Introduction to Islam: An Online Text | Middle East Institute
WEBJan 24, 2012 — An estimated 3 million Muslims reside in the United States. The world's three monotheistic faiths—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—were born and developed in that small region called the Middle East. Abraham was born in the city of Ur, Mesopotamia (Iraq), some 1900 years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Palestine).
Two years on, what is the state of the Abraham Accords?
WEBSep 14, 2022 — Gerald M. Feierstein, Yoel Guzansky. Two years after the Sept. 15, 2020, signing of the Abraham Accords, which normalized diplomatic relations among Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and, potentially, Sudan, progress in developing relations has achieved mixed results. As anticipated, normalization has opened new opportunities ...
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WEBMEI’s Frontier Europe Initiative explores interactions between Middle East countries and their Frontier Europe neighbors – the parts of Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus which form a frontier between Western Europe, Russia and the Middle East. The program examines the growing energy, trade, security and political relationships ...
Key environmental challenges facing the Middle East
WEBApr 22, 2021 — The Middle East and North Africa faces a host of major environmental challenges, from water scarcity and food insecurity to climate change adaptation. In recognition of Earth Day on April 22 and in conjunction with MEI's Climate Week 2021 events, we asked experts and scholars to weigh in with their thoughts on the most pressing environmental issues facing the region.
The Iranian Revolution of February 1979 - Middle East Institute
WEBJan 29, 2009 — The revolution of February 1979 was a revolt of the society against the state. In some of its basic characteristics, the revolution did not conform to the usual norms of Western revolutions, because the state did not represent just an ordinary dictatorship but an absolute and arbitrary system that lacked political legitimacy and a social base virtually across the whole of the society.
10 key events and trends in the Middle East and North Africa in 2021
WEBDec 20, 2021 — The year of Assad’s normalization. The catch-22 of civil wars in the Middle East. Iran’s hardliners consolidate their hold on power. The end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan. The lessons of the May war in Gaza. Israel’s new government lowers the temperature of the debate. A year of reckoning in energy markets.
Palestinian Refugees: Myth vs Reality | Middle East Institute
WEBOn January 14, 2021, outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted about Palestinian refugees, proclaiming “(less than) 200,000 Arabs displaced in 1948 are still alive and most others are not refugees by any rational criteria.” A month earlier, on December 11, a group of 22 Republican members of Congress sent a letter to President Trump requesting that he instruct the Bureau of ...
Essential questions about the Russia-Hamas link: The evidence and …
WEBNov 28, 2023 — As the war in Gaza continues to unfold, essential questions about Russian and Iranian support for Hamas remain. They include whether Russia played any role in providing support to Hamas ahead of its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Evidence available from foreign-language publications in Russian, Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew, as well as those in English, provides provocative leads, which, if accurate ...
Dari Language Resources - Middle East Institute
WEBThe Global Language Online Support System: A product of the Defense Language Institute’s Foreign Language Center, currently features 297 Dari lessons that can be downloaded as ZIP files. Clicking on “Dari” and then “Search,” will lead users to lessons featuring vocabulary and conversation about various topics, including culture, news ...
Beyond the Bedouin path: The evolution of Emirati national …
WEBDec 1, 2021 — The UAE will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the qiyam al-dawla (establishment of the state) and qiyam al-ittihad (establishment of the federation of seven emirates) on Dec. 2. Since 1971, the Emirati political elite has addressed the complex responsibilities of building a functional bureaucratic apparatus while shaping the nation’s identity. An oil-based model informed this state-building ...