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Wasil Rezk

REZK: Egypt Must Balance Regional Alliances

By Wasil Rezk November 29, 2016

The Syrian civil war has not only been a point of contention between the United States and Russia, but has also entangled regional powers in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The two countries...

Duality of Cultures Within Art

By Laila Brothers October 4, 2016

At first glance, the city of Amman is everything you would expect in the Middle East: military tanks at the airports, women in scarves, people staring at obvious foreigners and quickly hushed criticisms...

Wasil Rezk

REZK: Reforms Combat Radicalization

By Wasil Rezk September 20, 2016

Today, the presence of the so-called Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq threatens not only the Middle East, but the entire world. The terrorist organization has conquered vast areas of Iraq and Syria...

GREGORY: The Convoluted Kurdish Question

By Matthew Gregory April 26, 2016

Every time a politician suggests a new approach to Middle East policy, the Kurdish ethnic group comes up as an unlikely ally. “We need to arm the Kurds now,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R - Texas) said in September....

GREGORY: Two Foes And A Fragile Alliance

By Matthew Gregory April 12, 2016

Istanbul’s Istiklal Street is the city’s main commercial thoroughfare, containing a variety of businesses and connecting the famous landmarks Taksim Square and Galata Tower. On weekends, around 3 million...

Bring the Security of Iraq to the Forefront

Bring the Security of Iraq to the Forefront

By Matthew Gregory February 2, 2016

One of the most common criticisms of the current United States strategy in Iraq is that President Obama does not have any strategy. This is false. Though by no means sufficient, some measures — military...

A New Form of Gender Inequality

By Daria Etezadi November 9, 2015

Rabat, Morocco — Picture this: rows of tables line the cafe’s outer wall, and wooden chairs face out onto the street. On any given weekday, dozens of men can be found seated comfortably outside, sipping...

Byman Discusses Foreign Fighters in MOOC Lecture

By Jack Bennett September 22, 2015

The first lecture of School of Foreign Service Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs Daniel Byman’s Terrorism and Counterterrorism Massive Online Open Course took place at the Mortara Center...

Travelled Perspective

Travelled Perspective

By Sebastian Nicholls August 16, 2015

In “Roughing It,” Mark Twain wrote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.” I have been lucky this year to travel to places — both in the United States and abroad — that...

Panel Talks Middle Eastern Policy

By Giovanna Azevedo October 31, 2014

Edward Walker, the former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and Startup Angels CEO Leslie Jump spoke on Tuesday in the Healey Family Student Center about the current state...

Arab Studies Journal Sees Rise in Readership

By Charlotte Allen October 31, 2014

Bassam Haddad, an adjunct assistant professor in the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, founded Jadaliyya four years ago in conjunction with several Georgetown professors and graduate students, and...

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Jonathan Schanzer discusses the Palestinian political system.

Expert Talks Palestine Perspective

By Giovanna Azevedo October 3, 2014

Counterterrorism expert Jonathan Schanzer said Palestinian politics are overlooked in the field of Middle Eastern studies in a lecture in White-Gravenor Hall on Wednesday. The event was co-sponsored...

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