Middle Eastern Studies at Bard College

Tomorrow at @BardCollege —— 1:30 pm, OLIN Auditorium.

@Georgina__Lewis @BardCollege @ChraOsun No recording unfortunately.

@MES_Bard @BardCollege @ChraOsun Will it be recorded?

Next week, a lecture by Omer Bartov on Genocide at @BardCollege. April 9, 1:30 pm, OLIN Auditorium.

Two events with Egyptian poet, philosopher, film-maker, Safaa Fathy, today and tomorrow, at @BardCollege — join us in appreciation Fathy's singular work and thought.

In two days, we are proud to host Dr. Ali Musleh, the Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Fellow at The Center for Palestine Studies. Dr. Musleh will give a lecture titled "Virtual Gaza: Notes on Martial Design." Thursday March 14 @ 5 PM, RKC 103

Today at Bard College. 5:30 pm in RKC 103.

A huge congratulations to our faculty member, @daramadan of @BardCollege for being awarded The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for 2023 (@artswriters). 👏👏👏 artswriters.org/grant/grantees…

TODAY!

Continuing with our series of teach-ins, a Q&A on Gaza, Palestine, and Israel with amazing faculty from the college.

By popular demand, a second screening of The Dupes at 11:45 in WEIS Cinema—a film adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani's "Men in the Sun."

Tomorrow on Campus, two events organized by MES Faculty.

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The livestream link for tonight is: youtube.com/live/xoCEZhhpl… Broadcasting at 7pm EST.

Karim Kattan on Palestianians as political burden: “if only you could disinvite yourself from the world, if only you did not complicate the world with your existence, if only I did not have to talk to you, if only I did not have to listen to you, if only.” thebaffler.com/latest/at-the-…

Happening now: our colleagues from al-Quds Bard speak about their situation and how they are responding to Israeli war on Palestine.

Join us tomorrow for a screening of "The Dupes" المخدوعون directed by Tewfik Saleh, 1972 (Arabic with English subtitles)) adapted from Ghassan Kanafani's 1963 novel Men in the Sun November 1st, 7-9pm Weis Cinema

On Wednesday at 3:30 pm in RKC 103 Professors Pinar Kemerli, Ibrahim Elhoudaiby, and Ziad Dallal will speak about the Regional Reverberations of the War on Gaza.

On Tuesday at 5:15 PM in RKC 103: Nathan Thrall and Abed Salama will speak about Thrall's book A Day In The Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy.

Two more upcoming events about Palestine and Gaza next week. Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. ⬇️⬇️