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The group of K-12 teachers that participated in the Summer Institute for Teachers.

Teachers explore “refugee” as defined by international law

The Council on Middle East Studies at the MacMillan Center welcomed participants to its three-day Summer Institute for Teachers (SIT), “Refugees in Recent History,” from June...
Deena Mousa (YC ‘20) walks customers through treatment surveys in a Carrefour grocery store in Doha, Qatar.

Addressing nutritional deficits in Qatar

Thanks to the generous funding from the Libby Rouse Grant I received through the Council on Middle East Studies at the MacMillan Center, I spent several weeks this summer in...
A young woman provides a DNA sample via cheek swab. She was among a cohort of Syrian adolescents forcibly displaced by conflict to participate in a study on the effects of genetic and resilience on the mental health recovery. (Photo courtesy of the research team.)

Study examines effects of genes and resilience on Syrian refugee youth

A new study demonstrates the influence of genetic factors and resilience — the resources and capacities for overcoming adversity — on changes in levels of psychosocial stress...

Student Spotlight: Literature and the press in Algeria

“Literature and the press in times of great political upheavals”:  this could be a title for my research on the Algerian press during the early nineties. As the 1980s turned...

Two Opposing Middle East Alliances for the US

Reshuffling alliances: US President Donald Trump with King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Nugent: “How the death of Egypt’s former president shows changing politics”

Assistant professor Elizabeth Nugent is the author of a piece on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, titled “How the death of Egypt’s former president shows changing politics...
Jude Alawa is from Miami, Florida by way of Damascus, Syria, and is interested in the intersection of medicine and international affairs, especially in conflict and post-conflict zones. Alawa recognizes the potential for targeted humanitarian interventions, and he hopes to study and craft effective measures to increase access to health care and medical technology in marginalized communities. Alawa continues to work with partners in the field to develop cancer prevention programs in health clinics for unders

Studying cancer awareness among Syrian refugees and Lebanese citizens

Jude Alawa, who is graduating this month with a B.A. in Global Affairs and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology will be heading to the University of Cambridge,...