Past Events 2025

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As part of the LSE MEC's Paper Series

The Struggles of Labour Mobilisation in Lebanon and Iraq (Paper Launch)

Thursday 20 February | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Anne Kirstine Rønn, LSE Middle East Centre; Fuad Musallam, University of Birmingham; Razaw Salihy, Amnesty International

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Co-organised with The Asfari Foundation

Sh'hili (Film Screening and Director Q&A)

Wednesday 12 February | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Habib Ayeb, University Paris 8; Muna Abbas, The Asfari Foundation; Ray Bush, University of Leeds

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As part of the LSE MEC's Kurdish Studies Series

Iranian Kurdistan Under the Islamic Republic: Change, Revolution, and Resistance (Book Launch)

Monday 3 February | 17:30 - 18:30 GMT | Marouf Cabi, LSE Middle East Centre; Kamran Matin, University of Sussex

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Trump's Second Term and the Middle East

Thursday 30 January | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Gilbert Achcar, SOAS; Tom Bateman, BBC; Sharri Plonski, Queen Mary University of London; Mezna Qato, University of Cambridge

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From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics (Book Launch)

Wednesday 22 January | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Jerome Drevon, International Crisis Group; Haid Haid, Chatham House; Raihan Ismail, University of Oxford

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