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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 14h

Meet Tamara Ashkar, our student spotlight from the class of 2028! At the Kevorkian Center, Tamara is exploring questions about state formation, migration patterns, citizenship rights, and collective identity in the modern Middle East. Welcome, Tamara!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks to our NYU co-sponsors @nyufsjp.bsky.social, the Program in International Relations, the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, and the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Department!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 18h

Join us for a panel discussion, From Yafa to Gaza: Tracing Displacement, Envisioning Return, co-organized by Zochrot! 📆 Thu, Oct. 13 | 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM 🎤 Maya Yavin, Haya Abu Warda & Jamil Dakwar 📍 Kevorkian Center | 255 Sullivan St 🎟️ Open to the public w/ RSVP 🖇️ buff.ly/ZO6I92c

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Join us for a film screening of "Frontiers of Dreams & Fears" & panel discussion on how reclaiming Palestinian agency in stories can shift policy. 📆 Thu, Oct. 15 | 5:30 PM – 8 PM 🎤 Inès Abdel Razek & Nour Chamoun 📍 Kevorkian Center | 255 Sullivan St 🎟️ Open to the public w/ RSVP 🖇️ buff.ly/ZO6I92c

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congrats to our 1st year GLOJO-Near East student, Yezen Saadah, for interning w/ @zeteo.com for Fall 2026. He fact-checks essays by regular contributors, provides background research for long-form interviews & podcasts, and works on the weekly column, "This Week in Palestine." Well done, Yezen!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

***POSTPONED*** Stay tuned for updates on when and where!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don't miss the NYU Migration Network Annual Conference next Wed, Oct. 7! Open to the public w/ registration: buff.ly/F3170kc

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Applications for the Near Eastern Studies MA are now open! Join our virtual open houses on Oct. 29 and Dec. 3 with Assistant Director Fidele Harfouche, Comms & Program Admin Dounya Alami-Nassif, and Director of Grad Studies & Clinical Associate Jared McCormick. 🖇️ Registration: buff.ly/NNDnNon

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

REMINDER: Register for the next webinar in the Archives in Dialogue series: Boxes, Bunkers, and Preservation in Times of Precarity on [10/14] at 12 PM EDT! buff.ly/XqjYKPD

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meet Abbie Bowden, our student spotlight from the class of 2028! During her time at the Kevorkian Center, she is interested in exploring the flow of knowledge across the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages, hoping to bridge her knowledge of Medieval French with Classical Arabic. Welcome, Abbie!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Have you registered yet for ISI's next event on Thu, Oct. 8 at 5:30 PM? Save your spot: buff.ly/hSFfWYi

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A special thank you to our CUNY co-sponsors, the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, the Center for the Humanities Lost and Found Initiative, and the Hunter College Arabic Program.

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you to all who participated in and attended this engaging book talk, “Cultural Co-Resistance in Palestine/Israel: Presented by Hana Morgenstern in Conversation with Ammiel Alcalay," yesterday September 24, 2026.

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today [9.25.26] at 12:30 PM (EDT)! buff.ly/IL7FQXy

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Check out Combat Breathing, starting October 1st! Combat Breathing is a multi-site platform, spanning film and video screenings, critical discussions, and focused study sessions that will take place throughout October. 📆 Oct 1-31 | 6:30 PM-8:15 PM 🖇️ See the schedule & for tickets: buff.ly/mVdQBF6

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today [9.24.26] at 5:30 PM (EDT)! buff.ly/tdWutHT

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Did you know the New York Kurdish Festival (NYKFF) will celebrate its landmark 10th edition this year? And we're a proud co-sponsor! 📆 September 29 - October 4, 2026 🎤 Schedule on the NYKFF website 📍 Village East by Angelika 🎟️ Open to the public 🖇️ buff.ly/VRywvdZ

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

REMINDER: Mark your calendar for NYU Migration Network's AI & Immigration Policy 2026 Conference [10/7] from 9:30 AM - 5 PM! buff.ly/F3170kc

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Meet Sobh Saeed Rid, our student spotlight from the class of 2028 💫 As a Falak Sufi fellow, she is interested in exploring questions of gender, language politics and cultural identity across the Near East and South Asia through both scholarly research and narrative journalism. Welcome, Sobh!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

REMINDER: Don't miss "The Dialectics of Infrastructural Power" with Burçe Çelik this week [9/25] at 12:30 PM! buff.ly/IL7FQXy

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The Dialectics of Infrastructural Powers

Burçe Çelik (Loughborough University London)

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Join us this week for the event "Cultural Co-Resistance in Palestine/Israel: Presented by Hana Morgenstern in Conversation with Ammiel Alcalay" at 5:30 PM in the Kevorkian Center! buff.ly/tdWutHT

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Don't miss out on NYU's CRACS Co-Lab Speakers Series event, "The Dialectics of Infrastructural Power" with Burçe Çelik. 📆 Sept. 25 | 12:30 PM - 2 PM 🎤 Burçe Çelik (Loughborough University London) 📍 196 Mercer St, Fl 8, Conference Room 🎟️ Open to public w/ RSVP 🖇️ buff.ly/IL7FQXy

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This event is co-sponsored by: The Flaherty Film Seminar, The Liberal Studies Global Media Lab, The Iranian Studies Initiative, The Center for Media, Culture and History, and The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Come and watch “What is Recorded and What is Erased,” a film program by @MaryamTafakory. 📆 Oct. 14 | 7 PM 🎤 @tafakory.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk) 📍 36 E 8th St 🎟️ Open to public w/ RSVP: buff.ly/PQRNRfm

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On September 15, 2026, we started the year with our Back to School Gathering, bringing together students, faculty, & staff from the Kevorkian Center & the Middle East & Islamic Studies Department. Thanks to all who showed up. Here’s to building & thriving together this year!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Meet Yezen Saadeh, our student spotlight from the class of 2028 💫 Yezen is a student in the Near Eastern Studies and Global Journalism program. His writing has appeared in the Institute for Palestine Studies, @forbes.com, Palestine in America, and Jordan News in Amman, Jordan. Welcome Yezen!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Register now for the 2026 NYU Migration Network Annual Conference! 📆 October 7, 2026 | 9:30 AM - 5 PM 🎤 Welcome address: Clay Shirky & Natasha Iskander (NYU). Speakers' list on our website. 📍 105 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003 🎟️ Open to public w/ registration 🖇️ buff.ly/F3170kc

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

REMINDER: NYU's Add/Drop deadline is Tue, Sept. 15! Still looking for a class? Consider Critical Thinking with AI: Media, Knowledge & Power in the Middle East! Click through for more info:

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

REMINDER: NYU's Add/Drop deadline is Tue, Sept. 15! Still looking for a class? Consider Revolutions & Research Methods! Click through for more info:

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join Iranian Studies Initiative for a panel on "Reading Across Borders & Worlds: Global & Comparative Perspectives on Modern Persian Literature." 📆 Oct. 8 | 5:30 PM 📍 Kevorkian Center & on Zoom 🎤 @amir-moosavi.bsky.social, Atefeh Akbari, @sinanantoon.bsky.social 🎟️ RSVP: buff.ly/hSFfWYi

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join us for a timely and important conversation on Cultural Co-Resistance in Palestine/Israel! 📆 Sept. 24, 2026 | 5:30PM – 7:30PM 🎤 Ammiel Alcalay and Hana Morgenstern 📍 Kevorkian Center: 255 Sullivan St 🖇️ RSVP: buff.ly/tdWutHT

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Congratulations to our second-year M.A. students Hanna Davis and Mohamad Rimawi on their latest publications! Hanna explores the revival of Yazidi rituals in Syria’s Afrin, while Mohamad examines the evolving aesthetics of Yemeni cafés. We are proud of you, Hanna and Mohamad!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A special thank you to our Faculty Fellow, Roxana Maria Arăş for thoughtfully organizing and curating these conversations!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Don't miss out on the fourth webinar of the Archives in Dialogue series titled "Boxes, Bunkers, and Preservation in Times of Precarity." 📆 Oct 14, 2026 | 12 PM 🎤 Nadine Panayot, Rachelle Tabet, Nadi Abusaada, Nora Kennedy 📍 Zoom 🎟️ Open to the public with registration 🖇️ buff.ly/XqjYKPD

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Meet Nina Salameh, our student spotlight from class of 2028 💫 Nina's research focuses on the role of Arab women in society, examining gender, purity culture, and the complexities of women's agency beyond narratives that frame Arab women solely through a Western lens of victimhood. Welcome, Nina!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Congrats to our class of 2018 alum, Rohan Advani, for successfully defending his PhD dissertation: "Development Returns: Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Politics of State Investment." We also celebrate Rohan for landing the role of Junior Research Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies.

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Welcome back to our returning students & a heartfelt welcome to our newest cohort, the Class of 2028! On 8/26 & 9/2/26 we hosted the Kevorkian Center Orientation for our incoming students, an inclusive gathering of intros, resources, and community. 📸 New cohort, tag yourselves & share!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📆 Thursday 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM 📍 255 Sullivan, Room LL2 🎟️ Graduate students at NYU, from all disciplines are welcome! 📝 Find the course on Albert and enroll or shop today.

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This course explores why some people commit to revolution while others stand aside or resist. We'll study revolutions from the 19th-21st century while gaining hands-on experience with historical & ethnographic research methods, & engage with archives, professionals, & organizations across NYC.

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

NYU students, still looking for a class this semester? Consider the following Near Eastern Studies course: 🏛️ Revolutions and Research Methods (NEST-GA 3005) taught by Faculty Fellow Roxana-Maria Arăş & Clinical Assistant Professor Tyson Patros.

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🤝 Cross listed with: MCC-GE 2275-001 Middle East Media and Cultural Politics 📆 Tuesday 5 PM - 8 PM 📍 255 Sullivan, Room LL2 🎟️ Graduate students at NYU, from all disciplines are welcome! 📝 Find the course on Albert and enroll or shop today.

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This course explores how AI shapes the way we search, learn, & understand the world. Using case studies from the Middle East & North Africa, we’ll ask: what’s at stake when resources shift from oil to data? Who controls AI’s infrastructure? How do cultural + political biases shape the tools we use?

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

NYU students — still looking for a class this semester? Consider the following Near Eastern Studies course: 🏛️ Critical Thinking with AI: Media, Knowledge & Power in the Middle East (NEST-GA 3002-001) taught by Director of Graduate Studies Jared McCormick.

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Welcome back! As the semester starts this week, a quick reminder: the Ettinghausen Library opens tomorrow. September 2, 2026 from 9 AM – 5 PM. Here's to a strong start for our cohorts and faculty!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Congratulations to our second-year student, Mohamad Rimawi, for his latest report which includes an interview with Armenia's Ambassador to the U.S. Narek Mkrtchyan. Rimawi is pursuing a joint degree in Global Journalism at the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Read now: buff.ly/zT1sIZa

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Congratulations to our alum from the Class of 1990, James Ketterer, for accepting a new position as Director of Extension Programs and Professor of Practice at the American University of Armenia. We are incredibly proud of you and excited to see all that you will accomplish in this role!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We're delighted to introduce our new Communications & Program Administrator, Dounya Alami-Nassif. A Kevo alumna, she's interested in making programming accessible to broader audiences through community-centered messaging. Learn more about Dounya: bit.ly/4yxtwBT. Welcome to the team!

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NYU's Kevorkian Center @nyukevo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The 2026 Spring Institute, Global Learning in Local Places: Teaching Mass Politics, Migration & Partitions, brought NYC K-12 educators together for 4 monthly workshops. Thanks to all participants, speakers, staff, & to our co-sponsor, the NYU Gallatin HIVE for making the Spring Institute a success!

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