Research & Publications: Culture and Society

This is the first of three volumes examining the internationalization of higher education and the Middle East.

This article discusses a filmmaker's project that investigates the world of female Muslim religious leaders, as seen through the eyes of three women in Lebanon, Egypt, and Syria.

This article analyzes Tupac's effects on Iranian rap music, and discusses the music's popularity and influence over Iran's modern youth.

This Viewpoints edition sheds light on the relationship between artistic production and changing society in Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

The 14 essays in this collection offer a glimpse into the rich and varied cultural output of Arab women in the region and the diaspora.

The author analyzes the intersection of politics, the question of coexistence, and Israeli Jewish and Israeli Arab soccer players.

The following article examines Yemeni football and the emergence of Yemeni identity.

This article is an examination of the formation of Middle Eastern identity and nationalism through football in Sweden.