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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Eline Rosenhart

Central African Republic: Between France and Russia

Date

June 24, 2019

Eline Rosenhart analyzes the way that the CAR has become an arena for the competition of interests between France and Russia.

From Christchurch to Turkey’s elections: A global symbiosis of antagonisms

Date

June 12, 2019

Contributing researchers Dr. Emrah Çelik and Dr. Paula Schrode examine how the same narratives are co-opted by anti-Islamic terrorists and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but for opposing ends.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

The Portrayal of Jews and Israel in Turkish School Textbooks

Date

June 11, 2019

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak has published in the scholarly journal, "The Journal of the Middle East and Africa," about the role of the school curriculum in shaping Turkish public opinion about Jews and Israel.

The Non-Jihadi Foreign Fighters: Western Right-Wing and Left-Wing Extremists in Syria

Date

June 10, 2019

Ariel Koch has published an article in "Terrorism and Political Violence," which examines the phenomenon of foreigners fighting in Syria against jihadist groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.

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New books by MDC researchers

Iran-Israel 1948-63 cover

Iran and Israel, 1948-1963: Bilateral relations at a crossroads in a changing geopolitical environment

Author

Published by

Moshe Dayan Center / מרכז משה דיין

Paperback / כריכה רכה

377 pages

₪

50

Year

2019

ISBN

978-965-224-112-2

נטושה לגורלה כריכה

Left to its fate: Arab Society in Israel Under the Shadow of the "Arab Spring"

Author

Yusri Khaizran,

Muhammad Khaile

Published by

Moshe Dayan Center and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

Paperback / כריכה רכה

226 pages

₪

50

Year

2019

ISBN

978-965-224-115-3

Networks of Power

Networks of Power in Palestine Family, Society and Politics Since the Nineteenth Century

Author

Published by

Bloomsbury

EPUB E-book and PDF

288 pages

$

150

Year

2019

ISBN

9781838608903

Pictures from Recent Events

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

Videos and media

Programs

Africa Research Program

Doron Halpern Middle East Network Analysis Desk

Program for the Study of Jews in Arab Lands

Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation

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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Media coverage of the recent KAP survey examining likely Arab voter turnout

April 16, 2019

Minorities Revisited Invitation

Full Webcast of "Minorities in the Middle East Revisited"

April 4, 2019

Michael Milshtein

Michael Milshtein interviewed in the Washington Post

March 29, 2019

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.