The history of empire involves a confusion. In the minds of many, it is associated with European rule over large parts of the developing world that forever stains the reputation of the West. But ...

Human violence in the Middle East has ebbed and flowed since 12000 B.C., with spikes in the Copper and Iron ages and a lull in the Bronze Age, new research finds. When you purchase through links on ...

"'The World between Empires' presents a new perspective on the art and culture of the Middle East in the years 100 B.C.-A.D. 250, a time marked by the struggle for control by the Roman and Parthian ...

A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and political artifacts on Middle ...

Before Islam reshaped the Middle East, vast kingdoms, merchant empires, and warrior tribes ruled the sands. From the ...

Professors Güvenç and Evri co-taught an undergraduate course entitled Middle Eastern Cities this past Spring. They offer their shared reflections in this piece. Co-teaching this course at Brandeis ...

For centuries after the Crusades, when Europeans talked of their conflicts with Islam, they invariably referred to the Turks, not the Arabs. The Ottoman Turks had swept out of Central Asia during the ...

The major in Middle East studies provides students with the opportunity to deeply explore this region’s historical, political, social and cultural complexity. Broadly conceived, this geographical ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions have emerged in recent decades that attribute the rise and fall of ancient ...

Over the past year, mindful that I have been blessed to live under Oregon’s tranquil skies, I reflect upon the Palestinians and Lebanese who begin and end theirs days under skies fraught with drones ...

Scam artists rarely show the artistry of Ikbal and Idries Shah. Each made his life a fraudulent work of art: Ikbal (the father) as a political middleman between Britain and its Asian and Middle ...