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A Deal with Iran is Possible, Peace is Not

The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is not irrational—the current regime needs conflict with the United States to perpetuate itself in power, said Professor Mansour Farhang. He advised the United States to reach an implicit understanding with the regime that Iran will not develop nuclear weapons.
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Introducing young students to Arabic, Persian and Turkish

The UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies is launching the “Listen to Learn” website to introduce American students to critical Middle Eastern languages.
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Of Sheiks & Cinema

Jonathan Friedlander has spent 30 years collecting pop culture artifacts that reflect our fascination with the Middle East. Books, movies, videos, even cigarette packs are part of the tireless UCLA scholar's collection of Orientalist Americana at the Young Research Library. Now he's traveling the U.S. to photograph the majestic, Orientalist movie palaces of the 20th century before they're all torn down or turned into drugstores.
Posted: 7/16/2008

CNES Launches North African Outreach Initiative

Lecture by renowned Algerian cartoonist Slim, films on Islam inaugurate year-long program
Posted: 4/22/2008

Mardi Gras, Middle Eastern Style

The fact that New Orleans has a very small Middle Eastern population doesn't stop carnival krewes--organizations that put on parade and balls for the carnival season--from pulling out all the stops on the road to a make-believe Mecca.
Posted: 3/24/2008

Missed Connections

Barbara Slavin discusses opportunities for reconciliation between Iran and the United States.
Posted: 3/11/2008

The 98 Percent Strategy

Nearly every women's rights bill passed by the Iranian reformist parliament that the Guardian Council effectively cast out in 2004 met one doom or another. Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, a former legislator, illuminates the paths of Iranian-style gridlock.
Posted: 1/16/2008

Making Sense of Osama

A daylong conference recently attempted to clear some of the fog surrounding the real Osama bin Laden, who, if he's still alive, turns 50 this month. Titled "Jihadi Islam," the Nov. 13 event was sponsored by the Center for Near Eastern Studies and held at the UCLA Faculty Center.
Posted: 12/18/2007

Hope, Economic Transformation in Iraqi Marshlands

Peter Reiss, director of a USAID program to restore the world's second-largest wetlands, explains how Saddam Hussein's drainage of the area has altered an ancient culture.
Posted: 11/28/2007

International Conference Honors the Legacy of Clifford Geertz

A photographic exhibition focusing on Sefrou, Morocco, highlights the work of Paul Hyman
Posted: 11/27/2007

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