This course focuses on the history of the Middle East from the early twentieth century to the present ... the course will trace developments that include the creation of modern Arab nation-states, ...

I have been privileged to witness, first-hand, the remarkable evolution of Modern and contemporary art from the Middle East, and this book aims to share that journey with a wider audience.

In all these iterations, defending Islam was a principal, defining obligation of the state in a country thought to be paradigmatically modern and secular. She also draws on a wide sampling of evidence ...

Legend has it that the call to prayer once echoed across Middle Eastern cities as one of the few sounds breaking ... In recent years, a wave of modern architectural styles like Neo-Futurism has ...

RIYADH — The sudden collapse of the Assad regime in Syria opens the way to a new Middle East. This path will have to go through Saudi Arabia. A lot has to go right to realize the eternally ...

TURKEY became the Middle East’s most modern state in a generation and through the efforts of one man. Kemal Ataturk, a rough, hard-drinking neurotic who combined traces of Lincoln’s vision and ...

Countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore are forging strong economic ties with the Middle East. The UAE’s Comprehensive Economic ... Leveraging these historical connections in a modern ...