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2024 Mar 28

Middle East Seminar (In Person)

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

"The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa”

Speaker:

Malika Zeghal, Faculty Associate. Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

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