Houses Built on Sand: Violence, Sectarianism and Revolution in the Middle East
This is an online launch for Simon Mabon's latest book Houses Built on Sand: Violence, Sectarianism and Revolution in the Middle East. The events of the Arab Uprisings posed an existential challenge ...
21 Juli 20201h 12min
MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman
This is an online launch for Ben Hubbard's book 'MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman'. MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling royal ...
16 Juli 20201h 14min
A Critical Assessment of COVID-19’s impact in MENA
This webinar will assess the current state of affairs in MENA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers will look at the effects of the virus in the context of a region already in need of reformed health...
3 Juli 20201h 7min
Contemporary Domestic and Foreign Policies of Iran (Webinar)
This webinar will be the launch of Pejman Abdolmohammadi and Giampiero Cama's latest book Contemporary Domestic and Foreign Policies of Iran. Although Professor Abdolmohammadi will be leading the talk...
29 Juni 20201h 8min
Arab Urbanism Magazine Launch
Urbanisation is one of the central forces shaping social life in the Arab region. As cities grow, disappear, and organise new realities, critical debate on urban policies, histories and everyday life ...
11 Juni 20201h 22min
The Political Economy of Economic Policy in Iraq
PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately we had some technical difficulties towards the end of the webinar which meant that the recording had to be cut off early. Since 2003, despite an abundance of resources and ...
5 Juni 20201h 8min
An Israeli Political Crisis: Elections, Unity Government and Annexation
With three inconclusive elections and a political stalemate eventually leading to the formation of a unity government, all under the spectre of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption charges, ...
29 Maj 20201h 30min
Understanding 'Sectarianism': Sunni-Shi'a Relations in the Modern Arab World
This webinar was a discussion around Fanar Haddad's latest book Understanding 'Sectarianism': Sunni-Shi'a Relations in the Modern Arab World. This book seeks to move the study of modern sectarian dyn...
12 Maj 20201h 10min
