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The Art of Speaking

Oral Storytelling Among Syrians in Jordan

By Catherine Cartier

Spring 2019

Fishy Business

Assessing Egypt's Growing Aquaculture Sector

By Ammar Plumber

Spring 2019

Poetic Propaganda

Al Qaeda's Acapella Anthems in Yemen and Beyond

By Tyler Brice Parker

Spring 2019

The Youth's Contribution to Civil Society and Democracy in MENA

By Sarmad Ishfaq

Spring 2019

Black Gold Under the Black Flag

How Oil Fueled ISIS

By Sean E. O'Brien

Fall 2018

Unfinished Identities

Expressions of Cosmopolitanism in Levantine Literature

By Sarya Baladi

Fall 2018 Issue

Foundations of Freedom

Democratic Endurance and Failure in Israel and Turkey

By Steven Varshavsky

Fall 2018 Issue

New Askar

A Photo Essay

By Cristina Taulet

Fall 2018 Issue

Amazigh Curators

Women's Role in Maintaining Morocco's Berber Culture

By Jenna Williams

Fall 2018 Issue

The Last Christians

A Photo Essay

By Andreas Knapp

Winter 2017 Issue

Nationalism Takes Flight

Emirati and Qatari Flag-Carrying Airlines as Instruments of Nationalist Expression

By Avi Colonomos

Winter 2017 Issue

Running Dry

The Impact of Syrian Migration on Water Demand in Northern Jordan

By Leah Beaulac

Winter 2017 Issue

Poetic Justice

Mahmoud Darwish's Vision of Palestinian-Israeli Coexistence in the Holy Land

By Muriel Leung

Spring 2017 Issue

The Empire Strikes Back

The Ottoman Empire in Contemporary Turkish Political Discourse

By Frances Fitzgerald

Spring 2017 Issue

Instruments of Exchange

The Impact of the Middle East on Western Music

By A.J. Naddaff

Spring 2017 Issue

Sunni Islam's Internal Ethnic Conflict

The Cognitive Dissonance Between Universal Faith and Ethnic Origination

By Dr. Patrick James Christian

Fall 2016 Issue

The Dubai Shopping Festival

Diversification in the Emirati Economy

By Anna Hess

Fall 2016 Issue

Pop Culture and Political Critique in Syria

How Khan al-Harir Denounced State Cronyism and Authoritarianism Under the Assad Regime

By Austin E. Gray

Fall 2016 Issue

From Terrorism to Political Participation

The Cases of Hamas and Islamic Jihad

By Rachel Mills

Spring 2016 Issue

Help Not Wanted

How Foreign Powers Impact the Duration of Civil War

By Emma Vitale

Spring 2016 Issue

Not Nearly Enough

Assessing the Humanitarian Response to Syria's War

By Erica Behrens

Spring 2016 Issue

Bridging East and West

A Book Review of "Samarkand" By Amin Maalouf, Translated by Russell Harris

By Michael Weston-Murphy

Spring 2016 Issue

The Evolution of Salafism

A History of Salafi Doctrines

by Fatima Mohie-Eldin

Fall 2015 Issue

The Battle against HIV/AIDS

Stigmatization and Government Policy in Morocco

by Kristen Swarts

Fall 2015 Issue

Institutional Power Vacuum

Prospects for Democractic Rule in Libya and Tunisia

by Dana Saraco

Fall 2015 Issue

The Islam of Sayyid Qutb

A Comparison to Classical Islamic Thought

by Megan Stewart

Spring 2015 Issue

The 1973 “Oil Weapon”

Turning a Regional Conflict into a Global Crisis

by Cristina Martin Ristori

Spring 2015 Issue

Covert Failure

U.S. Intelligence Failure Prior to the Iranian Revolution

by Julie Orenstein

Spring 2015 Issue

Cycle of Trauma

Syria’s History and Today’s Civil War

by Kelly Laughlin

Spring 2015 Issue

AL NOOR

The Undergraduate Middle Eastern Studies Journal of Boston College

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