Academics Middle East & North African Studies What's Happening What's Happening Get the latest news and updates related to Middle East & North African Studies at Denison University. Navigate Middle East & North African Studies About Degree Requirements Courses Faculty & Staff - All - Film Screenings 2023 Lectures & DiscussionsThe Palestinian Question: Presentation by Raef ZriekProfessor Raef Zriek, a human rights scholar, will be presenting on “The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question” on April 6, 2023Date: March 23, 2023 Film ScreeningsThird Annual Middle East Film FestivalDenison's Third Annual Middle East Film Festival in Herrick Hall on Thursdays at 6pm during the month of February.Date: January 30, 2023 2021 Awards & Honors2021 President's Medalist: Sara Abou RashedSara Abou Rashed: International Studies, English major and Middle East and North African Studies minor was selected as a 2021 President's Medalist.Date: May 26, 2021 Film Screenings16th Annual Human Rights Film FestivalFour films have been selected for this year's Human Rights Film Festival. Hosted in-person and virtually from Mar. 18 to Apr. 8.Date: March 1, 2021 Film ScreeningsFirst Annual Middle East Film FestivalTen Years to Arab Uprisings - Denison's First Annual Middle East Film FestivalDate: February 24, 2021 Denison Magazine Unlocking Potential: Adam Cromwell ’21Adam Cromwell ’21 looks at the role soccer plays in national identity.Date: January 1, 2021 2020 Featured News Sara Abou Rashed ’21 named Beinecke Scholar and Truman FinalistDenisonian Sara Abou Rashed ’21 is a 2020 Truman Finalist and one of 18 students nationwide to be awarded the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship.Date: April 24, 2020 2019 AlumniJimmy Fennessey ’19 gains Boren & Critical Language scholarshipsJimmy Fennessey ’19 has been awarded a prestigious Boren Scholarship to study in Jordan during the 2019-20 academic year.Date: July 25, 2019 Featured News Recent graduate awarded year-long fellowship to MoroccoDenison University graduate Laura Robinson has been awarded a year-long fellowship to Casablanca, Morocco.Date: July 16, 2019 Featured News Jordanian Ambassador shares insight to the Middle EastDenison University hosted Jordanian Ambassador Dina Kawar.Date: March 8, 2019 2018 Featured News Denison Launches Middle East and North African ProgramIn the fall of 2018, Denison University is commencing a new academic program, the Middle East & North African Studies (MENA) concentration.Date: August 27, 2018
Denison Magazine Unlocking Potential: Adam Cromwell ’21 Adam Cromwell ’21 looks at the role soccer plays in national identity.
Building Public Speaking Skills Hannah Bennet ’21 and Mohamed El-Sayed ’20 get great public speaking experience after a course that features a lot of listening.
Where We Go A Fulbright Connects a Student & Her Family History A Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Turkey gives Madina Khudaynazar ’19 an opportunity to revisit her own family’s roots.
How We Learn Learning by listening An Arabic class connects students with a local Arab-American community, providing opportunities to learn language and culture outside the classroom.
Where We Go Arabic: The cultural key to the Middle East Keylee Jones '16 is continuing her study of Arabic after graduation, thanks to a Critical Language Scholarship.
Lectures & Discussions The Palestinian Question: Presentation by Raef Zriek Professor Raef Zriek, a human rights scholar, will be presenting on “The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question” on April 6, 2023 Read more
Film Screenings Third Annual Middle East Film Festival Denison's Third Annual Middle East Film Festival in Herrick Hall on Thursdays at 6pm during the month of February. Read more
Awards & Honors 2021 President's Medalist: Sara Abou Rashed Sara Abou Rashed: International Studies, English major and Middle East and North African Studies minor was selected as a 2021 President's Medalist. Read more