LSE Middle East Centre Podcast
1) Youth Protests and the Future of Reform in Morocco
In September, a wave of protests emerged in Morocco led by the country's youth, known as GenZ 212. Since September, 3 people have been killed and 400 arrested according to Amnesty International. Trigg...Show More
2) Making Aid Work: Dueling with Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East and North Africa
With hardening authoritarianism and state capture by militias exacerbating the challenges faced by providers of development and political aid across the Middle East and North Africa, how can aid be ma...Show More
3) Paths Made by Walking: The Work of Howzevi Women in Iran
This event was the launch of 'Paths Made by Walking: The Work of Howzevi Women in Iran' by Amina Tawasil. This groundbreaking ethnography on Iranian howzevi (seminarian) women reveals how ideologies ...Show More
4) The Kurdish Issue in the Middle East's New Turning Point
This keynote lecture delivered by Professor Hamit Bozarslan took place during the Kurdish Studies Conference organised by the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Re...Show More
5) Kurdish Justice in Northeast Syria
This talk delivered by Professor René Provost explored important lessons on the promises and limits of non-state justice in conflict zones, specifically looking at the Kurdish-dominated Democratic Aut...Show More
6) Charles Tripp and the Comparative Politics of the Middle East
This event celebrated the work of Professor Charles Tripp through a new edited volume by Toby Dodge, Daniel Neep and Ali Ansari. The work of Charles Tripp – professor at SOAS University of London for...Show More
7) From Past and Present to Future: Finding a Positive Path between Ideals and Possibilities in Yemen
What does Yemen’s political, economic and social history and experience tell us about what is realistic for the coming decade and beyond? This keynote lecture delivered by writer and researcher Helen ...Show More
8) Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State
This event was the launch of Seçkin Sertdemir's latest book 'Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State' published by Cambridge University Press. What does it ...Show More
9) Women and Work in MENA And South Asia: Puzzles, Paradoxes and Policy Challenges
This event, co-organised with the Department of International Development at LSE, was a discussion with Professor Naila Kabeer and Professor Ragui Assaad based on their co-authored report 'Women's Acc...Show More
10) Iraq’s Economy between the US and Iran: Perceptions and Realities
This event disseminated the findings of a series of papers produced for the LSE Middle East Centre by Ahmed Tabaqchali exploring the economic and financial interactions of the Iraqi economy with the o...Show More