The major in Middle East studies provides students with the opportunity to deeply explore this region’s historical, political, social and cultural complexity. Broadly conceived, this geographical ...

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This course focuses on the history of the Middle East from the early twentieth century to the present. This course emphasizes the tension between this region’s deep roots as the “cradle of ...

Professor Tarek Masoud joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the Middle East. What's the origin of the conflict between Israel and Palestine? What are the most significant ...

The modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art market has experienced significant growth since the category began gaining recognition among collectors regionally and globally over the past decade.

The history of empire involves a confusion. In the minds of many, it is associated with European rule over large parts of the developing world that forever stains the reputation of the West. But ...

When Rashid Khalidi canceled the History of the Modern Middle East course he was set to teach as a special lecturer this fall, he cited Columbia’s July 15 adoption of the International Holocaust ...

Charles M. Covit ’27, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a double concentrator in Economics and Modern Middle Eastern Studies in Lowell House. In an editorial blasting Congress for looking into Harvard’s ...

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Chief, rounded off a recent magisterial survey of the great museums of the Middle East with a call for a museum of oil. Now I swear we have not been colluding on this, but great minds do think alike: ...