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As the people of Derna cope with the deadliest flood in Africa since 1900, Libyans are on an ongoing search for missing persons. Furthermore, people fear the lasting consequences of such a…
Check out our report on the Food Sovereignty Workshop!
OSU Units in partnership with Central State University Professor Brandy Phipps organized a professional development workshop on…
Dr. Daniel M. Varisco, President, American Institute for Yemeni Studies, shared his expertise on Yemeni food systems for our Food Sovereignty Workshop on October 13th and 14th. Dr. Varisco is an…
On October 13th and 14th, 2022, Ohio State University held the food sovereignty workshop, Community-Centered Approaches for Food Systems Transformation. The workshop focused on university…
The Middle East Studies Center, Global Water Institute, and University Libraries will host a food sovereignty workshop on October 13 and 14, 2022. Globally, 27% of people face moderate or severe…
The Middle East Studies Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Daniel M. Varisco, President, American Institute for Yemeni Studies, will discuss what local food systems can look like in the…
Food Sovereignty Workshop: Community-Centered Approaches for Food Systems Transformation
October 13 - October 14, 2022
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Locations: OSU Thompson Library (Day 1)…
By: Cierra Carafice
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has been a source of contention since the 1947 partition plan was approved by the United Nations General Assembly1. This conflict has…
By: Thorayah Abdelqader
The crisis in Yemen is still getting worse as starvation, disease and destruction spreads. The country is battling a civil war and facing interference from outside…
By: Thorayah Abdelqader
There have been multiple outbreaks of Cholera worldwide, with one of the biggest outbreaks occurring in the aftermath of the natural disasters that hit…
By Natalie Hettle
Yemen’s water crisis is the worst in the Middle East. Yemen is located on a dry, semi-arid portion of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen has no rivers unlike Syria, Egypt, Iraq…
by Gabriel Giddens, MESC Academic Intern
After consulting with Yemeni authorities in December 2015, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) issued a statement warning the international…
The US Embassy in Baghdad issues a statement [1], including a fact sheet of the major concerns. Residents in the threatened areas are encouraged to move a minimum of 6 kilometers away from their…