Libya

The book club goes online

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

Five of Harvard’s regional centers are teaming up on an outreach program to teachers that takes them on a literary world tour, through an online book club featuring readings that illuminate ordinary life in Libya, Morocco, the Dominican Republic, Russia, and Nigeria.

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Posted in Alvin Powell, Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, Anna Mudd, Arts & Culture, Book club, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Committee on African Studies, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Dominican Republic, Elise Noel, Libya, Literature & Poetry, Madeleine Keller, Morocco, Nigeria, Russia | Comments Off

Power, personified

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Harvard Gazette

In a talk on his book “The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life,” Professor Roger Owen described how the Arab world’s dictators came to power — and how their curious political network helped fuel the eventual uprisings against some of them.

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Posted in Arab world, Bashar al-Assad, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, International, Katie Koch, Libya, Middle East, Moammar Gadhafi, National & World Affairs, North Africa, Roger Owen, Syria, Tunisia, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, “The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life” | Comments Off

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