Middle East

The UCLA political science professor talks empathy, soccer — and how little people know about the Middle East.

UCLA lecturer Kinda Al Rifae explores words that traveled from the Islamic Golden Age into modern English.

Campus groups will host a diverse lineup of events for the campus community during the observance month.

War with Iran won’t reshape the region the way America wants, says UCLA's Dalia Dassa Kaye, a senior fellow at the Burkle Center.

The visitors were recently honored by the U.S. government for advancing justice and human rights across the globe.

Medicine, activism and the arts at the center of events marking the month at UCLA

Alharthi is UCLA’s first international student to win the famed scholarship and the 13th recipient in the university’s history.

Screenings are free at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum between June 14 and 30.

Record rainfall across Dubai and the Arabian Peninsula is more likely the result of climate change than cloud seeding, says the UCLA climate scientist.

Beydoun, who has written several books on Islamophobia, cites UCLA Law’s Critical Race Studies program as pivotal in his development as an academic.

Q&A with Professor Kal Raustiala, whose new book illuminates the life and legacy of the only UCLA alumnus to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Members of the campus community can examine the events in Iran and the world reaction with leading scholars from the U.S. and Europe.

The collaboration between the Islamic studies program and UCLA Library continues to enrich the field and the world.

Forni comes to the Fowler after an accomplished tenure at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.

UCLA Professor Dov Waxman shares insights into the latest hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians.

UCLA experts say while it’s a positive step, real progress on countering stereotypes and building equity domestically and around the world will take much more work.

UCLA professor Dov Waxman looks ahead at the new administration’s possible approach to peace talks, the Iran deal and other issues.

A team of volunteers gathered hundreds of pounds of supplies — including masks, gurneys and robotic surgical arms — to assist those in need, now two months after the explosion.

Professor Aslı Bâli offers insight into activism in Turkey by way of a social media selfie trend.

Waxman is director of the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.

Dov Waxman says the the center should be known for world-class scholarship on Israel, and also known for its ability to bring different sides together.

Rivlin received the UCLA Israel Studies Award for his leadership promoting tolerance.

James Gelvin, UCLA professor of modern Middle Eastern history, on the consequences of President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria.

Haya Kaliounji founded the non-profit, Rise Again, which provides people wounded in the conflict in her home country with free prosthetic limbs.

UCLA’s Hanadi Elyan says its hugely important for filmmakers from the Arab world to tell the stories of the mothers, daughters, sisters that no one else is telling.