The Fares Center Events Podcast Series features visiting academics, practitioners, and policy makers as well as students and faculty of the Fletcher School. It aims to encourage discussion and exchange of perspectives about the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
Fares Center: Eastern Mediterranean Studies

Dr. Linda Jacobs discusses the history of Arab Americans in Massachusetts, dating back to the 19th century.

HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal, Saudi Arabia’s former ambassador to the United States and United Kingdom, discusses developments in the

The Fares Center’s Sam Bollier interviews Ronnie Chatah.

The Fletcher Food Symposium: Cuisine and Identity in the Eastern Mediterranean. This event seeks to capture the historical and cultural

Some recent developments in the U.S. have had a familiar ring to them for those who have lived under authoritarian

Nasser’s Republic, The Making of Modern Egypt is the first film for an American audience about one of the Arab world’s

Rami Khouri, Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy at the American University of Beirut, joined the Fares

Dr. Olivier Roy, Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, joins the ongoing debate on the roots of radicalization. Is radicalization of

BBC correspondent Kim Ghattas discusses what a Clinton presidency would mean for the Middle East from Iraq to Syria and the

Roger Owen (A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Harvard University) discusses his recently published volume of memoirs outlining his