History Matters in the Middle East

History Matters in the Middle East

For over fifty years, the MDC has explained the Middle East and Africa to policymakers, practitioners, scholars and students through an interdisciplinary approach steeped in the knowledge of the region's history, cultures, languages, economics, and politics.

The Arabic Press Archives

The Arabic Press Archives

The Arabic Press Archives at the Moshe Dayan Center boasts one of the most comprehensive repositories of historical and contemporary Arabic-language newspapers in the world.

The MDC Library

The MDC Library

The Moshe Dayan Center's nationally-ranked library features an impressive collection of journals, articles, books, and primary source documents on the contemporary and historical politics, economics, societies and cultures of the Middle East.

New articles and analysis

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An Israeli-Sudanese Rapprochement? Context, Interests, and Implications

Date

October 20, 2020

In this issue of Ifriqiya, Asher Lubotzky discusses the context, opportunities, and risks involved in the pursuit of a normalization deal between Israel and Sudan.

How the Abraham Accords affected the Turkish Foreign Policy?

Date

October 15, 2020

In this issue of Turkeyscope, Zoltán Egeresi, research fellow at the Hungarian Institute for Strategic and Defence Studies, analyzes the negative Turkish reaction to the normalization deals made between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain.

Bustan - Vol.11, No.1 (Summer 2020)

Date

October 13, 2020

Bustan, Vol.11, No.1 (Summer 2020).

Jibril Rajoub's problematic Palestine

Date

October 11, 2020

Michael Milstein writes for Ynetnews about Jibril Rajoub's way to Palestinian leadership.

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New books by MDC researchers

The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict

The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict

Author

Published by

Cambridge University Press

Hardback

274 pages

$

Year

2020

ISBN

9781108489089

סוריה במלחמה - אייל זיסר

Syria at War - The Rise and Fall of the Revolution in Syria (Hebrew)

Author

Published by

Moshe Dayan Center / מרכז משה דיין + IDF "Maarachot" Publication / צה"ל - הוצאת "מערכות"

Paperback / כריכה רכה

438 pages

₪

88

Year

2020

ISBN

978-965-224-114-6

The Syrian War: Between Justice and Political Reality

The Syrian War: Between Justice and Political Reality

Author

Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen,

Published by

Cambridge University Press

Hardcover

332 pages

$

110

Year

2020

ISBN

978-1108487801

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Books, Left to their fate event. Photo credit: Chen Galili

Left to their fate: Arab society in Israel in the shadow of the Arab Spring (24 June 2019)

Photo credit: Chen Galili

Arik Rudnitzky, 24 June 2019. Photo credit: Chen Galili

Left to their fate: Arab society in Israel in the shadow of the Arab Spring (24 June 2019)

KAP Project Manager Arik Rudnitzky. Photo credit: Chen Galili

MK Dr. Yousef Jabareen , 25 June 2019. Photo credit: Chen Galili

Left to their fate: Arab society in Israel in the shadow of the Arab Spring (24 June 2019)

MK Dr. Yousef Jabareen. Photo credit: Chen Galili

Alexander Brakel

Left to their fate: Arab society in Israel in the shadow of the Arab Spring (24 June 2019)

Dr. Alexander Brakel, Director of the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung in Israel. Photo credit: Chen Galili

Dr. Taghreed Yahia-Younis. Photo credit: Chen Galili

Left to their fate: Arab society in Israel in the shadow of the Arab Spring (24 June 2019)

Dr. Taghreed Yahia-Younis. Photo credit: Chen Galili

Younis and Jabareen

Left to their fate: Arab society in Israel in the shadow of the Arab Spring (24 June 2019)

Dr. Taghreed Yahia-Younis and MK Dr. Yousef Jabareen. Photo credit: Chen Galili

Yusri Khaizran and Muhammad Khlaile. Photo credit: Chen Galili

Left to their fate: Arab society in Israel in the shadow of the Arab Spring (24 June 2019)

Authors Muhammad Khlaile and Yusri Khaizran. Photo credit: Chen Galili

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Programs

Africa Research Program

Doron Halpern Middle East Network Analysis Desk

Program for the Study of Jews in Arab Lands

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ISMI: Israel and the Middle East

Kurdish Studies Program

Tel Aviv University Workshop on Israel and the Middle East

Research

Bayan: The Arabs in Israel

Beehive: Middle East Social Media

Ifriqiya: Africa Research and Analysis

Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy

Jihadiscope: Insights on Global Jihad

Tel Aviv Notes: Contemporary Middle East Analysis

צומת המזרח התיכון

Turkeyscope: Insights on Turkish Affairs

Moshe Dayan Center Events

Books by MDC Researchers

News and updates

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The Moshe Dayan Center signed a Memorandum of Understanding with TRENDS Research & Advisory Center in Abu Dhabi

October 22, 2020

The Peace Agreements and the Future of the Middle East

October 22, 2020

MDC Activities - Corona Virus Update

October 18, 2020

Upcoming MDC Events

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Hiwar - Forum for Intra-Regional Dialogue

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November

Special Sale of MDC Books - October 25-November 5

About the Moshe Dayan Center (MDC)

The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (MDC) is a non-partisan interdisciplinary research center devoted to the study of the contemporary Middle East and Africa. For over half a century, the MDC has helped to explain the complexities of the modern Middle East. Our guiding principle is that in order to understand the region, one must understand its cultures, peoples, languages, religions, and history.