Please note that the following application information is for new applicants only; you are not required to apply to keep your place on a course. Persian The language training course in Persian is accepting new students at both the beginner and intermediate levels. Apply using the link below, and Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi, the language training expert, will be in touch with information about taking th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/arabic-and-persian-language-courses-offer-graduate-school - 2025-09-09

Mohammed Bin Salman lättar på landets strama tyglar. Kommentar av CMES Dalia Abdelhady. "De saudiska reformerna – mest en fasad" Den saudiske kronprinsen Mohammed Bin Salman har väckt internationell uppmärksamhet med sin reformvänliga linje. Sedan han utsågs till kronprins 2017, kan kvinnor nu köra bil, gå på fotbollsmatcher och resa utan manligt tillstånd. Kosmetiska förändringar anser kritiker. 

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/de-saudiska-reformerna-mest-en-fasad - 2025-09-09

Message from the director: The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Strategic Research Area Middle East in the Contemporary World wish all staff, guest and affiliated researchers, alumni, and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Middle East Forum Newsletter #6 December, 2019. Please enjoy a well-deserved break with families and friends. The new year will bring new challenges as well as

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-6-december-2019 - 2025-09-09

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies har during the fall been holding a conversation series on passion in relation to contemporary global politics, with a focus on the Middle East, North Africa and citizens in the Diaspora. Passion and Politics Conversation Series. The last distinguished guest was Jessica Winegar - a sociocultural anthropologist whose work investigates how people articulate under

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/last-part-passion-and-politics-conversation-series - 2025-09-09

Today CMES director Ronny Berndtsson and Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi attended a roundtable and workshop in Stockholm, discussing the relations between Sweden and the Gulf states. The Human Touch: Intercultural Dynamics in Arab Gulf- Sweden Relations. Roundtable: Towards a Culture of Understanding or Cultural Understanding? Workshop: Gulf Culture Full programThe workshop was arranged by Euro-Gulf Inform

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/human-touch-intercultural-dynamics-arab-gulf-sweden-relations - 2025-09-09

Maria Frederika Malmström defended her thesis in Social Anthropology at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, in 2009. Now she is back to talk about her new book. The recently released book ‘The streets are talking to me’ focuses on the sensory aspects of the Egyptian revolution. Since then she has continued her thought-provoking research and teaching on Egypt and the broader MEN

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-launch-afterwork-maria-frederika-malmstrom - 2025-09-09

Offensive jokes is a part of racism towards muslims. How is this regarded in Swedish courts? "This book constitutes a critical engagement with debates on the possibilities and limits of fighting racism with the help of criminal law. With in-depth analyses of cases of anti-Muslim violence in Sweden—a mosque fire, hate speech and of a series of assaults—Anti-Muslim Racism on Trial sheds light on iss

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-talk-anti-muslim-racism-trial-muslims-swedish-judiciary-and-possibility-justice - 2025-09-09

Today Ramy Aly, Assistant Professor of Anthropology from American University in Cairo, visited CMES. He gave a talk about culture as a political tool, and censorship in Egypt today and historically. In this talk Ramy Aly explored the relationship between militarism, tutelary culture and censorship in Egypt. "The study of regulatory censorship is today seen as resounding dull and anachronistic. Thi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/culture-police-manning-barricades-allowable-art-and-culture-egypt - 2025-09-09

The semester is quickly coming to an end. We are all very busy with budgets, exams, planning next semester courses, etc. Middle East Forum Newsletter #5 November, 2019 At the same time, the new project application period is soon coming up with issues on partner finding, work packages, and salaries. Partnerships, collaborations, and societal impact are becoming increasingly important for successful

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-5-november-2019 - 2025-09-09

On 25-26 October 2019, a group of academics, representatives of NGOs and international organisations, social advocates and politicians met at Antwork Beirut to discuss some of the major challenges for Syria in the coming years. The workshop was funded by the Swedish research council for sustainable development, Formas, and was organised by Helen Avery (CMES) and Chavia Ali (ip-ACIRR).CMES Masters

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/strategies-socially-and-environmentally-sustainable-futures-urgent-challenges-and-emerging - 2025-09-09

CMES Rola El-Husseini participated last week in the annual MESA meeting in New Orleans where she had co-organised a panel titled "Breaking Boundaries or Entrenching Old Ones? Post-Arab Spring Experiences of Women and Political Representation". She also presented a paper titled "Theorising State Feminism in the Arab World after the 2011 Uprisings." The papers of this panel explore in-depth the cont

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/breaking-boundaries-or-entrenching-old-ones-post-arab-spring-experiences-women-and-political - 2025-09-09

December 16, at 16 00-18 00 the author Maria F Malmström has invited four guests: Jessica Winegar, Nina Gren, Jonas Frykman, Anja Franck to talk about her book. Place: CMES Finngatan 16. Her recently released book ‘The streets are talking to me’ focuses on the sensory aspects of the Egyptian revolution. "This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical insights into the momentous ev

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/streets-are-talking-me-affective-fragments-sisis-egypt-book-talk - 2025-09-09

New article by CMES water researchers in the journal "IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters": Lake Urmia (LU) in northwestern Iran has largely shrunk over the last two decades. The emerged bare, salty soil could turn into a threatening new dust source for the densely populated region around it. Hossein Hashemi is one of the researchers from CMES/LTH: - To quantify LU as a dust source, we exam

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/dust-lake-urmia-threatening-densely-populated-region-iran - 2025-09-09

Islamism är ett brett fenomen med många uttrycksformer som måste förstås utifrån sin geografiska och historiska kontext. Det var huvudtesen när islamologen Torsten Janson, universitetslektor vid Centrum för Mellanösternstudier på Lunds universitet, nyligen höll föredrag i Hässleholms stadsbibliotek. Jansons exempel innefattar superhjältar i islamiska seriealbum såväl som Muslimska brödraskapets fö

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/islamolog-ger-svar-om-islamism-och-ibn-rushd-cmes-torsten-janson-hassleholm-newspaper - 2025-09-09

Försvinnanden och interneringar bland återvändande flyktingar i Syrien, främlingsfientlighet i grannländer och krigets fortgång skapar en omöjlig situation för flyktingarna. Läs Kholoud Mansours artikel om svårigheten att återvända till Syrien. Trycket på syriska flyktingar att återvända ökar. Främlingsfientlig retorik och ekonomisk stress gör deras tillvaro i grannländerna allt svårare. Men från

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/pest-eller-kolera-syrier-kan-inte-atervanda-hem-swedish-cmes-kholoud-mansour - 2025-09-09

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies is holding a conversation series on passion in relation to contemporary global politics, with a focus on the Middle East, North Africa and citizens in the Diaspora. Jessica Winegar is a sociocultural anthropologist.          How can we understand today’s global collective body of anxiety? The fear of the other? NEW TIME AND PLACE:December, 17, 2019: Jessica Wi

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-time-and-place-passion-and-global-politics-conversation-series-jessica-winegar - 2025-09-09

Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University Date: 11 November 2019, 1.00 PM - 2.30 PM Research seminar with Maria Malmström, Associate Professor at the Center for Middle Eastern, Lund University and Associate Research Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University, New York City. The Streets Are Talking to Me. Affective Fragments in Sisi's Egypt. Participants: Maria M

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-discussion-maria-malmstrom-streets-are-talking-me-affective-fragments-sisis-egypt - 2025-09-09

The magazine will be distributed to the faculties, FSI (Sektion Forskning, Samverkan och Innovation), External relations, LU's management, Bishop's House, Lund municipality via meetings, conferences etc. On page 12-15 you will find an article on Rola El Husseini´s research about gender and politics in the Middle East. WIDELY SPREAD AROUND THE WORLDIt will also be sent to Lärosäten Syd's office in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/printed-version-magazine-mission-possible - 2025-09-09

CMES Helen Avery attended the workshop Defending and Exhibiting Diversity in Syrian Museums, 29-31 October 2019. "Looking back to a rich history of the Middle Ages, medieval collections are an integral part of many Arab Museums. This is especially true for the Arab countries in Northern Africa and the Near East: From Morocco to Iraq there exist plenty of large and small, state owned and private mu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/defending-and-exhibiting-diversity-syrian-museums-beirut - 2025-09-09

Come and watch this film with us at November 4, at 4 pm! FIKA will be served here at 3 30 pm. The Seven Doors is a local story told from a universal perspective. Instead of foregrounding “our values”, it questions the status quo, and also makes inroads for imagining less cynical alternatives—to prioritize inclusion rather than exclusion, to find desirable paths rather than pointing out wrong paths

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/seven-doors-documentary-film-film-maker-and-researcher-mehmet-mim-kurt - 2025-09-09