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Middle East Dialogues: A Conversation with Mouin Rabbani

Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

A conversation between MEI Faculty Chair Professor Tarek Masoud and Mouin Rabbani, Dutch-Palestinian political analyst and non-resident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. This event is part of the Middle East Initiative's series, the "Middle East Dialogues." Additional series speakers this semester include Naguib Sawiris and Micah Goodman.  Please scroll down for further details about this series.

This event is open in person to HUID holders only. Registration is required for this event. 

Date: Time: - Location: Nye A, B, & C, 5th Floor
Tarek Masoud, Mouin Rabbani, Micah Goodman

About the Series

This event is part of the Middle East Initiative's Spring 2025 "Middle East Dialogues," a series of frank, open, and probing encounters with vital and varied perspectives on the current conflict, its causes, and the prospects for peace and progress in the region. 

Spring 2025 Middle East Dialogues Schedule:

March 13, 2025: A Conversation with Mouin Rabbani, Dutch-Palestinian political analyst and non-resident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs

April 10, 2025: A Conversation with Naguib Sawiris, Founder of Orascom Telecom Holding and Executive Chairman of Orascom Investment Holding

May 6, 2025: A Conversation with Dr. Micah Goodman, Israeli scholar, author, and Research Fellow at Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem

Prior Middle East Dialogues sessions may be watch here. 

About the Speaker

Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He is a researcher, analyst, and commentator specializing in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and contemporary Middle East issues. Among other previous positions, Rabbani served as principal political affairs officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, head of the Middle East unit with the Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, and senior Middle East analyst and special advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group. He was also a researcher with Al-Haq, the West Bank affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists. Rabbani is a co-editor of Jadaliyya, where he also hosts the Connections podcast, co-hosts the Long Form Conversations podcast, and edits its Quick Thoughts feature. He is also a contributing editor of Middle East Report. In addition, Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) and at Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). Rabbani has published, presented, and commented widely on Middle East issues for many major print, television, and digital media.