Duke University Middle East Studies Center

Peter Hessler with announcement for talk November 9, 5:30, Rubenstein Library

November 9, 2023

New Yorker Writer Peter Hessler Speaks about Reporting in China and Egypt, Nov. 9 & 10

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Author Orhan Pamuk will visit Duke Nov. 17

November 15, 2022

Nobel Laureate in Literature Visits Duke Thursday

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three faculty in briefing on Iranian protests

September 29, 2022

Protests Grow More Frequent As Young Iranians Demand More Freedoms, Experts Say

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Said@Duke: "In an era of rising Muslim and Jewish tension and sharp ideological conflict, the words and voices offer sonic proof of Muslim and Jewish coexistence." -- Hisham Aidi

October 7, 2019

Said@Duke: Hisham Aidi on Andalusian Music

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Yemeni national Safa Al-Saeedi, a graduate student at Northwestern University, speaks at a discussion on the humanitarian crisis in her country.

March 13, 2019

The Hidden Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen Takes Front Stage

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Soldiers at the Battle of the Somme, 1916.

November 8, 2018

How the Trauma and Struggles of World War I Helped Shape the Modern World

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Planning For ‘Cyber Fallout’ After The Iranian Nuclear Deal

October 18, 2018

Jessica ‘Zhanna’ Malekos Smith: Planning For ‘Cyber Fallout’ After The Iranian Nuclear Deal

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September 22, 2017

Two-Day Symposium on Iraqi Literature After U.S. Invasion

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Robert Pearson: Turks said democracy is like tea

September 21, 2017

Said@Duke: Robert Pearson on Democracy in Turkey

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Activists around the world are using social media technology to make their voices heard.

November 16, 2016

Mobile-izing: Political Revolution in the Age of Technology

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