2023 Paper PresentationsA Cry from the Earthquake Zone: Turkish State Capacity in Question Abu Mazen's Presidency: A Mix of Transactional and Transformational Leadership Addressing Teenage Pregnancy and Related Public Health Issues in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlements in Uganda Alternative Urban Designs: Planning, Economics, and Politics in the Shaping of the East Sulaibikhat Neighborhood Unit in Kuwait An Age of Hate—The Tunisian Jews During the Holocaust An Entangled History and Memory: Jewish Celebration of Abrahamic Tradition and Longing for Jerusalem in Arabic Poetry from the Cairo Genizah An In-Depth Exploration of the Utilization of Emerging Neurotechnologies in Terrorist Rehabilitation Programs An Overview of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi's Understanding of Tyranny Analyzing Iran's Minoritized National Communities Through the Framework of the Security-Development Nexus and the Jina Mahsa Amini Protests Anti-Jewish Hate-Speech under Mubarak Reexamined Anti-Semitism and Fascism in Africa: The Danger of Oromumma in Ethiopia Between Separatism and Integration: Examining the Persistence and Moderation of Self-Determination Movements in Yemen and Turkey Bilingualism and Script-switching in a Poet's Notebook from the Genizah Boundaries of Ethnic and Diasporic Identities: Armenian Communities in New York and Toronto By the Numbers and from their Own Voices: Identifying and Explaining Pathways to Students' Thriving at a Public University in Benin Can Foreign Economic Engagement Legitimate Autocracy? How China's Belt and Road Initiative is Shaping the Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa Can "The Whole World" be Wrong? Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism and Global Jihad Canteen Chronicles: Conscription and Civil-Military Relations in Post-War Egypt Change in Religious Practice Within the Context of an Alevi-Bektashi Tradition Civil-Military Relations and the Politics of the Personalist Coup: The Sierra Leone Experience, 1971 Commanders in Chain: Electoral Dynamics and Diversionary Use of Force Constructing the Zionist Fiend at Counterpunch "Destruction of Noxious Beast": Conservation, Ox-Plowing, and Late British Colonial Rule in The Gambia, West Africa Dissension in the Baha'i Faith: How some Baha'is rejected the Guardianship of Shoghi Effendi Does it Matter for Africa with Whom it Trades? Estimations of the Impacts of Africa's Trade with the EU and China on Corruption Ending a War with No End: Revisiting Khomeini's Decision to Finish the War with Iraq Ethnicity in Israeli Foreign Policy Opinion European Jewish Refugees in Shanghai Between 1933 and 1939 Explaining a State Status Quo and Non State Revisionist Dynamic: The Case of the Conflict Between Hamas and Israel 2007 - 2019 For the Homeland: Army Formation in the Haganah through the Israeli War of Independence Forging Ethno-nationalism in Tigray (1943 - 1975) From Arab-Israeli Conflict to Arab-Israeli Integration: A New Textbook for Understanding the Contemporary Middle East From Auschwitz to Biafra and Beyond: Africanization of the Holocaust, With a Focus on Nigeria and Cameroon Greek-Turkish Rapprochement: Disaster Diplomacy, Normalization or a New Thinking in Eastern Mediterranean Harnessing Women's Productive Capacities for Inclusive Economic Growth in Africa: The Case of Rwanda and Tanzania Hashtags & Holy Texts: A Social Network Analysis of Anti-Feminist Discourses and the Religious History from the Margin: Indigenous African Women as Missionaries, Preachers, Evangelists, and Receivers of Christianity in the Interactions of Niger Missions in the Middle Belt States of Nigeria from 1860-1930 How BRICS and China are Changing the Geoeconomic and Political Landscape of the Middle East: Dedollarization and its Consequences How Jordan Makes Policy: Policy Learning and the Evolution of the Refugee Policy Response How to Think About the Muslim/Arab Conquests In Search of a Strategic Ally—Saudi Arabia—China Rapprochement and its Foundations Institutions, Discourse, and Violence: The “Amhara Settler” Trope in Ethiopia's Ethnic Federalism Iran, Religious Agents, and the People: Voices from Khuzestan Iran’s Foreign Policy in Central Asia: Pragmatism Over Ideology Is Governance Through Reconstruction and Development, a New Paradigm Shift in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)? Is the Genie still in the Bottle? Risk of a new wave of Nuclearization in the post-JCPOA Middle East Islamist Antisemitism in the United States Israel in the Middle East - From the Margins to the Center Jerusalem After the Holocaust Jewish Emigration from Shanghai to Israel in the Post-WWII Period Language Maintenance in Kabyle-Tamazight: Social Consensus and Policy Victories Mission Creep and Politicization in Middle East National Resource Centers Mosque Construction as Nation-Building: The Case of Turkey New Normal of MENA: Are Thaws Strong Enough to Think Beyond Hedging? Newroz (New Day)? Saddam Hussein's Arabization of Iraqi Kurdistan, 1975-1979 Normalization as Strategic Hedging. Explaining the Recent Wave of Rapprochements in the MENA Region North Korean Support to Iran's Proxy Partners Operation AJAX Revisited: US-Iran Relations in Light of Recently Declassified CIA Sources Pluralism and Crisis of Democracy in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Politics of Disassimilation Presidential Candidate Policy Preferences in Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal Public Opinion Toward Normalization with Israel: The View from the Arab World Redefining the North African City: Villes Nouvelles in Algiers and Tunis Religion and Public Health in Africa Re-Patriating a Nation? The Paradigm of the “Soldier-Hero” Ressentiment Politics and Emancipation Discourses of National Minorities in Iran: Analyzing the Discourses of Azerbaijanis from a Critical Perspective Rethinking Money: How Bitcoin Could Transform Lebanon's Post-Crisis Financial System Rethinking the Transition to Malawi's Second Wave of Democracy: National and Transnational Forces Revisiting the Kurdish Opening in Turkey: Dual State Strategy and Territorial Control Re-exploring Civil-Military Relations in the Middle East and North Africa Scrapping-By: Farmer-Miner Conflicts and Threats to Customary Land Tenure in Post-Colonial Zimbabwe Strategic Culture and Ivory Spies: Iranian and Chinese Influence Operations in Academia Terrorism and Resilience in the Lake Chad Basin: How At-Risk Communities Protect Themselves The 1834 Assassination of Saudi Imām Turkī, As Told by Ibn Bishr The 2023 Constitutional-Judicial Discourse in Israel as Another Occurrence of the Liberal-Republican Ethos Clash in Israeli Society The Al Aqsa Intifada in Perspective "The Arab-Israelite conquest": Biblical models and the historiography of the Arab-Islamic expansion The Biopolitics of Material Cultures: Unearthing the Artistic Traditions of Representing Female Agency in the Smithsonian Collection of Luba Tribal Objects The Challenge of Legitimacy and Governance in Afghanistan The Challenges and Opportunities of Religious Diaspora Advocacy: The Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Community in North America as a Case Study The Concept of al-ʿudhr bi-l-jahl in Salafī Islam The Consolidation of Power in Shaykhism and Babism "The Democracy of the Stomach": Historicizing Soldier Complaints and National Security in Colonial Nigeria (1944-1960) The Early Years of Rashid Karami: East or West? From Accession as Za'im to Lebanon's 1958 Civil War The Fine Art of Popularization: Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb as a Reader of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya The Future of the US-Israel Relations: Less Emotional, More Strategic—and Durable? The Ideological Foundation of the African Jihadist Group Boko Haram The Impact of Non-Contextualized Technology Upon Self-Learning and System Management in Zambia, Africa The Impact of the Saudi-Iranian Rapprochement on the United States Interests in the Middle East The Islamist Component in the Igbo Genocide in Nigeria and Biafra The Myth of “Zaim”/ “Zuema”: Revisiting the Lebanese Elite Terminology in 1950s The Nexus of Migration, Energy Development, Climate Change, and Political (In)stability in Algeria The Ottoman Empire and its Legacies: Reconsideration and Decolonization of Islamicate Sexualities The Protection of Women from Cyber Blackmail in Arab Countries in the Light of International Human Rights Law The Question of Palestine in the Context of State-Ulema Relations in Iran, 1947 - 1949 The Question of the Financial Reform of Iran—Geopolitical Interests and Modernization During the Late Qajar Era The Recent Wave of Military Coups in West Africa. Three causes. Two consequences The Rise and Fall of Israel's Anti-Apartheid Policy: The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) and its Relations with Israel During the 1960s The Role of Disease in French Colonial Warfare in Africa 1830-1914 The Role of Proxy Warfare and Missile Proliferation in Iran's Shia Imamate Project The Rooftop: A Culture-Specific Feminine Space in Morocco The Russian National Narrative Through Its Middle Eastern Politics: The Syrian Case The Tripartite Motivational Structure for Violent Extremism and Terrorism The United States, the Middle East, and the Language of Force The US Trade Capacity Building Assistance and Its Impact on Recipients Capacity Building: The Case of Middle East and African Countries The Young generation in the Arab society in Israel - (The Arab Woman in Israel in a Tight Spot: Academia and Career Versus Marriage and Family) To Politicize or to Depoliticize? The Politics of the Language Classroom Uganda, Invisible Children Inc. and the United States' Role in Countering the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Understanding AI Adoption in African Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Policy, Practice, and Content Delivery Visualizing TRT World's Agenda: Analyzing Turkey's Public Diplomacy on Instagram What do the Kurds in Turkey Want Now? Public and Private Perceptions on Autonomy and Secession in Istanbul and the Southeast What Do We Mean by Sharia Government? What Should We Do with the Gaza Strip? Proposals and Plans, 1949-1957 Why Do Some Small States Try to Change the World? Role of Weak Nationalism and Revolutionary Foreign Policy Worse than Jahiliyya? The Jew as the Muslim’s Nemesis in Sayyid Qutb’s Thought Poster PresentationsAddressing Teenage Pregnancy and Related Public Health Issues in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlements in Uganda Foreign Policy of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria: A Study in Survival Iranian Nationalism and Invented Traditions: A Comparative Study of Pahlavi’s Shiraz and Islamic Republic’s Karbala Mahsa Amini: Explaining Windows of Opportunity for Political Protests in Authoritarian Countries Renewable Energy Prospects and Policies in the Middle East: Opportunities and Challenges The Pandemic and Terrorism: A Comparative Study of Terrorist Narratives during the COVID-19 Pandemic The Road to Peace in the Middle East: Understanding Cultural Differences Who Is My Enemy? |