Nov 25

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

1h 4m

Nov 21

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

34m 45s

Nov 21

Morocco’s Party of Justice and Development in Government: The Experience and the Future

This seminar was delivered on Thursday 13 November in the MEC’s Investcorp Lecture Theatre by Mustapha El Khalfi (Former Minister of Communications, Morocco) and was chaired by Professor Michael Willis (St Antony’s College).

1h 37m

Jun 2024

Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East

This event was a launch of Professor Christopher Phillips' latest book 'Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East' published by Yale University Press. The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a ... Show More

1h 4m

Jan 2022

Democratic Backsliding with Chiraz Arbi, Yasir Zaidan, Alberto Fernandez, and Sarah Feuer

Few countries from the Middle East or North Africa were invited to participate in the Biden administration's December Summit for Democracy, a telling reflection of regional politics a decade after the Arab Spring. Tunisia—once considered the only successful Arab democracy—recentl ... Show More

1h 7m

Nov 12

The Arab Spring and Its Long Shadow

<p>Note: This is a visual-heavy episode. You can watch the lecture <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL0nswvZRwo'>here</a>.</p><p>The Arab Spring began in December 2010 when Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate protest against corruption sparked uprisings th ... Show More

1h 47m

Nov 2022

Rethinking Revolution From Ethiopia To Iran

This panel, co-organised with the Department of Gender Studies and the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at LSE, combined reflections from Ethiopia and Iran to query the legacies of revolutionary politics in our present, with particular focus on the current protests in Iran. Arash ... Show More

1h 1m

Dec 2024

Live from the Doha Forum: The Middle East after Assad

<p>Given the turbulence across Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and Iran, conversations at this year’s Doha Forum highlighted a Middle East region, and a world order, in flux. Now the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and the upcoming Donald Trump administration will shape American ... Show More

33m 16s

Jun 2018

The Middle East after ISIS: what is at stake? [Audio]

Speaker(s): Professor Gilles Kepel | ISIS has been defeated militarily, but the fight for the Middle East is just beginning. At this event Gilles Kepel, author of The Rise of Jihad in the West, discusses the future of the region and how it will shape global politics in the decade ... Show More

1h 37m

Aug 2024

Is Libya moving towards another civil war?

A feud over the leadership of Libya's central bank has led to the suspension of oil production. The two rival governments are trading blame for the standoff. Which has the upper hand? And what does it mean for Libya's economy and security? In this episode: Faraj Najem, Historian ... Show More

23m 58s

Jun 2020

The Internationalization of Libya

This week on Babel, Jon is joined by Frederic Wehrey, senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. During their discussion, Fred breaks down the conflict in Libya, explaining who is involved and why. Fred and Jon also talk about fore ... Show More

26m 44s

Aug 2025

Syria After Assad

What are the prospects for democracy in Syria? Is this the right question to ask? What do we need to better understand about Syria’s new leader, its civil society, and the challenges it faces in a new era for Syria? Join Rana Khoury, Daniel Neep, and Emily Scott for this special ... Show More

40m 48s

Jul 2025

Sudan's Raging and Overlooked Tragedy: The warring generals, the illegal gold, and a population trapped

This week on The New Arab Voice podcast we look at the state of the war in Sudan.It’s been declared the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, with hunger, disease and displacement rife. Yet the fighting surges on with reports of atrocities in the Kordofan region that left hundr ... Show More

34m 16s

NGOization of the Palestinian civil soci...