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Student Spotlight

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Brooke Loughrin '14 was recently appointed the first-ever U.S. Youth Observer to the United Nations. | Boston Globe article on Brooke.

 

Narintohn Luangrath, Political Science '14, and Aoife O'Leary, Communication '13, received Clough Center Travel Grants to attend the 2013 Insight Dubai Conference.

Course Spotlight

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Modern Iran HS 326
Professor Ali Banuazizi covers changes in the political, social, and cultural history of Iran from the late 19th century to the present in his course, Modern Iran. View video from one of Professor Banuazizi's classes.

Faculty Profiles

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Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom have traveled throughout the Middle East and Asia, authored or edited hundreds of scholarly articles and more than a dozen books—including seven jointly—and have accumulated an extensive catalogue of photographs of Islamic art and architecture.

Multimedia

Haleh Esfandiari

My Prison, My Home
Video from Front Row

Iranian-born Haleh Esfandiari tells the story of her 2006 arrest in Iran, imprisonment, and eventual release.

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Iran's Nuclear Challenge
Video from Front Row
David Menashri of Tel Aviv University discusses the Islamic revolution in Iran and the connections between ideology and Iran's foreign policy.

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Afghanistan on the Brink
Video from Front Row
Thomas Barfield of Boston University discusses Afghanistan's 2009 presidential election and the ensuing charges of balloting fraud.

Announcements

Check out our new Alumni page to follow the exciting careers of ICS graduates.

Stay informed! Visit the Events Calendar for upcoming events concerning MENA politics and culture.

Alumni Profile

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The ICS Program helped launch Alex Guittard '11 into a foreign affairs career that has taken him from Afghanistan to Turkey and everywhere in between.

AL-NOOR

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Al-Noor, Boston College's undergraduate Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies journal, aims to promote a discourse about the diverse opinions, myriad cultures, histories, and perspectives that comprise the Middle East.