
Challenges of the Syrian Opposition
Thursday, 11/7/2013, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Join POMEPS for a critical analysis and discussion of the insurgency in Syria.
Citizen Strangers: Palestinians and the Birth of Israel’s Liberal Settler State
Monday, 11/4/2013, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Professor Robinson will discuss her new book.
Tuesday, 10/22/2013, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in the world's largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo.
Dissent and Revolution in the Digital Age: Social Media, Blogging and Activism in Egypt
Tuesday, 10/22/2013, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
David Faris will discuss his new book Dissent and Revolution in a Digital Age: Social Media, Blogging and Activism in Egypt.
Thursday, 10/17/2013, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Yigal Kipnis in his new pathbreaking book: 1973: The Road to WarOpens in a new window draws on recently declassified information revealing diplomatic overtures involving Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Golda Meir and Anwar Sadat in the months preceding the October 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Tuesday, 10/15/2013, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
The Law in These Parts is an unprecedented exploration of the evolving and little-known legal framework that Israel has employed to administer its 40-year military occupation of the West Bank and, until 2005, the Gaza Strip.
Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn’t
Tuesday, 10/15/2013, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Toby Matthiesen will discuss his new book Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn’t.
Back to Business: How Socially Innovative Entrepreneurship Can Build the Middle East
Tuesday, 10/15/2013, 9:00am - 12:00pm
The past two years have witnessed a series of defining moments for the Middle East with key countries like Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia undergoing difficult political transitions.
Thursday, 10/10/2013, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
The panel will discuss the Arab Uprisings and Moroccan protest movement.
Sayyid Qutb: The Life and Legacy of a Radical Islamic Intellectual
Tuesday, 10/8/2013, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
James Toth will discuss his recent release Sayyid Qutb: The Life and Legacy of a Radical Islamic Intellectual.
The Encounter: Americans, Iraqis, and a Decade of War
Thursday, 10/3/2013, 9:00am - 11:00am
American discussions of the Iraq war often focus on questions of military strategy and regional foreign policy.
Thursday, 9/26/2013, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
This panel discussion brings together experts on Syria to discuss regime capabilities, disaggregated resistance movements, regional implications, U.S. involvement, and the uncertain future of the crisis.
The World Through Arab Eyes: Arab Public Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East
Thursday, 9/19/2013, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Shibley Telhami, Nathan J. Brown, and Marc Lynch will discuss new trends in Arab public opinion, and Telhami will discuss his recent release: The World Through Arab Eyes.
Prospects for Gender Equality in Iran under President Rouhani
Monday, 9/16/2013, 9:00am - 11:00am
This event will explore key obstacles to advancing gender equality in Iran, specific policies that President Rouhani has taken to date, and participants will suggest policies that his administration may and/or should take in advancing gender equality in Iran.
The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011
Wednesday, 9/11/2013, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
A great opportunity for analysis and critique has arisen from decades of attempts and setbacks in the Middle East Peace Process.
Central and Eastern Europe Efforts to Democratize MENA
Thursday, 6/13/2013, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
In the first decade of the 21st century, the young democracies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) became known for displays of moral fiber in combating authoritarianism around the globe.
Tuesday, 4/30/2013, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Howard and Hussain will discuss their new book Democracy's Fourth Wave: Digital Media and the Arab Spring.
Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality
Wednesday, 4/24/2013, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Please join AIC and Project Nur, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, for the third event in a groundbreaking series exploring the intersections and divergences of faith and reason in "Science and Islam."
Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari’a Law
Wednesday, 4/17/2013, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Some fourteen hundred years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated God's law--the shari'a--its earthly interpreters are still arguing about what it means.
The Eastern Mediterranean and the Making of Global Radicalism, 1860-1914
Tuesday, 4/16/2013, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
The Eastern Mediterranean and the Making of Global Radicalism establishes the existence of a special radical trajectory spanning four continents and linking Beirut, Cairo, and Alexandria between 1860 and 1914.