Events

MEI regularly hosts leading experts, officials, and journalists, highlighting a range of voices from the region, at weekly in-person events in Washington, online webinars, and conferences.

Upcoming Events

Do You Love Me – Film Screening

A screening of "Do You Love Me" (2025), a film by Lana Daher.

Event Series

Virtual Briefing Series

Exclusive, in-depth briefings on the region’s most impactful trends and issues.

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Thursday Webinar Series

Invitation-only discussions hosted by Vice President for Policy, Ken Pollack, offering off-the-record insights into the most pressing challenges shaping the Middle East and US strategic interests in the region. Contact [email protected] for information on how to join the invitation list.

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Past Events

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Documentary Film Screening: "On Her Shoulders"

MEI Art Gallery Open House

A Lebanese-Kurd holds an olive branch as they take part in a demonstration in front of the US embassy in Aaoukar, north of Beirut, against the ongoing Turkish offensive in the Syrian-Kurdish enclave of Afrin on February 5, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

Escaping the Conflict Trap: Towards Ending Civil Wars in the Middle East

Demolishing Democracy: How Annexationism Is Bulldozing Israeli Institutions

Non-Violent Resistance and Palestinian Self-Development

Reconstruction in the Civil War Zones of the Middle East

U.S.-Iraq Relations Amid Instability and Escalation

Is an International Financial Commission Libya’s Last Hope?

Screening and Discussion: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Speaking Across Mountains: Kurdish Artists in Dialogue

The Middle East Institute's 10th Annual Turkey Conference

The Role of Women in Syria's Future

The Middle East in 2020 – What are the Pathways to Stability?

FOR SAMA: Documentary Film Screening

Perpetual Identities | Pop-up Art Show

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