Lectures and Workshops Study Abroad and Immersion Faculty Courses Resources and Links Home International Programs Office Department of Humanities and Social Sciences USNA Home		The Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies serves to enhance the educational opportunities of midshipmen through supporting international and regional study, curricular innovation, community outreach, and as a center for resources on all aspects of the Middle East and Islamic Studies. subscribe to our email list. With President Obama at the World's "Most Dangerous Place" Monday 6 April, 2009 Akbar Ahmed is the Class of 1955 Endowed Faculty Chair in Middle East Studies The 99 ninety-nine Monday 27 April, 2009 Naif al-Mutawa is a UNESCO award winning author and creator of "the 99" comic Transcending Borders: Asia, Middle East, and the Global Community International Forum on Asia-Middle East Studies October 16-17, 2009 United States Naval Academy                             Mohammed Arkoun 14 September 2009 Professor Emeritus at Sorbonne University, author of author of more than two dozen books including The Unthought in Contemporary Islamic Thought (2002). Mark Bowden 16 November 2009 Author of Black Hawk Down (1999) and Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam (2006). .		Publications Oceans Apart Mark Deets Class of 1955 Endows Chair in Middle East Studies Shipmate- Nov 08 Nadir Shah and the Ja'fari Madhhab Reconsidered Iranian Studies Ernest Tucker Negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran John Limbert   International Midshipmen: Focus on Middle East Shipmate-Sep 07   Academy lays groundwork for exchanges in Jordan Trident-Nov 06

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