Raihan Ismail

Middle East Centre

Middle East Centre

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Middle East Centre Booktalk

Middle East Centre Booktalk

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Contemporary Islamic Studies

Title	Description	People	Date	Captions
The Axis of Resistance	A panel with Kamran Matin (University of Sussex), Yasmeen al-Eryani (Tampere Peace Research Institute) and Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford). Chaired by Raihan Ismail (University of Oxford).	Kamran Matin, Yasmeen al-Eryani, Neil Ketchley, Raihan Ismail	11 February, 2025
Religious Actors and Transnational Solidarity: The question of Palestine	Prof. Raihan Ismail in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities.	Raihan Ismail, Antonella Acinapura	13 January, 2025
God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani	In this talk, Iraqi political analyst, Sajad Jiyad, discusses his new book ‘God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’.	Sajad Jiyad, Raihan Ismail	29 November, 2024
The Settler Movement, Political Impasses, and Beyond	Dr Hagar Kotef from SOAS examines the current situation of Israeli settlers both in the West Bank and in the Cabinet to assess the impact of the settler movement in political options following the Gaza War.	Hagar Kotef, Raihan Ismail	12 February, 2024
Considering the Political Options in Gaza After Three Months of War	In the opening meeting of the Middle East Centre’s Hilary Term seminar series, the Fellows of the Centre led a panel discussion to set out the agenda for the series examining the political options following the Gaza War.	Eugene Rogan, Walter Armbrust, Maryam Alemzadeh, Raihan Ismail	5 February, 2024