Middle East
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The Fateh Al-Khayr
Fahad Ahmad Bishara | Feb 25, 2021
The transnational history of the Fateh Al-Khayr, a pre-oil-era dhow, is in tension with its future as a symbol of Kuwait's national past. -
Slowing It Down
Alex Lichtenstein | Feb 24, 2021
The March issue of the AHR features the AHA presidential address, five full-length articles, two History Unclassified essays, reviews of video games... -
Grant of the Week: Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) Grants
Karen Lou | Feb 1, 2021
The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is now accepting applications for its Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) Grants. -
Sleep, Food, and Sex
Alex Lichtenstein | Sep 28, 2020
The October issue of the AHR features four research articles, a lively AHR Exchange, a roundtable review of a new... -
Abbas Husayn Hamdani (1926-2019)
Sumaiya Hamdani | Mar 20, 2020
Abbas Hamdani, historian of the Middle East and Islam, died on December 23, 2019. -
Learning from Afghanistan’s Independence
Faiz Ahmed | Nov 13, 2019
A country without a legal history? Think again. -
Were Soviet Tanks Deployed in Egypt 50 Years Ago?
Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez | Jun 11, 2018
Did the Soviet Union send Egypt an entire tank division during the War of Attrition against Israel in 1969-70? Isabella... -
Reframing Indigeneity
Sargon George Donabed and Daniel Joseph Tower | Jan 1, 2018
Media coverage of ISIS's destruction in Northern Iraq focused on Arabs and Kurds. But one group was mostly ignored. Why? -
AHA Member Spotlight: Mark Sedgwick
Matthew Keough | Dec 20, 2017
Mark Sedgwick is a professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. He researches the history of Sufism and rightist political thought. -
AHA Member Spotlight: Sara Scalenghe
Matthew Keough | Nov 28, 2017
Sara Scalenghe is an associate professor of history at Loyola University Maryland. Her research interests include Middle Eastern and disability history.
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