Dr Harout Akdedian presented his working paper ‘On Violence and Radical Theology in the Syrian War: The Instrumentality of Exclusionary Practices and Spectacular Violence’ which analyzes the instrumentality of spectacular violence and exclusionary practices as exhibited by radicalized groups in Syria
Round Table “Religion, State and Disintegration in the Middle East”
The SFM Research Project presented its current research findings to the audience of distinguished experts on the Middle East from an academic, political and diplomatic background and engaged in a stimulating debate on which margins are currently striking in the Middle East
Prof Aziz Al-Azmeh delivered a Keynote Speech at Rice University and University of Houston's Conference on Anti-Sectarianism on December 1, 2018
This article written in Arabic and published by Alarabi al-Jadid, argued that the war against ISIS and the events that followed the Kurdish independence referendum were parts of a broader dynamic in which a new form of Shi’a-dominated nationalism is emerging
In the wake of the September 25 referendum in Kurdistan, the Iraqi government announced on October 15 that it began a military deployment to reestablish authority in Kirkuk in coordination with the Peshmerga.
PATEL, David: Myths related to Sykes-Picot
PURSLEY, Sara: Iraq's Borders and the Legend of the Artificial State
Watch the Striking from the Margins Promotional Video explaining what the research project is all about