Jere Bacharch, professor emeritus of History, gave a presentation on tourism in Egypt at the Jackson School’s annual Community College Master Teacher Institute, July 14-15, 2016. This year the institute focused on the subject of global tourism. Bacharach explored the position of tourism within Egypt’s economy and the impact of US dollars via USAID on

  “Turkey is deeply divided,” said Reşat Kasaba, director of the Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington during a King 5 TV interview that aired on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, about the Istanbul bombings that happened earlier in the day. “But I don’t expect to see a unified response to this. That

It is with great sadness and regret that we report the passing of Professor Farhat Ziadeh, the founder of both the Middle East Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington. Professor Ziadeh was a beloved member of our MENA community, a warm

 The Husky 100 The Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students from Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the UW. Learn more about the Husky 100. Lindsay writes about her studies at the Jackson School and future career plans: In my time at

More than 175 high schools students from schools districts around the Puget Sounds attended the twelfth annual Get Global Youth Conference organized and hosted by the students in the OneWorld Now! Global Leadership and Foreign Languages Program. Held on May 21, at the UW Ethnic Cultural Center, the Middle East Center is a major sponsor

The First UW Study Tour to Oman and Qatar During Spring Break of 2016 the Middle East Center, Jackson School, and the Global Business Center, UW Foster School of Business, organized the UW’s first ever study tour to the Sultanate of Oman and the State of Qatar. The challenges and rewards of this tour were

George Washington University’s Professor Marc Lynch gave a lecture on “The New Arab Wars” this Thursday, May 25th featuring a discussion of the external influences in the Arab Spring and subsequent civil wars across the Middle East and North Africa.

Affiliate professor Kristian Coates Ulrichsen writes for the BBC that relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran are at their worst in nearly 30 years, following the execution of Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr, the subsequent setting ablaze of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, and Riyadh’s expulsion of Iranian diplomats. Read the full BBC article here.

On Thursday, November 12, approximately one hundred people came out on a stormy evening to hear the Middle East Center-sponsored roundtable discussion titled, “The Persian Gulf, Past and Present.” The discussion centered on how travel, trade, war, and political movements in the Gulf’s past have shaped its present. Presentations offered by panelists were: “Diversity and

Associate Professor Hussein Elkhafaifi, Director of Arabic Studies, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, conducted a workshop titled “Listening Comprehension in Arabic: Teaching Techniques and Learning Strategies” for university and community college instructors from Washington and Oregon on September 10, 2015. Professor Elkhafaifi is a leader in the development of Arabic proficiency teaching and