MEF Wires

Middle East Forum Wires are summary accounts and audio recordings of MEF speaking events.

Wires are written by MEF staff and (when summary accounts) are generally not reviewed by the speaker.

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Winfield Myers
Audio, Video and Transcripts
War Against ISIS and the Future of Syria: A Conversation with Sinam Mohamad
May 16, 2023
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Jonathan Spyer
Winfield Myers
Audio, Video and Transcripts
Former Iran Prisoner XiYue Wang: Academic Perfidy and Diplomatic Appeasement Embolden the Islamic Republic
May 16, 2023
Winfield Myers
Audio, Video and Transcripts
‘All about Activism': Countering Foreign Influence in the West
May 16, 2023
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Benjamin Baird
Audio, Video and Transcripts
Islamism and Antisemitism in America
June 3, 2019
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Asaf Romirowsky
Audio, Video and Transcripts
What Is the Muslim Brotherhood?
April 24, 2019
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Cynthia Farahat
Audio, Video and Transcripts
President Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” Israel and Middle East Peace
April 2, 2019
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EJ Kimball
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Middle East Forum Online
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The Turkish Embassy in London was the scene of a knife attack in February. Judge Adam Hiddleston allowed the assailant, Moussa Kadri, to go unpunished after the Crown Prosecution Service declined to file “religiously aggravated” charges. Kadri had expressed outrage that his victim was burning a Qur’an.
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October 9, 2025
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Jules Gomes
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Middle East Forum Online
Peace Deal Phase One - Hostages to Come Home
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October 9, 2025
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Jim Hanson
A building that is part of Islamic Azad University in Ardabil, Iran.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Islamic Republic’s War on Its Universities Is Accelerating
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Middle East Forum Online
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