MENA/MIT houses and connects activities and initiatives across MIT related to the Middle East and North Africa through the Center for International Studies. Richard Nielsen and
David Dolev are the lead coordinators of MENA/MIT. For general inquiries, email us at mena_mit@mit.edu. The most recent MENA/MIT newsletters are available here, here, and here.
MENA/MIT aims to:
(1) connect MENA-related research, teaching, and initiatives across MIT.
(2) connect thinkers and doers
(3) connect scholarship about the MENA region across the world
(4) promote academic research, economic opportunity, stability, mutual understanding, and peace.
Learn more about:
Student programs in the region
Seed funds for faculty collaboration
Seminars, lectures, and workshops
Who we are
Latest News
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MIT Global Seed Funds awards more than $2.6 million
107 faculty projects selected, international scientific collaboration fostered
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Upcoming Events
Israeli, Palestinian, and American relations:
Now and in the future
An online mini-course for the MIT community with Prof. Peter Krause, hosted by MENA/MIT.
Register here for session 3 on November 13Making Biometric Citizens:
Technology and Power from the Height of the British Empire to the Digital Age
November 18, 3:00pm
Register hereClimate, Sustainability and Health:
Promoting Science Writing and Policy
for Journalists in the Arab World
January 20-25, 2025
Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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PhD students offer insights on the war in Gaza
Nasir Almasri and Elizabeth Parker-Magyar, both PhD candidates at MIT, discuss their dissertation research on the Middle East.
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précis Interview: MENA/MIT
Richard Nielsen and David Dolev discuss MENA/MIT’s engagement with the MIT community, its contributions to the Institute's educational and research objectives, and their goals for 2024.
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Minicourse open to the MIT community gives context to the Middle East crisis
Attended by more than 500 students, faculty, staff, and alumni, with more sessions planned, the course offers a jumping off point for constructive discussions.
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Starr Forum examines Israel-Hamas conflict
Experts analyze what may lie ahead.
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Empowering students to bring change in the Middle East
The Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (MEET) program uses an MIT-inspired curriculum and MISTI student instructors to help young Palestinians and Israelis find common ground.
Programs & Activities
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MISTI Programs in MENA
Students at MIT can experience the diversity and ingenuity of the region by taking part in our fully funded internships, research, and teaching opportunities with leading companies, universities, and other organizations. MISTI (MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives) is a global extension of the Institute’s on-campus learning and cutting-edge research.
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Global Seed Funds
The Global Seed Funds in the MENA region support faculty-led innovative projects that help lay the foundations for new research and education initiatives between MIT and countries in the MENA region.Specific Funds in: Israel, Jordan, Africa and one regional fund.
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Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar
The Emile Bustani Seminar brings distinguished speakers to discuss history, political science, economics, anthropology, architecture, and urban studies in the Middle East and North Africa. It is open to the MIT community and to the general public.
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M3 Middle East & North Africa
M3 is an effort to strengthen ties with colleagues across the Institute who share research interests in a particular region or discipline. We invite you to join our mailing list here, if you'd like to receive news and updates on research across the Middle East and North Africa in all disciplines and research topics, but especially around global challenges such as climate and sustainability, health, AI and computing, democratic stability, inequality, and human development.
