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Middle East Dialogues: A Conversation with Ambassador Dr. Husam Zomlot

Seminar Open to the Public

Online

Thu. Nov. 14, 2024 12:00pm - 01:30pm

Tarek Masoud, Amb. Husam Zomlot

A Conversation with His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal

Special Series Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Online & In-Person

Thu. Nov. 7, 2024 05:00pm - 06:30pm

Tarek Masoud, HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal

Lebanon’s October Revolution: Roots and Trends of a Nationwide Protest

Seminar Open to the Public

Thu. May. 21, 2020 12:00pm - 01:30pm

Anti-government protesters shout slogans during separate civil parade at the Martyr square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. Protesters gathered for alternative independence celebrations, converging by early afternoon on Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut, which used to be the traditional location of the official parade. Protesters have occupied the area, closing it off to traffic since mid-October.

Institutions Versus Networks of Power: How ‘By The Book’ Politics Works - And When it Doesn’t - Under Autocracy

Seminar Open to the Public

Wed. May. 6, 2020 12:00pm - 01:30pm

An activist wearing a skull mask and the flag of Morocco with a sign, saying the 'February 20th pro-democracy movement does not fear cowards and the corrupt' and is supported by the citizens, leads a demonstration in the capital Rabat Sunday, Feb. 19, 2019

Roots of Elite Cooperation: Coalition Building under Authoritarianism and Democratic Transitions in the MENA

Seminar Open to the Public

Thu. Apr. 30, 2020 12:00pm - 01:30pm

A protestor holds a placard reading "For a transition period" as he confronts a police vehicle, during a demonstration, in Bejaia, eastern Algeria, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Demonstrators call for a boycott of the upcoming presidential election as twelve candidates have registered for Algeria’s April 17 presidential election including President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77, who is running for a fourth term.

Opposition Media in Authoritarian Arab Countries

Seminar Open to the Public

Thu. Apr. 16, 2020 12:00pm - 01:30pm

Tunisian Interior Minister Hedi Mehnni, holding the Popular Unity Party's candidates list, right, and the Progressive Democratic Party's list, both yellow, answers reporters about a possible confusion between the lists during a press conference in Tunis, Monday Oct. 25, 2004. Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali i won re-election by an overwhelming margin in balloting marred by a boycott by an opposition party which called the vote a sham.

Book Talk: Religious Freedom in Islam

Seminar Open to the Public

Thu. Mar. 5, 2020 04:30pm - 06:00pm

Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today

The Politics of Preachers: Understanding Clerical Participation in Iraqi Protests

Seminar Open to the Public

Thu. Feb. 27, 2020 12:00pm - 01:30pm

Students and other demonstrators hold national flags during a protest to condemn a militia attack on Najaf protesters in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020.