The Middle East Committee proudly presents the first Middle East Language Café, open to all students of Leiden University learning a Middle Eastern language and interested in exchanging either Dutch or English. In this one-hour interactive language exchange session, we aim to address the gap of contact between students learning Read more…
The Middle East Committee proudly presents the long-awaited Arabic Calligraphy Workshop. The workshop will be taught by our very special guest Faisal AliraQi, an avid calligrapher who's been conducting workshops in the Netherlands with the aim of introducing different styles of this beautiful art form to people of all ages! In Read more…
The Middle East Committee is honored to host Radhya Almutawakel, co-founder and chairperson of Mwatana for Human Rights. Mwatana is an independent Yemeni organization involved in defending human rights. In 2018, the Baldwin Award recognized their work. Human Rights First announced awarding the 2018 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Read more…
The Middle East Committee invites you to a screening of Tanaz Eshaghian's "Be Like Others"; A documentary about trans people in Iran. It explores issues of gender and sexual identity while following the personal stories of some of the patients at a Tehran gender reassignment clinic. The screening will be Read more…
The Middle East committee in collaboration with the Human Rights NGO Karama proudly presents an open discussion with four young activists from Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Iraq. After receiving a lot of positive feedback after the first edition of this event in January MeCo and Karama have decided to relaunch Read more…
Join the Middle East Committee, in collaboration with Afro Student Association - ASA and CIROS MENA Committee for an inclusive Ramadan Iftar! We We will be serving a mix of foods and providing a warm inclusive space to gather and discuss this culturally significant tradition. Everyone is welcome! We plan Read more…
⚠⚠ Don't forget to login to get your BASIS Member Discount!!⚠⚠ Are you interested in taking Arabic next semester but still in doubt or not entirely sure what to expect? Then this introductory workshop is perfect for you! On Wednesday, 27 November from 17:00 - 18.30 we will be hosting Read more…
The BASIS - Middle East Committee is super excited to announce that we are hosting a film screening of the award winning and Oscar nominated documentary FOR SAMA! FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother Read more…
Due to overwhelming enthusiasm the BASIS - Middle East Committee will be hosting a second screening of the award winning and oscar nominated documentary, FOR SAMA. This event unfortunately also has limited capacity and therefore we require everyone to sign up for this event. This will be on a first Read more…