The photo essay Lukmat al'aysh is the first output from the Middle East Centre–Al Azhar University-Gaza research project on food insecurity in #Gaza. Drawing on the field journals of local Gaza researchers, it documents food availability in 2024–25. researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...

Missed our event on Sovereignty in #Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic with @shabnamholliday.bsky.social, @edwardwastnidge.bsky.social & @drasmaabdi.bsky.social? 🎧 Listen back to the recording here: soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeas...

How can Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) help advance #KuwaitVision2035 and support a more diversified economy? A new policy brief by Neil Lee and Husam Arman explores how SWFs have grown rapidly, with an increasing focus on national economic development. researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...

📄 New Paper | Sudan's Current War: A Longer View on Peacemaking and Prospects Richard Barltrop explores what lessons should be drawn from the longer history of peacemaking in #Sudan and from the experiences and outcomes of #peacemaking efforts in other recent wars. https://ow.ly/UhWE50Ze9JO

ورقة بحثية جديدة بعنوان"خارطة طريق للطاقة الحيوية في الكويت" تُركز على الدروس المستفادة من الأبحاث الإقليمية واستخلاص القيمة من النفايات والجدوى ومسارات السياسات. بقلم Jean El Achkar للقراءة باللغة العربية: https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/138821/

Last month, we hosted ‘Sudan’s Current War: A Longer View on Peacemaking and Prospects’, marking the launch of a new paper by MEC Visiting Senior Fellow Richard Barltrop on the ongoing war in #Sudan. 🎧 Listen to the event recording: https://ow.ly/lNBE50Ze7KB

It's time for #Kuwait to diversify its energy mix, reduce dependence on landfills, and meet #Vision2035 climate targets. A new paper by Jean El Achkar makes the case for anaerobic digestion (AD) as a strategic enabler of Kuwait’s low-carbon transition. researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/12...

How does current policy shape the future of education in #Kuwait? Join our #KuwaitProgramme panel discussion highlighting recent education policy issues and trajectories in Kuwait and beyond. www.lse.ac.uk/middleeastce...

Day 2 of the #LSEAlgeriaConference featured panels on arts & cultural heritage, Fanonian perspectives, economic histories, digital activism, and decolonising education. We ended with a panel on histories of Algerian women and a talk b/w Abderrahmane Hadj-Nacer & Francis Ghiles.

📚 Join us tomorrow for the book launch of Turkey and the Liberal International Order. We'll explore Turkey's evolving relationship with the liberal international order, from the end of the First World War to today. www.lse.ac.uk/middleeastce...

Day 1 of the #LSEAlgeriaConference began with a keynote by Professor Zahia Salhi on the anxiety of decolonisation through case studies of gender & language. Panels followed on collective memory, North African borders & solidarities, Hugh Roberts’ legacy, historical resistances, and more.

In March, we hosted a book launch for @kbclarke.bsky.social's 'Return of Tyranny', a global study of counterrevolutions since 1900 that offers new evidence on how Egypt’s 2011 revolution was reversed. 🎧 Listen to the event recording: soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeas...

📣 Book Launch | Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic 🗓️ Wednesday 10 June ⏰ 6-7 pm BST 📍LSE Find out more and register: https://ow.ly/tkws50Z4eCk

📚 Upcoming book launch | Turkey and the Liberal International Order: Hegemony, Contestation and the Politics of Articulation since 1919 🗓️ Thursday 4 June ⏰ 6-7 pm BST 📍In-person or online Register here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/middleeastcentre/events/2026/turkey-and-the-liberal-international-order

We are looking forward to welcoming participants to the Algeria: Historical Struggles and Imagined Utopias Conference at LSE next week. Explore the final programme, read the abstracts, and register to attend here: https://ow.ly/ysi550Z2MVr

How have drainage, oil extraction and militarised governance erased southern Iraq’s last wetland? A new study spotlights Al‑Hawizeh’s collapse through the experiences of the women of Al-Bu Khassaf village in Maysan. Read in English or Arabic: https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130702/

A few months ago, we co-hosted a lecture with LSE Health exploring recent health care reforms across the Middle East, with a particular focus on developments in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. You can listen to the event recording here: https://ow.ly/Kyks50YZ54o

What does new research reveal about gaps in Iraq's legal framework? Drawing on legal mapping and interviews across 10 provinces, this paper examines how gendered climate harm is overlooked within Iraq’s legal system. Available to read in English or Arabic: https://ow.ly/i00c50YY5Xo

Day 3 of the #LSEKurdishConference featured panels such as 'Kurdish representations in literature' & 'Lawmaking and governance in North & East Syria'. We wrapped up the conference with a screening of Night & Fog in Kurdistan and a discussion with Director Shilan Saadi and Producer Gulay Kilicaslan.

For Day 2 of the #LSEKurdishConference, we had panels on cultural preservation, statelessness and resilience in Rojava, Kurdish geopolitics, and more. We closed the day with a plenary session on developing Kurdish Studies as a scholarly field with Marlene Schäfers and Welat Zeydanlıoğlu.

Upcoming paper launch event | Sudan’s Current War: A Longer View on Peacemaking and Prospects 🗓️ Thursday 7 May ⏰ 6-7 pm BST 📍In-person or online Register here: https://ow.ly/xtrJ50YT5KN Read the paper: https://ow.ly/hz0G50YT5KM

We kicked off Day 1 of the #LSEKurdishConference with panels on politics from the margins in Iran, agency & belonging in Europe & beyond, culture & migration in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, conflict in Turkey, and fugitive epistemologies of worldmaking in Kurdistan.

Upcoming Event | Sudan’s Current War: A Longer View on Peacemaking and Prospects Join us in-person or online on Thursday 7 May for the launch of MEC Visiting Senior Fellow Richard Barltrop’s paper, featuring discussants Raga Makawi and Abdel Salam Sidahmed. https://ow.ly/OJXh50YO6bJ

All 5 episodes of our new season of Instant Coffee are out now! For this season, we teamed up with @afsee-lse.bsky.social to hear from AFSEE Fellows from the Middle East on topics ranging from archiving, education, urban inequality, activism and women's economic empowerment. ow.ly/gyH450YNokO

Can training programmes shift labour‑market and civic engagement for climate‑displaced women? Read our new paper evaluating the effectiveness of a training programme on displaced women from southwestern Mosul in #Iraq. Available in English or Arabic: https://ow.ly/8QtH50YMrs3

Who gets pushed out of the city, and what would it take to design spaces built for everyone? Tune into our final Instant Coffee podcast episode with @afsee-lse.bsky.social to hear about theories of urban planning and design through case studies of Jordan and Dubai. ow.ly/PMsF50YJVbS

In February, we hosted a book launch for 'Governance of Resistance in North and East Syria: The Experience of Rojava', edited by Zeynep Kaya and Robert Lowe. The event recording is available to listen to here: https://soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeastcentre/governance-of-resistance-launch

Our MEC publication, The Yazidi Genocide: A Demographic Documentation of ISIL’s Attack on Tel Qasab and Tel Banat, is now available to read in both English and Arabic. It is the second publication of the Yazidi Victims Demographic Documentation Project (YVDDP). https://ow.ly/WAkM50YCnkw

🎧 New Instant Coffee episode: Creating Real Economic Empowerment for Women in MENA Yara Shawky Shahin (@afsee-lse.bsky.social) speaks to her colleague Yasmine D'Alessandro about how to create programmes of real economic empowerment for women in the MENA region. https://ow.ly/UawC50YCbY5

📣 2 months to go until the Algeria: Historical Struggles and Imagined Utopias Conference! The conference brings together scholars working on #Algeria to share their research across Algerian political, social, cultural and economic fields. 📍28-29 May | LSE Find out more: https://ow.ly/pXTJ50YB991