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Would you like to support our mission at the Arab Studies Institute to improve critical knowledge production on the Middle East? Make a tax-deductible contribution to our work and receive our products as gifts! Options for donations, and what you would receive for those donations, are as follows:
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COLLEAGUE: $10
- FRIEND $20
- READER $50
- CONTRIBUTOR $100
- SUPPORTER $250
- SPONSOR $500
- SUSTAINER $1,000
- INSTITUTIONAL SUSTAINER $5,000
- INSTITUTIONAL FUNDER $25,000
* Please select the desired issues and books by visiting ASJ, Tadween, or Quilting Point websites.
Where is this donation going?
Donations to the Arab Studies Institute (ASI) will go towards sustaining the work we do across all five sub-organizations for which ASI serves as an umbrella. Should you wish to donate to a specific project, please indicate the title as you finalize your transaction, under “CONTACT INFORMATION AND TARGET PROJECTS” including new projects that you may refer to by name. Here is a list of the subsidiary organizations under ASI.
Once you make a transaction, please add your email address and any other information you wish us to receive under “CONTACT INFORMATION AND TARGET PROJECTS.” We will email you the paperworks that would make your contribution tax-deductible.
ARAB STUDIES INSTITUTE (ASI)
www.ArabStudiesInstitute.org
The Arab Studies Institute is a nonprofit organization that has established itself at the center of the knowledge production landscape on the Middle East in the United States, Europe, and the region. It serves as an institute in its own right and as an umbrella for five organizations that bring to different audiences unique knowledge, scrutiny, voice, and critique that is seldom found under any one roof, via text, audio, and video. Subsidiaries include the Arab Studies Journal, Jadaliyya, Quilting Point, Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs (FAMA), and Tadween Publishing. ASI’s flagship projects among several others are the Knowledge Production Project (KPP), the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative (MESPI), and an Audio-Visual Magazine/Podcast, Status/الوضع. Academics, students, journalists, activists, artists, and policy makers have made ASI a go-to place for sound analysis and knowledge in English and/or Arabic.
ASI Subsidiary Organizations
JADALIYYA
Jadaliyya is an independent e-zine that provides a unique source of insight and critical analysis that combines local knowledge, scholarship, and advocacy with an eye to audiences in the United States, the Middle East and beyond. Jadaliyya is run and produced on a primarily voluntary basis by an editorial team and expanding pool of contributors committed to discussing the Arab world on its own terms.
QUILTING POINT
Quilting Point is an independent film collective that produces documentaries, educational material, and other audio- visual content related to the Middle East. Its products have long been used as pedagogical material for the classroom .الوضع/and beyond. Quilting Point is the home of the Audio-Visual Podcast, Status
ARAB STUDIES JOURNAL
Arab Studies Journal (ASJ) is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary research publication in the field of Arab and Middle East Studies. ASJ is published by the Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and is housed at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University.
FAMA
Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs (FAMA) is the research arm of the Arab Studies Institute (ASI). It produces and oversees ASI’s research projects and initiatives on overarching issues related to the Arab and Muslim worlds. The forum is the home of ASI's Knowledge Production Project, the Political Economy Project, and the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative, among others.
TADWEEN
Tadween Publishing is a new kind of publishing house that seeks to institutionalize a new form of knowledge production. Tadween aims both to publish critical texts and to interrogate the existing processes and frameworks through which knowledge is produced.
ASI Projects and Modules
MESPI
Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative is a curated interactive platform for Middle East Studies resources, specifically tailored for the needs of teachers, researchers, and students. It is a one-stop-shop for course design on the macro level, lesson planning on the micro level, and for scholarship vis-a-vis specific topics, countries, and disciplines. The MESPI project strives to reorient the way educators and students research, learn, and teach the Middle East.
KPP
Knowledge Production Project is a dynamic, open-access archive, search tool, and data visualization platform. This project, almost a decade in the making, endeavors to gather, organize, and make available for analysis all knowledge produced on the Middle East since 1979, in nine databases.
Status/الوضع
Status/الوضع is an audio-visual magazine which features interviews/conversations, on-the-scene reports, reviews, informed commentary and lectures held around the world on the Middle East and North Africa. Activists, journalists, scholars, and citizens feature both as guests and hosts on a variety of subjects.
NEWTON
New Texts Out Now (NEWTON) is a weekly Jadaliyya feature in which authors or editors are asked a standard set of questions about their new publication. It provides a space to discuss the arguments, methods, challenges, and anything else they would like to include that may not usually be discussed in other formats. It is one of Jadaliyya’s most popular and searched pages, and brings new material to the attention of our broad and varied audience, as well as being a resource for scholars, students, and teachers across the globe.
ESSENTIAL READINGS
Essential Readings is series is curated by the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative (MESPI) team at the Arab Studies Institute. MESPI invites scholars to contribute to our Essential Readings modules by submitting an “Essential Readings” list on a topic/theme pertinent to their research/specialization in Middle East studies.
ENGAGING BOOKS
Engaging Books is a monthly series featuring new and forthcoming books in Middle East Studies from publishers around the globe. Each installment highlights a trending topic in the MENA publishing world and includes excerpts from the selected volumes.
PEP
Political Economy Project is an evolving focus of the Arab Studies Institute, with research, pedagogic, and advocacy objectives. Our founding workshop took place in April 2015 at the Arab Studies Institute in Virginia and was followed by several workshops, conferences, research projects, resource building efforts, and other activities. The workshop and preparations for it spawned an initial membership of more than sixty researchers and scholars of political economy from the Middle East and beyond.
JADMAG
JadMag: Jadaliyya in Print is a critical tool for educators focusing on the Middle East and North Africa. Coupling timely, analytical pieces on regional developments with book reviews, interviews, and reading lists, JadMag is an excellent resource for crafting courses and teaching topics related to the Middle East at all educational levels.
DIWAN
Al-Diwan is a blog where monthly round-ups are released sharing the latest news at the cross-section of publishing, academia, and the Middle East and North Africa, as well as recent publications from Tadween Publishing and the Arab Studies Journal. Diwan is housed on Tadween's website and features content in both English and Arabic.
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