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Wed 14 Jun 2023

New audio recording published: »Unfortunately, it wasn't Paradise: On Mahmoud Darwish’s Sung Poems« – Talk by Diana Abbani

The audio recording of Diana Abbani’s (EUME Fellow 2020-23) talk “Unfortunately, it wasn't Paradise: On Mahmoud …

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Wed 07 Jun 2023

New audio recording published: »Independent Civic Activism and the Egyptian Revolution: A Gramscian Perspective« – Talk by Gennaro Gervasio

The audio recording of Gennaro Gervasio’s (Università Roma Tre / EUME Fellow 2022/23) talk “Independent Civic Activism …

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Thu 01 Jun 2023

Fatemeh Shams wins Chapbook Competition by Poetry International

“Berlin”, a translated collection of poetry by Fatemeh Shams (EUME Fellow 2021-23), has won Poetry International’s …

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Tue 23 May 2023

Thinking Dignity. The Politics of Dignity in the Aftermath of the NAWA Revolutions

Workshop & Berliner Seminar, 6-7 June 2023 | Organized by the ERC DREAM project in partnership with EUME and the Centre …

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Wed 19 Apr 2023

New audio recording published:“16th Century Safed, Zionism and Palestine” – Talk by Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin

The audio recording of Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin’s (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev / EUME) talk “16th Century Safed, …

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Tue 18 Apr 2023

Sindibād in Trap: A Youthful Revolutionary of Hope and Resilience

Sanabel Abdelrahman about the trope of “Sindibād” in contemporary Arabic trap music on our TRAFO Blog

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Thu 06 Apr 2023

New audio recording published:“Turkish Literature as World Literature” – Talk by Burcu Alkan

The audio recording of Burcu Alkan's (EUME Fellow 2021-23) talk “Turkish Literature as World Literature” is now …

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Thu 30 Mar 2023

The Modern Arabic Bible: Translation, Dissemination and Literary Impact

Interview with Rana Issa about her new book. Conducted by Georges Khalil

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Mon 06 Mar 2023

EUME Berliner Seminar Summer Term 2023

In the Summer Term 2023, the Berliner Seminar will be continued under the theme »Disruptions II«.

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Mon 27 Feb 2023

New audio recording published: “Coptic-Muslim Hermeneutics: A Conversation between Matta El-Meskeen and Nasr Abu Zeid” – Talk by Fouad Halbouni

The audio recording of Fouad Halbouni’s (EUME Fellow 2021-23) talk “Coptic-Muslim Hermeneutics: A Conversation between …

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Wed 08 Feb 2023

New audio recording published: “The Circle of (Dis)Obedience: Governance in Zeytun (1858-1895)” – Talk by Toygun Altıntas

The audio recording of Toygun Altıntaş’ talk “The Circle of (Dis)Obedience: Governance in Zeytun (1858-1895)” is now …

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Tue 17 Jan 2023

Conference »Cultures of Scandal«

Berlin, 26-27 January, 2023. Curated by Tarek El-Ariss (Dartmouth College / EUME Fellow 2012/13) and Rasha Salti, …

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Mon 09 Jan 2023

Silence and Radical Rethinking in Syrian Theatre of the Long 1980s

By Friederike Pannewick in our TRAFO Blog series »The Literary 1980s in the Middle East and the Maghreb«

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Mon 12 Dec 2022

New recording out: »“Have we not yet been defeated?”—On Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s Writings from Egypt’s Revolution and Prison«

Alia Mossallam (EUME Fellow 2017-2023) in conversation with Yassin al-Haj Saleh (Writer / 2019 EUME Fellow) at the EUME …

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Mon 31 Oct 2022

A New Iran Has Been Born – A Global Iran

Interview with Asef Bayat, professor of sociology and Middle East studies (University of Illinois Urbana-Champain) on …

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Tue 11 Oct 2022

Figuring a Women’s Revolution: Bodies Interacting with their Images

“Is the uprising in Iran a feminist revolution?” – By L. and translated by Alireza Doostdar on our TRAFO Blog

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Fri 30 Sep 2022

EUME Berliner Seminar Winter Term 2022/2023

In the Winter Term 2022/2023, the Berliner Seminar will be continued under the theme »Disruptions«.

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Wed 21 Sep 2022

EUME Fellows 2022/23

The research program Europe in the Middle East — The Middle East in Europe (EUME) welcomes its Fellows of 2022/2023.

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Wed 15 Jun 2022

EUME Workshop »The Literary 1980s in the Middle East and North Africa: Towards A Transregional History of the Present«

Berlin, June 29 – July1, 2022. Convened by Anne-Marie McManus (Forum Transregionale Studien / SYRASP / EUME Fellow) and …

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