MENA Research Group

Middle East and North Africa Research Group at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies -- @KingsMiddleEast (RT is not endorsement)

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

#SaveTheDate: October 27

📣 We're excited to announce an upcoming HYBRID event on disinformation in the Middle East on North Africa with panelists focusing on #Tunisia, #Syria, #Libya and more!

🔔 Free registration here: https://t.co/G0lxBUtjdG

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

🔔Only one day until the launch of "Digital Political Cultures in the Middle East" by @DouniaMahlouly! Sign up below 👇

@SOAS_MEI @KingsMiddleEast @DSD_Kings @warstudies

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

🚀📚 We're thrilled to announce the launch of @DouniaMahlouly's new book on "Digital Political Cultures in the Middle East since the Arab Uprisings"!

Join us for the launch event on May 25. RSVP here: https://t.co/x8hsUznGlX

#Egypt #Tunisia #Lebanon

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

🚀📚 We're thrilled to announce the launch of @DouniaMahlouly's new book on "Digital Political Cultures in the Middle East since the Arab Uprisings"!

Join us for the launch event on May 25. RSVP here: https://t.co/x8hsUznGlX

#Egypt #Tunisia #Lebanon

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

Motivations guiding migration policy can be complex
Our new article explores the factors driving very different policy approaches in Algeria & Morocco
https://t.co/PJoTZ2q469

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

📚🚀⏳Only two days until the launch of @DouniaMahlouly's insightful new book on "Digital Political Cultures in the Middle East." Sign up now using the link below👇!

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

🚀📚 We're thrilled to announce the launch of @DouniaMahlouly's new book on "Digital Political Cultures in the Middle East since the Arab Uprisings"!

Join us for the launch event on May 25. RSVP here: https://t.co/x8hsUznGlX

#Egypt #Tunisia #Lebanon

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

🚀📚 We're thrilled to announce the launch of @DouniaMahlouly's new book on "Digital Political Cultures in the Middle East since the Arab Uprisings"!

Join us for the launch event on May 25. RSVP here: https://t.co/x8hsUznGlX

#Egypt #Tunisia #Lebanon

[Rida Lyammouri @rmaghrebi]

#Sahel: I had the pleasure to join a number of scholars in contributing the chapter with @aityaakub about global powers in #NorthAfrica and #WestAfrica to this timely report.
« Focus should be on #Africa rather than what global rivals #Russia #china are doing in Africa ».

[Devorah Margolin @DevorahMargolin]

VOA: "Despite Taliban Ban, Secret Schools Educate Afghan Girls" https://t.co/VsLqDSHROV

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthleticFC: This Moroccan team has brought together many people around the world, whether they are rooting for them because they are underdogs, because of their faith or because of their continental location. https://t.co/HlVZMoCjFB

[Secretary Antony Blinken @SecBlinken]

Africa making history and leading on and off the field. On the eve of the the #USAfricaLeadersSummit22, I congratulate @EnMaroc, the #AtlasLions, on their win today and becoming the first African and Arab team to ever reach the semi-finals of the @FIFAWorldCup. #DimaMaghrib

[Negah Angha @negah_angha]

I’m honored to be included in CSIS & Diversity in National Security Network (DINSN) 2022 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List. #DINSN-CSIS #Power50

CSIS and DINSN Announce 2022 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List https://t.co/WuYyuk6RJ9

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

Iranian drone used by Russia:

* Made in February 2022
* 76 of parts sourced to US, from 14 American companies

Via @ABC

[Middle East Institute @MiddleEastInst]

“We would love to see a clear or specialized media channel on migration, but it does not exist… It’s disappointing to see how media coverage ignores migration issues.” - Ghassen Dridi #MEIEvents #NAPI #Tunisia LIVE: https://t.co/PH2x1jD7c2

[AL-MONITOR @AlMonitor]

Turkey’s LGBTQ community alarmed over Erdogan’s "family" vision https://t.co/jIqQqNhxGt

[Middle East Institute @MiddleEastInst]

Will Kuwait’s new parliament resolve its political impasse? | In his latest, @OliverBJohn discusses the results of #Kuwait's most recent parliamentary elections and how the new parliament could help shape the future political structure of the nation.
https://t.co/ZaJT8DAf7c

[Centre for Syrian Studies @SyriaStudies]

📣Join us for the @SyriaStudies Book launch next week:

🚨 Actors and Dynamics of the Syrian Conflict's Middle Phase - Thursday 3 November 4 -5.30PM

Registration details below ⬇️

@univofstandrews @StAndrewsIR @MecacsStA

[Anas El Gomati @AGomati]

A thread 🧵 of 5 key quotes and clips from @dwnews’ ground breaking documentary telling the story of the 2019 war in #Libya - Destruction of a Nation

[King's College London @KingsCollegeLon]

New research: Climate change could alter wind regimes so much that desert dunes may impact human infrastructure & cause entire villages to disappear under sand 🏜️

Read more about the @kclgeography (@KingsSSPP) study, published in @NatureClimate today ⬇
https://t.co/jNGtIUqB73

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

And that's a wrap! Thank you all who have followed along here on Twitter, remotely through videoconferencing, & in person in London @ @KingsCollegeLon.

Thanks to our panelists & moderators @modern_maghreb, @inga_kris, @aityaakub, @DouniaMahlouly, @AGomati, and @jasmineelgamal

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

📣 Few minutes to go before we launch our hybrid @KingsMiddleEast panel on disinformation in the Middle East on North Africa. We'll be live-tweeting the event here. So join along!

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

@DouniaMahlouly: "You cannot tackle the problem of public distrust unless you have a media that is representative of the wider society; youth, women, minorities, etc."

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

📣 Few minutes to go before we launch our hybrid @KingsMiddleEast panel on disinformation in the Middle East on North Africa. We'll be live-tweeting the event here. So join along!

[MENA Research Group @KCL_MENA]

@inga_kris: "Iran is a very interesting case. Iranians are sophisticated users of encrypted apps. However, Iranian regime has been more apt at infiltrating the encrypted spaces, more so through 'organic' means than traditional hacking"