Brookings Doha Center

A poster of (R-L) Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, former Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi and Lebanese resistance leader and cleric Sheikh Ragheb Harb, is seen in between Iranian, Syrian, Lebanese and Hezbollah flags during Resistance and Liberation Day celebrations in Bint Jbeil May 25, 2014. The event commemorates the 14th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho A poster of (R-L) Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, former Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi and Lebanese resistance leader and cleric Sheikh Ragheb Harb, is seen in between Iranian, Syrian, Lebanese and Hezbollah flags during Resistance and Liberation Day celebrations in Bint Jbeil May 25, 2014. The event commemorates the 14th anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

How Iran used the Hezbollah model to dominate Iraq and Syria

Friday, March 30, 2018

Media freedom in the Middle East: Part I

12:00 PM - 2:30 PM AST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018.

Iran’s image in the West: Making believe

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Iraqi forces are seen after they captured Rawa town, the last remaining town under Islamic State control, Iraq November 17, 2017.

Fragility and resilience in Iraq

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Contemporary Politics in the Middle East

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM AST

Noha Aboueldahab Interview

Addressing women’s issues in the Middle East

Noha Aboueldahab

Friday, March 9, 2018

A teacher attends her class at the school in Hazema North Raqqa, Syria August 21, 2017. Picture taken August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra -

Happy (not so) International Women’s Day

Noha Aboueldahab

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Protesters shout slogans during a protest against the government on the first anniversary of the first free Tunisian election, in Tunis October 23, 2012. Tension has been growing between Islamists and secularists since the Islamist Ennahda Movement won an election after the toppling of secular autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali last year in the first of the "Arab Spring" uprisings. REUTERS/Anis Mili

Bandung’s legacy for the Arab Spring

By Noha Aboueldahab

2018

Politics in the Maghreb: Continuity or change?

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

People line up with empty canisters and bottles as they wait to collect filtered water in Toukh, El-Kalubia governorate northeast of Cairo, Egypt June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC15FDCAEB90

Egypt’s long-term stability and the role of the European Union

Adel Abdel Ghafar

Thursday, March 1, 2018