A final word from the 2020-2021 MECACS Interns
Academic year 2020-21 saw MECACS appoint our first interns – Layal Niazy (seminar reports), Caterina Barbi (Blogs) and Elodie Phillips (IT). Despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, our interns…
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Women’s magazines and Netherlands-Iran Relations 1959-1979
By Dr. Maaike Warnaar Dr. Maaike Warnaar is an assistant professor in International Studies and Middle East Studies atthe Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS). Her research focuses on Iran and on the…
Dog diplomacy: the rise of the Alabai in Turkmen politics
By Filippo Maria Margheritini & Tereza Dvorakova Filippo Maria Margheritini is currently pursuing an MLitt degree in Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian Security Studies at the University of St. Andrews. He…
How does the Armenian-Azerbaijani border crisis affect opinion polls in pre-election Armenia?
George Meneshian is a postgraduate student at the University of St Andrews (MLitt Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia Security Studies) Armenia is approaching snap elections on June 20. In 2018, former…
MECACS Meets Ep7: Sarah Gharib Seif
This week our interns had the pleasure of talking to PhD candidate Sarah Gharib Seif about her research on racialised and gendered constructions of women who joined the Islamic State.…
Policy Report – On the Vaccination of Palestinians
Roxy Orloff is currently pursuing an MLitt degree in International Security Studies at the University of St Andrews. She previously studied a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the…
Hamas and the 2021 Palestinian Elections
Elín Huld Melsteð Jóhannesdóttir is a MECACS postgraduate student. Elín completed her undergraduate studies in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Iceland. On January 15th, Mahmoud Abbas,…
MECACS Meets Ep6: Andreas Marazis
Follow the link below to listen to Episode 6 of our show MECACS Meets. This week our guest is Andreas Marazis, a researcher, project and event manager and podcast host…
Effective Grassroots Projects in the ‘Middle East’
Sponsored by the University’s Refugee Entrepreneurial Fund Emma Gray and Zoe Caimi are members of the Student Board for the Refugee Entrepreneurial Fund Project Overview and Grassroots Importance The Refugee…
Women and equality in Iran: Law, society and activism
Leila Alikarami, LLB, LLM, PhD. Leila Alikarami is a lawyer, human rights advocate, and an academic. At the national level she is a well recognized human right lawyer and women’s rights expert. Internationally, she…