The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

Features

Monograph Author Flagg Miller Discusses His Work with Bin Laden Audiotapes

e-CMES sits down with Flagg Miller, a recent Monograph Series author. His interests have led him to a study of never before released tapes of Bin Laden. The tapes, from Bin Laden’s Kandahar compound, were procured, through CNN and the FBI, by Williams Afghan Media Project. The project called Professor Miller.

Notes from the Field

Waiting for a Miracle: Reflection on Copts and the Miraculous

I set out this summer to begin dissertation fieldwork on the question of Coptic Orthodox Christian encounters with the miraculous in Egypt, an endeavor funded in part by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Although I used the summer funds I received from CMES to buy a digital camera and a digital audio recorder, I provide here a summary of the questions I had going into the field and a reflection on the work that I have begun to do.

Photo Essay

Images from the Islamic periphery – trade and Islam in Burkina Faso

Muslims in this West African country form more than fifty percent of the entire population. Visiting Scholar, Ondrej Beranek, shares his photos of a recent trip to the region.

Reviews

Rami Khouri: New Challenges Facing a New American Administration, A View from within the Middle East

Guest lecturer Rami Khouri visited the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in the fall of 2008 for his lecture “New Challenges Facing a New American Administration: A View from Within the Middle East.”  Khouri is currently the Director of the Issam Fares Institute of Public Policy and International Affairs at AUB and is featured in numerous publications.