MESA Global Academy
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MESA Global Academy, a partnership between the Middle East Studies Association and CUNY, supports displaced scholars and aims to sustain research collaborations and knowledge production.
Check out this online program on Gender where our fellow Amira Badri teaches.
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Check out this online program on Gender where our fellow Amira Badri teaches.
Check out the latest blogpost by Amira Badri: "Building skills and decent work opportunities for migrant women in Italy" here: migrationpolicycentre.eu/building-ski...
Building skills and decent work opportunities for migrant women in Italy - Migration Policy Centre
This blog explores mismatches between existing integration efforts and the real needs of women seeking work and social inclusion.
migrationpolicycentre.eu
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Check out the latest blogpost by Amira Badri: "Building skills and decent work opportunities for migrant women in Italy" here: migrationpolicycentre.eu/building-ski...
Here is the latest piece from our fellow Dr. Abdul Wahid Gulrani: thediplomat.com/2025/12/beyo...
Beyond Security Screening: What the National Guard Shooting Reveals About Afghan Resettlement
This incident is a reminder that individual acts of violence cannot be understood, or prevented, through security measures alone.
thediplomat.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Here is the latest piece from our fellow Dr. Abdul Wahid Gulrani: thediplomat.com/2025/12/beyo...
This book is an autoethnographic collection featuring 14 refugee scholars from diverse academic and national backgrounds, each sharing their experiences navigating the tensions between humanitarianism and the Western academic establishment. For more info: (2/2) macmillan.yale.edu/middleeast/e...
CMES Colloquium: Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals?
Thu, Nov 13 2025, 12 - 1:30pm | The book is an autoethnographic collection featuring 14 refugee scholars from diverse academic and national backgrounds, each sharing their experiences navigating the t...
macmillan.yale.edu
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This book is an autoethnographic collection featuring 14 refugee scholars from diverse academic and national backgrounds, each sharing their experiences navigating the tensions between humanitarianism and the Western academic establishment. For more info: (2/2) macmillan.yale.edu/middleeast/e...
Join us tomorrow (Thursday, November 13, 2025) to learn more about the book "Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals?" co-edited by one of our alumni, Sayed Hassan Akhlaq. This is an in-person event that will take place at Luce Hall, New Haven, CT. (1/2)
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Join us tomorrow (Thursday, November 13, 2025) to learn more about the book "Exiled Scholars in Western Academia: Refugees or Intellectuals?" co-edited by one of our alumni, Sayed Hassan Akhlaq. This is an in-person event that will take place at Luce Hall, New Haven, CT. (1/2)
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We thank the Georgetown University Arabic and Islamic Studies Department and the Center for the Contemporary Arab Studies for partnering with us! (2/2)
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We thank the Georgetown University Arabic and Islamic Studies Department and the Center for the Contemporary Arab Studies for partnering with us! (2/2)
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Join us this Friday (November 14, 12 pm ET) for Prof. Ahmad Qabaha's online talk "Genocide, Ecocide, Scholasticide and The Palestinian Native American in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry". (1/2) Register here: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Genocide, Ecocide, Scholasticide and the Palestinian Native American in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email a...
This online talk with Dr. Ahmad Qabaha of An-Najah National University will address Mahmoud Darwish’s representation of the Israeli settler-colonial genocide, ecocide, and scholasticide in his poetry,...
georgetown.zoom.us
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Join us this Friday (November 14, 12 pm ET) for Prof. Ahmad Qabaha's online talk "Genocide, Ecocide, Scholasticide and The Palestinian Native American in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry". (1/2) Register here: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We thank the Georgetown University Arabic and Islamic Studies Department and the Center for the Contemporary Arab Studies for partnering with us! (2/2)
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We thank the Georgetown University Arabic and Islamic Studies Department and the Center for the Contemporary Arab Studies for partnering with us! (2/2)
Join us this Friday (November 14, 12 pm ET) for Prof. Ahmad Qabaha's online talk "Genocide, Ecocide, Scholasticide and The Palestinian Native American in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry". (1/2) Register here: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Genocide, Ecocide, Scholasticide and the Palestinian Native American in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email a...
This online talk with Dr. Ahmad Qabaha of An-Najah National University will address Mahmoud Darwish’s representation of the Israeli settler-colonial genocide, ecocide, and scholasticide in his poetry,...
georgetown.zoom.us
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Join us this Friday (November 14, 12 pm ET) for Prof. Ahmad Qabaha's online talk "Genocide, Ecocide, Scholasticide and The Palestinian Native American in Mahmoud Darwish's Poetry". (1/2) Register here: georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Read our fellow Dr. Ahmed Kamal Junina's latest piece "‘Silence never truly arrives’: what the eve of a ceasefire feels like in Gaza" here: www.independent.co.uk/voices/gaza-...
‘Silence never truly arrives’: in Gaza, the long night before the ceasefire
After two years of war, Gazans woke to a fragile ceasefire and a chance to imagine life beyond the ruins, says Ahmed Kamal Junina – as well as the cautious hope that the peace might finally last
www.independent.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Read our fellow Dr. Ahmed Kamal Junina's latest piece "‘Silence never truly arrives’: what the eve of a ceasefire feels like in Gaza" here: www.independent.co.uk/voices/gaza-...
Dr. Saeed's talk, part of the session "Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond," took place on September 26 in New York and is available here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w.... (3/3)
Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond
Launch of FARAGEER's study on Taliban's misuse of religion, spotlighting Afghan women's voices and global implications of religious extremism.
webtv.un.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Dr. Saeed's talk, part of the session "Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond," took place on September 26 in New York and is available here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w.... (3/3)
Dr. Ali's talk was a part of the panel "Ending the Gaza Genocide" and took place on September 30 in Geneva. (2/3)
Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond
Launch of FARAGEER's study on Taliban's misuse of religion, spotlighting Afghan women's voices and global implications of religious extremism.
webtv.un.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Dr. Ali's talk was a part of the panel "Ending the Gaza Genocide" and took place on September 30 in Geneva. (2/3)
I am pleased to announce that two of our fellows, Dr. Nijmeh Ali and Dr. Lutforahman Saeed, gave talks at the UN. (1/3)
Weaponization of Religion by the Taliban and Its Consequences on Afghanistan and Beyond
Launch of FARAGEER's study on Taliban's misuse of religion, spotlighting Afghan women's voices and global implications of religious extremism.
webtv.un.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I am pleased to announce that two of our fellows, Dr. Nijmeh Ali and Dr. Lutforahman Saeed, gave talks at the UN. (1/3)
Please read our fellow Dr. Ahmed Junina's latest piece: "Recognising Palestine is important, but more is needed to save Gaza’s shattered generation" here: www.independent.co.uk/voices/educa...
Recognising Palestine won’t save Gaza’s shattered generation
University professor Ahmed Kamal Junina should have been shopping for school supplies for his three children. Instead, he describes how WhatsApp, internet cafes and voice notes are filling the gaps fo...
www.independent.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Please read our fellow Dr. Ahmed Junina's latest piece: "Recognising Palestine is important, but more is needed to save Gaza’s shattered generation" here: www.independent.co.uk/voices/educa...
Read our fellow Dr. Lutforahman Saeed's essay "Freedom of Communal Prayer in the Primary Sources of Islamic Law and under the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan" in the Canopy Forum on Interactions of Law & Religion here: canopyforum.org/2025/09/20/f...
"Freedom of Communal Prayer in the Primary sources of Islamic law and under the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan" by Lutforahman Saeed - Canopy Forum
Blue Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan by Françoise Foliot (CC BY-SA 4.0). The right of women to participate in communal prayers is explicitly affirmed and encouraged within Islamic sources, particu...
canopyforum.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Read our fellow Dr. Lutforahman Saeed's essay "Freedom of Communal Prayer in the Primary Sources of Islamic Law and under the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan" in the Canopy Forum on Interactions of Law & Religion here: canopyforum.org/2025/09/20/f...
Read Dr. Bahman Khodadadi's new article "The Theocratic Agency of the Iranian Legal System at the Legislative and Judicial Levels" in Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities here: openyls.law.yale.edu/entities/pub...
The Theocratic Agency of the Iranian Legal System at the Legislative and Judicial Levels
The Iranian theocracy is an exceptional form of Islamic polity in terms of the special role that sharīʿa plays within the theocratic legal system. The project of sharīʿatization triggered in the after...
openyls.law.yale.edu
September 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Read Dr. Bahman Khodadadi's new article "The Theocratic Agency of the Iranian Legal System at the Legislative and Judicial Levels" in Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities here: openyls.law.yale.edu/entities/pub...
Listen to our fellow Ahmed Junina's interview on Ireland's RTE Radio 1 to learn about daily struggles in Gaza, education, and the resilience of the people: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Hunger in Gaza: A university lecturer on how he works while 'too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright.'
Ahmed Kamal Junina, Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and Head of the English Department at Al-Aq-sa University in Gaza and a Fellow at Bristol University, speaks to Drivetime about the daily...
www.rte.ie
September 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Listen to our fellow Ahmed Junina's interview on Ireland's RTE Radio 1 to learn about daily struggles in Gaza, education, and the resilience of the people: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Watch our fellow Ahmed Junina's interview on CBS News on surviving in a warzone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrbp...
Gaza City professor on education in a warzone: "battle for survival"
YouTube video by CBS News
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September 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Watch our fellow Ahmed Junina's interview on CBS News on surviving in a warzone: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrbp...
Newest article from our fellow Dr. Nijmeh Ali: “Archives Under Fire: Resisting Erasure Amid Genocide” is available here: scene48.org/en/articles/...
Archives as Resistance to Erasure
The rescue of Gaza’s UNRWA archives defies Zionist erasure, preserving Palestinian history and memory as vital acts of resistance amid ongoing genocide.
scene48.org
September 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Newest article from our fellow Dr. Nijmeh Ali: “Archives Under Fire: Resisting Erasure Amid Genocide” is available here: scene48.org/en/articles/...
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#Fellowship The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invite applications for ACLS/ Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowships in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America, offered as part of ACLS Fellowship Program. mesana.org/resources-an...
Middle East Studies Association
ACLS invite applications for ACLS/ Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowships in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America, offered as part of the ACLS Fellowship Program.
mesana.org
August 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#Fellowship The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invite applications for ACLS/ Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowships in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America, offered as part of ACLS Fellowship Program. mesana.org/resources-an...
Prof. Messick died on August 15, 2025. Their generosity and guidance left a lasting mark on our community, and we will remember them with gratitude.
Please see anthropology.columbia.edu/content/brin... and maktoobmedia.com/more/educati... for more information.”
Please see anthropology.columbia.edu/content/brin... and maktoobmedia.com/more/educati... for more information.”
Brinkley Messick, 1949 - 2025 | Department of Anthropology
anthropology.columbia.edu
August 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Prof. Messick died on August 15, 2025. Their generosity and guidance left a lasting mark on our community, and we will remember them with gratitude.
Please see anthropology.columbia.edu/content/brin... and maktoobmedia.com/more/educati... for more information.”
Please see anthropology.columbia.edu/content/brin... and maktoobmedia.com/more/educati... for more information.”
IN MEMORIAM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of our former Global Academy mentor and supporter, Brinkley Morris Messick(1949 - 2025). He was a renowned scholar and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of our former Global Academy mentor and supporter, Brinkley Morris Messick(1949 - 2025). He was a renowned scholar and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University.
Brinkley Messick, 1949 - 2025 | Department of Anthropology
anthropology.columbia.edu
August 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
IN MEMORIAM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of our former Global Academy mentor and supporter, Brinkley Morris Messick(1949 - 2025). He was a renowned scholar and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University.
We are deeply saddened by the passing of our former Global Academy mentor and supporter, Brinkley Morris Messick(1949 - 2025). He was a renowned scholar and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University.
Check out the newest publication, "Open Constitution: The Dilemma of Constitutional Stability and Adaptability Iran’s 1906 and 1979 Constitutions: A Case Study" by our alum Seyed Masoud Noori!
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Open Constitution: The Dilemma of Constitutional Stability and Adaptability Iran’s 1906 and 1979 Constitutions: A Case Study | Review of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core
Open Constitution: The Dilemma of Constitutional Stability and Adaptability Iran’s 1906 and 1979 Constitutions: A Case Study - Volume 58 Issue 1-2
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August 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Check out the newest publication, "Open Constitution: The Dilemma of Constitutional Stability and Adaptability Iran’s 1906 and 1979 Constitutions: A Case Study" by our alum Seyed Masoud Noori!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Read our fellow Fateh Saeidi's new article "Religion Meets Gender: The Impact of Sunni Islamic Discourse on the Jina Uprising in Eastern Kurdistan" here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Religion Meets Gender: The Impact of Sunni Islamic Discourse on the Jina Uprising in Eastern Kurdistan | Review of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core
Religion Meets Gender: The Impact of Sunni Islamic Discourse on the Jina Uprising in Eastern Kurdistan
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August 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Read our fellow Fateh Saeidi's new article "Religion Meets Gender: The Impact of Sunni Islamic Discourse on the Jina Uprising in Eastern Kurdistan" here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Read our fellow Nijmeh Ali's recent work published in the BMBF Network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict (Germany) here:
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rewritingpeaceandconflict.net
August 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Read our fellow Nijmeh Ali's recent work published in the BMBF Network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace & Conflict (Germany) here:
rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/wp-content/u...
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