/ en Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:00:22 -0400 Mon, 14 Apr 25 12:10:11 -0400 /2025/04/chords-behind-bars-how-music-helped-four-syrian-men-survive-sednaya-prison The music was provided by an oud: The base was a cooking pot, the neck created out of wood from a box of fruit, the strings made from sock threads and the pegs from fruit stems. The musicians were four Syrian men who had been through hell and survived because of their music.  Their 10-song concert recently held in the Ruby Lounge of the Rubenstein Arts Center was one of the most inspiring performances of the year at Duke. Sponsored by the Duke Center for Middle East Studies and the Provost’s Initiative on the Middle East, the four Syrian men were former prisoners of the… Duke Today /2025/04/chords-behind-bars-how-music-helped-four-syrian-men-survive-sednaya-prison Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:10:11 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|��ţӰ�� Middle East Studies Center|Music|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2025/03/sustainable-conversations-language-classes-incorporate-climate-study-learning Trinity College of Arts and Sciences /2025/03/sustainable-conversations-language-classes-incorporate-climate-study-learning Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:29:03 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|Romance Studies|students, undergraduate|Sustainability|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2025/02/filmmaker-hareth-yousef-screen-no-other-land-feb-28 Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute /2025/02/filmmaker-hareth-yousef-screen-no-other-land-feb-28 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:44:05 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute /2025/01/duke-celebrates-year-snake Campus events Thursday mark the new year in the lunisolar calendar Duke Today /2025/01/duke-celebrates-year-snake Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:34:10 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|Students /2024/11/south-asian-politics-lit-comics-novels Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2024/11/south-asian-politics-lit-comics-novels Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:02:43 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2024/10/searing-story-accident-east-jerusalem Author Nathan Thrall discusses ‘A Day in the Life of Abed Salama’ Duke Today /2024/10/searing-story-accident-east-jerusalem Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:36:45 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|��ţӰ�� Middle East Studies Center|John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute /2024/06/leo-ching-lead-humanities-and-arts-trinity-college-arts-sciences Trinity College of Arts and Sciences /2024/06/leo-ching-lead-humanities-and-arts-trinity-college-arts-sciences Fri, 14 Jun 2024 11:20:08 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|Faculty|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences /2024/04/corky-lee-leading-asian-american-photographer-featured-new-exhibit The work of photographer Corky Lee – who for more 50 years has photographed the daily life of Asian Americans and how they have fought for social justice, now documented in a new book –– is on display at the John Hope Franklin Center through June. At the recent opening, Columbia historian Mae Ngai, and an editor of "Corky Lee’s Asian America: 50 Years of Photographic Justice,” shared her insights into the life and work of Lee, the “undisputed, unofficial Asian American photographer laureate.” In conversation with Duke Asian and Middle Eastern studies professor Eileen Chow, Ngai… Duke Today /2024/04/corky-lee-leading-asian-american-photographer-featured-new-exhibit Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:16:57 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|Global Network|John Hope Franklin Center /2024/04/amid-war-constitutional-dilemma-israel Israeli Supreme Court justice talks about the country’s dueling identities Duke Today /2024/04/amid-war-constitutional-dilemma-israel Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:52:14 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|Politics & Public Policy /2024/04/salam-fayyad-day-after-war-gaza As war continues to rage in Gaza, former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad spoke Monday at Duke with messages for Israeli leadership, the international community and Palestinians themselves. He called on Israel to end the war now and to allow the rebuilding to begin based on a parity between the two sides. Fayyad also thanked the international community for its support but said it must go beyond sympathy. He called on international organizations to demand accountability for war crimes, no matter the perpetrator. To the Palestinians, Fayyad said the way to peace begins with state… Duke Today /2024/04/salam-fayyad-day-after-war-gaza Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:35:52 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|Politics & Public Policy