The world is watching to see if the Middle East is on the brink of monumental change precipitated by the ouster of Syria’s Bashar Assad. There are those who believe this will engender a major ripple effect. In fact, one GOP lawmaker thinks those ripple ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to ...

A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and political artifacts on Middle Easterners and North Africans in the city. A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social and ...

SAN ANTONIO — In the third episode of Deep Dive with Sarah Forgany, Sarah talks to a Middle East scholar who brings his extensive experience and expertise to shed light on a complicated situation. Dr. David Lesch has worked at Trinity University for 33 ...

The major in Middle East studies provides students with the opportunity to deeply explore this region’s historical, political, social and cultural complexity. Broadly conceived, this geographical region stretches from North Africa to southwest and ...

A view of “March of the Triceratops” at the Natural History Museum. Courtesy of the Natural History Museum

Armenians are one of the few ethnic groups whose racial categorization is entirely up for debate. Are we Eastern European or West Asian? Perhaps we are just Caucasian? But are we Middle Eastern? Are Middle Easterners even White?