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The Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor
The Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Iranian Graduate Students Association at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is pleased to...
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Does Nonviolence Work in the Israeli Palestinian Conflict? The First Intifada as an Example
Husam Jubran, Director of Facilitation, Hands of Peace; Synergos Institute
Husam Jubran is a Fulbright scholar who has been working as a tour guide for the past 17 years. He finished his master's degree in 2004 from...
CMENAS Colloquium Film Screening. Rachel
Please join us for a screening of the film, "Rachel," a 2009 documentary film by Simone Bitton detailing the death of Rachel Corrie. Rachel...
II Career Event: Working at the U.S Department of State
Megan Ryan, PhD candidate, University of Michigan
Join us for coffee and conversation with former Foreign Affairs Officer Megan Ryan....
CMENAS Lecture. Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS): Saving Syrian Lives at the Frontline
Day 1: Do Syrian Refugees Exist // Day 2: Arab American Profiles: Medicine and Humanism in Action
Please join CMENAS for our two-day event series, "Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS): Saving Syrian Lives at the Frontline," featuring...
CMENAS Lecture. Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS): Saving Syrian Lives at the Frontline
Day 1: Do Syrian Refugees Exist // Day 2: Arab American Profiles: Medicine and Humanism in Action
Please join CMENAS for our two-day event series, "Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS): Saving Syrian Lives at the Frontline," featuring...
The Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor
The Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Iranian Graduate Students Association at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is pleased to...
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Non-Violent Activism in Gaza
Ashley Bates, Project Coordinator, Conflict & Peace Initiative
Non-violent, anti-occupation activist movements in the West Bank-- particularly in the village of Bil'in-- have attracted global media...
CMENAS Colloquium Film Screening. Five Broken Cameras
Guy Davidi and Emad Burnat, directors
Please join us for a screening of "Five Broken Cameras." An extraordinary work of both cinematic and political activism, "5 Broken Cameras"...
Islamic Books Reading Group. Book Discussion: Mohsin Hamid, Exit West
Tarfia Faizullah, Delbanco Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Michigan, will lead a discussion of "Exit West," the...
The Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor
The Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Iranian Graduate Students Association at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is pleased to...
CMENAS Colloquium Film Screening. Arna's Children
Danniel Danniel and Juliano Mer-Khamis, directors
Please join us for a screening of "Arna's Children." Juliano Mer Khamis' documentary on his mother, Arna, an activist against the Israeli...
The Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor
The Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Iranian Graduate Students Association at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is pleased to...
CMENAS Colloquium Series. The Many Faces of Palestinian Nonviolent Resistance
Rabbi Brant Rosen, Midwest Regional Director of the American Friends Service Committee; Rabbi of Tzedek Chicago
Palestinian popular resistance to the Israeli occupation takes many forms and occurs on a variety of fronts. This presentation will explore...
CMENAS Colloquium Film Screening. Disturbing the Peace
Stephen Apkon and Andrew Young, directors
Please join us for a film screening of "Disturbing the Peace." This film follows a group of former enemy combatants - Israeli soldiers from...
II Career Event: Thinking about Think Tanks? International Policy and Research Opportunities
Liz Malinkin, U-M
Liz Malinkin discusses nearly 10 years working for the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C...
ISP Film. The Night of Counting the Years
Shadi Abdel Salam, director. In Arabic with English subtitles (102 min., 1969).
Join us for a screening of this 1969 classic of Egyptian cinema, The Night of Counting the Years (Arabic: Al-Mummia) by director Chadi Abdel...
Careers at the State Department: An Insider's View with Foreign Policy Analyst David Abramson
Come learn about what it's like to work at the State Department in an informal conversational setting. If you are considering pursuing a...
CMENAS and CREES Lecture. Between Russia and China: Central Asia's Relevance
David Abramson, U.S. Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research
The speaker will address the changing geopolitics of Eurasia, particularly the Central Asia-Russia-China relations. He will assess the...
The Iranian Film Festival of Ann Arbor
The Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Iranian Graduate Students Association at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is pleased to...
CMENAS Colloquium Film Screening. To Die in Jerusalem
Hilla Medalia, director
“To Die in Jerusalem” is a 2007 HBO documentary film about the effects of a March 29, 2002, Jerusalem suicide bombing on the families of...
CMENAS Colloquium Film Screening. My Neighborhood
Julia Bacha and Rebekah Wingert-Jabi, directors
When a Palestinian boy loses half of his home to Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem, he joins his community in a campaign of nonviolent...
DISC/WCED Panel. Unraveling the Arab Spring: Egypt Since 2011
Moderator: Pauline Jones, DISC director. Panelists: Samer Ali, CMENAS director, U-M; Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of...
CMENAS Colloquium Series. The Road Ahead for Israel and Palestine: Two Years
Shai Feldman and Khalil Shikaki
The talk will address whether the two-state solution is still possible and if not, then what? The talk will focus on a possible role for the...
II Career Event. Career Conversation with Kunizo Oka
Kunizo Oka, Director , Business Center, Continental Automotive Japan
Kunizo Oka is the head of the business center at Continental Automotive Corporation in Japan. He received his BA in sociology from Waseda...
Islamic Books Reading Group. Book Discussion: Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan
Karla Mallette, director of the Islamic Studies Program and professor of Italian and Near Eastern Studies, will lead a discussion of the...
U-M Reception at the Middle East Studies Association's 51 Annual Meeting
Please join us at the Middle East Studies Association's 51st annual meeting in Washington, DC at our University of Michigan reception....
ISP Films. The Short Films of Larissa Sansour
Larissa Sansour is a Palestinian artist and filmmaker who uses experimental methods and sci-fi tropes to examine Palestinian identity and...
