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The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea
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Shadi Hamid reimagines the ongoing debate on democracy's merits and proposes an ambitious agenda for reviving the lost art of democracy promotion in the world's most undemocratic regions.

What happens when democracy produces "bad" outcomes? Is democracy good because of its outcomes or despite them? This "democratic dilemma" is one of the most persistent, vexing problems for America abroad, particularly in the Middle East--we want democracy in theory but not necessarily in practice.
Call For Papers: IISRA Annual Conference, Berkeley 2023
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The Medium is the Message: The Importance of the Shama'il in Knowing the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
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As salaamu alaikum!
Please join us on January 28, 2023 for "The Medium is in the Message: The Importance of the Shama'il in Knowing the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), a lecture by Imam Abdul Aziz Suraqah. A book signing will immediately follow the lecture.

NOTE: We encourage participants to wear a mask while at the event. NOTE: We have seating limited to 25 people only. Thank you in advance for your support.
Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Objector,"
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Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EST; 7:00 PM Palestine Time 75 minutes, English subtitles.
Free virtual screening of the documentary film "On the Doorstep,"
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Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EST; 7:00 PM Palestine Time.47 minutes, English language with Arabic subtitles . The film screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Sahara Dirbas and the protagonist Valerie Bisharat.

SYNOPSIS
A documentary that shows how three generations of Palestinians in U.S from Bisharat family, have maintained their emotional attachment to their home in West Jerusalem, taken over by Israelis in 1948.

Free virtual screening of the film "TANTURA"
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Screening will start at 12:00 Noon US EST; 7:00 PM Palestine Time.
94 minutes, English subtitles. The film screening will be followed by a discussion with Israeli filmmaker Alon Schwartz.

Tantura investigates the massacre at the Palestinian village of Tantura in 1948 and the dogged work of one Israeli researcher to finally expose the truth.
The Findings of the 2022 Arab Opinion Index
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Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad
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We are delighted to share that our 2023 Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad program is now accepting applications from K-16 teachers and school administrators through February 9, 2023! The Seminars Abroad program provides U.S. educators in the arts, social sciences and humanities with opportunities to participate in short-term seminars abroad to improve their understanding and knowledge of the peoples and cultures of other countries. In 2023, summer seminars will be offered in JORDAN, MEXICO, and a joint seminar in ARGENTINA and BRAZIL.
Virtual Symposium on International Protection for the Palestinian People
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Just in case you missed it, last week we held a virtual symposium with Francesca Albanese and Elizabeth Ferris in a discussion on 'International Protection for the Palestinian People.' Albanese and Ferris discussed the limitations implicit in current paradigms that privilege negotiations, political implications of calling for international protection, the importance of centering settler colonialism in the analysis, and more. This event was moderated by Edmund Ghareeb.
Author Bushra Rehman: Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
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