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CMES Phd researcher Joel Abdelmoez has written a Q & A on Qatar and the World Cup on the blog Tabsir. In the blog post, Joel describes Qatar politically and economically and discusses the controversies surrounding Qatar acting as host to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. One issue is the fact that Qatar and FIFA have been accused of corruption and irregularities in relation to the election process. Another

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/qatar-and-world-cup-questions-and-answers - 2026-07-15

CMES scholar Svante Lundgren has authored the article "När den assyriska tragedin blev Seyfo: En undersökning av svens-assyrisk minnespolitik" [In English: "When the Assyrian Tragedy Became Seyfo: A Study of Swedish-Assyrian Memory Politics"] published in Historisk Tidskrift för Finland. Seyfo is the name Assyrians use for the Assyrian genocide. It is an Assyrian (Aramaic) word meaning sword, as t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/when-assyrian-tragedy-became-seyfo - 2026-07-15

This panel of Middle East experts will discuss: What is the status of women’s rights in Iran? How can we understand recent political acts of resistance and civil protests expressed by young people in Iran? What is the role of the Iranian diaspora, and what is the impact of these protests beyond Iran regionally and globally? The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), together with the S

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-public-panel-protests-iran - 2026-07-15

What is most surprising about the demonstrations in Iran, is how young the protesting girls are. So says Rola El-Husseini, researcher in political sociology and expert on women's movements in the Middle East. On Monday, she will participate in a panel discussion on Iran, organised by the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University. – Iran is rocked by major protests about every t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/leadership-needed-protests-usher-change-iran - 2026-07-15

Scientists all over the world agree: the earth is getting hotter and hotter and extreme weather such as heat waves or prolonged droughts create a greater risk of forest fires. In a new photographic exhibition in the Pufendorf Institute's garden in Lund, visitors could take part of powerful photographs of how people, animals and communities are affected by forest fires. The fire season is getting l

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/world-fire-how-do-we-adapt-warmer-planet - 2026-07-15

CMES researcher Rola El-Husseini Dean will be giving a lecture on Lebanese politics hosted by the Association of Foreign Affairs (UPF) in Lund.  Rola's research profile UPF's website UPF's Facebook page

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/upf-lecture-lebanon-failed-state - 2026-07-15

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "How Can Sewage Sludge Use in Sustainable Tunisian Agriculture Be Increased?" together with Nidhal Marzougui (Université de Carthage), Nadia Ounalli (Université de Carthage), Sonia Sabbahi (Université de Carthage), Tarek Fezzani (Université de Carthage), Farah Abidi (Université de Carthage), Sihem Jebari (Université de Carthage), So

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sewage-sludge-use-sustainable-tunisian-agriculture - 2026-07-15

New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest issue of the CMES Newslette

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-31 - 2026-07-15

CMES scholar Seyed Amir Naghibi has co-authored the paper "Optimal Landfill Site Selection for Solid Waste of Three Municipalities Based on Boolean and Fuzzy Methods: A Case Study in Kermanshah Province, Iran" together with Seyed Mohsen Mousavi (Shahid Beheshti University), Golnaz Darvishi (Shahid Beheshti University) and Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan (Shahid Beheshti University). The article has been

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/landfill-site-selection-iran - 2026-07-15

CMES scholar Lina Eklund has been interviewed in an article about climate migration in Göteborgs-Posten. The article was written (in Swedish) and published in Göteborgs-Posten on 24 October 2022. Read the article in Swedish: "En miljard människor tvingas fly – på grund av klimatkrisen". Below are some excerpts from the article translated into English. In a new report, the United Nations and the Re

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lina-eklund-interviewed-goteborgs-posten-about-climate-migration - 2026-07-15

CMES scholar Rola El-Husseini Dean has received a sabbatical grant from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. Rola will use the sabbatical to complete her book manuscript Performing Gender Equality: Arab State Feminism and the Sectarian Exception. In this book, she argues that most Arab governments instrumentalize women’s rights to show the West their adoption of gender-equality norms. She studies the link b

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/rola-el-husseini-dean-receives-sabbatical-grant - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The book "Methodological Approaches to Societies in Transformation How to Make Sense of Change" (open access) provides methodological devices and analytical frameworks for the study of societies in transformation. It explores a central paradox in the study of change: making sense of change requires long-term perspecti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/affects-change-ethnography-affective-experiences-2013-military-intervention-egypt-new-book-chapter - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The research group behind this article in the journal Earth´s future: Ronny Berndtsson, Hossein Hashemi, Sadegh Jamali, Cintia B. Uvo, George J. Huffman, Majid Kazemzadeh Ordinary linear regression models have been widely used for trend analysis in many related studies. This procedure implicitly assumes that precipita

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-open-access-research-cmes-linear-and-nonlinear-trend-analyzes-global-satellite-based - 2026-07-15

Research group: Hossein Hashemi, Majid Kazemzadeh, Ali Salajegheh, Arash Malekian, Abdolmajid Liaghat  Soil moisture, vegetation cover, and land surface temperature are vital variables in water-energy balance, eco-hydrological processes, and water resources management, which can be influenced by watershed management activities. This research focused on the spatial and temporal variability of soil

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-cmes-water-research-soil-moisture-change-analysis-under-watershed-management-practice-using-situ - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Accelerated by changes in the geography and capitalist social relations of production, the influx of labor migrants, refugees and asylum seekers has transformed the demography of cities in the global North. In the Swedish context, as the demography of the cities is altering, neoliberal urban planning and regeneration

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/negotiating-invisibility-street-making-margins-malmo-laleh-foroughanfar - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Maria F Malmström is taking part of the conference: "Gender and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa: A Decade after the Arab Uprisings" Virtual Workshop Series (University of Gothenburg). The title of her talk is "Navigating the Ocean of Suspicion: Affective Politics and Ambivalent Cairene Masculinities". The

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/navigating-ocean-suspicion-affective-politics-and-ambivalent-cairene-masculinities - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies supports research with high scientific potential through the Strategic Research Area (SRA): Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW). Research initiation CMES offers seed money for research initiation and preparation of applications for national and international rese

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-travel-grant-and-research-initiation-now-open-applications - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New calls for research funding, and scientific advisory board in the making! While we are still waiting for warmer spring weather to arrive there are some encouraging signs that we are now moving towards brighter times. The surrounding of CMES is distinguished by beautiful Magnolia trees in full blossom and the vaccin

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter-20-april-2021 - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Thursday 20 May Morten is giving a CMES Research Seminar on the topic: What is so Sectarian about Sectarian Politics? Identity Politics and Authoritarianism in a New Middle East. 1.    How has sectarian politics been debated before, during and after the Arab Revolts? The public debate on sectarianism easily leaves the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/three-questions-morten-valbjorn - 2026-07-15

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Strong external pressure is needed to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas, which  has harvested immense humanitarian suffering on both sides. And it must happen quickly, according to Peace and conflict researcher Lisa Strömbom. The UN warns of full-scale war if the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas cont

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israel-palestine-conflict-external-pressure-needed-bring-parties-negotiating-table - 2026-07-15