Arab Urbanism Magazine Launch

Arab Urbanism Magazine Launch

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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 between the family and nation-building, the role of media and advertising in represent ...  Show more

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 Sustainability and Resilience (www.phssr.org) of which the LSE is a founding partner, and ...  Show more

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