Read about the experiences of our students, staff and alumni in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies. News listing Search Publication date Date from Date to Graduate’s outstanding thesis on succession politics wins 2025 BRAIS Prize 02 December, 2025Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Postgraduate Research We speak to Dr Leone Pecorini Goodall about his award-winning PhD research. A new way to engage with Arabic: students attend Emirates LitFest 07 April, 2025Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Life at LLC Undergraduate We hear from four final year students about their literary trip to Dubai. In memoriam: Professor Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila 17 April, 2024Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Colleagues in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies reflect on the passing of Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila,… Meet our graduates: Lynn Houmdi (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies) 22 May, 2023Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Meet our graduates Postgraduate Twenty years after her first degree, Lynn completed an award-winning MSc and now drives forward… Meet our graduates: Zara Zaman (Meet our graduates: Zara Zaman) 16 August, 2021European Languages and Cultures Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Meet our graduates Undergraduate After graduating in 2021, Zara co-founded the Inspire Launch Grow Awards emerging enterprise… Meet our graduates: Emily Lewis (Arabic and French) 17 June, 2021European Languages and Cultures French and Francophone Studies Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Meet our graduates Undergraduate Emily won awards for her student volunteering work and is now a journalist in the Middle East. This article was published on Tuesday 13 August 2024
