Drop by our virtual FLAS info session on Wednesday, February 5th at 1100am over Zoom. We'll be available to answer any questions you have about FLAS. See the link in our bio for more info.

Please join us this Friday in Marshall 490 at 3pm for Dolunay Bulut's colloquium Authoritarian Consolidation in Turkey. tinyurl.com/6uxzrf47

Please join us this Thursday, February 13th, at 4:00PM in Marshall 490 for Sahar Abidi's Colloquium, Water Challenges in North Africa: Insights from Tunisia and the Role of Tree Rings. For more info visit: tinyurl.com/52c3f3nc

📣 To FLAS undergrad AY 25-26 applicants- you have two more days to submit your application! Now due Feb 19th 5PM MST.

Join us this Friday for Yaseen Noorani's colloquium, World Literature, National Identity, and the Secularization of Sufism. The talk will be held in Marshall 490 at 3PM; it is free and open to the public. Visit the link to learn more: shorturl.at/GlPLl

Please join this free introduction to Kurdish (Kurmanji), a five week long course which will be held via Zoom. Kurmanji, the northern Kurdish dialect, is the most widely used Kurdish language. To register and learn more, visit: shorturl.at/WT1KE

CMES' Assistant Director for Educational Outreach, Abby Limmer, will be presenting at the Tucson Festival of Books this Sunday! Where: Education Room 333 When: Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm About: Award-winning Middle Eastern children's books!

Please join us, Thursday, March 20th at 5:30pm, in Koffler room 204, for Africa in the 21st Century: Somalia - The Neglected Civil War. For more info visit: tinyurl.com/sz75zkmf

Please join us this Friday, March 21st at 3pm in Marshall 490 for Thomas J Volgy's colloquium, Exploring Indicators of Cooperation Across Regions: Signals of Positive Peace in the Middle East and East Asia. For more info visit: tinyurl.com/3m3m5zhu

Join us Saturday, April 5th, for the colloquium series with Dr. Elsayed Issa, Harnessing the Power of Large Language Models and Speech Technology for Language Learning. The talk will take place in SUMC, Sabino Room at 4 PM. To learn more, visit: shorturl.at/PALNs

Join us this Friday, April 11th, at the Central OLLI-UA Campus for the 33rd Annual Photo Exhibit: Light & Darkness. Use the link to learn more: cmes.arizona.edu/events/33rd-an… This event is free and open to the public.

Join us this Thursday, April 17th, at 5:30pm in ILC 130 for Our Times, a documentary by Rakhshan Banietemad. This documentary covers women's political involvement and contribution in the 2001 Iranian elections. This event is free and open to the public.

Join us Tuesday, April 22nd, at 3:45pm in Education 353 for a discussion with filmmaker Rakhshan Banietemad on the making of “Our Times” and her involvement with the Woman, Life, and Freedom movement. Visit our website for more information. This event is open to the public.

We regret to inform you that this event has been cancelled. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Thank you for your continued support.

Reading day is tomorrow! The CMES library is open 900am - 500pm, stop by Marshal 476 if you're looking for a quiet study spot. Good luck on finals, you got this!

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Please join us this Friday, September 12th at 300pm (AZ time) over Zoom for The Strategic Manipulation of ISIS, the Caliphate, and Politic Branding. For more information and to register please visit: tinyurl.com/2s334xwn

Please join us Friday, October 10th at 3:00PM (AZ time) over Zoom, for our next colloquium, Securing Food in Zones of Protracted Violence. Register for the Zoom here: tinyurl.com/49vbe3hm

Please join us Wednesday, October 22nd, at 4:30PM, in Marshall 490 for Saltwater Kingdoms: Fossil-Fueled Water and Climate Change in Arabia. For more info visit: tinyurl.com/32895y98

Please join us on Friday, November 7th, at 300PM, in Marshall 490, for the next MENAS Colloquium "Accessing Higher Education in Agadir, Morocco: The Paradox of English". This will be a hybrid event. To see more info or to register for the Zoom, visit: tinyurl.com/mpzvd64r