Middle East Studies Center

The Middle East Studies Center (MESC) is part of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at The American University in Cairo.

MESC supports research, teaching, and outreach across a range of disciplines. MESC administers the BA, Diploma and MA program in Middle East Studies, whose alumni span academia, the private sector, NGOs and government service. Through a variety of curricular and extracurricular activities, we aim to build on our international reputation and location as a natural hub for Middle Eastern studies. Our organization and participation in conferences, lectures, and workshops serve to present groundbreaking research on anthropology, religion, history, political science, economics, gender, law and literature.

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Forecasting the Middle East for 2023

January 30, 2023

"The trajectory of rising discontent driven by economic pressures is the other critical development to watch. Whether such discontent leads to a renewed wave of Arab-spring-like movements against incumbent regimes, or remains as isolated cases of protest is difficult to predict, however." Karim Haggag, professor of practice and director of Middle East Studies shares his views on forcasting the middle east for 2023.

Academics

AUC has been granting Bachelor of Arts in Middle East studies since 1974 and the Master of Arts since 1980 and you will find that many leading professors have taught at AUC sometime in the course of their careers. MESC supports research, teaching, and outreach across a range of disciplines. MESC administers the BA, Diploma and MA program in Middle East Studies, whose alumni span academia, the private sector, NGOs and government service.

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BA in Middle East Studies

Middle East Studies is an interdisciplinary program. Middle East Studies courses are taught by faculty members from Anthropology, Arabic Studies, Economics, History, Management, Political Science, and Sociology.

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Master of Arts in Middle East Studies

The program is designed to meet the needs of aspiring professionals who need in-depth knowledge of the modern Middle East as well as those intending to pursue an academic career.

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Graduate Diploma in Middle East Studies

The diploma program in Middle East Studies is designed to fill the need for familiarity with modern Middle Eastern culture and society, particularly for students who have not been exposed to an intensive study of the Middle East at the undergraduate level.

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