Arab Futures & Pasts
Past Events
In the first half of the twentieth century in Palestine, artists worked within a political landscape in near constant transition—including the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the First World…
Tens of thousands of Palestinians migrated to the Americas in the final decades of the nineteenth century and early decades of the twentieth.
After the Apocalypse: Church Renewal and Renovation in Medieval Egypt
In this talk based on her new book Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a…
In this audiovisual talk, Dr. Ramzi Salti explores how Lebanon’s tumultuous history relates to the enduring musical legacy of Fairuz.
The construction of gender and sexuality in North Africa has been profoundly shaped by the legacy of colonialism, particularly in Algeria.
This panel brings to light the hidden and often overlooked atrocities unfolding in Sudan amid the violent clash between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese military.
In this talk, Hesham Sallam will discuss his book Classless Politics: Islamist…
Edges of Egypt: Hanan Kholoussy, Associate Professor of History, American University in Cairo
Why do some parties in power commit to democracy, while others do not? Gumuscu will explain why by relying on her extensive field research in Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia.