We’re wishing the best to all who will be celebrating with family over a Passover Seder this coming Monday and Tuesday.
The central event of Passover is the Seder, a ritual meal that…
As news, opinions, and sentiments pour into our radars about the escalating, now-devastating conflict in Israel-Gaza, many of us are seeking context and balanced information to make sense of…
Food Sovereignty Workshop: Community-Centered Approaches for Food Systems Transformation
October 13 - October 14, 2022
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Locations: OSU Thompson Library (Day…
By Alivia Kiefer
An older man steps into the frame carrying an ‘oud, the traditional stringed instrument of Iraq, and kneels. Behind him, two people dressed in US military uniforms dance…
By: Thorayah Abdelqader, Lead Intern
Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift the ban on women driving came with great surprise and joy to the international world. This change in policy was so…
By Alex Rand
The age-old adage goes “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”. However, the United States now finds itself in a situation of “the enemy of my friend is still my friend”. In the…
by Gabriel Giddens
The following gives updates on the Kurds in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran.
Iraq
Late last year, the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Regional…
Today the director of the Middle East Studies Center was interviewed along with Nathan Lean of Georgetown University's Bridge Initiative to discuss Islamophobia. You can listen to the entire…
The Middle East is growing more dangerous each day with conflicts multiplying. With the crowded airspace in Syria, the chance of either Russia or the U.S. hitting unintentional targets of…
