Tunisia

Maghrib Studies Initiative

April 17, 2025

The Maghrib Studies Initiative, a joint venture of the Centers for African Studies and Middle Eastern Studies, aims to bring together faculty and students at Berkeley with an interest in North Africa. The initiative aims to organize academic events and help develop teaching materials on the Maghrib that are tailored for the needs of professors, instructors, researchers and students at UC Berkeley to teach and learn about the region.

African Languages Spring 2025

December 6, 2024

Studying a language is an immediate way to immerse oneself in African knowledge systems.

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Mohamed Wajdi Ben Hammed

Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Islamic Culture
Comparative Literature

Paola Bacchetta

Professor
Gender & Women's Studies