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Women Transforming Societies: The Global Fight for Human Rights

Fatemeh Shams
Mar 14, 2023 at -

Professor Fatemeh Shams will be speaking at the Perry World House on March 14th to honor International Women's Day.

To read more about the event and RSVP, use this…



Solidarity and Strategy Meeting

Feb 10, 2023 at -

Join the Middle East Center Friday, February 10th at 5:00pm in Arch 108 for an event to strategize how to best support…



In Between: A Play Written and Performed by Ibrahim Miari

Ibrahim Miari, Lecturer in Foreign Languages, Hebrew
Dec 11, 2022 at -

Professor Ibrahim Miari performs his one-man show at the Penn Museum on Thursday, December 8th, at 7:00 PM. Tickets available at the Penn Museum, with discounted options for students and members.…



A ROUNDTABLE ON THE IRAN UPRISING

Silenced Voices and Political Struggle of Minority Groups in Iran and Diaspora
Dr. Fatemeh Shams, Moderator
Dec 9, 2022 at -

Join us for a vital discussion with women scholars and activists of minority groups from Iran to discuss their grienvances with--and positions…



In Between: A Play Written and Performed by Ibrahim Miari

Ibrahim Miari, Lecturer in Foreign Languages, Hebrew
Dec 8, 2022 at -

Professor Ibrahim Miari performs his one-man show at the Penn Museum on Thursday, December 8th, at 7:00 PM. Tickets available at the Penn Museum, with discounted options for students and members.…



A.B. Yehoshua Memorial Event

Nov 16, 2022 at -

You are invited to attend a memorial event for A.B. Yehoshua on November 16, 2022.

There will be a…



"A Thousand of Bread"

Excavations in a Temple Bakery of Egypt's Middle Kingdom and the Role of Bread Making in Ancient Egypt
Josef W. Wegner
Nov 14, 2022 at -

 

Bread and beer were the staple foodstuffs of Ancient Egypt. Although abundantly represented in artwork and texts, actual archaeological evidence for the techniques of production and…



My Great (and Short) Great-Grandfather Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Revival of the Hebrew Language

A Talk by Gil Hovav
Oct 25, 2022 at

Please join us for an exciting in-person public lecture about the revival of Modern Hebrew. The speaker is Gil Hovav, great-grandson of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. Ben-Yehuda was the driving force…



Middle East Film Festival Starts Today!

Sep 19, 2022 - Sep 23, 2022 at -

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How to Read a Cookbook: Cuisine and the Nation in Ottolenghi's London

Jan 31, 2022 at

Harry Eli Kashdan is a scholar of food culture and migration in the contemporary Mediterranean. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from University of Michigan, and was Lauro de Bosis Postdoctoral…