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From Middle East Studies Symposium November 6th, 2018
Dr. Serpil Atamaz Assistant Professor of History California State University, Sacramento Dr. Serpil Atamaz reveals the truths behind gender separation during World War… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium November 5th, 2018
Zayer Baazaoui Ph.D. candidate in Literary, Cultural and Linguistic Studies University of Miami, Florida Zayer Baazaoui explains the connection between the development… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium November 5th, 2018
Migration, the movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. Much of this process is overlooked or ignored in our… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium November 5th, 2018
Alexandre Dorriz BA University of California Berkeley MFA Candidate University of Southern California Alexandre Dorriz revisits Edward Said’s definitions… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium November 5th, 2018
Audrey Armstrong Undergraduate Anthropology California State University, Chico Audrey Armstrong presents her findings from an interview with the son of an Afghani Jew.… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium November 5th, 2018
Levon Ghanimian Undergraduate History California State University, Northridge Levon Ghanimian explores art in the Middle East. He talks about the dark history of many… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium October 6th, 2016
Allison Brooke Yates Student, Indiana University Ms. Yates explains how a group of Muslim women living in the United States interpret Muslim fashion. She interviewed… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium October 6th, 2016
Rod Thomson Student, California State University, Chico In the Ottoman Empire, social welfare and humanitarian relief was provided by the institution known as Waaf.… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium October 6th, 2016
Casey Benson, Thomas Giles, and Eric Lefevers Students, California State University, Chico The speakers use the results of their research to assert that the 1979-1981… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium October 6th, 2016
Lila Wael Raouf Student, Indiana University Ms. Raouf starts out by posing the question, “Why do social movements sometimes not reach their original goals of… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium October 6th, 2016
Brandon Michael Smith Student, Wichita State University The valleys formed by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are among the most fertile areas in the entire Middle… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium September 8th, 2016
Jonathan Miller & Seth Thomas Portland State University Students The presenters give a history of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, from its roots in the fall of the… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium August 11th, 2016
Mehdi Beyad Student, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London “The Middle East,” as a region and as a concept, is a relatively modern… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium August 11th, 2016
Zavier Christian Wingham Student, University of Texas, Austin Mr. Wingham asserts that the Western news media portray all Muslim women as being the same, and also in… -
From Middle East Studies Symposium August 10th, 2016
Kristin Feay Student, California State University, Northridge Ms. Feay’s focus is on the historical role of coffee houses as “vessels of cultural…