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February 21, 2013. Student protest in support of academic freedom at Istanbul University. The procession leaves through the main gate to read declarations in front of journalists, who were barred from campus. (Photo: Clément Giradot/Flickr, 2013; cropped.) Used under license: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Welcome to the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, one of the country’s oldest organized research centers for study of the Middle East and North Africa. Since 1957 we have furthered interdisciplinary understanding of the region through conferences, symposia, lectures, scholarly research, teacher workshops, partnerships with area schools and colleges, public programs, language training, and supporting graduate and undergraduate instruction.