Middle East Section

MES at the 2012 and 2013 AAA Annual Meetings

In San Francisco last November, the MES contributed a number of excellent sessions to the AAA Annual Meeting program, including…More










































































































Posted in May, Section News | Tagged | Leave a comment
MES Awards and Statement on Gaza

MES Distinguished Scholar Award The Middle East Section requests nominations for an award for a senior scholar in Middle Eastern anthropology…More










































































































Posted in April, Section News | Tagged | Leave a comment
Interview with Author Ahmed Kanna about His Recent Book, Dubai: The City as Corporation

Rehenuma Asmi (RA):  Ethnographic research on the Arab Gulf is rare. How does your ethnography of Dubai shift the questions…More










































































































Posted in January, Section News | Tagged | Leave a comment
The Abandoned Classroom and the Arab Spring

Notes from Morocco When young people in Morocco took to the streets in 2011, they did not solely leave their…More










































































































Posted in December, Section News | Tagged | Leave a comment
Academic Freedom and the Middle East

Academic Freedom and the Middle East

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Yasmin Moll
Emily McKee
Jessica Barnes
Tessa Farmer


Launching an Updated Handbook for Teaching and Research The Middle East is a region that is continuously in the news…More










































































































Posted in November, Section News | Tagged | Leave a comment
How to Win the Graduate Student Paper Prize

The Student Paper Prize rewards outstanding original anthropological research on the Middle East region (broadly defined to include Central Asia…More










































































































Posted in October, Section News | Tagged | Leave a comment

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