Middle East and North Africa Studies at Boston University

10/04/2024

Boston area friends: I'm so excited to welcome Wendy Pearlman to Boston University this coming Tuesday. She is always a flash of lucidity in troubled times. This reading and Q&A is free and open to the public - please join us.

09/19/2023

Two Middle Eastern arts events coming up Oct 2 and 3, both open to the public. Please join us!

02/04/2021

Remember that other mass uprising protesting police brutality and demanding social justice? A special event on Egypt 2011 featuring three members of the BU faculty.

11/09/2020

A cool spring course at our sister program, BU's legendary African Studies Center.

04/01/2019

A MENA Humanities course offered in Summer 1 semester, Tues and Thurs 2:30-5:

02/07/2019

By popular demand! Prof. Roberta Micallef has updated the Valentines' Day screening to show a beautiful, not at all depressing film about the cats of Istanbul.

02/01/2019

The Department of World Languages and Literatures is pleased to announce that its new Major in Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Literatures is now open for registration. Makes a good double major with MENA, to deepen the arts & literature component and let you count all your language courses. Remember, you can cross-count up to five courses between two majors.

Middle East & South Asian Languages & Literatures Major in Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages & Literature (1151) The major in Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages & Literatures (MESALL) offers students the chance to develop an in-depth critical understanding of one or more Middle Eastern....

01/30/2019

Check out this semester's events organized by the Boston University World Languages & Literatures Arabic section. Open to BU students, faculty, and staff only.

01/30/2019

Film fest starting next week, every day 1-3pm in Geddes. The most nourishing lunch breaks ever. (Open to BU students, faculty, and staff only.)