Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)

Georgetown recently gave longtime CCAS professor and frequent director Dr. Michael Hudson Professor Emeritus status.

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Egypt's Day of Wrath

Georgetown professors Adel Iskandar and Tamim Al-Barghouti gave a 360 assessment of the state of play of the Egyptian protests.
We Have to Learn From Our Predecessors

As the Kareema Khoury Annual Distinguished Lecturer, Professor Sebastian Gunther reflects on the pedagogical heritage of the classical Islamic period as found in the works of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) and Thomas Aquinas. Gunther is Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Gottingen.
We Have to Learn From Our Predecessors

As the Kareema Khoury Annual Distinguished Lecturer, Professor Sebastian Gunther reflects on the pedagogical heritage of the classical Islamic period as found in the works of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) and Thomas Aquinas. Gunther is Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Gottingen.
Saving Iraq: Rebuilding a Broken Nation

Nemir Kirdar, founder and CEO of Investcorp, and author of 'Saving Iraq: Rebuilding a Broken Nation' discusses the socio-historical dimensions of Iraq's current predicament as a war torn country and expounds upon the need to mobilize Iraq's diaspora and International Organizations in its reconstruction.