Published 21 June 2023 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 issu

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-36 - 2025-07-07

Published 26 June 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on land use and land cover change in Tunisia. The article is published in the journal Remote Sensing. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Analysis of Four Decades of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Semiarid Tunisia Using Google Earth Engine" together with Nesrine Kadri (National

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/land-use-and-land-cover-change-tunisia - 2025-07-07

Published 27 June 2023 CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article "The two-state impasse in Israel/Palestine—The EU caught between egalitarian norms and expansionist realpolitik" together with Anders Persson (Linnaeus University), published in the journal Frontiers in Political Science. Abstract In recent years, many academics as well as local actors have started to question the fea

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/two-state-impasse-israelpalestine-and-eu - 2025-07-07

Published 3 July 2023 CMES researchers Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund have co-authored the article "Syrian farmers in the midst of drought and conflict: the causes, patterns, and aftermath of land abandonment and migration", published in the journal Climate and Development. Abstract The prevailing narrative on the Syrian Civil War attributes it to climate-induced migration resulting from a severe drou

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/syrian-farmers-drought-migration-and-conflict - 2025-07-07

By johan [dot] joelsson [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (Johan Joelsson (English translation by Linda Eitrem Holmgren)) - published 13 July 2023 A new study shows that war, rather than drought, drove Syria's farmers from their homes. Photo: Ahmed Akacha/Pexels With the help of satellite images and interviews, researchers in Lund can present new information about how the drought that hit Syria betwe

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/war-not-drought-reason-mass-migration-syria - 2025-07-07

Published 18 July 2023 Photo: Katrin Eitrem Holmgren Welcome to an Open House at CMES on 6 September (14:00-16:00) to learn more about the courses we offer! Application deadline: 6 September CMES offers two Arabic language courses during the fall of 2023:  Modern Standard Arabic for Beginners, Part I Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic, Part I The courses are exclusively offered for Lund Universit

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-arabic-courses-and-open-house-cmes-september - 2025-07-07

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 14 July 2023 CMES researcher Sara Brogaard has been interviewed in a Radio Sweden program about sandstorms in Iraq. The episode on sandstorms in Iraq is part of Radio Sweden's program "Vetenskapsradion Klotet". Klotet (The Globe) is an environmental program from the science department of Radio Sweden. Th

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/devastating-sandstorms-iraq - 2025-07-07

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 17 July 2023 CMES doctoral researcher Joel Abdelmoez has been interviewed in Dagens Nyheter about sportswashing in Saudi Arabia. The article "Naivt att damtennis i Saudiarabien skulle leda till förbättringar för kvinnor" (English translation: "Naive to Think That Women’s Tennis in Saudi Arabia Would Lead

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sportswashing-saudi-arabia - 2025-07-07

Published 18 August 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on heavy metal pollution and groundwater contamination in Egypt. The article is published in the journal Sustainability. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Heavy Metal Transport in Different Drip-Irrigated Soil Types with Potato Crop" together with Tarek Selim (Port Said Univer

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/heavy-metal-pollution-and-groundwater-contamination-egypt - 2025-07-07

By linda [dot] eitrem_holmgren [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se (Linda Eitrem Holmgren) - published 23 August 2023 CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom has co-authored an article on the Israeli flag as a symbol of protest together with Anne Lene Stein (Department of Political Science, Lund University) in Sydsvenskan. The article "I Israel har flaggan omvandlats till en protestsymbol" (English translation: "In

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israeli-flag-symbol-protest - 2025-07-07

Published 28 August 2023 CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored an article on identifying operational losses in agricultural water distribution systems in Iran published in the journal Agricultural Water Management. CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Operational loss estimation in irrigation canals by integrating hydraulic simulation and crop growth m

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/operational-losses-agricultural-water-distribution-iran - 2025-07-07

Published 25 August 2023 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has authored the article "When the Assyrian Tragedy Became Seyfo: A Study of Swedish-Assyrian Politics of Memory" in the journal Genocide Studies International. Abstract Research into and widespread knowledge about the Assyrian Genocide, called Seyfo by Assyrians, is a recent phenomenon. Assyrians themselves have always known of the tragic e

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/swedish-assyrian-politics-memory - 2025-07-07

Published 30 August 2023 CMES researcher Svante Lundgren has written a review of a book which provides a solid overview of Turkey's history as the country approaches its centenary this autumn. The reviewed book is called Drama utan slut. Turkiet 100 år. (English translation: Drama Without End. Turkey 100 Years.) and was written by journalist Bitte Hammargren and photographer Stefan Bladh (Atlas, 2

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/book-review-100-years-turkish-republic - 2025-07-07

Published 29 August 2023 Photo: Linda Eitrem Holmgren This 7.5 credit course is offered by the Faculty of Social Sciences as an interdisciplinary single–subject course at the doctoral studies level. The language of instruction is English. Course period: 29 November 2023 - 14 January 2024 This course covers the environmental impact of natural resources management and its political, social, and econ

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-phd-course-environment-and-sustainable-development-mena - 2025-07-07

By oliver [dot] scharbrodt [at] ctr [dot] lu [dot] se (Oliver Scharbrodt) - published 1 September 2023 A 2023 procession of Shii Muslims in Malmö. Some participants hold a copy of the Qur’an to protest against the Qur’an burnings. Photo: Oliver Scharbrodt Several Qur’an burnings occurred in Sweden this summer leading to protests in Muslim-majority countries. The repercussions might be limited in t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-mena-responses-quran-burnings-sweden - 2025-07-07

Av filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 29 maj 2024 Photo: Abigail Enzaldo Den världsberömda konstnären Nairy Baghramian har utsetts till ny hedersdoktor för 2024 vid Lunds universitets Konstnärliga fakultet. Den hedersamma titeln kommer att tilldelas henne under ceremonin som äger rum på fredagen den 31 maj i Lund.Nairy Baghramian är en världsberömd kons

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/nairy-baghramian-utnamns-till-hedersdoktor-den-31-maj - 2025-07-07

Av Filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 11 juni 2024 Edstrandska stiftelsen är en av de största stipendiefonderna för bildkonst i Sverige och har tidigare mottagits av några av Nordens mest framstående konstnärer. Nu har stipendiaterna för 2024 annonserats.Edstrandska stipendiestiftelsen har i år tilldelat ett stipendium om 500 000 kr vardera till konstnä

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/edstrandska-stiftelsens-stipendiater-2024 - 2025-07-07

Av Filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 14 juni 2024 Stella SieberWhen entering Stella Sieber´s MFA exhibition Hocus Pocus Focus Locus, a small painting was the first to catch my eye, depicting a small cooking pot placed within a home and a city, that seemed to be anything but solid. The same emotional landscape was conveyed by the artist throughout the s

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/mfa-student-interview-series-part-i-stella-sieber-and-juju-bento - 2025-07-07

Av filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 24 juni 2024 Mjuk suddig stjärnig natt, olja på duk, 31 x 24 cm, 2024. Av Nicklas Randau. Konsthögskolans alumner Nicklas Randau och Carl-Oskar Jonsson ställer ut på Galleri Thomas Wallner fram tills den 21 juli.Vi är stolta att presentera konsthögskolans alumner Nicklas Randau och Carl-Oskar Jonsson i deras nya uts

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/alumner-utstallning-med-nicklas-randau-och-carl-oskar-jonsson - 2025-07-07

Av Filippa [dot] jonsson [at] thm [dot] lu [dot] se (Filippa Jonsson) - publicerad 4 juli 2024 Carin Alegre Castegren When entering the lower gallery (KHM1) of Malmö Art Academy to see the MFA exhibition entitled “Tremeluz” by Carin Maria Alegre Castegren, I was met by numerous paintings, which all seemed to be in a state of flux. They had a lightness to them, an openness as well as something allu

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/mfa-student-interview-series-part-iii-carin-alegre-castegren-and-my-sjoberg - 2025-07-07