The Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA) UC Santa Cruz is now on X! We'll be sharing upcoming events, a number of which will be on Zoom. Many exciting things are in store for the 2024-2025 academic year, so please follow us! The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz UCSC History

Looking forward to this hybrid discussion with Lisa Hajjar, Samia Errazzouki, باسل فراج Basil Farraj + others on the next MERIP issue: "Carceral Realities and Freedom Dreams." It will be held on Oct. 11th, 12pm (PST) at UCSB in conjunction with the @OrfaleaCenter + Security in Context.

Congratulations to UC Berkeley and Ussama Makdisi on the establishment of the May Ziadeh Chair in Palestinian and Arab Studies. CMENA is especially excited to host Prof. Makdisi at UCSC this spring! kqed.org/news/12003861/…

Yasmine Benabdallah, a CMENA graduate student, will be participating in a panel on "Dabke: Practice as Resistance" as part of the Second Symposium on MENACA Dances, Music, and Performing Arts on 24 October. Check out MENACA Dances, Music, and other Performing Arts to register. The UCSC Arts Division

One year after October 7th, join us for a conversation between Laleh Khalili 🇵🇸 (Exeter University) and Nidhi (UCSC) on the Yemeni naval blockade of the Red Sea in solidarity with Palestine. The event will be on Zoom (10am PST/ 1pm EST/ 6pm BST) + registration is required!

Did you know that CMENA has a minor? Learn a language (Arabic, Persian, or Hebrew) and study topics spanning from ancient Egypt to contemporary Palestine. See more info on course offerings ⬇️ or at our website: shorturl.at/j2EEI UC Santa Cruz The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz UCSC History

Congrats to CMENA faculty affiliate banu bargu, who has just published a new book with @Oxiunipress 🔥! She has also recently taken on a new role as the editor of Political Theory. 🎉 The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz @UCSCHumanities

We are looking forward to this talk on Wednesday, the inaugural event in a series on "Possibilities of Palestinian Refusal" at UCSC.

We are excited to be hosting M'hamed Oualdi and Shreya Parikh for a discussion on the study of race and racism in the Mediterranean from the 18th Century to the present. 24 February, 10 am (PST) on Zoom. We hope to see you then!

Our ♥️ Valentine’s Day surprise ! 📢 Cheb Nasro, one of the 💫 legends of “Romantic Raï,” will be coming to Santa Cruz for a concert on May 23rd at 7pm!! 🎶🇩🇿 🔥 Book your tickets through the Kuumbwa Jazz website (link in comments ⬇️). cheb nasro UC Santa Cruz The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz

A reminder that this crucially important conversation on race and racism in the Mediterranean will be happening this Monday!