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Upcoming & Previous Events

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  "Estevanico: The Journey of Mustafa Azemmouri"

  "Estevanico: The Journey of Mustafa Azemmouri"

  Saturday April 26, 10 am, Astrodome Room of Student Center South

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  Neighbor of the Moon: Fayrouz as a National Arab Icon

  April 3rd, 6:15 PM 2025

  Annual Paul Kardoush Memorial Endowed Lecture, "Neighbor of the Moon: Fayrouz as a National Arab Icon" (Concert and Lecture), Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 

  Community Meet and Greet: 6:15 PM; Lecture and Concert: 7:00 PM, Student Center Theater

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• Monday, March 3, 2025, 5:30 PM, Central | View Flyer

• 2025 AAEF Nijad and Zeina Fares Distinguished Lecture in Modern Arab Studies, "Arab Brazil: Ternary Orientalism and the Question of South-South Comparison" Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Reception: 5:30 PM Lecture: 6:00 PM, Alumni Hall (room 104), ɫ���� Hilton

• Fady Joudah, "Palestinian Meditations in a Time of Annihilation," Friday February 7, 1 PM to 2 PM, The Honors College Commons

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  ISRAELISM: WITH DR. SARAH ANNE MINKIN

  October 28, 2024, 1:00 pm, Stephen Power Farish Hall, Room 101

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  The Unending War on Palestinian Children

  October 17, 2024, 6:00 pm, Stephen Power Farish Hall, Room 101

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  Ecologies of Empire in South Asia, 1400- 1900

  Thursday, November 9, 2023 - 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Bayou City, Student Center South
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  Melancholy Acts: Defeat and Cultural Critique in the Arab World

  Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 - Reception: 5:00 PM Lecture: 5:30 PM Honors Commons, MD Anderson Library
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  Collaboration or Resistance: A Short History of the Paris Colonial Conference of 1919

  Friday, October 13, 2023 - Reception: 5:45 PM - Skyline Room, Student Center South

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  BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS IN PALESTINE: A YEAR AFTER THE KILLING OF SHIREEN ABU AKLEH

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  From Adam to Murad: Universal History Through Ottoman Eyes

  Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - Reception: 5:30 pm - Lecture 6:00 pm - Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion, ɫ����
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  Sisters In The Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and The Politics of Feminism

  Thursday, February 2, 2023 | Reception: 5:30 PM | Discussion: 6:00 PM | Conrad Hilton Ballroom, Hilton ɫ����
• Please join the Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies on Wednesday, October 19 for “You Can Be the Last Leaf: An Evening with Maya Abu Al-Hayyat!” This bi-lingual book reading and discussion will be held at the Conrad Hilton Ballroom, Hilton ɫ���� with a reception at 6:00 pm followed by the book reading and discussion at 6:30 pm.
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  Damascus: A History in Words - Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 6:00 PM - Hilton ɫ���� Conrad N. Hilton Ballroom

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  Hosam Aboul-Ela Awarded Inaugural Arab-American Educational Foundation Dr. Burhan and Mrs. Misako Ajouz Endowed Professorship in Arab Studies

  The ɫ���� Department of English Professor Hosam Aboul-Ela has been unanimously selected as the inaugural appointee for the Arab-American Educational Foundation Dr. Burhan and Mrs. Misako Ajouz Endowed Professorship in Arab Studies, an honor accompanied by an associated affiliated appointment in The Arab-American Educational Foundation Center for Arab Studies (AAEFCAS). Through this recognition, Aboul-Ela will be able to deepen his research and research-related activities on Arab countries and culture.
• The ɫ���� College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) congratulates Center for Arab Studies Director and AAEF Chair in Modern Arab History Abdel Razzaq Takriti, who received the 2019 Undergraduate Education Award from the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA).