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New book of poems by Shams Rajab, University of Exeter Virtual Scholar.

Voices That Remain

Written during war and displacement by Palestinian writer and poet Shams Mazen Rajab from Gaza, the collection gives voice to memory, loss, resilience, and hope.

These poems are not only verses, but a testimony to what remains when homes, streets, and ordinary life are taken away.

The book includes poetry and a prose testimony reflecting on language, survival, and the need to be seen as human beings, not as fleeting images on screens.

You can find the book here or via the link in our bio: https://tr.ee/g5d-IpaAcC
You can read about the Virtual Scholar Scheme here: https://tr.ee/onU6gStVa9

Centre for the Study of Islam had a very lively series of Monday Majlis this year.

From Safa Mahmoudian discussing "Palace Gardens in Lower Mesopotamia: 8th–11th Centuries" to Michael Shenkar talking about "Sogdian Civilisation and the Arab Conquest", you can find all recordings here or via the link in our bio: https://tr.ee/LtCtQ4Rs2R

If you missed any of this year's Centre for Gulf Studies Virtual Seminars, don't worry! They are all on one handy playlist here (or via the link in our bio): https://tr.ee/Gi7iSXbB8s

You'll find Mattin Biglari (Bristol) discussing "Nationalising Oil & Knowledge in Iran", Andrea Wright (William and Mary) and her seminar, " Unruly Labor: A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea" and many others.

New book of essays by Shams Rajab, University of Exeter Virtual Scholar.

Gaza Speaks When the World Falls Silent

A reclamation of knowledge and pursuit of purpose through testimony and language learning. English, “a language once associated with power and dominance, turns into a tool of resistance in Palestinian hands.”

This collection of short personal essays documents the challenge facing Gaza’s educated youth: to pursue their dreams while enduring a nightmare of survival.

You can find the book here or via the link in our bio: https://tr.ee/kMekKp-vhR
And you can read about the Virtual Scholar Scheme here: https://tr.ee/onU6gStVa9

"Why Iran? – The New War for Energy Supremacy"

Professor Maziyar Ghiabi, Director for the Centre of Persian And Iranian Studies, was interviewed by the South Korean league public channel MBC4 on their prime-time investigative programme, 'PD Notebook'. He discussed the US – Israeli war on Iran.

You can watch the PD Notebook episode here or via the link in our bio: https://tr.ee/TkzmfpQ5P3

Public meeting in Spoltore, Italy this evening!

"Iran: Crossroads of a Global Conflict"
Understanding contemporary Iran by going beyond stereotypes
Thursday, July 23, at 7 p.m.
Piazza D'Albenzio, Spoltore

Guest speaker: Maziyar Ghiabi, director of the Centre for Persian and Iranian Studies at the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) and one of the leading scholars of contemporary Iran.

Talking with him will be Gabriella Liberatore, Technical Director of the Ministry of Education and Merit.

Many congratulations to Professor Rob Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, for his election as Fellow of The British Academy.

Professor William Gallois, Director of IAIS said: "This really is the ultimate accolade in our fields & is testament to a life's work of scholarly innovation (which is very much ongoing).

It also puts the Institute in what I think must be the very unusual position of being the home of three FBAs (Rob Gleave, Dionisius Agius and Tim Insoll) which I would think is almost unique in British academia, and certainly unparalleled in departments of our size.

It speaks to the quest for research excellence and the pushing at frontiers for which we all stand as a collective."

You can read about the newly elected Fellows, including three of our colleagues in Exeter's Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Professors Morwenna Ludlow, Mark Jackson and Jane Whittle, here or via the link in our bio: https://tr.ee/C5MVfOwWE6

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