Social Media Consumption and Food-Consumption in Contemporary Kuwait
The LSE Middle East Centre hosted a Kuwait Programme workshop, presenting research on the influence of social media on food-consumption behaviours in Kuwait. Kuwait is experiencing public health chal...
21 Apr 53min
Urban Exclusion in the City
In the final episode of this season, Ahmad Abu Hussien, an urban sociologist from Jordan, brings together academics and practitioners to explore theories of urban planning and design through case stud...
14 Apr 34min
Creating Real Economic Empowerment for Women in MENA
In this penultimate episode, Yara Shawky Shahin has a frank discussion with her colleague Yasmine D’Alessandro about how to create programmes of real economic empowerment for women in the Middle East ...
31 Mar 28min
Gendering the Archive: A Catalyst for Change in Women’s Rights in Egypt
In this episode, Diana Magdy, a gender equality specialist, feminist researcher and oral historian has a conversation with Professor Hoda Elsadda unpacking the politics of archiving, revealing archive...
17 Mar 32min
'Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed' Book Launch
Return of Tyranny explains why counterrevolutions both emerge and succeed, marshalling original data on counterrevolutions worldwide since 1900. It also offers a fresh perspective and new evidence on ...
11 Mar 1h 2min
Understanding the Middle Eastern Family, Identity, and Politics through Queer Studies
By bringing together academics and journalists that utilise gender and media studies, as well as history and international relations, this interdisciplinary panel will speak to the relationship betwee...
6 Mar 1h 3min
Health Care Reform in the Middle East: Applying Theory to Practice
The lecture examines the various economic, institutional, and political factors that are driving these approaches to health system reform drawing on work by the Partnership for Health System Sustainab...
4 Mar 1h 14min
Keeping Education Going in Gaza
Manar Alzraiy, a Palestinian education professional dedicated to resilience and equity in crisis-affected schools, brings together her colleagues from Gaza to talk about education since October 7 2023...
3 Mar 31min
