CMES Comments

CMES Comments is CMES' academic blog, featuring analysis and contributions from Middle Eastern studies students and faculty. 

Featured Articles:
Young Fred Donner in Syria
Majalla Magazine interview with Fred Donner مقابلة مع الأستاذ فريد دونر
by Hannah Porter
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Yawmiyyat Sha‘b Filastini: Hayyat Sami ‘Amr, 1941-1945 (The Diary of a Young Palestinian: The Life of Sami ‘Amr, 1941-1945)
by Kimberly Katz
Muhammad Abd al-Majid
Muhammad Abd al-Majid Hilmi, the 1920s King of Gossip, and His Enemies
by Raphael Cormack
Boxing in Israel
“The only place where an Arab can hit a Jew and get a medal for that”
by Tamir Sorek
Kurds Celebrate Referendum September 2017
Minorities and the Kurdish Referendum
by Alda Benjamen
Al-Biruni illustration of moon phases and eclipse
The Solar Eclipse in Islamic Tradition
Picture of Lime Balla, Righteous of Nations
Fighting Nazis, Middle Eastern and Islamic Style
by Orit Bashkin