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Saudi Media Delegation

6 March 2014

A Saudi media delegation visited AlJazeera Center for Studies on 20 February 2014.The delegation represented a number of the kingdom’s various press & broadcasting media outlets. The visit aimed to examine…

Delegation Visits:Visit by Delegation from Shanghai Institute for International Studies

6 March 2014

A delegation of Chinese researchers and academics headed by Professor Yang Jiemian, head of the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, visited the AlJazeera Center for Studies on Wednesday 19 February 20…

Seminar:The Libyan Revolution After 3 Years…Challenges on the Road to the Future

6 March 2014

The center organized this seminar last Tuesday, 18 February 2014 at the AlJazeera Media Training and Development Center’s hall. The speakers at the seminar were former Libyan Prime Minister Dr. Mustafa Abushagu…

Lecture: How Did Internet Journalism Dominate Our World?

6 March 2014

The AlJazeera Center for Studies hosted Professor Philip Seib, professor of Journalism and International Relations at the University of South California, USA, in a lecture titled “How Did Internet Journalism Do…

Workshop:Tunisian Media’s Role in Democratic Transformation

6 March 2014

This workshop comes within the frame of a research cooperation agreement signed earlier this year between the AlJazeera Center for Studies and the Centre for the Study of the International Relations of the Midd…

AJSC Discusses the Prospects of the Libyan Revolution and the Challenges Facing it

18 February 2014

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies is organizing a symposium on the occasion of the third anniversary of the outbreak of the Libyan Revolution. The symposium will be held at the theater of Al-Jazeera Center for Trai…

AJCS Ranked 6th in the Middle East and North Africa in Think Tank Index

4 February 2014

Al Jazeera Center for Studies (AJCS) has been ranked sixth on the list of the best research centers in the Middle East and North Africa, retaining the advanced status it achieved last year, despite the fact tha…

AJCS and CIRMENA at University of Cambridge Collaborate on Field Research

25 August 2013

AJCS and the Centre for the Study of the International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa at the University of Cambridge collaborate on a media research project. This joint effort is a result of a co…

In the latest poll: The youth are optimistic about the future despite the difficulties

29 July 2013

The most recent poll conducted by the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies between the months of April/Nisan and May/Ayyar included 8,045 young men and women and revealed that the countries of the Arab Spring that wit…

Political Discourse in Arab Spring Democracies

18 April 2013

Al Jazeera Center for Studies hosted a lecture by Dr. Abdel Wahab Al Affendi entitled "Political Discourse in Arab Spring Democracies" on 15 April 2013. It was held at the Al Jazeera Auditorium at Al…

AJCS Hosts Dr. Abdel Wahab Al Afandi

2 April 2013

Abdel Wahab Al Afandi, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Westminster, is being hosted by Al Jazeera Center for Studies for two weeks as of 30 March 2013. He will coordinate with the…

Al Jazeera Center for Studies Ranked Number 6 out of 339 Research Centers in MENA

24 January 2013

Al Jazeera Center for Studies has been ranked by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) at number 6 out of 339 research centers in the Middle East and North Africa R…

AJCS hosts Former Chinese Foreign Minister

20 December 2012

On 19 November 2012, Al Jazeera Center for Studies hosted a round table discussion with Yan Fuchang, the former Chinese foreign minister at La Cigale Hotel, Qatar. Fuchang was heading a delegation from the Chin…

Delegation from the Italian Parliament visits AJCS

12 December 2012

A delegation from the Italian Parliament, including two members of the Senate and three Deputies from the Parliamentary, visited Al Jazeera Center for Studies on 4th December 2012.

AJCS Joins Sakarya University International Congress

11 December 2012

Al Jazeera Center for Studies participated in the “Middle Eastern Congress on Politics and Society” organized on 9-11 October 2012 by Sakarya University in Sakarya, Turkey.

Jeju Peace Institute Visits AJCS

11 December 2012

A delegation from the Jeju Peace Institute-South Korea visited Al Jazeera Center for Studies on 14th November 2012. The delegation was led by Tae-Young Moon, the president of the institute, accompanied by Dr. A…

Tunisian Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice Visits AJCS

26 November 2012

Tunisian Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice and government spokesman, Samir Dilou, visited Al Jazeera Center for Studies on Monday, 5th November 2012. The Minister met with the center's rese…

Al Jazeera Center Studies Ranked Number 8 out of 329 Research Centers in MENA

7 October 2012

Al Jazeera Center for Studies ranked Number 8 out of 329 research centers in Middle East and North Africa by Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) in the 2011 Go To Thi…

New AJCS Fellow: Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian

29 August 2012

Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Affiliated Lecturer at the Political and International Studies Department at the University of Cambridge, and Wayne Owen Middle East Scholar at the Hinckley Institute of Politics at t…

Scholars Discuss Regional Fallout of Syrian Conflict

12 August 2012

On 2 August 2012, Al Jazeera Center for Studies hosted a round table entitled “The Syrian Revolution and the Claims of a Falling Regime.”

Somali MP Yusuf Ali Aynte

12 August 2012

A Somali Member of Parliament, Yusuf Ali Aynte, a founder of the Islamic Courts Union visited Al Jazeera Center for Studies on 26 February 2012 for a round table discussion with AJCS researchers.

Closed Meeting with Somali President, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed

5 August 2012

On 11 December 2011, Al Jazeera Center for Studies (AJCS) hosted a private meeting with Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, at the Torch Hotel in Doha during an official visit to Qatar.

Gilles Kepel, Research Director of National Centre for Scientific Research

26 July 2012

Professor Gilles Kepel, Research Director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research and Professor at Sciences Po, Paris, met with centre researchers on 1 March 2012 to discuss events in the Arab reg…

Deputy Chief of Mission, German Embassy, Qatar

26 July 2012

Mattias Kruse, Deputy Chief of Mission at the German Embassy in Qatar, met with Centre Director Dr. Salah Eddin Elzein and a number of the centre's researchers on 7 February 2012 to learn about the centre…