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Tormented in Our Land: The Reality of the Christian Existence in Iraq

03.31.23

Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda sheds light on the reality of Christian lives in Iraq today.

Gender, Race and Identity

Sheikha Munira Al-Qubaysi: Managing a Feminist Islamic Revivalist Movement in Authoritarian Syria

03.31.23

Sheikha Munira Qubaysi is not a household name when it comes to recalling influential people in the Middle East. However, her recent passing shook the region to its core since her prominence was both seen and felt throughout modern Syria after leading generations of Muslim women in an Islamic revivalist movement.

Advocacy and Social Movements

Fighting to Exist: LGBTQ Organizations in the Maghreb

03.31.23

While much of the Western world has provided legal protections for the LGBTQ community, this is not the case in most of the Islamic world.

Gender, Race and Identity

Women’s Rights as Human Rights: The History of the Transnational Feminist Organization – Women Living Under Muslim Laws

03.31.23

Women’s rights continue to be in flux in many Islamic countries, as conservative governments, communities, and rigid patriarchal structures both in public and private continue to relegate the value of women and girls.

Gender, Race and Identity

Towards a Study of Citizenship Education Among Non-Citizens: The Case of Palestinians in East Jerusalem

03.31.23

The distinctive characteristics of East Jerusalem, both as a geographical and political space, constitute a gap in scholarship that calls for further research.

Education, Training and Labor

Participatory Interfaith Dialogue: The Keys to Addressing People’s Needs in Morocco

03.31.23

Interfaith dialogue – the opportunity to voice our histories – can deepen understanding and provide reconciliation between historically antagonistic groups if sought.

Gender, Race and Identity

Book Review: Sextarianism: Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon

03.31.23

Zara Lal reviews Rutgers University Professor Maya Mikdashi’s new book: Sextarianism: Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon

Gender, Race and Identity

Book Review: Between Muslims: Religious Difference in Iraqi Kurdistan

03.31.23

Nicole Plante reviews Bard College Professor Andrew Bush’s new book: Between Muslims: Difference in Iraqi Kurdistan

Gender, Race and Identity

(Un)Making Masculinities: Tracing How Men’s Responses to Violence Impact the Home in the Occupied West Bank

03.31.23

The performance of Palestinian masculinity offers a crucial target for gendered modes of Israel’s colonial violence.

Gender, Race and Identity

A Cure Against Conversion Therapy in Singapore?

03.27.23

Lawyer and activist Daryl Yang discusses how a consumer protection approach to conversion therapy might offer a balanced alternative to legislative change that permits individual choice whilst protecting against misleading claims.

Gender, Race and Identity

Interview with Dr. Youssef Chahed

02.28.23

On February 28, 2023, Ryan Zoellner sat down with Dr. Youssef Chahed (Former Prime Minister of Tunisia) to discuss world events and international relations.

International Relations and Security

African health conference sparks conversation on healthcare development in Africa

02.23.23

The Harvard Chan School of Public Health recently hosted the first-ever Africa Health Conference from February 18th to 19th, 2023, bringing together students, faculty, activists, global health leaders, and a community of scholars. Organized by the Harvard Chan Africa Health Students Forum, the conference aimed to celebrate successes in healthcare across the continent while also […]

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