Arab Center Washington DC

Join @ArabCenterDC to discuss the results of the US and Israeli elections and examine their potential implications for a wide range of policy issues. Featuring @AbedYaffa, @HBendaas, @dahliasc, and @KelleyBVlahos. Moderated by @YousefMunayyer. 📅 November 5, 2026 | ⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM ET | 💻 Zoom Register 👇 arabcenterdc.org/event/a-tal…

📄 Ben-Gvir has combined a growing sense of marginalization among certain Jewish communities in #Israel with Kahane’s ideology, providing them with the ammunition they need to turn such racism into a populist political platform. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/is…

📄 #Tunisia’s political pact contained conflict but left rival leaders unable to agree on a democratic future beyond “a kind of political ceasefire.” Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/tu…

📄 In #Tunisia, #KaisSaied promised that concentrating power would deliver prosperity. Failing public services now challenge the bargain that helped sustain his rule. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/tu…

📄 The IMF’s shift toward accelerating fiscal adjustments and structural reforms would give publics and stakeholders less time to assess and potentially oppose such reforms, raising concerns for #Lebanon. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/fr…

📄 Economics have played a significant role in #Egypt’s decision to provide military support to #SaudiArabia. Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea have directly affected the Egyptian economy, with Suez Canal revenues dropping dramatically over the past two years. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/eg…

📄 The ceasefire agreement effectively transformed demands for action to stop the violence into a technical agenda for managing #Gaza’s destruction. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/th…

Will Israeli voters hand a mandate once again to Netanyahu, or will his right-wing coalition fall? Would an alternative to Netanyahu pursue a meaningfully different approach to Gaza, the West Bank, and the Palestinian issue more broadly? Join @ArabCenterDC with @AbedYaffa, @HBendaas, @dahliasc, and @KelleyBVlahos. Moderated by @YousefMunayyer. 📅 November 5, 2026 | ⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM ET | 💻 Zoom Register 👇 arabcenterdc.org/event/a-tal…

Yousef Munayyer and Issa Amro discuss #Israel's ongoing siege of #Hebron, mass home demolitions, Jewish settler violence, and movement restrictions in the West Bank, examining how recent events fit into broader efforts to reshape #Palestinian life and displacement. @YousefMunayyer @Issaamro

📄 Jewish Power’s continued popularity in #Israel, despite its failures, can be attributed to its appeal to the inherent prejudices against Palestinians among extremist Jewish groups within Israel. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/is…

Dania Majid explains how anti-Palestinian racism functions to suppress #Palestinian identity, history, and narratives, arguing that it serves to protect #Israeli policies while silencing voices that challenge them.

📄 Many Tunisians initially embraced President #KaisSaied’s autocratic consolidation in an implicit bargain for economic stability and better governance. But Patricia Karam warns that widespread protests this past summer over electricity and water cuts reveal the limits of this bargain. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/tu…

📄 The IMF’s recommendation to frontload fiscal adjustments would require countries like #Lebanon to implement most of their austerity measures at the start of a multiyear program rather than spreading them across the duration of the loan. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/fr…

📄 Military involvement in #Yemen’s conflict carries huge risks for #Egypt. The Houthis have demonstrated an ability to strike targets hundreds of miles away, and Egypt has no desire for its own infrastructure to be added to the target list. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/eg…

📄 One year after President #Trump secured a ceasefire deal between Hamas and #Israel in #Gaza, Israel continues to kill Palestinians on a near daily basis, while the international demand to stop this violence has waned. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/th…

If Congress changes hands, how would that influence the Trump administration’s foreign policy? What impact will the midterm elections have on the US presidential campaigns that follow? Join @ArabCenterDC with @AbedYaffa, @HBendaas, @dahliasc, and @KelleyBVlahos. Moderated by @YousefMunayyer. 📅 November 5, 2026 | ⏰ 10:00–11:30 AM ET | 💻 Zoom Register 👇 arabcenterdc.org/event/a-tal…

Sabiya Ahamed discusses how anti-Palestinian racism is often rooted in the assumption that support for #Palestinian rights is inherently antisemitic. She examines the impact of policies and definitions that conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism and their implications for free expression and advocacy.

📄 The IMF may “frontload” future austerity measures for #Lebanon, an approach that has had profoundly negative consequences elsewhere in the region. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/fr…

📄 #Egypt still prefers a diplomatic solution to the crisis and maintains contacts with #Iran and the various groups fighting in #Yemen. Nevertheless, pressure from #SaudiArabia seems to have been effective in Cairo’s decision to provide military assistance. Read more 👇 arabcenterdc.org/resource/eg…