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Hasan Ayoub, CMES Visiting Scholar and Assistant Professor at An-Najah National University in Nablus, talked to CMES Director Nader Hashemi about how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting…

Following the U.S. killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Suleimani in Iraq, the Center for Middle East Studies hosted a public conversation between Director Nader Hashemi and Distinguished Fellow…

On September 14, 2018, CMES hosted Dr. Craig Considine, sociologist at Rice University, for a discussion on the history and misconceptions of American Muslims and Islam more broadly. The…

Much has been written about the causes of the 1979 revolution. This vast literature tends to ignore why this impressive looking state unraveled so quickly and so spectacularly. It did so mainly…

CMES Director Nader Hashemi and Distinguished Fellow Gary Grappo held a public conversation on the COVID-19 crisis in the Middle East, with particular focus on the responses from authoritarian…

ICRS Middle East Director Nader Hashemi joined Al Jazeera English to discuss the Trump administration's call for new economic sanctions on Iran despite international opposition.

CMES Director Nader Hashemi joined @TRT World on October 15 to discuss the impacts, if any, of the U.S. presidential election outcome on U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine.

On October 23, 2018, the Center for Middle East Studies, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Department of History hosted a public conversation on the potential implications of the expanded…

On November 2, 2018, the Center for Middle East Studies hosted a discussion with Dr. Paul Silverstein, professor of anthropology at Reed College, Dean Pardis Mahdavi, and Professor Rachel Esptein…

On November 6, 2018, the Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (In)Equality (IRISE), the Center for Middle East Studies, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Center for Judaic…

On November 12, 2018, CMES Director Nader Hashemi and Ambassador Gary Grappo, CMES Distinguished Fellow, engaged in a pertinent conversation on the political fallout from Saudi journalist Jamal…