Tarek El-Ariss on Seeing the ‘Other’ in a New Light
August 1, 2018
The associate professor discusses Arab culture, the “monster” of the unknown, and much more.
[more]Menu
- Undergraduate
- Foreign Study
- News & Events
- People
Back to Top Nav
News & Events
Middle Eastern and Asian Studies to Get Their Own Programs
May 14, 2018
Faculty say the restructuring will encourage deeper, more interdisciplinary study.
[more]Book Party: Recognizing Faculty Authors in the Humanities
March 12, 2018
The Leslie Center for the Humanities hosts its third annual celebration of faculty books.
[more]Two Students Help Translate Novel From Arabic Into English
June 9, 2017
‘All That Nonsense,’ by Visiting Professor Ezzedine Fishere, is a best-seller in Egypt.
[more]Jonathan Smolin: Writing About Morocco, Running Marathons
December 19, 2013“Police repression is an experience that binds people throughout the Arab world,” writes Jonathan Smolin in his new book, Moroccan Noir: Police, Crime, and Politics in Popular Culture. But as Smolin found while researching the book, Morocco has reformed the image of its national police by embracing mass media such as television cop shows and police fiction. And this, he says, is one of the key reasons the Arab Spring protests didn’t hit harder in the nation of more than 32 million.
[more]