Stories about "Middle East"
Stealing the village vote
Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:31 am
In an op-ed essay published in The New York Times, Bates politics…
Global Lens film series continues with Indian drama Let the Wind Blow
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:23 pm
This week's installment in the Global Lens Film Series is "Let the Wind Blow" (2004), director Partho Sen-Gupta's gritty, apocalyptic interpretation of a story from the Bhagavad Gita.
Global Lens 2008 film series continues with Lebanese drama 'The Kite'
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 11:50 am
The Global Lens 2008 film series, a touring program of narrative feature films from Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia, continues in Bates College's Olin Arts Center this week with a 7 p.m. screenings of the 2003 Lebanese drama "The Kite" on Wednesday, Nov. 12, in Room 104.
1980 — The Iran Hostage Crisis
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:08 am
Feb. 13, 1980, was Day 102 of the hostage crisis in Tehran, Iran. But for globetrotting freelance journalist William Worthy ’42, it was just another day in just another post-revolution country.
Iraqi playwright to discuss his play, 'Baghdad Wedding'
Monday, May 5, 2008 2:57 pm
Scientist and playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak, a Mellon Learning Associate at Bates College, will discuss his critically acclaimed play, Baghdad Wedding, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
'Art, Alterity: Beyond the Other as Enemy in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict'
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:48 pm
To expand dialogue among Bates College students about Palestinian-Israeli relationships, the Office of the Multifaith Chaplaincy announces a two-week series of events, "Art and Alterity: Beyond the Other as Enemy in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict."
Traditional Middle Eastern dance troupe to perform
Friday, December 7, 2007 8:49 am
The DC-Dabkeh Troupe, which performs traditional Middle Eastern folk dances, performs Saturday, March 10, in Bates College's Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
Traditional Middle Eastern dance troupe performs
Friday, December 7, 2007 12:00 am
The DC-Dabkeh Troupe, which presents traditional Middle Eastern folk dances, performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The public is invited to attend this Palestinian cultural night at Bates free of charge.
Political scientist offers an analysis of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 9:38 am
Norman Finkelstein, controversial author of such books as "Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History" and "The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering," speaks at 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8, in Chase Hall Lounge.
Students to conduct mock Senate hearing on Middle East
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:23 pm
Students of a Bates politics class promise an intense 90 minutes as they conduct "Hearings on U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East," a mock Senate hearing Friday, March 30, in Room G52, Pettengill Hall, during the Mount David Summit.