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Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi gives inaugural Research Associate lecture at SOAS Middle East Institute

17/01/2024

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi gives inaugural Research Associate lecture at SOAS Middle East Institute

Trustee Sir Tim Lankester and Director Carolyn Perry were at SOAS this week to see Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi lecture on ‘Socio-Political Art by Arab Women Artists’ in front of a packed audience in the Brunei Lecture theatre, SOAS.

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Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber visits SOAS, meets Vice Chancellor Adam Habib and Lina Khatib, MBI Al Jaber Chair of Middle East Studies

16/10/2023

Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber visits SOAS, meets Vice Chancellor Adam Habib and Lina Khatib, MBI Al Jaber Chair of Middle East Studies

Sheikh Mohamed made a visit to SOAS to meet Director Adam Habib and to discuss future plans for the London Middle East Institute.

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The MBI Al Jaber Conference Suite at SOAS

04/10/2023

The MBI Al Jaber Conference Suite at SOAS

Foundation Patron and Chairman Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber paid a visit to the MBI Al Jaber Conference Suite at SOAS to see the facilities in use. The Conference suite is in the Paul Webley Wing of Senate House on the SOAS campus. The Paul Webley Wing was opened as part of SOAS’s Centenary Campaign, to which the Foundation also contributed in 2016.

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Art in the Community: MBI Al Jaber Foundation supports Wells Maltings

01/10/2023

Art in the Community: MBI Al Jaber Foundation supports Wells Maltings

The MBI Al Jaber Foundation recently made a donation to Wells Maltings arts centre. Wells Maltings embraces education in the broadest sense, and the Foundation’s donation builds on our previous commitments to arts in the community, through support for exhibitions and events in the UK and beyond over the last two decades.

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SOAS Middle East Institute, founded by Sheikh Mohamed, seeks Programme Manager

21/08/2023

SOAS Middle East Institute, founded by Sheikh Mohamed, seeks Programme Manager

The SOAS Middle East Institute, founded by our Patron and Chairman Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, is looking to recruit a Programme Manager. It's a great role, and you get to work with the holder of the MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. Lina Khatib.

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Stephen Day, CMG: Obituary

01/05/2023

Stephen Day, CMG: Obituary

We were sorry to learn of the recent death of Stephen Day

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Language and Ecology in Southern and Eastern Arabia: a panel discussion on language and ecology in Southern and Eastern Arabia with Professor Janet Watson, Professor Dawn Chatty and Dr Jack Wilson

23/04/2023

Language and Ecology in Southern and Eastern Arabia: a panel discussion on language and ecology in Southern and Eastern Arabia with Professor Janet Watson, Professor Dawn Chatty and Dr Jack Wilson

Professor Janet Watson, Professor Dawn Chatty and Dr Jack Wilson spoke on their contributions to the recently published book Language and Ecology in Southern and Eastern Arabia

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New MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies appointed at SOAS

23/02/2023

New MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies appointed at SOAS

Dr Lina Khatib, an international expert on policy, politics, security, and culture in relation to the Middle East, has been appointed as the new MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies and Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute.

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Mocha in the 17th and 18th centuries – Yemen’s Age of Coffee
Presented by Professor Nancy Um

12/12/2022

Mocha in the 17th and 18th centuries – Yemen’s Age of Coffee Presented by Professor Nancy Um

On December 12th, 2022, Professor Nancy Um, Associate Director for Research and Knowledge Creation at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, presented Mocha in the 17th and 18th Centuries – Yemen’s Age of Coffee

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Lord Young of Graffham: Obituary

11/12/2022

Lord Young of Graffham: Obituary

We were sad to learn of the passing of Lord Young of Graffham in December 2022.

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