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<\/p>\n\n Join the Arab Studies Institute, George Mason University's Middle East Studies Program and Middle East Etc. Film Club for a film screening of the classical Arabic movie " A<\/span> Glass and a<\/span> Cigarette" on December 6, 2012 @ 7PM at George Mason University's Johnson Center Cinema. <\/span><\/p>\n\n Directed by Niazi Mostafa and based on a story by Abdel Aziz Salam, A Glass and a Cigarette is a captivating classic from the golden age of Egyptian cinema. The film features several of the era's brightest stars, including the ilustrious Samia Gamal as Hoda, a famous dancer who gives up the spotlight to marry and start a family with Mamdouh, a handsome young doctor who is just beginning his career. When Mamdouh's scheming Italian head nurse Yolanada (played with gusto by the radiant Dalida) sets her sights on Mamdouh, Hoda's jealousy drives her to drink, ultimately endangering everything she holds dear. <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n Join the Arab Studies Institute (ASI), George Mason University's Middle East Program Studies and The Middle East Etc. Film Club in the film screening of "Reel Bad Arabs" and a interactive discussion of the new face of Orientalism with Zein El-Amine. This event is being held on November 28, 2012 at George Mason University, Mason Hall, Meese Room at 7:30 PM.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n After a screening of "Reel Bad Arabs," join Zein El-Amine's discussion on the new face of Orientalism, including his musings on President Obama's new favorite show "Homeland."<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and George Mason University's Middle East Studies Program in " Social Man: Palestinian Capitalists and Economy" on November 15, 2012, at 7 PM, at George Mason University Mason Hall, D005.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n In July 2012 Mitt Romney explained the gap between the gross domestic product of Israelis and Palestinians. "Culture makes all the difference," he concluded. Palestinian authority official Saeb Erakat called the statement "racist." Aside from the absurdity of measuring the gross domestic product of a people under occupation, Romney and Erakat shared an underlying conviction in the causal relationship between "vitality" and economy. This causality was not a new idea among Palestinian capitalists and thinkers; it dates back to the early twentieth century. This paper traces how Palestinian thinkers and capitalists shaped ideas of economy as a mode of conduct as well as the means to and the very ends of progress in the 1930s and 1940s.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) in collaboration with George Mason University's Public and International Affiars Department, Middle East Studies Program and the Graduate Political Science Society present " Revolutions in Comparative Perspective" on November 12, 2012, at 6:30PM, at George Mason University Mason Hall, Meese Room. <\/p>\n\n Jack Censor <\/strong>| The Slow Unexpected can be Expected |<\/p>\n\n Eric McGlinchey <\/strong>| New Revolutions and Old Autocrats |<\/p>\n\n Jo-Marie Burt <\/strong>| You Win Some You Lose Some, Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements in Latin America |<\/p>\n\n David Ericson <\/strong>| What Kind of Revolution was the American Revolution? |<\/p>\n\n Bassam Haddad <\/strong>| The Arab Uprising: Common Denominators |<\/p>\n\n Moderated by Peter Balint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and George Mason University Middle East Program Studies present Abdullah Al-Arian "Political Islam & the New Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood's Transition to Power" hosted at George Mason University Johnson Center, Gold, On October 29 , 2012 at 1PM. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n From banned opposition movement to the most prganized political force in the country, the Muslim Brotherhood's rise to power has been one of th leading story lines following Egypt's popular uprising of 2011. The group's ability to navigate through a tumultous transition period was the result of significant historical factors and the recent evolution of its political strategy. However, as it transforms into the dominant power in Egypt's emerging political system, the Muslim Brotherhood contineous to face several significant challenges that could jeopardize its historic mission as well as the aims of the Egyptian uprising.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n Abdullah Al-Arian is an assistant professor of history at Wayne State University in Michigan. In 2011, he received his doctorate from Georgetown University, where he wrote his dissertation on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt during the decade of the 1970s. His research interests include: Islamic social movements, US Policy toward the Middle East, and Islam in America. He received his Masters degree from the London SChool of Economics and his BA from Duke University. He is a contributor to the Al-Jazeera English network and website. His first book will be published by Oxford University Press next spring. It is entitled "Answering the Call: Popular Islamic Activism in Egypt (1970-1981).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and George Mason University Middle East Program Studies present "Laissez-Faire Reconsidered: On Political Economy and State Formation in Lebanon" presented by Ziad Abu-Rish and Hicham Safieddine on October 17, 2012 at 7:30 PM at George Mason University, Studient Union I, Room 3A.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n This panel discusses the political economy of Lebanon between 1934-1975, highlighting a specific set of structural processes, strategic mobilization, institutional outcomes that were very important parts of making the Lebanese economy. Drawing on each others research, the panelists will historicize particular aspects of Lebanese economic development, as well as connect that history to the larger debates about state formation and nationalism there. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n Paper 1 Title<\/strong>: Deregulating Trade: Customs, Licenses, and the Struggle Over State Intervention<\/u><\/span> <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and George Mason University Middle East Program Studies, Middle East Etc. Film Club present "<\/span>Contesting Memory/Narrating History: Juxtaposing the narratives of Palestinian women in Israel with archival documents of the 1948 war" presented by professor Isis Nusair on October 16, 2012 at 12:30 PM at George Mason University, Mason Hall, Meese Room. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and George Mason University Middle East Program Studies, Middle East Etc. Film Club present a film screening of "The Suffering Grasses"<\/span> on September 25, 2012 at 1:30 PM at George Mason University, Johnson Center Cinema.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n A documentary filmed recently on the border of Syria and Turkey, Suffering Grasses records the voices of those impacted the most by the violence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and George Mason University Middle East Program Studies, Middle East Etc. Film Club present a film screening of "The Suffering Grasses"<\/span> on September 24, 2012 at 6 PM at George Mason University, Johnson Center Cinema.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n About the festival:<\/span><\/strong><\/u> <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n Join the Arab Studies Institute (ASI), George Mason University's Middle East Studies Program on December 4, 2012 for " Media, Arab Uprisings, and the Maghreb" presented by Adel Iskandar and Samia Errazzouki. This event will be held at George Mason University Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 1101 at 6PM.<\/em><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n Adel Iskanda<\/strong>r is a scholar of Arab studies whose research focuses on media and communication. He is the author and coauthor of several works including Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism<\/em> (Basic Books). Iskandar's work deals with media, identity and politics and has lectured extensively on these topics at universities worldwide. His latest publication is an edited volume entitled Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation<\/em> (University of California Press). His two forthcoming works are books on the role of new media and dissidence in the Arab world. Iskandar teaches at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Communication, Culture and Technology program at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n Samia Errazzouki <\/strong>is a Moroccan-American writer based in Washington, DC. She has written for Al Akhbar, Mamfakinch, the Fair Observer, <\/em>and others. Her academic research focuses on Morocco's political economy and reform. She is currently working on the Arab Studies Institute's Knowledge Production Project, with a focus on the Greater Maghreb. She is also a co-editor of Jadaliyya<\/em>'s Maghreb Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/i>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n
\n By Arab Studies Institute (ASI), Middle East Studies Program (GMU), Middle East Etc. Film Club (GMU)\n
\n 12/06/2012 02:00 pm\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: George Mason University Johnson Center Cinema\n <\/p>\n
\nThe New Orientalism? Film Screening of "Reel Bad Arabs" & Discussion<\/h2>\n
\n By Zein El-Amine\n
\n 11/28/2012 02:30 pm\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: George Mason University, Mason Hall, Meese Room\n <\/p>\n
\nSocial Man: Palestinian Capitalists & Economy<\/h2>\n
\n By Arab Studies Insitute and George Mason University Middle East Studies Program\n
\n 11/15/2012 02:00 pm\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: George Mason University Mason Hall, D005.\n <\/p>\n
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\nRevolutions in Comparative Perspective<\/h2>\n
\n By Jack Censor, Eric McGlinchey, Jo-Marie Burt, David Ericson, Bassam Haddad and moderate by Peter Balint\n
\n 11/12/2012 01:30 pm\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: George Mason University, Mason Hall, Meese Room\n <\/p>\n Political Islam & the New Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood's Transition to Power<\/h2>\n
\n By Abdullah Al-Arian\n
\n 10/29/2012 09:00 am\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: George Mason University Johnson Center, Gold\n <\/p>\n
\nLaissez-Faire Reconsidered: On Political Economy and State Formation in Lebanon<\/h2>\n
\n By Ziad Abu-Rish and Hicham Safieddine \n
\n 10/17/2012 03:30 pm\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: George Mason University, Student Union I, Room 3A\n <\/p>\n
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\nPaper 1 Abstract:<\/strong> In most accounts of Lebanon (both past and present) the state is characterized as either absent or a natural outcome of confessionalism. This paper offers an examination of the institutional framework deployed in the (de)regulation of trade, struggles over the nature and function of those institutions, and the relationship of both to the broader trajectory of Lebanese state formation.<\/span>
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\n Ziad Abu-Rish<\/strong> is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He is currently writing his dissertation, provisionally entitled “Making the Economy, Producing the State: Conflict and Institution Building in Early Independence Lebanon, 1943-1958.” In addition to his academic training, Ziad serves on the editorial teams of both the Arab Studies Journal and Jadaliyya Ezine. He is co-editor of Dawn of the Arab Uprisings: End of an Old Order (Pluto Press, 2012). Ziad also currently serves as the Graduate Student Representative to the Board of Directors of the Middle East Studies Association.<\/span>
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\nPaper 2 Title:<\/strong> Searching for Economic Sovereignty: The Birth of Central Banking in Lebanon<\/u><\/span>
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\nPaper 2 Abstract<\/strong>: Lebanon gained its formal political independence in 1943, but it took another two decades before a money and credit law was passed and a central bank was established. The founding of the bank was touted by prominent politicians as a major step in asserting state authority and gaining fuller economic independence but opposed by top bankers as threatening the country's much-touted laissez-faire doctrine. In this presentation, I will examine the different political and economic forces (global and local) that led up to the bank's creation and try to bring these developments to bear on our understanding and framing of the creation and evolution of post-colonial states. <\/span>
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\nHicham Safieddine<\/strong> is a Ph.D Candidate of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto with a special interest in the socio-economic history of the Levant. He is also a journalist who follows and writes about the contemporary politics of the Arab world.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\nContesting Memory/Narrating History: Juxtaposing the narratives of Palestinian women in Israel<\/h2>\n
\n By Isis Nusair\n
\n 10/16/2012 08:30 am\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: George Mason University Mason Hall, Meese Room.\n <\/p>\n
\nFilm Screening: The Suffering Grasses<\/h2>\n
\n By Arab Studies Institute (ASI), Middle East Studies Program (GMU), Middle East Etc. Film Club (GMU)\n
\n 09/25/2012 09:30 am\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: George Mason University Johnson Center Cinema\n <\/p>\n
\nFilm Screening: Man Without A Cellphone<\/h2>\n
\n By Arab Studies Institute (ASI), Middle East Studies Program (GMU), Middle East Etc. Film Club (GMU)\n
\n 09/24/2012 02:00 pm\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: George Mason University Johnson Center Cinema\n <\/p>\n
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\nThe DC-PFAF seeks to showcase the work of Palestinian filmmakers and more generally, to promote the richness of Palestinian Arab culture through cinema, music, and other forms of visual arts. The stories that will be told in this festival are not necessarily about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, nor are they necessarily stories about Palestinians, but they are stories that reflect the dynamic formation of a transnational identity common to Palestinians and diasporic communities in general. Beyond that, this project aims to bring DC's various communities closer together through art, and catalyze invigorating discussions about film and culture using the lens of Palestinian filmmakers as an entry point.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n Media, Arab Uprisings, and the Maghreb<\/h2>\n
\n By Adel Iskandar and Samia Errazzouki\n
\n 06/04/2012 02:00 pm\n \n \n <\/span>\n
\n Location: Nguyen Engineering Building, 1101\n <\/p>\n
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