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Viewpoints Special Edition: The State of the Arts in the Middle East

 The State of the Arts in the Middle East

Art unlocks the imagination, compels us to think, and reveals and emphasizes non-negotiable as well as inconvenient truths. The Middle East and North Africa are bursting with artistic production in literature and the visual and performing arts. The 17 short essays comprising this volume are intended as a sampling of the rich and diverse menu of artists and artistic products in the contemporary Middle East.


Viewpoints Special Edition: The Legacy of Camp David, 1979-2009

The Legacy of Camp Daivd 1979-2009

This edition’s collection of 21 original essays explores the road to the Egyptian-Israeli peace accord and offers various perspectives on the fruits and limitations of this agreement as well as the role of the United States in fostering peace and cooperation between Egypt and Israel. This special edition of MEI's prestigious web-based Viewpoints series also includes primary documents, maps, a chronology, negotiators’ biographies, photos, and a selected bibliography.

Viewpoints Special Edition: The State of the Arts in the Middle East

 The State of the Arts in the Middle East

Art unlocks the imagination, compels us to think, and reveals and emphasizes non-negotiable as well as inconvenient truths. The Middle East and North Africa are bursting with artistic production in literature and the visual and performing arts. The 17 short essays comprising this volume are intended as a sampling of the rich and diverse menu of artists and artistic products in the contemporary Middle East.


Viewpoints Special Edition: The Legacy of Camp David, 1979-2009

The Legacy of Camp Daivd 1979-2009

This edition’s collection of 21 original essays explores the road to the Egyptian-Israeli peace accord and offers various perspectives on the fruits and limitations of this agreement as well as the role of the United States in fostering peace and cooperation between Egypt and Israel. This special edition of MEI's prestigious web-based Viewpoints series also includes primary documents, maps, a chronology, negotiators’ biographies, photos, and a selected bibliography.

 
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Unbalanced Reciprocities: Cooperation on Readmission in the Euro-Mediterranean Area

Readmission Agreements are a mechanism for countering illegal immigration. Such agreements involve reciprocal undertakings to return illegal residents (or irregular migrants) to their country of origin or transit. This special edition of MEI Viewpoints brings together extensive research on agreements between European and North African states.

 

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The State of the Arts in the Middle East: Volume VI: Creative Arab Women

Creative Arab Women is the sixth edition of the MEI Viewpoints series on the State of the Arts in the Middle East. The 14 essays in this collection offer a glimpse of the rich and varied cultural output of Arab women in the region and the diaspora. Partly reminiscences and partly calls to action, they are essays of survival and empowerment that add a deeply personal dimension to the subject of the role of Arab women as cultural producers.

 




Higher Education and the Middle East: Serving the Knowledge-based Economy

This is the first of three volumes examining the internationalization of higher education and the Middle East. The 12 essays included in this volume explore some of the changes that are taking place and the challenges that lie ahead as Middle Eastern countries seek to build sustainable higher education systems and strengthen their economies.



The State of the Arts in the Middle East: Volume V

This edition of MEI Viewpoints features essays that shed light on the relationship between artistic production and changing societal conditions and norms.

 



Sports and the Middle East

This special edition of MEI Viewpoints offers snapshots of sports and the Middle East.

 




 
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The Middle East Journal

The Middle East Journal, founded in 1947, is the oldest peer-reviewed scholarly journal of its kind, blending the best academic research with crucial policy analysis. Contributors have included most of the major names in both the scholarly and policy communities.

 

Policy Briefs

Policy Briefs are analytical writings from MEI scholars and other leading analysts on a broad range of issues beyond current events.

 

Encounters

Encounters are brief profiles of business or other leaders in the Middle East; or other vignettes from the field.

 

 
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