“In the Middle East,” the Israeli general and politician Ehud Barak once said, “a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience.” Barak would know. He was Israel’s prime minister in 2000, a year ...

The sanctity and security of Al-Aqsa is once again under threat, as it was during the lifetime of the great scholar ...

This course focuses on the history of the Middle East from the early twentieth century to the present. This course emphasizes the tension between this region’s deep roots as the “cradle of ...

The major in Middle East studies provides students with the opportunity to deeply explore this region’s historical, political, social and cultural complexity. Broadly conceived, this geographical ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... For centuries, the Levant—that fertile crescent stretching from the Mediterranean coast through Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Affairs continues with a video on the Middle East and why so many wars happen there. Why does the Middle East see so many wars – and ...