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The second iteration of “Architecture and Representation: the Arab City” took place at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University (GSAPP), with leading architects, historians, and theorists from across the region, and the world. The conference was held on November 21, and was spearheaded by GSAPP Dean Amale Andraos, and Studio-X Amman Curator Nora Akawi.
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A partnership was launched among the Columbia Global Centers | Middle East, Columbia University School of Social Work, and Tomorrow’s Youth Organization Palestine (TYO), a non-governmental organization in Nablus. The partnership aims to enhance TYO's early childhood and youth service learning programs from a social work perspective, and build the organization's capacity.
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Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, Jean Magnano Bollinger, and Professor Safwan Masri, traveled to Tunis from January 6 to 10. During their trip, they met with a number of politicians, journalists, and academics, and gained a more nuanced understanding of developments in Tunisia.
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The Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University has partnered with All Prints Publishers in Beirut to translate and publish a number of important English language books on democracy and case studies on democratic transitions into Arabic, for distribution throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
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As part of its ongoing Speaker Series, the Columbia Global Centers | Middle East hosted a number of talks in fall 2014 focused on important issues concerning geopolitical developments in the Middle East.
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