Analyzing the evolving representation of MENA voices in popular culture and digital spaces through fashion, music, and content creation.

Exploring how identity and belonging are constructed and contested across the Middle East, North Africa, and the diaspora. Examining how Arabization has shaped language, identity, and minority experiences across the region and how the “Arab” label may have contributed to disunity.

Exploring how forms of art, literature, and film/photography are used as vehicles of cultural identity, expression, and change. 

Identifying systemic inequities within public health, mental health, and the legal and justice system, and envisioning solutions to promote collective well-being and justice.

Exploring personal and political narratives that shape MENA’s complex historical and contemporary realities, looking into regimes, Western-MENA relations, and activism.

DescriptionSpotlighting those transforming the social, political, and educational landscape within and beyond MENA and those who reshape how these stories are told and understood. Exploring what education means for the diaspora. goes here

Creating a professional networking space for MENA students and professionals across disciplines to build connections and opportunities.