Middle East

MISTI and graduating MIT Sloan Master of Finance student, Lukas Kamphausen working in the Middle East

Navigating cultures while making a difference

Lukas Kamphausen MFin '18 is helping to bring sustainable electricity to low-income families in Gaza with easy-to-install solar kits.

August 2, 2018

Meeting Turkey’s Paris Agreement emissions commitment will require a dramatic shift to low-carbon energy sources, such as this solar farm in Kastamonu, Turkey.

The price of the pledge

MIT researchers examine Turkey to assess the impact of 2015 Paris climate commitments on a national economy.

July 30, 2018

The MIT Arab Students’ Organization lies in building cultural, academic, and industrial bridges between MIT and the Arab world.

Featured video: Reshaping the Arab world through science and technology

Student-led group is working to build cultural, academic, and industrial bridges between MIT and the Arab world.

July 27, 2018

Left to right: Waleed Abanomi, dean of College of Engineering and Architecture; Mohammed K. Alkhudair, general manager of business development and strategy; Nebila Dhieb, assistant professor of applied linguistics; Hussam Ramadan, acting president; Bhaskar Pant, executive director of MIT Professional Education; Lily Fu, director of MIT Professional Education; Lu Men, program manager of MIT Profess...

MIT Professional Education in Saudi Arabia

A new collaboration with Al Yamamah University aims to help Saudi Arabia develop a more progressive, inclusive, and innovative society.

July 9, 2018

Principal investigators on the MIT and Masdar Institute Cooperate Program research project MUSES (Multi-Use Space Energy Systems): (back row, left to right) Vinod Khadkikar, James Kirtley, Hatem Zeineldin, and (front row, left to right) Steven Leeb, Mohamed Elmoursi, Mohamed Al Hosani. David Perreault is also a PI on the project.

MIT-Abu Dhabi collaboration fosters thriving academic network

May 9, 2018

Participants from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan convened at MIT for a two-day event on the future of the Nile water, hosted by Professor Elfatih Eltahir.

A forum on the future of the Nile River

International workshop proposes future directions for long-standing conflict.

May 4, 2018

President L. Rafael Reif addresses the March 24 "Innovation to Impact" forum, which was hosted by MIT and focused on Saudi Arabia's economy.

MIT hosts Saudi-U.S. innovation forum

Gathering focuses on spurring new directions for economic development.

March 25, 2018

Students in the initial class examine electronics components as they begin their year-long course of studies.

New program from MIT offers refugees a career boost

ReACT will award credentials in computer and data science through online and in-person instruction.

January 23, 2018

The American University in Cairo is the first school in the world to pair with MIT in accepting the DEDP MicroMasters credential to help students embark on their master’s education.

Worldwide change takes global effort

The American University in Cairo is the first school to grant master's credits to MITx Data, Economics, and Development Policy MicroMasters program learners.

January 5, 2018

A study co-authored by MIT professor Daron Acemoglu shows that demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square lowered the stock market valuations of politically connected firms — indicating how much people thought a full democratic revolution was possible.

Street signs

Study shows how seriously investors took the possibility of a democratic revolution during Egypt’s Arab Spring.

December 19, 2017

Guest speaker Peter Krause presents a chart measuring changes over time in the rate of political violence in Algeria.

Tackling complex Middle East statehood issues

Bustani Middle East Seminar lectures by Leila Farsakh and Peter Krause PhD '11 take a close look at nationalist movements in Israel, Palestine, and Algeria.

November 16, 2017

Left to right: MEET facilitators Ted Golfinopoulos, a PSFC research scientist, and graduate students Adam Kuang and Alex Tinguely spent time in Israel as part of program that provides a safe place for Israeli and Palestinian high school students to become colleagues in the study of science, technology, and entrepreneurship.

Bridging the divide with technology

Three from the Plasma Science and Fusion Center spend time with the Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow.

November 14, 2017

Richard Nielsen’s book, “Deadly Clerics: Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad,” finds a certain portion of Muslim clerics who end up advocating for jihad — war against Islam’s foes — started out as mainstream clerics looking for state-sponsored jobs where they could use their intellectual training, only to become unemployed, disenchanted, and radicalized.

Why some Muslim clerics become jihadists

In his new book, political scientist Richard Nielsen proposes a “blocked ambition” hypothesis.

November 9, 2017

Winners of the 2017 Better World Media Contest: At left, Max Freitas and his D-Lab project partner Hope Chen (pictured, with patient) developed and field tested prosthetics with Rise Legs through MIT-India. Right: Dou Dou '17 brought over 80 Israeli and Palestinian high school students together by teaching them computer science and entrepreneurship through MIT-MEET.

Tackling the world’s challenges in the field

MISTI media contest showcases MIT students working to build a better world.

October 2, 2017

MIT Sloan School of Management student Vick Liu demonstrates how small and portable a compressed TravlerPack is — an important attribute for refugees carrying all of their possessions on foot.

MIT students design and donate sleeping bags to Syrian refugees

"It's a simple solution to a big problem."

September 18, 2017

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