The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz: Feminist Thinking in Fin-de-siècle Egypt

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Seeds in the Rubble: Cultural Vitality in the Arab World

This seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 20 November by Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation, and was chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan, St Antony’s College. This seminar was delivered at the Middle East Centre on Thursday 20 Nove ...  Show more

Egypt’s Role, Identity, and Foreign Policy in a River of De-Nile

This MENA Politics Series Seminar was delivered on Tuesday 18 November in the MEC’s Boardroom by Dr May Darwich (University of Birmingham) and was chaired by Professor Neil Ketchley (St Antony’s College). This paper explains Egypt’s foreign policy stagnation, with a novel argumen ...  Show more

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