Susan Lindee said it best on the importance of #UPennNuclearConf's final panel:"It is nuclear history from below. Who does the work, who’s towns and work will be destroyed. The set of winners are different than the losers- and what does that tell us about how these systems work?"

This marks the end of a historic 3-day international conference on Nuclear Issues in the Middle East and North Africa! We are so grateful to our planning committee, cosponsors, and attendees for making this an engaging and insightful experience!

It’s been an immense privilege to spend the last 3 days hosting this landmark conference on nuclear issues in the Middle East — featuring a conversation with Ambassador Nabil Fahmy. SO grateful to everyone who made it possible #UPennNuclearConf Penn Arts & Sciences Penn Global

Nabil Fahmy, a career diplomat whose roles have included foreign minister of Egypt and Egyptian ambassador to the U.S., spoke on campus about the state of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in the Middle East in a keynote speech at UPenn MEC. bit.ly/4111lsM

Nabil Fahmy, a career diplomat whose roles have included foreign minister of Egypt and Egyptian ambassador to the U.S., spoke on campus about the state of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in the Middle East in a keynote speech at UPenn MEC. bit.ly/4111lsM

Following Turkey's recent election resulting in the extension of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authoritarian rule, Penn Today discussed the global implications with UPenn MEC's Harun Küçük. Read here: penntoday.upenn.edu/news/harun-kuc…

The faculty director of UPenn MEC shares some takeaways from the Turkish runoff elections and what five more years of Erdogan means for Turkey and the world. bit.ly/43KZLgH

In Penn Today, B. Harun Küçük, director of UPenn MEC and an assoc. prof. in History and Sociology of Science, shares thoughts on Turkey’s runoff elections and the implications of five more years of Erdogan. bit.ly/43KZLgH

I am deeply saddened to hear of the death of Thomas Naff, whom I never had the privilege of meeting, but whose enormous shoes, impossible to fill, have never been far from my mind since I started at UPenn MEC in 2018. 1/

The Middle East Center sends its deepest sympathy to the family and loved ones of Dr. Thomas Naff. Naff served as Director of the Middle East Center from 1967 to 1983. Please visit our website to read the full announcement: mec.sas.upenn.edu/news/2023/08/1….

Thrilled to be topic director of Wolf Humanities Center’ forum on REVOLUTION! Check out our calendar of events and this brilliant group of fellows: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/annual-topics/…

Philly folks: I’m coming to town to talk about my book, “On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus” (Harvard University Press). My talk will be at UPenn MEC on November 7 at 5:30 PM. More info at the link below. Hope to see you there! mec.sas.upenn.edu/events/2023/11…

Our executive director writes in today’s The New York Times on the death of Ebrahim Raisi

It’s not all doom and gloom. My piece in today’s ⁦The New York Times⁩ argues that Trump might just do the ultimate deal with Iran: nytimes.com/2024/12/06/opi… via @NYTOpinion