Center of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law News
SOAS Nohoudh Scholar talks on Islamaphobia at Québec University
SOAS’ 2015-16 Nohoudh Scholar, Farrah Sheikh, recently appeared as a special invited guest at a conference on Islamaphobia at the Université du Québec à Montréal in conjunction with the University of Berkeley’s Centre for Race and Gender.
4th November 2015
CIMEL hosts launch of CIHRS Research Programme
In September 2014, Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL) hosted the launch of a new research programme of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
2nd October 2014
Award-winning student-led Ramadan Tent Project goes international
Ramadan Tent Project, an award-winning student-led project founded by both Muslim and non-Muslim students at SOAS, University of London is spreading to Manchester and establishing a global reach as it launches in Turkey and Zambia for its second year.
27th June 2014
SOAS professor examines political resistance in modern Middle East
The latest book by Charles Tripp, Professor of Politics at SOAS, University of London, explores peoples' resistance in the recent history of the Middle East.
16th July 2013
SOAS students to set up ‘Ramadan Tent’ on campus
SOAS students will provide a ‘Ramadan Tent’ on campus to mark the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, Ramadan.
8th July 2013
SOAS professor analyses current Egypt unrest
In a video interview with AFP recorded on the 4 July, SOAS Professor Gilbert Achcar (Department of Development Studies) provides an analysis of the current unrest in Egypt in light of his recently released book, The People Want: A Radical exploration of the Arab Uprising.
5th July 2013
Shari’a law and state law: roundtable discussion at SOAS
SOAS, University of London will host a roundtable discussion on the possibilities, differences, conflicts and challenges between Shari’a law and state law.
13th June 2013
Dr Shirin Ebadi at SOAS on the feminist movement in Iran
Dr Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2003 and SOAS Honorary Graduate, will be speaking at SOAS, University of London this weekend on the feminist movement in Iran.
30th May 2013
SOAS scholar appointed to Government’s Human Rights Advisory Group
Mashood Baderin, a Professor of Law at SOAS, University of London, has been invited by the Foreign Secretary to join the Human Rights Advisory Group at the Foreign Office.
23rd May 2013
New book explores gender and equality in Muslim family law
New book exploring gender and equality in Muslim family law launched by panel of distinguished thinkers on Saturday 27 April.
19th April 2013
New Masters programme: Media and the Middle East
A groundbreaking MA Media and the Middle East has been launched by SOAS, University of London, starting in September 2013.
15th February 2013
February-March Edition of The Middle East in London hits newsstands
The February-March edition of The Middle East in London, the bi-monthly magazine of the London Middle East Institute, is now available.
2nd February 2013