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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Sayed Fakhreddin Afzali (Shiraz University), Ali Khanamani (Yazd University) and Ehsan Kamali Maskooni (Islamic Azad University), CMES deputy director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Quantitative assessment of environmental sensitivity to desertification using the modified MEDALUS model in
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/desertification-iran - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Mohamed Galal Eltarabily (Port Said University), Nasr M. Abdou (Fayoum University), Mustafa El-Rawy (Minia University) and Tarek Selim (Port Said University), CMES deputy director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A Comparative Analysis of Root Growth Modules in HYDRUS for SWC of Rice under D
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/soil-water-content-and-root-water-uptake-egypt - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz), Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran) and Hamid Kardan Moghaddam (Water Research Institute Tehran), CMES deputy director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Novel approach for predicting groundwater storag
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/groundwater-storage-loss-iran - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Ryan G. Smith (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Jingyi Chen (University of Texas), and Rosemary Knight (Stanford University), CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored the article "Apportioning deformation among depth intervals in an aquifer system using InSAR and head data", availab
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/surface-deformation-aquifer-system - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Hamideh Kazemi (Curtin University), Fatemeh Fadia Maghsood (Tarbiat Modares University), Ranjan Sarukkalige (Curtin University) and Sadegh Jamali (Lund University), Hossein Hashemi, Seyyed Hasan Hosseini and Ronny Berndtsson from CMES have co-authored the article "Climate vs. Human Impact: Quantitative a
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/climate-vs-human-impact-iran - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Yoav Kapshuk (Kinneret College), CMES researcher Lisa Strömbom has co-authored the article ”Israeli Pre-Transitional Justice and the Nakba-Law”, recently published online (open access) in Israel Law Review. Abstract Pre-transitional justice activities that expose past injustices during entrenched conflic
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/israeli-pre-transitional-justice-and-nakba-law - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES researchers Maria Malmström and Mark Levine facilitated a workshop on sound, trauma and politics in the Middle East during the week-long experimental Listening Academy workshop in July 2021. The Listening Academy was organized as part of the Listening Biennial , an international exhibition and event program prese
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sound-trauma-and-politics-middle-east - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES researcher Maria Malmström has authored the article "The Desire to Disappear in Order Not to Disappear: Cairene Ex-Prisoners after the 25 January Revolution", recently published online in The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology. The article is part of a special issue of the Cambridge Journal of Anthropology guest e
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cairene-ex-prisoners-after-25-january-revolution - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES researcher Joel Abdelmoez has authored the chapter "Deviants, Queers, or Scissoring Sisters of Men? Translating and Locating Queer and Trans Feminisms in the Contemporary Arabic-Speaking World” published in the Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance (2021, edited by Tiina Rosen
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/queer-and-trans-feminisms-contemporary-arabic-speaking-world - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Amy Lutz (Syracuse University), CMES researcher Dalia Abdelhday has authored the article "Perceptions of success among working-class children of immigrants in three cities", available online in the journal Ethnicities. This article examines the subjective understanding of success among members of three g
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/perceptions-success-among-working-class-children-immigrants - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with İmren Borsuk (Berlin Forum Transregionale Studien & Stockholm University), Sinem Kavak (Lund University) and Pınar Sayan (Beykoz University), CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has edited the book "Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey: Construction, Consolidation, and Contestation". This book off
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/authoritarian-neoliberalism-and-resistance-turkey - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES Newsletter about 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 CM
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As part of the Future Week at Lund University, CMES organises a panel with five Middle East scholars who will discuss future trends in the region on topics ranging from climate change, migration, human rights, protracted conflict, democratization to peace and regional security. The public event takes place on 20 Octob
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-middle-east - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Neşe Kınıkoğlu (İstanbul Medeniyet University), CMES researcher Torsten Janson has authored the article "Sacred (re)Collections: Culture, Space and Boundary Negotiation in Turkish-Islamic Memory Politics", available online in the Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. This article discusses ho
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/culture-space-and-boundary-negotiation-turkish-islamic-memory-politics - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Khaoula Khemiri (University of Tunis El Manar), Sihem Jebari (National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry), and Khlifa Maalel (Laboratory of Modelling in Hydraulics and Environment), CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has authored the article "Is Climate or Direct Human Influ
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/discharge-decrease-tunisian-merguellil-basin - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Deadline for application: 30 November 2021 The Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) supports writing retreats on Middle East research with the aim to finalise an article, book chapter, edited volume or a book for publication in peer reviewed outlets. Three writing retreats will be granted during the sprin
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/apply-writing-retreat-cmes-spring-2022 - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Esam Wasel (Thamar University), CMES researcher Mohammed Al-Mahfali has authored the article "Women Stereotype in the Book: Yemeni Tales and Legends", available online in the journal Ansaq. The paper aims to understand how women stereotypes are formed in Ḥekayᾱt Wa Asaṭīr Yamanī [Yemeni Tales and Legends
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-stereotypes-book-yemeni-tales-and-legends - 2026-10-30
CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has recently been promoted to Associate Professor at the Division of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University. H ossein Hashemi received his Ph.D. in the field of Water Resources Engineering from Lund University in 2014. His Ph.D. research was focused on groundwater management, groundwater artificial recharge
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/hossein-hashemi-promoted-associate-professor - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES researcher Spyros Sofos has authored the article "Space and the emotional topography of populism in Turkey: The case of Hagia Sophia", available online in the journal Cogent Social Sciences. Over the past decade, as ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) initiated Turkey’s authoritarian populist turn, it soug
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/space-and-emotional-topography-populism-turkey - 2026-10-30
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. CMES researcher Pinar Dinc has authored the chapter "Forest Fires in Dersim and Şırnak: Conflict and Environmental Destruction". Pinar's chapter is part of the edited volume Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities (2021, editor: Stephen Hunt). The book
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/forest-fires-dersim-and-sirnak - 2026-10-30
