Program Overview
Middle East and North Africa Studies
Middle East and North Africa Studies draws upon faculty and courses across the humanities and social sciences. The minor in this course of study focuses on this region broadly including Africa north of the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula, Eastern Mediterranean, Iran, Turkey, and the Red Sea and Gulf Littoral states.
Program Facts
- Program Type: Minor
Program Director
Elizabeth Hamilton,
Associate Dean of the College of the Arts and Sciences
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Middle East and North Africa Studies News
Found in Translation
May 25, 2023
Theo Canter’s deep ties to Greece get a boost through a Fulbright teaching assistantship in Athens.
Raavi Asdar Receives Fulbright to Tajikistan
August 16, 2022
A 2021 graduate, Raavi Asdar is part of a cohort teaching English to local Tajiki residents in a U.S.-embassy sponsored American Space.
Marwan Ghanem '22 Receives Nexial Prize
July 18, 2022
Marwan Ghanem, a spring 2022 graduate with majors in biology and neuroscience, is this year’s winner of the Oberlin College Nexial Prize.
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