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Please join us for a timely presentation on April 2nd at 2:30 PM (hybrid) on providing health services in complex humanitarian emergencies in
Gaza
Haiti
Ukraine

The panel included Dr. Thaer Ahmad who just returned from volunteering in Khan Younis Gaza, Dr. Yvetot Joseph calling in from Haiti, and Dr. Sahloul, executive director Medglobal and Dr. Andreescu , Human Rights in Mental Health-FGIP

Zoom Link; https://pitt.zoom.us/j/97910520901

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In this panel, four Afghanistan specialists will discuss critical topics in contemporary Afghanistan, including the rule of law, democratic transitions (and their failures), and authoritarianism.

Speakers: Anila Daulatzai, M. Ramin Mansoori, Mohammad Bashir Mobasher, Shamshad Pasarlay, Aria Fani (moderator)

This event is free!

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In 1948, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over twenty months, thousands of Jews and Arabs came from all over the world to join those already on the ground to fight in the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces and the Arab Liberation Army. With this book, the young men and women who made up these armies come to life through their letters home, writing about everything from daily life to nationalism, colonialism, race, and the character of their enemies.

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Can the survival of Bashar al-Asad's regime in Syria offer insights into emerging forms of authoritarianism in the West? And what might the Syrian example suggest about how authoritarian leaders exploit digital media to create uncertainty, political impasses, and fractures among their citizens?

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Piracy in the Horn of Africa and Arabian seaboards has been a major dynamic of modern geopolitics of the Western Indian Ocean (and very dramatically so in recent months), and the phenomenon of maritime predation is certainly not new in the region. Moreover, the notion of thieves of the high seas is visible in medieval Arabic sources. As in other world contexts, the very definition of the terms “piracy” and “naval predation” is of the essence.

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Building on Max Weber’s sociological theory, this study proposes that value-laden and instrumentally rational predispositions can explain beliefs in conspiracy theories in Turkey. It argues that changing political contexts influencing people’s values and partisan preferences lead to fluctuations between left- and right-wing tendencies in conspiracy theorizing. The presentation discusses two studies. The first explores the significance of the Turkish government’s conspiracy theories about the Gezi Park Protests in a popular forum website, Eksisozluk.

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This nonpartisan event convenes diplomats, journalists, politicians and scholars to Indiana University, offering expert insights on the most critical topics to global affairs today.

From Resource

The University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies is happy to offer you speakers on almost any topic about the Middle East for your classes! Remote speakers are available for areas outside of Tucson. Many of our speakers are graduate students, and we pay them for giving talks, so by requesting speakers, you are also helping support graduate students!

Send requests to alimmer@arizona.edu.

From Resource

"Egypt's Unique Sound: The Political Economy of Mahragant Dance Music"

A conversation between Omar Mansour and Dalia Ibraheem

"Thanks to the Security In Context Network and the Carnegie Corporation for their support in this podcast series

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Those interested in the histories and meanings of concepts used in national struggles, may be interested in a recent conversation between Mohammed Bamyeh and Derek Penslar, professor of Jewish Studies at Harvard. The event was organized about 10 days ago by the Collectif Judéité(s) in Montreal.

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