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Monday, 01 March 2021 11:21

E-lecture by Ahmad Jamil Azem on "Regional balance in the Middle East and the Palestinian Question"

E-lecture by Ahmad Jamil Azem on "Regional balance in the Middle East and the Palestinian Question"

regional balance lectureThe Centre for Mediterranean, Middle East and Islamic Studies (CEMMIS) of the University of the Peloponnese organises an e-lecture by Dr. Ahmad Jamil Azem, member of the PLO Palestinian Central council, and Chief Editor of the PLO Journal Shuun Falistaniyyah (Palestinian Affairs) on:

 

 

 

 

"Regional balance in the Middle East and the Palestinian Question"

 

Both the e-lecture and the discussion will be conducted in English. 

 


The online event will take place on Monday, March 22 (6:30 p.m.).

You can join the discussion by clicking on the following link: 

https://pedis.webex.com/pedis/onstage/g.php?MTID=e50ef9f16f944009fec618356f420bc18 

or you may also watch it on our youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUO_4OiDF7HSen5wLUFRYzA

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Sunday, 12 April 2020 12:24

Rolf Steininger, Germany and the Middle East: From Kaiser Wilhelm II to Angela Merkel, Berghahn Books, 2019

Rolf Steininger, Germany and the Middle East: From Kaiser Wilhelm II to Angela Merkel, Berghahn Books, 2019

Rolf Steininger’s diminutive book is a welcome addition to anglophone literature on Germany’s Middle Eastern involvement. It is addressed more to the layman than the specialized scholar, but that does nothing to detract from its status as a compact summation of the country’s regional role after its 19th century unification. The author states as much in the introduction, where he alludes to the book as an amalgamation and recapitulation of serious recent work on the topic. Summaries are often viewed as rehashings of the commonplace. Yet in their sober, distantiated approach they can also serve as reminders and enlighteners of the neglected. Steininger manages to do just that.

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Saturday, 16 November 2019 11:01

Transcending sectarianism and pursuing change: an “Iraqi Autumn”?

Transcending sectarianism and pursuing change: an “Iraqi Autumn”?

iraq protestsThe October 2019 protests that took place in Iraq resulted in hundreds of casualties and thousands of injuries reported. The protesters mainly reclaim dignified life conditions, higher employment rates and a political system liberated from corruption and external interference. The identity of the protests is not the usual one and the nature of the protesters’ demands also seems to be changing. The authorities had a spasmodic response launching an excessive wave of violence and exposing the government. However, various state and non-state actors participated in the protests and contributed each one in its way.

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Thursday, 27 June 2019 19:27

CRPME Report on Religious Pluralism in the Middle East | No.6

CRPME Report on Religious Pluralism in the Middle East | No.6

crpme report 2Executive Summary

The CRPME report is addressing main features and challenges regarding religious pluralism in the Middle East during the first half of 2018. The region of focus includes the countries of Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Lebanon and the Maghreb region with an added emphasis on each country’s institutional framework. The aim of the report is, on the one hand, to pinpoint the challenges related to religious pluralism in the region. On the other hand, it strives to highlight positive state and community initiatives that promote religious co-existence and pluralism. The documentation work leading to the report reflects the research already published on the CRPME site, which is being constantly updated with the developments regarding the religious communities in the region. It is, thus, neither exhaustive nor discursive in covering all the relevant events but it focuses on the events that could reveal certain issues, trends, continuities and discontinuities.

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Thursday, 27 June 2019 19:24

CRPME Special Report | No.5 | 2nd Athens International Conference on Religious and Cultural Pluralism & Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East

CRPME Special Report | No.5 | 2nd Athens International Conference on Religious and Cultural Pluralism & Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East

crpme report 5Executive Summary

The objective of this report is to highlight the main themes featured in the speeches of the participants of the 2nd Athens International Conference on “Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East”, which took place from 30 to 31 October 2017. The conference aimed at overviewing main features and developments of religious pluralism in the Middle East in the past two years and proposed positive initiatives to promote religious coexistence and pluralism in the region.

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Thursday, 27 June 2019 19:21

CRPME Report on Religious Pluralism in the Middle East | No.4

CRPME Report on Religious Pluralism in the Middle East | No.4

crpme report 4Executive Summary

The objective of the report is addressing the main developments concerning religious pluralism in the Middle East and highlighting the challenges that religious coexistence faces in the region. Building on the findings of the previous three CRPME reports, the analysis at hand focuses on featuring events and phenomena that have occurred in the past six months. The region covered includes Iraq and Syria, Egypt, Turkey and the Gulf Arab states. Additionally, the analysis of foreign actors’ humanitarian and diplomatic efforts vis-à-vis religious minorities in the Middle East is also part of this study. The documentation work carried out by the CRPME and published on the centre’s website serves as the basis for the report and is an ongoing endeavour, aiming at providing continuous updates on the state of religious pluralism in the Middle East. The findings presented, therefore, are not exhaustive, but highlight main trends and continuities.

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Thursday, 27 June 2019 19:19

CRPME Report on Religious Pluralism in the Middle East | No.3

CRPME Report on Religious Pluralism in the Middle East | No.3

crpme report 3Executive Summary

The CRPME report is addressing main features and challenges regarding religious pluralism in the Middle East during the second half of 2016. The region of focus includes the countries of Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt and Morocco. The aim of the report is, on the one hand, to pinpoint the challenges related to religious pluralism faces in the region. On the other hand, it strives to highlight positive state and community initiatives that promote religious co-existence and pluralism. The documentation work leading to the report reflects the research already published on the CRPME site, which is being constantly updated with the developments regarding the religious communities in the region. It is, thus, neither exhaustive nor discursive in covering all the relevant events but it focuses on the events that could reveal certain issues, trends, continuities and discontinuities.

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Thursday, 27 June 2019 19:16

CRPME Special Report | No.2 | Untying the Knots of Religious Diversity in Iraqi Kurdistan: Deploying Pluralism against Barbarism

CRPME Special Report | No.2 | Untying the Knots of Religious Diversity in Iraqi Kurdistan: Deploying Pluralism against Barbarism

crpme report 2Executive Summary

§ Beside the threat of ISIS, Iraqi Kurdistan is facing deep political and economic crisis that have negative implications on religious pluralism, particularly, in the face of uncertainty after the liberation of Mosul and the broader region of Nineveh.

§ The work of KRG and, more specifically, the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs, in conjunction with various initiatives from representatives of different communities in the Ministry are noteworthy. Law 5 of 2015 for the ‘Protection of the Components [Minorities] of Kurdistan’ is one of the fruits of their efforts. This promising, albeit limited, work shows the intention of KRG to create an environment of religious tolerance, which (will) distinguish it from the rest of Iraq and the wider region. This view, however, is not always shared by the politico-religious leadership and the members of the communities, who often portray these changes as merely cosmetic.

§ The religious and ethnic communities are alarmingly fragmented and are mired by inner-communal disagreements. The divide is not only across religious/doctrinal lines, but also political ones. A basic factor is the polarization driven by the conflict between KRG and the central government of Iraq.

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Thursday, 27 June 2019 19:07

CRPME Report on Religious Pluralism in the Middle East | No.1

CRPME Report on Religious Pluralism in the Middle East | No.1

crpme report 1Executive Summary

The report is addressing main features and challenges of religious pluralism in the Middle East in the last six months. The region covered is mostly the Middle East including the Arabian Peninsula. Sometimes it may also include countries of the Maghreb, when there are developments of particular interest. The report is focusing on the great challenges religious pluralism faces in the region but, at the same time, it is highlighting positive state and community initiatives that promote religious co-existence and pluralism. The documentation work leading to the report reflects the research already posted in the Centre’s website, which is being constantly updated with the developments regarding the religious communities in the region. It is, thus, neither exhaustive nor discursive in covering all the relevant events but it focuses on the events that could reveal certain issues, trends, continuities and discontinuities.

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Saturday, 15 June 2019 14:00

Religious Pluralism in the Middle East: the Canary in the Coal Mine | Middle East Bulletin 36

Religious Pluralism in the Middle East: the Canary in the Coal Mine | Middle East Bulletin 36
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