The MERIP Podcast Episode 24: Iran in Context Part I
Today’s episode of the MERIP Podcast is an audio recording from the first event in our Iran in Context series. This series is co-produced by MERIP, BRISMES, the British Society for Middle East Studies,...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 23: Ayça Alemdaroğlu
Today’s episode of the MERIP Podcast features an interview with Ayça Alemdaroğlu about her article, “The Capture of Turkey’s Universities Under the AKP,” in our Spring 2026 issue, “Campus...
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NEW: Rethinking Political Change in Iran From Protest to War
Dear Friends and Comrades,As the US and Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth month, the bombast and intensity of its initial waves have given way to a war of attrition over the status of the Strait of...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 22: Aslı Bâli and Darryl Li
Today's episode of the MERIP Podcast features an interview with two contributors to the spring issue of Middle East Report, “Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order.” Since the beginning...
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MER 318: Campus Politics–Palestine and the New University Order
Dear Friends and Comrades,Today, we published our spring 2026 issue of Middle East Report, “Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order.” Its publication comes on the second anniversary of...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 21: Susann Kassem, Lara Deeb and Habib Battah
Today on the podcast three MERIP contributors discuss Lebanon’s tenuous, one-sided ceasefire with Israel. Even as officials in the Lebanese government have entered into negotiations with Israel, an...
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NEW: Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities
Dear Friends and Comrades,Today we’re publishing the first piece from our forthcoming issue on campus activism and repression since October 7, 2023. In “Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities,”...
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NEW: ‘Our Compass is Broken’—Israel’s Ongoing War on South Lebanon
Dear Friends and Comrades, Amid the escalating US and Israeli war on Iran, the Israeli invasion of South Lebanon is intensifying. In addition to drone and missile attacks in Beirut, Israel is carrying...
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Kicking Off Delco Gives 2026-Support Our Work!
Dear Friends and Comrades, Today marks the beginning of Delco Gives, a fundraising campaign sponsored by the Foundation for Delaware County in which MERIP is participating. While much of MERIP’s work...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 20: The MERIP Roundtable, On the Iran War Part III
Today’s episode is the third installment of our MERIP Roundtable discussing the war on Iran, instigated by the United States and Israel on February 28, 2026, and its regional reverberations. This...
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War Across Boundaries–Perspectives on Iran and a Region Under Siege
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, initiating a war with wide-ranging consequences for Iran and the broader region and devastating effects for their...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 19: The MERIP Roundtable, On the Iran War Part II
On today’s episode of the MERIP Roundtable our discussion focused on people’s experiences of the war on Iran and throughout the region two and a half weeks in. Much of the discussion of this war in the...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 18: The MERIP Roundtable, On The Iran War Part I
On today’s episode we have a new installment of our MERIP Roundtable series, where members of our editorial committee, recent contributors and close comrades discuss current events. In this episode, we...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 17: Niema Alhessen
Today’s episode of the MERIP Podcast features an interview with Niema Alhessen, a Sudanese researcher based in Cairo who is focused on urban conflict and displacement. She is the author of “Burri Under...
View ArticleThe US and Israeli War on the Middle East
Dear Friends and Comrades,On Saturday February 28, the United States and Israel carried out coordinated airstrikes on Iran. The strikes, which followed an inconclusive round of peace talks, were aimed...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 16: Iman Ali
In today’s episode Iman Ali talks about her recently published article, “Repair Amid Ongoing Ruination—Rebuilding Dahiyeh Once More,” which appeared in our Winter 2025 issue, “Reconstruction and Ruin.”...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 15: In the Archive with Brahim El Guabli
On this episode of our In the Archive series, MERIP’s Executive Director, James Ryan, speaks with Brahim El Guabli about his essay, “The Sub-Saharan Turn in Moroccan Literature,” which appeared in the...
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Call for Pitches—Visual Art & Cultural Production in the Middle East and...
MERIP is seeking pitches for our Summer 2026 issue exploring visual art and cultural production in the Middle East and North Africa. We invite submissions that center artistic practices and cultural...
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NEW: Governing Crisis–Sanctions, Austerity and Social Unrest in Iran
Dear Friends and Comrades, Today we published a new article on the political economy undergirding the recent protests in Iran and the regime’s violent response. Sociologist Ida Nikou’s analysis in...
View ArticleThe MERIP Podcast Episode 14: The MERIP Roundtable, On Iran's Protests
In this installment of the MERIP Roundtable podcast, we discuss the latest wave of protests in Iran. The protests began on December 28, 2025, as merchants and bazaar workers reacted negatively to new...
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