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Do You See Me?! Do You Hear My Voice?!
By Dr. Nael Hijjo September 2025Published by Scene 48 Roots of Exile: Family, Displacement, and Hope Writing about my personal experience as a Palestinian in exile makes me conflicted. I am a Palestinian whose family hails from ‘Askalan (al-Jura), Palestine….Continue reading→
Lamenting Identity: Arab Women and the Melancholy of Exile in Modern Literature
Fridays, Oct 10- Dec 12, 2025 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET Hosted on Zoom Register Here Course Overview Language of instruction will be Arabic. This course aims to explore the profound impact of exile and displacement on contemporary Arab…Continue reading→
Intersectionality as a Theory, Methodology, and Guide to Social Change
Thursdays, Oct 16 – Dec 18, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET Hosted on Zoom Register Here Course Overview This seminar explores intersectionality not just as a theoretical concept but also as a methodological tool and a framework for…Continue reading→
Gender-based Violence and Women’s Activism in Post Arab Revolutionary Societies
Tuesdays, Oct 7- Dec 9, 2025 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET Hosted on Zoom Register here Course Overview Despite the tumultuous events of the Arab revolts that ignited in 2010, the voices of some women continue to be obscured….Continue reading→
Bodies and Spaces of Resistance: The Untold Social History of and Lessons from Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe
Wednesdays, Oct 8- Dec 10, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET Hosted on Zoom Register Here Course Overview This free 10-week co-led seminar focuses on the social history of contemporary art in the Eastern Bloc and post-socialist Eastern Europe…Continue reading→
“The Wound and the Window: My Journey from Yemen to the World Stage”
By Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari A Columbia Global Emerging Scholar on how displacement uprooted his life, and what it meant to share his story and culture at Columbia Global Center Amman. Some nights, I still wake to the sound of shells…Continue reading→
IIE Scholar Rescue Fund Fellowships for Threatened Scholars – applications due July 27
Applications due July 27, 2025: Apply or Refer NowThere are more threatened and displaced scholars today than ever before. The Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) can help. IIE-SRF encourages applications from professors and researchers facing threats to their…Continue reading→
June 19 Webinar: Political Institutions and Sectarianism in Syria’s Transition
The discussion was held in both Arabic and English, with interpretation available on Zoom only. This session is part of our ongoing series on Politics of Transition: Syria in Comparative Perspectives (you can view the first webinar in our series here),…Continue reading→
Higher Education and Authoritarianism: Lessons From Afghanistan for the US
By Abdul Aziz MohibbiMay 15, 2025 Published by The Diplomat The Taliban’s return to Kabul in the summer of 2021 sent shock waves through the university system. Students at Bamyan University, where I was chancellor at the time, fled back to their homes…Continue reading→
New University in Exile for Afghan Artist Fellow, Mujib Mehrdad, featured in USA TODAY
“America promised them safety. Now they fear what Trump will do next.“ April 23, 2025 By Sara Pequeño in USA TODAY Mujib Mehrdad and his wife, Aria Mushahed “Mujib Mehrdad, 40, and his wife, Aria Mushahed, 35, were supposed to…Continue reading→