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Georgetown has unusually rich resources on the Arab World. In the Department of History, Professors Abi-Mershed, Haddad, Tucker, and Voll focus their research on the Arab World, with current projects on subjects as diverse as colonialism, state-building and violence, gender and Mediterranean piracy, Islamic revolutionary movements, and Islamic law and gender. We have research experience in the Maghrib, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, and the Arab Gulf. There are numerous supporting faculty in other departments who work on the Arab World as well. The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies has rich faculty resources in Arabic literature, both classical and modern, as well as Islamic Studies. Faculty at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) specialize in the anthropology and politics of the Arab World, and many of our PhD students take advantage of their courses and their guidance.