Northwestern’s MENA Studies BA offers a panoramic view of the region’s complexities—spanning ancient civilizations, colonial legacies, political revolutions, and diasporic arts. Students pair language training in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish with seminars on gender, environmental change, media, and conflict. Fieldwork programs in Morocco, Jordan, and Israel enable on-the-ground ethnographic or policy research. The program cultivates nuanced regional literacy essential for careers in diplomacy, humanitarian work, journalism, and global business.
Map water-scarcity conflicts along the Jordan River using satellite data
Translate and analyze contemporary Palestinian poetry for an online anthology
Study urban heritage preservation in Fez through photogrammetry surveys
Create a podcast series interviewing women entrepreneurs in Tunisian tech hubs
Analyze social-media discourse during the Sudanese 2018–19 uprising
Develop a policy brief on renewable-energy cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean
Investigate diasporic identities in Chicago’s Arab-American communities via oral histories
Produce an interactive timeline of cinema censorship laws across MENA states
Examine the role of Amazigh activism in Moroccan constitutional reforms
Design an AR app visualizing ancient trade routes across the Arabian Peninsula
Assess climate migration’s impact on pastoralist livelihoods in the Sahel
Research Hebrew-Arabic code-switching practices in Israeli advertising
Compile a digital map of Ottoman-era public fountains and their social functions
Evaluate NGO micro-finance programs for Syrian refugee women in Jordan
Write a comparative analysis of Islamic art motifs in contemporary graphic design
Gain deep regional expertise and language proficiency for impactful global careers.
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