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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Erdoğan’s “Mini Empire” in Libya and Syria

Date

February 12, 2020

In this issue of Turkeyscope Dr. Soner Cagaptay analyzes the evolution of Turkey's foreign policy with respect to both Syria and Libya.

Turkey, Libya and the Mediterranean Carve Up

Date

January 29, 2020

In the latest issue of Iqtisadi, Paul Rivlin discusses the latest developments in energy exploration in the Mediterranean, focusing on the conflict in Libya and recent deals involving Turkey and other key players.

Hamas and Yahya Sinwar’s Tough Choice

Date

January 24, 2020

Michael Milshtein has published an article in the "Fikra Forum" of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The article examines the political profile of Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and how it reflects contemporary developments both inside Hamas and in the broader Palestinian arena.

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Stormy Waters in the Eastern Mediterranean

Date

January 22, 2020

In the latest issue of Tel Aviv Notes, Benny Spanier, Shaul Chorev, and Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak explain the politics of Turkey's agreement with Libya on the contours of an Exclusive Economic Zone in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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New books by MDC researchers

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

Pluralism in the Iraqi Novel after 2003

Pluralism in the Iraqi Novel after 2003: Literature and the Recovery of National Identity

Author

Published by

Lexington Books

Hardcover

222 pages

$

95

Year

2020

ISBN

978-1-4985-9462-2

The Return of the Past: State, Identity, and Society in the Post–Arab Spring Middle East

The Return of the Past: State, Identity, and Society in the Post–Arab Spring Middle East

Author

Published by

Lexington Books

Hardcover

220 pages

$

95

Year

2020

ISBN

978-1-7936-0048-6

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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

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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Harel Chorev and Michael Barak

Harel Chorev and Michael Barak about the Palestinian Response to the Deal of the Century

January 31, 2020

Nir Boms about the Deal of the Century

January 29, 2020

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak on Turkish-Egyptian Relations

January 28, 2020

Upcoming MDC Events

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March

Dayan Seminar - Middle East and Global Powers: Change and Continuity

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.