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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can populism have a progressive dimension? Can we speak about left and right-wing populism? Or does it lack ideological /value content in itself? Can populism enhance democracy or is it detrimental to it? Our next debate will be asking these questions.Do get in touch if you would like to submit an article and contribu
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-contributions - 2026-10-25
"On June 14, the U.S.-led international coalition targeted the car of Abu al-Qassam al-Urdini, a senior leader of al-Qaeda (AQ) affiliate Hurras al-Din (HAD), and his fellow jihadi Bilal al-San’ani on the outskirts of Idlib. Two days later, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Idlib’s dominant jihadi group, arrested a former senior commander, Abu Salah al-Uzbeki, who had defected from HTS to join Ansar al-
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/hts-and-al-qaeda-syria-reconciling-irreconcilable-cmes-orwa-ajjoub - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Coronaspridningen i Jemen är bortom kontroll. Och det finns ingen officiell statistik som återspeglar den verkliga situationen, vare sig gällande antalet infekterade eller antalet dödsfall. Den 10 april i år registrerade Jemen officiellt sitt första fall i Covid 19, men vissa inofficiella källor säger att viruset hade
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/krigsharjat-jemen-hukar-under-pandemin - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We are pleased to announce that CMES Michael Degerald is one of the 2020 TARII Fellows! TARII, with the feedback and support of a scholarly review committee, has selected seven Iraqi fellows and five American fellows. Michael is one of the five American fellows.Michael Degerald, Lund UniversityTransforming Iraq: a His
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/2020-tarii-fellowship-awards - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We hope you all had a warm and relaxing though probably somewhat unusual “hemester” summer holidays. The objective of this newsletter from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and the Strategic Research Area (SRA): the Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW), is to provide an overview of Middle Eastern re
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-12-august-2020 - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. By focusing on recent water struggles in rural Turkey against run‐of‐the‐river hydropower plants (SHPs), the research delves into the societal and economic factors that enable or inhibit the emergence of strong mobilizations through a comparison of four localities of the Eastern Black Sea region. The main aim of the c
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Congratulations to CMES affiliated Madeleine Kassab for successfully defending her PhD thesis on "Media Coverage of the Syrian Crisis"! The Syrian crisis is characterized by the intertwining of factors and variables at the local, regional and global levels.The geopolitical importance of Syria and the positions of the
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/media-coverage-syrian-crisis-0 - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Graduate School together with CMES offers courses in Modern Standard Arabic and Persian, which are open to all Graduate School students. The courses are not credit bearing but you do receive a certificate at the end of each voluntary course.Courses in Modern Standard ArabicArabic is a sematic language and it is one of
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/language-courses-arabic-and-persian - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Dawit Isaak Library is a freedom of expression library at Malmö City Archives. It will open On 16 September 2020 to the public and it is located in Malmö City Archives' existing premises. The library contains the banned books, books that have been burned or censored - all written by people who have been silenced,
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-mohammed-almahfali-part-new-dawit-isaak-library - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The water sector in Somalia is fragmented and needs coordination to establish a functioning water governance system. Therefore, in cooperation with UNDP and the Ministry of Energy and water resources and the Office of the Prime Minister, a national technical workshop was held in Mogadishu in March 2020.Four thematic
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New research by CMES Raed Bashitialshaaer: "The results indicate that the professors and students faced self-imposed obstacles, as well as pedagogical, technical, and financial or organizational obstacles. Recommendations are presented to overcome and understand these obstacles to benefit in the future during unexpect
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This new project has now been been approved and signed by University of Zakho (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) and CMES, Lund University. The project will start with a course ''Research Methodology'' for master students from two departments at UOZ. More about University of Zakho Contact:naseem [dot] salim [at] uoz [dot] e
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today CMES researchers Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund are presenting in this POLLEN (Political Ecology Network) conference. Their paper is "Nationalistic arson? An interdisciplinary approach to forest fires and conflicts." In early October 2019, hundreds of frontline fossil fuel protesters took direct action against hard
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/geopolitical-ecologies-violence-and-resistance - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Karin Aggestam will start her job as Director of the Centre for Middle eastern Studies October 1. She is a Professor of Political Science and holds the Samuel Pufendorf Endowed Chair (Ragnar Söderbergs and Torsten Söderbergs Stiftelser). Karin is also Honorary Professor at University of Queensland and Adjunct Professo
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/karin-aggestam-new-director-cmes - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On the 19th anniversary of 9/11 attacks, the debate surrounding al-Qaeda strength is still alive among scholars and experts. Along with other researchers Hasan Abu Hanieh and Marwan Shehadeh, CMES researcher Orwa Ajjoub assess the group's relevance and argue that al-Qaeda has never been weaker than now. The group has
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/al-qaeda-has-never-been-weaker-now - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The coming issue of Dragomanen, the annual publication of the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, has been co-edited by Anders Ackfeldt and Leif Stenberg and is dedicated to the topic of leisure. CMES researcher Helen Avery contributes with a piece written in Swedish "Strandliv", on what the beach means for peopl
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coming-issue-dragomanenis-about-leisure - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We cordially welcome the new Director for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and as well the new Coordinator for the strategic research area Middle East in the Contemporary World, Prof. Karin Aggestam. Karin is the former Director of Peace & Conflict Studies at Lund University and holds the Samuel Pufendorf Endowe
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-september - 2026-10-25
Karin Aggestam, ny föreståndare för Centrum för Mellanösternstudier, om det nya fredsavtalet i Mellanöstern: För ett par veckor sedan slöt Bahrain och Förenade Arabemiraten ett fredsavtal med Israel. Det var första gången på 26 år som ett arabland erkänt Israel och Donald Trump tar på sig äran. Vad betyder detta för freden i Mellanöstern? Varken Bahrain eller Förenade arabemiraten har ju haft någo
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/vad-betyder-de-nya-fredsavtalen-som-med-trumps-hjalp-slutits-i-mellanostern - 2026-10-25
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Very exciting to start up as new CMES director! Karin Aggestam: "It has been some hectic, but very exciting weeks as new director for CMES. I am deeply impressed by the large number of scholars at Lund University who conduct cutting-edge research on the Middle East. The House on Finngatan 16 serves as a wonderful hu
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/newsletter-middle-east-forum-newsletter-october - 2026-10-25
The workshop is called: Unpacking ‘the Opposition’ in undemocratic regimes: The Role, Transformation and Challenges of the Oppositional Actors in Turkey and beyond The purpose of this workshop is to initiate a debate on the opposition in Turkey and contribute to the theorization of the role, transformation, mobilization strategies and different forms of the opposition in undemocratic regimes. The
