Middle East Program
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The much anticipated UN Palestinian initiative has sparked enormous controversy and concern. Some fear it; others welcome it; and many just don’t think it matters much. more
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The Middle East Program pays special attention to the role of women, youth, civil society institutions, Islam, and democratic and autocratic tendencies. In addition, the Middle East Program hosts programs on cultural issues, including contemporary art and literature in the region. MORE
The Latest from the Middle East Program
From Vision to Reality: Politics and Gender in Jordan's Tourism Sector
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September 23, 2011 // 9:00am — 10:00am
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh will speak on the recent developments on the Arab Spring and her experience on challenges to mainstream gender in the tourism sector in Jordan. more
Gridlock: Labor, Migration, and Human Trafficking in Dubai
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September 23, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
A book talk with Pardis Mahdavi, Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center and Associate Professor, Pomona College. Gridlock draws on four years of Mahdavi's ethnographic research in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to look at the disconnections between policies on human trafficking and the realities of gendered labor and migration in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. more
Bahrain: the Forgotten Uprising in the Arab Spring
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October 04, 2011 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
As the Arab Spring has swept across much of the Middle East and North Africa, large-scale popular protests have been generally absent in the Persian Gulf except in Bahrain where massive demonstrations have been met simultaneously with a strict government crackdown on dissent and only limited promises of reform. Al-Khawaja will discuss the prospects for change in Bahrain, the current status of the protest movement, and options for U.S. policy in this regard. more
Women Struggle in Parliament
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Sep 21, 2011
This is the seventh in a series on parliamentary elections due in March 2012: more
