Published 31 October 2023 CMES researchers Amir Naghibi, Hossein Hashemi, Pengxiang Zhao, Sara Brogaard, Lina Eklund and Ali Mansourian have co-authored an article on dust storm source susceptibility, published in the journal Atmospheric Pollution Research. The article, "Spatiotemporal variability of dust storm source susceptibility during wet and dry periods: The Tigris-Euphrates River Basin", wa

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/dust-storm-source-susceptibility-tigris-euphrates-river-basin - 2025-07-19

Published 31 October 2023 Photo credits: Satellite image from SentinelHub; photo of young woman by Aziz Acharki/Unsplash; all other images generated through Adobe Firefly. Five postdoctoral fellowships on the Middle East are opened on (1) political youth in conflict (2) water security and sustainable development (3) earth observations (4) geopolitics and regional cooperation and (5) data research

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/job-openings-5-postdoctoral-fellowships-middle-east - 2025-07-19

Published 3 November 2023 CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean has authored an article on the feminization of the judiciary and diminished powers of the courts in Lebanon, published in the Newsletter of the Middle East and North Africa Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. This short piece examines the presence of women in the judiciary of a small Arab state, once define

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/feminization-judiciary-lebanon - 2025-07-19

Published 10 November 2023 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written an article in The Conversation how the war in Gaza has led to increased attacks on Jews around the world. The article "Attacks on Jews always rise globally when conflict in Israel and Palestine intensifies" was published in The Conversation on 1 November 2023.  Read the article Svante Lundgren's research profile Svante Lundgren

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/attacks-jews-increase-when-israeli-palestinian-conflict-intensifies - 2025-07-19

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 13 November 2023 Israel left Gaza in 2005 but still controls the borders. According to international law expert Alberto Rinaldi, this could be seen as a continued occupation, which increases Israel's responsibility towards the civilian population of Gaza. Photo:

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/suspected-war-crimes-israel-and-palestine - 2025-07-19

By ellen [dot] albertsdottir [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Ellen Albertsdóttir (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 14 November 2023 Security at Jewish institutions in Europe has been at a consistently high level, even before the latest escalation. But in the month since the war started, 1040 cases of antisemitism have been reported in France alone. Photo: Mostphoto Interview

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/increased-antisemitism-linked-israel-and-palestine - 2025-07-19

Published 14 November 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on flood susceptibility prediction in Afghanistan, published in the journal Natural Hazards. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Flood susceptibility prediction using MaxEnt and frequency ratio modeling for Kokcha River in Afghanistan" together with Abdul Baser Qasimi (Samanga

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/flood-susceptibility-prediction - 2025-07-19

Published 16 November 2023 CMES researcher Amir Naghibi has co-authored a chapter on AI modeling of sediment transport in Iranian rivers. The chapter "Suspended sediment load prediction and tree-based algorithms" is authored by Salim Heddam, Amir Naghibi, Khabat Khosravi and Shailesh K. Singh. It is part of the edited volume Remote Sensing of Soil and Land Surface Processes: Monitoring, Mapping, a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/modeling-sediment-transport-iran - 2025-07-19

Published 1 December 2023 Photo: Karin Aggestam Read the new CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by C

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-39 - 2025-07-19

Published 14 December 2023 CMES will offer several part-time internships for Lund University students during the spring of 2024. Internships will be offered in several projects at CMES during the spring semester of 2024. All positions are temporary, unpaid and part-time. You can only apply if you are a registered student at Lund University for the duration of the internship. The internships run be

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/come-work-us-student-internships-cmes-spring-2024 - 2025-07-19

Published 8 December 2023 AI image generated through Adobe Firefly Welcome to a public panel on the Israel-Hamas war on 15 Dec., 13:15-15:00, at Palaestra. There are spaces left, don't forget to register to attend! About the eventDate and time: 15 December 2023 13:15 to 15:00Location: Palaestra et Odeum (Hörsalen/Auditorium), Paradisgatan 4, LundTarget group: All are welcome!Language: In EnglishSp

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-public-panel-israel-hamas-war - 2025-07-19

Published 12 December 2023 CMES Director Karin Aggestam organised together with Jacqui True (Monash University) and Farkhondeh Akbari (Monash University) a policy-research dialogue between global experts and practitioners on gender in peacemaking The report, Rethinking Policy and Practice of Gender in Peacemaking: The Quest for Innovation in a Polarised Global World, is based on a policy-research

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/policy-report-rethinking-gender-peacemaking - 2025-07-19

Published 12 December 2023 CMES Director Karin Aggestam and Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye have authored an article about diplomatic efforts in the war between Israel and Hamas, published in Sydsvenska Dagbladet The article "Någon militär lösning på den israelisk-palestinska konflikten finns inte" (English translation: "There is no military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict") was p

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/there-no-military-solution-israeli-palestinian-conflict - 2025-07-19

Published 14 December 2023 CMES researcher Lina Eklund has been interviewed by Swedish public service television about satellite images of Gaza. The interview (in Swedish) with Lina Eklund aired on "Rapport" on Sunday 10 December 2023.  Source: SVT Rapport In the interview (6:25-8:05) Lina talks about an international project in which researchers are following what is happening in Gaza through sat

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/war-gaza-through-satellite-images - 2025-07-19

Published 19 December 2023 CMES Visiting Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye has written article about Biden's agenda in the Middle East and the Israel-Hamas war published in World Politics Review. The article, "The Israel-Hamas War Has Torpedoed Biden’s Middle East Agenda", was published in World Politics Review on 15 December 2023.With the war in Gaza having intensified following the end of the recent U.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/president-biden-and-israel-hamas-war - 2025-07-19

Published 20 December 2023 CMES Deputy Director has co-authored an article on agricultural water in Iran published in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Large discrepancy between future demand and supply of agricultural water in northwestern Iran; evidence from WEAP-MODFLOW-machine learning under the CMIP6 scenario" together

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agricultural-water-iran-0 - 2025-07-19

Published 21 December 2023 Source: Mehri et al. 2023 in Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies CMES Deputy Director has co-authored an article on rainfall runoff in Iran published in the Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Block-scale use of bioretention cells to restore the urban water balance: A case study in Tehran metropoli

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/rainfall-runoff-iran - 2025-07-19

Published 22 December 2023 Read the new CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars.Read the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-40 - 2025-07-19

Published 16 January 2024 Damage in Gaza Strip Oct. 2023 (Photo: Wafa/Wikimedia Commons) Cecilia Uddén will give a talk on her work as foreign correspondent in the Middle East. Cecilia Uddén is a foreign correspondent based in Cairo, Egypt and works for Radio Sweden. The event will be chaired by Karin Aggestam, Director of CMES and Professor in Political Science.When: 17 January, 13:15-14:30Where:

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/behind-headlines-reporting-israel-hamas-war - 2025-07-19

Published 18 January 2024 Samir Abu Eid (photo: Salim Alsabbagh) CMES congratulates Samir Abu Eid, Middle East correspondent for Swedish Television, for being awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Faculty of Social Sciences! Samir Abu Eid is a journalist and foreign correspondent. He has been associated with Swedish Television (SVT) and TV4 since the early 2000s and has appeared in the program "Kor

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/journalist-samir-abu-eid-awarded-honorary-doctorate-lund-university - 2025-07-19