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middle east research and information project middle east research and information project critical coverage of the middle east since 1971 sign in sign up sign in sign up latest issue campus politics palestine and the new university order censorship and surveillance at us universities torin monahan the university is a site of struggle a roundtable with faculty organizers on repression and resistance on us campuses lisa hajjar lara deeb darryl li andrew ross and meera shah after the encampments a roundtable with student organizers on palestine the university and what comes next maya wind and students from collettivi autorganizzati universitari italy stop academic complicity collective france kcl stands for justice uk uci rank and file usa academic opposition germany fighting the campus crackdown aslı bâli why the middle east studies association took the trump administration to court the palestine test for german universities jannis julien grimm and lilian mauthofer read the issue merip updates the merip podcast the merip podcast episode 24 iran in context part i gender and revolution james ryan sabiha allouche nazanin shahrokni paola rivetti 1 min read the merip podcast the merip podcast episode 23 ayça alemdaroğlu today s episode of the merip podcast features an interview with ayça alemdaroğlu about her article the capture of turkey s universities under the akp in our spring 2026 issue campus politics palestine and the new university order merip executive director james ryan spoke with alemdaroğlu about the efforts of james ryan ayça alemdaroğlu 1 min read striking oil workers at south pars field in bushehr province on tuesday november 4 2025 image courtesy of drop site news iran new rethinking political change in iran from protest to war mohammad ali kadivar on iran s protests and political culture james ryan mohammad ali kadivar 3 min read the merip podcast the merip podcast episode 22 aslı bâli and darryl li today s episode of the merip podcast features an interview with two contributors to the spring issue of middle east report campus politics palestine and the new university order since the beginning of world wide campus protests in the wake of october 7 2023 there has been a tremendous james ryan aslı bâli darryl li 2 min read merip updates mer 318 campus politics palestine and the new university order dear friends and comrades today we published our spring 2026 issue of middle east report campus politics palestine and the new university order its publication comes on the second anniversary of the university encampments the high point of campus mobilizations against the gaza genocide that ignited faculty student and labor james ryan 2 min read the merip podcast the merip podcast episode 21 susann kassem lara deeb and habib battah today on the podcast three merip contributors discuss lebanon s tenuous one sided ceasefire with israel even as officials in the lebanese government have entered into negotiations with israel an unprecedented diplomatic move with questionable legal status under lebanese law israel has violated the ceasefire numerous times and has continued james ryan lara deeb susann kassem habib battah 2 min read protesters march from city college to columbia university april 25 2025 in new york city demanding an end to cuts in university funding and an end to ice enforcement spencer platt getty images merip updates new censorship and surveillance at us universities dear friends and comrades today we re publishing the first piece from our forthcoming issue on campus activism and repression since october 7 2023 in censorship and surveillance at us universities torin monahan details the expansive apparatus used by university administrations often following federal or state political pressures to police james ryan torin monahan 2 min read residents return to the southern lebanese village of blida on february 18 2025 after it was partially destroyed by israeli bombardment and occupied by israeli troops fadel itani afp via getty images merip updates new our compass is broken israel s ongoing war on south lebanon dear friends and comrades amid the escalating us and israeli war on iran the israeli invasion of south lebanon is intensifying in addition to drone and missile attacks in beirut israel is carrying out a combined ground and aerial campaign aimed at creating a so called buffer zone up to james ryan susann kassem 2 min read be the first to know get the latest stories delivered to your inbox subscribing you ve been subscribed could not subscribe please try again subscribe current analysis striking oil workers at south pars field in bushehr province on november 4 2025 image courtesy of drop site news iran rethinking political change in iran from protest to war one month before the united states and israel began the current war against iran on february 28 2026 mass uprisings within the country resulted in the severest government crackdown in its modern history protests and repression were accompanied by calls for outside intervention us president donald trump declared on january mohammad ali kadivar 11 min read protesters march from city college to columbia university april 25 2025 in new york city demanding an end to cuts in university funding and an end to ice enforcement spencer platt getty images academic freedom censorship and surveillance at us universities the night before the start of the fall 2025 semester facilities workers at the university of north carolina at chapel hill quietly boarded up a pro palestine mural the mural created by art students was composed of prints bearing slogans of solidarity such as we keep us safe its black torin monahan 10 min read residents return to a southern lebanese village on february 18 2025 after it was partially destroyed by israeli bombardment and occupied by israeli troops fadel itani afp via getty images lebanon our compass is broken israel s ongoing war in south lebanon every day since the beginning of israel s war on gaza in 2023 my father like many other villagers from lebanon s south has listened to the news in the hope of hearing that he can return to our village along the border of south lebanon and rebuild our house susann kassem 12 min read smoke rises from shahran oil depot after us and israeli attacks tehran iran march 8 2026 hassan ghaedi anadolu via getty images current analysis war across boundaries perspectives on iran and a region under siege on february 28 2026 the united states and israel launched airstrikes on iran initiating a war with wide ranging consequences for iran and the broader region and devastating effects for their populations already millions have been displaced and thousands killed but this war is not a sudden rupture it is the editors 28 min read primers primers palestine and israel a primer this primer provides an overview of key actors organizations historic events political developments and diplomatic initiatives that have shaped the status and fate of palestinians and the state of israel from the late nineteenth century to the present it is divided into topical sections and organized roughly chronologically although some joel beinin lisa hajjar 64 min read smoke rises after an israeli airstrike on beirut lebanon on october 3 2024 houssam shbaro anadolu via getty images primers a primer on lebanon history palestine and resistance to israeli violence the israeli bombardment of lebanon between september and november 2024 was the deadliest violence in the country since the civil war lara deeb maya mikdashi tsolin nalbantian nadya sbaiti 38 min read a sudanese woman chants slogans during a demonstration demanding a civilian body to lead the transition to democracy outside the army headquarters in khartoum on april 12 2019 ahsraf shazly afp via getty images primers the struggle for sudan an introduction to the basic dynamics of the political landscape in sudan since the 2019 revolution khalid mustafa medani 20 min read fishing at the chebayesh marsh in dhi qar province iraq april 2019 thaier al sudani reuters mer article water in the middle east a primer a valuable introduction that challenges the dominant narratives in pdf format jessica barnes 1 min read merip updates the merip podcast the merip podcast episode 24 iran in context part i gender and revolution james ryan sabiha allouche nazanin shahrokni paola rivetti 1 min read the merip podcast the merip podcast episode 23 ayça alemdaroğlu today s episode of the merip podcast features an interview with ayça alemdaroğlu about her article the capture of turkey s universities under the akp in our spring 2026 issue campus politics palestine and the new university order merip executive director james ryan spoke with alemdaroğlu about the efforts of james ryan ayça alemdaroğlu 1 min read striking oil workers at south pars field in bushehr province on tuesday november 4 2025 image courtesy of drop site news iran new rethinking political change in iran from protest to war mohammad ali kadivar on iran s protests and political culture james ryan mohammad ali kadivar 3 min read the merip podcast the merip podcast episode 22 aslı bâli and darryl li today s episode of the merip podcast features an interview with two contributors to the spring issue of middle east report campus politics palestine and the new university order since the beginning of world wide campus protests in the wake of october 7 2023 there has been a tremendous james ryan aslı bâli darryl li 2 min read merip updates mer 318 campus politics palestine and the new university order dear friends and comrades today we published our spring 2026 issue of middle east report campus politics palestine and the new university order its publication comes on the second anniversary of the university encampments the high point of campus mobilizations against the gaza genocide that ignited faculty student and labor james ryan 2 min read the merip podcast the merip podcast episode 21 susann kassem lara deeb and habib battah today on the podcast three merip contributors discuss lebanon s tenuous one sided ceasefire with israel even as officials in the lebanese government have entered into negotiations with israel an unprecedented diplomatic move with questionable legal status under lebanese law israel has violated the ceasefire numerous times and has continued james ryan lara deeb susann kassem habib battah 2 min read protesters march from city college to columbia university april 25 2025 in new york city demanding an end to cuts in university funding and an end to ice enforcement spencer platt getty images merip updates new censorship and surveillance at us universities dear friends and comrades today we re publishing the first piece from our forthcoming issue on campus activism and repression since october 7 2023 in censorship and surveillance at us universities torin monahan details the expansive apparatus used by university administrations often following federal or state political pressures to police james ryan torin monahan 2 min read residents return to the southern lebanese village of blida on february 18 2025 after it was partially destroyed by israeli bombardment and occupied by israeli troops fadel itani afp via getty images merip updates new our compass is broken israel s ongoing war on south lebanon dear friends and comrades amid the escalating us and israeli war on iran the israeli invasion of south lebanon is intensifying in addition to drone and missile attacks in beirut israel is carrying out a combined ground and aerial campaign aimed at creating a so called buffer zone up to james ryan susann kassem 2 min read be the first to know get the latest stories delivered to your inbox subscribing you ve been subscribed could not subscribe please try again subscribe latest issues view all issues 1 min read 1 min read 1 min read 1 min read 1 min read 1 min read 1 min read 1 min read 1 min read 1 min read merip 30 ardmore ave po box 390 ardmore pa 19003 critical coverage 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