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Middle East Studies Center

New Development in American-Iranian Relations: Bush declares the revolutionary guard a terrorist organization (8/15/2007)

Somali Studies in the 21st Century: Local and Global Perspectives (8/16/2007 - 8/18/2007)

Teaching Somali Bantu Children: Challenges and Resources (8/17/2007)

The Smuggling of Arms into Afghanistan: Political and Economic Consequences (9/3/2007 - 9/4/2007)

Lebanon Conflict: History and consequences (9/7/2007)

Interfaith Community Dinner (9/9/2007)

Post-September 11th Times in Iraq and Afghanistan (9/11/2007)

Half Moon (9/20/2007 - 9/21/2007)

The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain (10/2/2007)

Recent Visit of Afghan Provincial Governors to Washington DC: Their experiences (10/4/2007)

Putin's Trip to Iran: Meeting with Mahmood Ahmedinejad (10/16/2007)

Current Developments in Afghanistan and Neighboring Countries (10/21/2007)

Karzai's visit to London: Meeting with Gordon Brown and the Queen (10/25/2007)

Call-in Shows on Voice of America (10/31/2007 - 11/3/2007)

Challenges Facing American Muslims (11/3/2007)

Visit by President of Kabul Medical University (11/8/2007 - 11/9/2007)

Unusual Cases, Surgeries, in the Post-War Environment of Afghanistan (11/9/2007)

Cultural and Historical Context of The Kite Runner (11/12/2007)

The Global Political Economy of Oil and the "New Nationalism" (11/13/2007)

Civilian Casualties and Middle East Reaction (11/14/2007)

President Karzai's Position and Partnership Among Iraq, Afghanistan and U.S. (11/14/2007)

Shadow of Afghanistan (11/15/2007)

Megalithic Societies in South-Western Arabia during the fourth and third millennia BC (12/10/2007)

Islam and Muslims in the 21st Century (12/20/2007)

Islam and Muslims in the US (12/23/2007)

The U.S. Primaries: A Perspective (1/5/2008)

Letter from the Ayatollah (1/7/2008)

President Bush's Trip to the Middle East (1/7/2008)

Islam and the Bible (1/9/2008)

History of Title VI (1/16/2008)

The Homecoming of the Other: Representations of Jesus in 20th Century Hebrew Literature (1/17/2008)

Islam's Link with Judaism and Christianity (1/20/2008)

Crossing the Icy River of Prose: Ch.N. Bialik in the City of Slaughter (1/22/2008)

Update on Afghanistan and Iraq (1/27/2008)

Global School Bus Volunteers Orientation (2/6/2008)

The Moral Transformation of Feminity in Colonial Egypt (2/7/2008)

Turkey as an Emerging Market (2/7/2008)

Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour (2/12/2008)

Symposium on Iraq and Afghanistan (2/13/2008)

A history of relations between Iraq and the West (2/19/2008)

Strategic Challenges in the Middle East (2/20/2008)

The Results of Parlimentary Elections in Pakistan and the Implications (2/20/2008)

U.S. Foreign Policy in Iraq and Iran with Comments on Ahamaninejad's Visit to Iraq (3/1/2008)

U.S. Presidental Primaries' Implications for America's Middle Eastern Policies (3/5/2008)

Contemporary Issues in the Middle East (3/19/2008)

Middle East Issues Talk (3/20/2008)

Nawruz as Zoroastrian New Year (3/24/2008)

Insights for Law Enforcement: A Guide to Islam (3/25/2008)

NATO Summit in Bucharest and Implications (4/1/2008 - 4/2/2008)

Why did Emine go to court? Kadi Justice between History and Anthropology (4/2/2008)

The Future of Islamist Militancy: A Theoretical and Historical Footnote (4/3/2008)

An Introduction to Iraq's Diversity (4/5/2008)

Islam and Democracy: Are they Compatible? (4/8/2008)

emFin de Si?cle/em Beirut: The Making of an Ottoman Provincial Capital (4/9/2008)

They Call Me A Muslim (4/10/2008 - 4/15/2008)

Developments in Pakistan (4/14/2008)

Anti-Americanism in the Arab world: A Brief History (4/16/2008)

The Two Deaths of As'ad Shidyaq: The story of the first American missionary encounter with the Ottoman Arab World (4/16/2008)

Evening of Culture and Cuisine (4/17/2008)

Broken Home: Istanbul/Constantinople during World War I (4/23/2008)

Turks and Jews: A Model of Co-existence (4/24/2008)

Sleepless in Tehran: How Iran's alert elites are claiming regional supremacy (4/25/2008)

Syria's Muslim Brothers: Shifting Fortunes- Changing Platforms (5/1/2008)

Jellyfish (5/6/2008)

The Contribution of Oriental Scholars to the Formation of Oriental Studies in the West (5/7/2008)

Kurdish Traditional Narrative (5/8/2008)

Turkish-EU Relations (5/8/2008)

International Careers Week (5/12/2008 - 5/16/2008)

Not mutually exclusive: Religion and secularizing trends in Ottoman Tanzimat public education (5/14/2008)

Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World (5/15/2008)

Letters in Gold: History and Styles of Arabic Calligraphy (5/16/2008)

United States Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East: Motivation behind Pres. Bush's recent trip (5/17/2008)

President Bush's meeting with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (5/19/2008)

Negotiations Between Israel and Syria Facilitated by Turkey (5/22/2008)

Central Asian Security Panel (5/23/2008)

Leila Khaled: Hijacker (5/29/2008)

Goal Dreams (5/30/2008)

Possible Implications of U.S. Elections for the Middle East (6/3/2008)

Results of Democratic Primary Elections (6/4/2008)

Global Challenges Facing the Next U.S. President (6/10/2008)

Status of Human Rights in the Middle East and Central Asia (8/5/2008)

Holocaust Workshop for Educators (8/6/2008)

Summer Institute on Middle Eastern Cultures: The Middle East In World Affairs (8/11/2008 - 8/15/2008)

Status of Education in the Muslim World (8/13/2008)

Elections in Pakistan (8/22/2008)

The Selection of Joseph Biden as the Democratic Partys Vice Presidential Candidate (8/24/2008)

Terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan (8/25/2008)

Relevance of the Kite Runner (9/3/2008)

U.S. Security Interests in the Middle East (9/4/2008)

Interfaith Dialogue (9/21/2008)

Study Abroad Fair (9/28/2008)

The United States Relations with Iraq and Afghanistan since September 11, 2001 (9/28/2008 - 9/29/2008)

Interfaith Discussion (10/5/2008)

Can Ayatollah Sistanis Alternative to Khomeinism Survive? (10/8/2008)

Drug Money Opium, Crime and Insurgency in Afghanistan (10/14/2008)

Exploring Less Commonly Taught Languages and Learning about Diverse Global Cultures (10/15/2008)

Diversity within the Muslim Community and the Experiences of Muslims as Minorities (10/20/2008)

Comparative Education Case Studies (10/22/2008)

An Evening of Middle Eastern Protest Poetry (10/29/2008)

In Seach of a Post-Racial Society From Othello to Obama (11/7/2008)

Military and Political Components of the Peace Process Between US and Reconcilable Taliban New aspects under the Obama administration (11/17/2008)

The Map of Tunuslu Hajji Ahmed Implications for the 16th Century World (12/4/2008)

Talk on Afghan Culture and Music (1/2/2009)

Current Developments in Israel - Invasion of Gaza (1/3/2009)

Current Developments in Israel - Invasion of Gaza (1/4/2009)

Economic, Political, and Religious Causes of Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan (1/11/2009)

What Obama will do differently than Bush (1/13/2009)

What Obama will do differently than Bush (1/13/2009)

An Explanation of the Inauguration in the context of American History and Culture (1/20/2009)

Pre-Departure Information Military Deployment to Afghanistan (1/29/2009)

Historicizing Muslim Exceptionalism Islamic modernism vs. Fundamentalism (1/30/2009)

20th Anniversary of the Soviet Withdraw from Afghanistan (2/10/2009)

Israel and the Gaza Conflict (2/10/2009)

Obama and Iran (2/11/2009)

Richard Holbrooke, Afganistan and Pakistan (2/19/2009)

A Critique of Muslim Modernist Approach to the Quran (2/20/2009)

Taste of OSU (2/20/2009)

U.S. - Muslim Dialogue Project (2/20/2009)

U.S. Role in the Middle East (2/23/2009)

Conversation with Minoo Moallem (2/24/2009)

Political and Cultural Citizenship The Making and Unmaking of the Nation of Iran (2/24/2009)

The Ottoman Empire, the Little Ice Age, and the General Crisis (3/3/2009)

Sufi Poetry Night (3/4/2009)

Afghanistan Update (3/11/2009)

Egyptian Film Fest (3/13/2009)

Complex Issues of Identity in Morocco (3/16/2009)

U.S. - Pakistan Relations (4/1/2009)

An Introduction to Afghan Culture (4/4/2009)

Great Lakes Ottoman Workshop (4/18/2009)

The Early Modern Julfan Armenian Commercial Network (4/23/2009)

The Islamic Law for Muslim Minorities in the West (4/27/2009)

Hamid Karzai and Asif Zardari (5/6/2009)

Hamid Karzai and Asif Zardari (5/6/2009)

Hamid Karzai and Asif Zardari (5/6/2009)

Islam and Science Conference (5/6/2009)

Hamid Karzai and Asif Zardari (5/7/2009)

Education in Reconstucting States (5/14/2009)

To Revere, Revise and Renew Saed Tabrizi reads the Ghazals of Rumi (5/14/2009)

Current Developments in Afghanistan (5/21/2009)

Gendered Bodies/Gendered Wars Iraqi Women Refugees in Jordan (5/21/2009)

Meeting Between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union and Hamass Leader Khalid Mashal in Damascus (5/25/2009)

Commonalities Amongst Muslims, Jews and Christians in the Pre-Modern World Two commentaries on Najm al-Din al-Katibis al-Risala al-Shamsiyya (6/4/2009)

Iranian Election (6/13/2009)

Developments in Iran (6/17/2009)

Developments in Iran (6/18/2009)

Implications for the Future of Iran (6/21/2009)

Fourth of July, History of United States, Celebrations (7/4/2009)

Obamas Trip to Russia (7/5/2009)

Joe Bidens Interview (7/6/2009)

History of Xinjian Eastern Turkistan, Current Conflict (7/8/2009)

Afghan Cultural Sensitivity Workshop (7/21/2009)

George Mitchells trip to Israel and Egypt (7/29/2009)

Mujahidin-e-Khalq (7/29/2009)

Moroccan Culture Lecture (7/31/2009)

World Food, Water and Energy (8/13/2009)

Afghan Elections Interview (8/20/2009)

Afghan Elections Interview (8/20/2009)

Marine Outreach (8/22/2009)

Marine Outreach (8/22/2009)

Irans Initiatives of Allowing Inspectors in Nuclear Facilities (8/24/2009)

Afghan Elections (8/25/2009)

Obama Governments Decision to Appoint a New Prosecutor to Investigate the Torture of Guantanamo Prisoners (8/25/2009)

The Release of Ahmed Jawad back to Afghanistan (8/25/2009)

Kennedys Death (8/26/2009)

Latest Pole Results in Afghan Elections (8/26/2009)

US Foreign Policy toward Afghanistan (8/26/2009)

Irans Interference with Iraq and Afghanistan (9/5/2009)

Elections in Afghanistan (9/6/2009)

Taliban Offence in Afghanistan (9/6/2009)

Political and Technical Cooperation between Iran and Venezuela (9/9/2009)

Holidays in the Muslim World (9/20/2009)

Tom ODonnells Lecture The U.S.-Iran Crisis Oil and Nukes in the Struggle for Power (9/30/2009)

Three Cups of Tea Education Event (10/5/2009)

Keynote Address Diaspora Cultures and Communities in the Bay Area (10/23/2009)

Why are the Cedars of Lebanon Dying? (10/29/2009)

Current Development in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq (11/6/2009)

Afghanistan The Choices (11/9/2009)

Afghanistan Since the Withdrawal of the Soviet Unions Army (11/12/2009)

Coins, Kings and Gods in Ancient Iran (11/12/2009 - 11/12/2011)

Less Commonly Taught Languages (11/12/2009)

Using Primary Sources to Teach about the Middle East (11/13/2009)

America Ambassador Advises Against Additional Forces (11/14/2009)

The World Is Calling Your Name (11/17/2009)

Educational Climate in Pakistan and Afganistan (11/18/2009)

Obama Strategy for Future of Afghanistan (11/18/2009)

The Greeks in The Persians (11/19/2009)

Global Education, Human Rights and the Middle East Region (11/21/2009)

Window of Opportunity for Afghans and Americans (11/22/2009)

Obama Sending Troops to Afghanistan (11/25/2009)

Obama Sending Troops to Afghanistan (11/25/2009)

International Panel on Educational Policy and Leadership (12/1/2009)

Obamas Afghan Strategy (12/1/2009)

Obamas Afghan Strategy (12/1/2009)

3rd Muslim-Jewish Interfaith Conference (12/6/2009)

Afghan Reaction to Obamas Troop Deadline (12/7/2009)

The New Military and Civilian Surge in Afghanistan (12/8/2009)

Challenges for Obamas Afghan Strategy (12/11/2009)

The Death of Hussain Ali Montazeri (12/20/2009)

Pakistan and Afghanistan Why they were named among the ten top global issues by Time magazine (12/27/2009)

U.S. and Coalition Difficulties in Afghanistan (1/10/2010)

U.A.E Sheikh Beats Afghan Man, World Controversy (1/11/2010)

Have We Learned to Love the Taliban (2/9/2010)

Field Research in a Hot Spot Afghanistan (2/22/2010)

Military Intervention and the Protection of Civilians in Afghanistan (2/23/2010)

Recent Arrest of Taliban leaders, Commanders of the Jendullah Terrorist Group (2/23/2010)

North African Culture Talk (2/24/2010)

Environmental History of Iran (2/25/2010)

Mahmoud Ahmedinejads trip to Syria to meet with President Assad and Leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah (2/25/2010)

Development of Private Colleges in Afghanistan (2/27/2010)

Practice of Polygamy, How it is dealt with in the holy scripture of Islam, in practice (3/1/2010)

Bidens Trip to Israel (3/15/2010)

History of Afghanistan (3/17/2010)

Situation in Afghanistan and Iraq (3/17/2010)

Inside Afghanistan Twenty Years After the Soviet Withdrawal (3/18/2010)

Recent Developments in Afghanistan (3/18/2010)

Meeting with History Faculty (3/19/2010)

Nowruz Celebration Lecture (3/19/2010)

Nowruz Celebration Lecture (3/22/2010)

Nowruz Celebration Lecture (3/23/2010)

Presentation on Study Abroad and International Careers (3/23/2010)

Afghanistan Status (3/26/2010)

History of Afghanistan and Central Asia (3/27/2010)

The Iranian Political Crisis Social Media Brought you the News! (4/1/2010)

Obamas Midnight Trip to Afghanistan (4/2/2010)

Karzais Outburst (4/6/2010)

U.S. Nuclear position vis--vis Iran and North Korea (4/6/2010)

Making Sense in Afghanistan Interaction and Uncertainty in International Interventions (4/9/2010 - 4/10/2010)

Nuclear Security Summit Issues related to Pakistan, Iran, North Korea and Israel (4/12/2010)

Political Aspects of Prophecy in Islamic Philosophy (4/15/2010)

Social Organizations in the Operational Environment (4/18/2010 - 4/21/2010)

Study Abroad and International Careers (4/21/2010)

Study Abroad and International Careers (4/29/2010)

The Islamic Dimension of the Insurgencies in Afghanistan and Pakistan (4/29/2010)

Hamid Karzai and the current flare-up with the US and Europe (4/30/2010 - 5/2/2010)

Failure in improving situation in Afghanistan, Developments in Iraq (5/1/2010)

Failure in improving situation in Afghanistan, Developments in Iraq (5/1/2010)

Pentagon Report Failure in improving situation in Afghanistan (5/1/2010)

Pentagon Report Failure in improving situation in Afghanistan (5/1/2010)

Running to Lose The Muslim Brotherhood and Parliamentary Elections (5/6/2010)

Americas Wars The Way Forward in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq (5/10/2010)

Ethnic Arts A Means of Intercultural Communication (5/11/2010)

Turkey, Islam, Nationalism and Modernity (5/11/2010)

Why Yemen Now? Reassessing South Arabias Recent Past (5/12/2010)

Arbitrating Identity Courts and the Politics of Religious-Liberal Reconciliation in the Middle East (5/18/2010)

The Salafis, the Wahhabis and the Nature and Doctrines of Global Islamic Movements (5/20/2010)

Does Kyrgyzstan Matter? (5/24/2010)

Empire on Display Ceremonies During the Reign of Suleyman (5/24/2010)

Workshop on Iraq (5/28/2010)

Consultative Peace Jirgah in Afghanistan May 2-4 (6/9/2010)

Israeli Commando Attack on Flotilla of Humanitarian Assistance to Ghaza (6/9/2010)

MESC Summer Institute - Middle East in World Affairs (6/14/2010)

Oil and The Global Economy (6/26/2010)

State of Israeli/Palestinian Relations (6/28/2010)

Developments in Pakistan and Afghanistan (7/1/2010)

Significance of the 4th of July (7/4/2010)

Fort Drum Forum on Iraq and Afghanistan for trainers of trainers (7/13/2010)

General Petraus Policies Sons of Afghanistan (7/15/2010)

Challenges Facing Muslims in America in Relation to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Islam in the News (7/23/2010)

The Midwest Institute Summer Workshops for Community College Educators (8/2/2010 - 8/6/2010)

Recent Call by Iran and Pakistan for the Removal of Foreign Troops from Afghanistan Pros and Cons, Ramifications (8/12/2010)

End of Combat operations in Iraq (8/31/2010)

End of Combat operations in Iraq a Call-in Show (9/1/2010)

Collapse of Kabul Bank an interview (9/6/2010)

Collapse of Kabul Bank call-in show interview (9/9/2010)

Karzais visit to Pakistan an interview (9/16/2010)

Recent UN Assembly Meeting Obama and Ahmedinajad statements an interview (9/22/2010)

Why Should American Students Care about the War in Afghanistan (9/26/2010)

Culture Awareness for the Military in Iraq and Afghanistan A break out session (9/27/2010)

The Middle East Studies Center Appreciation Dinner (9/30/2010)

Middle East Studies Conference (10/7/2010 - 10/9/2010)

Wilberforce Career Fair (10/19/2010)

What is Enlightenment? Arab and Postcolonial Perspectives (11/3/2010)

International Conference on the Gulen Movement (11/10/2010)

Hands Across Asia The Far East Meets the Middle East (11/21/2010)

Afghanistan Twenty Years after the Soviet Withdrawal (1/28/2011)

Developments in North Africa, Jordan and Yemen an interview (1/28/2011)

Developments in North Africa, Jordan and Yemen an interview (1/28/2011)

Developments in North Africa, Jordan and Yemen a call in show interview (1/30/2011)

Developments in North Africa, Jordan and Yemen a call-in-show interview (1/31/2011)

Islam and Muslims, Past and Present (2/1/2011)

Developments in North Africa and the Middle East, Protests (2/9/2011)

Developments in North Africa and the Middle East, Protests (2/10/2011)

Developments in North Africa and the Middle East, Protests (2/11/2011)

Talk on The Middle East with Mundo Students (2/14/2011)

Flying Colors Pre-School diversity Day (2/17/2011)

A Forum on the Current Situation in Egypt (2/18/2011)

Recent Insurgency in Afghanistan, Bombing (2/20/2011)

Inside Afghanistan, 22 Years After the Soviet Withdrawal (2/22/2011)

Presidents for Life in the Arab World (2/23/2011)

Situation in Libya (2/26/2011)

Uprisings in North Africa (3/1/2011)

The Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt and Syria The Paradoxical Dynamics of Territorial Stasis (3/2/2011)

Arab Spring Uprising In north Africa and the Middle East (4/8/2011)

Strategic Partnership Between United States and Afghanistan (4/11/2011)

The Development of Early Islamic Political Vocabulary (4/12/2011)

Chaired Session Central Asian Democracy (4/16/2011)

Saudi and Turkish Governments Offering to Serve As Mediators with the Taliban (4/16/2011)

United States Involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan and Now Libya Will it Divert Attention from Afghanistan? (4/18/2011)

Developments in Libya (4/22/2011)

Developments in Syria (4/22/2011)

Developments in Libya and Syria (4/24/2011)

Inside Afghanistan 22 Years After the Soviet Withdrawal (4/25/2011)

Pakistans Overt and Covert Agendas for Afghanistan (4/28/2011)

Bin Ladens Execution, Consequences (5/2/2011)

Hamas and Fatah Agreement for Unity Implications (5/3/2011)

Hamas and Fatah Agreement for Unity Implications (5/3/2011)

The Future of Taliban Movement in Afghanistan and Its Relationship with Pakistan After the Death of Bin Laden (5/3/2011)

The Future of the Relationship Between Pakistan and the United States After the Death of Bin Laden (5/4/2011)

Pakistans Failure to Locate Bin Laden Incompetence or Complicity? (5/8/2011)

AlFatah and Hamas Reconciliaion Agreement (5/10/2011)

Impact of President Obamas Speech in the Middle East (5/19/2011)

Impact of President Obamas Speech in the Middle East (5/19/2011)

Impact of President Obamas Speech in the Middle East (5/19/2011)

Impact of President Obamas Speech in the Middle East (5/19/2011)

Impact of President Obamas Speech in the Middle East (5/19/2011)

Oil-Reliant States Its not as simple as rents anymore (5/20/2011)

Tripartate Discussions Post Bin Laden Relationship Between US Afghanistan and Pakistan Counter-insurgency vs. counter Terrorism in Afghanistan (5/24/2011)

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East (5/24/2011)

Opening of Rafa Border (5/28/2011)

Hamid Karzais Trip to Pakistan Addressing Strategic Relationship between Pakistan, Afghanistan and US (6/11/2011)

Hamid Karzais Trip to Pakistan Addressing Strategic Relationship between Pakistan, Afghanistan and US (6/11/2011)

Situation in the Ghaza Strip (6/14/2011)

Arab Spring (6/16/2011)

Inside Afghanistan Since September (6/16/2011)

Implications of Obamas Speech for Afghanistan, the region and the US-led Coalition (6/23/2011)

Implications of Obamas Speech for Afghanistan, the region and the US-led Coalition (6/23/2011)

Inside Afghanistan 20 yers after the Soviet Withdrawl an overview (7/15/2011)

Libya (7/15/2011)

Libya (7/15/2011)

The second front in the Afghan war - the battle for winning hearts and minds (7/15/2011)

Reduction of American Troops in Afghanistan, Consequences for Region, Appointment of New American Ambassador to Afghanistan (7/25/2011)

Reduction of American Troops in Afghanistan, Consequences for Region, Appointment of New American Ambassador to Afghanistan (7/25/2011)

Reduction of American Troops in Afghanistan, Consequences for Region, Appointment of New American Ambassador to Afghanistan (7/25/2011)

Reduction of American Troops in Afghanistan, Consequences for Region, Appointment of New American Ambassador to Afghanistan (7/25/2011)

Reduction of American Troops in Afghanistan, Consequences for Region, Appointment of New American Ambassador to Afghanistan (7/26/2011)

Middle East in World Affairs (8/3/2011)

Social Studies in K-12 Classrooms Since 9/11 (8/8/2011)

The US Troop Withdrawl from Afghanistan Its Regional and Global Consequences, Both Positive and Negative (8/8/2011)

Developments in Syria (8/12/2011)

General Interview (8/12/2011)

Teaching about Oil to a New Generation Seminar (8/13/2011)