Post Tagged with: "Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate"

 A film screening of “The Judge” is free and open to the public on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 5 p.m. in Bentley 124. The documentary features Kholoud al-Faqih, the first female Sharia (Islamic law) judge in Palestine, who is appointed to a court in Ramallah in the West Bank. To […]

Basil Masri Zada will present on “The Absence of the Syrian Artists” on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Museum. Zada will will give a general overview of international political attitudes toward displaced Syrian artists. He examines the the effects of the crisis in Syria […]

Dr. Özgür Özdamar will lecture on “Foreign Policy Change in the Middle East: Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey” on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 6 p.m. in Porter 104. Özdamar is Associate Professor of Political Science at Bilkent University and currently a visiting fellow at Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on foreign […]

The Middle East & North Africa Studies program provides the Ohio University and Athens communities with an interdisciplinary understanding of the history and contemporary dynamics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. While the bulk of its efforts are focused on the undergraduate certificate in Middle East and North Africa […]

  The audio-visual exhibition Sounds of War is showing Jan. 22 through Feb. 2 at the Trisolini Gallery. The exhibit highlights the sounds of daily life in Syria, including those of battles and explosions that Syrians have become accustomed to. These sound recordings and their accompanying photographs were captured in Damascus, Syria between […]

The Spring 2019 courses that fulfill requirements for the Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate include two courses—Elementary Arabic II and Sufism: Mysticism and Asceticism in Islam. Please note that in addition to these courses, Honors Tutorial College tutorials, directed studies, and senior theses credits earned through the study […]

The Ohio University Class of 2018 featured the first students graduating with a Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate. Approved in Spring 2017, the certificate program provides undergraduate students from across campus with a focused interdisciplinary combination of courses on the history and contemporary politics of the region. In […]