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CMES doctoral student Joel Abdelmoez has been interviewed in an article about the ongoing soccer World Cup in Qatar in the magazine Forskning & Framsteg. The article was written (in Swedish) by Maja Lundbäck and published in Forskning & Framsteg on 18 November, 2022. Below are some excerpts from the article translated into English. Read the article in Swedish: "Vägen till fotbolls-VM kantad av okl

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-abdelmoez-interviewed-about-world-cup-qatar - 2026-04-25

What happened to the generation that experienced the Jasmine revolution in Tunisia as young? How are their views different from those who were only small children and do not remember the expectations of more freedom and bread? Studies in focus groups representing both Generation Z and Millennials in the region give unexpected answers but still hold some optimism for further democratisation. Sarah

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/young-tunisia-value-democracy-choose-otherwise - 2026-04-25

CMES researcher Hossein Hashemi has co-authored the paper "Analysis of Landscape Composition and Configuration Based on LULC Change Modeling" together with Masoomeh Yaghoobi (Shahid Beheshti University), Alireza Vafaeinejad (Shahid Beheshti University) and Hamidreza Moradi (Tarbiat Modares University). The article has been published in the journal Sustainability. Land cover changes threaten biodiv

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/landscape-composition-modeling-iran - 2026-04-25

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Using machine learning to determine acceptable levels of groundwater consumption in Iran" together with Sami Ghordoyee Milan (University of Tehran), Zahra Kayhomayoon (Payame Noor University), Naser Arya Azar (University of Tabriz), Mohammad Reza Ramezani (Griffith University), and Hamid Kardan Moghaddam (Water Research Institute I

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/predicting-groundwater-footprints-iran-machine-learning - 2026-04-25

The special issue "Applying Remote Sensing, Geospatial Information Systems, and Machine Learning Algorithms to Manage Groundwater Resources" is now open for submission in Remote Sensing MDPI (Impact Factor 2021: 5.349). In this Special Issue in Remote Sensing, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: Groundwater potentia

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/call-papers-special-issue-groundwater-modeling - 2026-04-25

New CMES Newsletter about upcoming events and recent research activities and publications. The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the Director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest issue of the Newsletter Sub

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-32 - 2026-04-25

CMES doctoral student Joel Abdelmoez has been interviewed by Radio Sweden about the 12th anniversary of Mohammed Bouazizi's death in Tunisia and its aftermath in terms of the Arab Spring. The interview aired on 5 January 2023 on P4 Kristianstad. Below are some excerpts from the interview translated into English. Listen to the interview in Swedish here On 17 December 2010 Mohammed Bouazizi set fire

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/joel-abdelmoez-interviewed-about-arab-spring - 2026-04-25

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Forage Potential of Cereal–Legume Mixtures as an Adaptive Climate Change Strategy under Low Input Systems" together with Rajia Kchaou (Tunisian National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry), Salah Benyoussef (National Institute of Agronomic Research of Tunisia), Sihem Jebari (Tunisian National Research Inst

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mixed-cropping-systems-and-climate-change-tunisia - 2026-04-25

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Noninvasive Monitoring of Subsurface Soil Conditions to Evaluate the Efficacy of Mole Drain in Heavy Clay Soils" together with Akram Aziz (Port Said University), Tamer Attia (Port Said University), Yasser Hamed (Port Said University) and Tarek Selim (Port Said University). The article is published in the journal Water. Soil degrada

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/subsurface-soil-drainage-egypt - 2026-04-25

#21 May, 2021 Message from the director   Summer greetings from the team at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies Finally, warm sunny weather has arrived and slowly but surely Sweden is opening up again since the vaccination program is now in full swing. At CMES, we are able to enjoy outdoor “Corona-safe” meetings in the beautiful garden and we feel confident of moving towards brighter ti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/middle-east-forum-newsletter - 2026-04-25

One important step in binary modeling of environmental problems is the generation of absence-datasets that are traditionally generated by random sampling and can undermine the quality of outputs.   To solve this problem, this study by Seyed Amir Naghibi, Hossein Hashemi and Biswajeet Pradhand, develops the Absence Point Generation (APG) toolbox which is a Python-based ArcGIS toolbox for automated

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/apg-novel-python-based-arcgis-toolbox-generate-absence-datasets-geospatial-studies - 2026-04-25

A new study by Ivan Radelyuk, Mehran Naseri Rad, Hossein Hashemi, Magnus Persson, Ronny Berndtsson, Madeniyet Yelubay and Kamshat Tussupova. A common problem when studying groundwater contamination in low-income countries is that data required for a detailed risk assessment are limited. This study presents a method for assessment of the potential impact of groundwater contamination by total petrol

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/assessing-data-scarce-contaminated-groundwater-sites-surrounding-petrochemical-industries - 2026-04-25

Published Open Access in the journal Human Ecology. The article is authored by Pinar Dinc, Lina Eklundh, Aiman Shahpurwala, Ali Mansourian, August Aturinde and Petter Pilesjö Environmental destruction has long been used as a military strategy in times of conflict. A long-term example of environmental destruction in a conflict zone can be found in Dersim/Tunceli province, located in Eastern Turkey.

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/fighting-insurgency-ruining-environment-dersim-province-turkey - 2026-04-25

Anti-Black Racism is still very present in Yemen, with a discriminatory caste system that is based on skin colour. Nevertheless, there are initiatives and solutions being put forward to combat this and ways in which awareness is being raised. This paper seeks to explore the dynamics of anti-Black racism in Yemen and how resistance against this is expressed, as well as the obstacles activists face

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/anti-black-racism-yemen-manifestations-and-responses - 2026-04-25

Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored two chapters on water security and comprehensive integrated water management. Water security by Baghban, S., O. Bozorg-Haddad, and R. Berndtsson (2021) in Water Resources: Future Perspectives, Challenges, Concepts and Necessities, Edited by Omid Bozorg-Haddad, IWA Publishing. Read more about the contribution here Comprehensive integrated water management by Rezaee,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-publications-water-security-and-integrated-water-management - 2026-04-25

The Middle East, which is experiencing severe environmental challenges such as dust-storms, is most vulnerable to climate and human-induced environmental changes. The goals of this interdisciplinary project are to identify the climate- and human-induced sources of dust and to determine and explain the factors affecting the dust-source areas such as climate variation, land-use change, social, polit

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-mecw-project-ai-and-dust-storm-control-middle-east - 2026-04-25

A new article authored by Maria Frederika Malmström, "Making and unmaking masculinities in Cairo through sonic infrastructural violence", was recently published in the journal Urban Studies.  Maria Frederika Malmström's article explores the Egyptian state’s production of desired manhood and destruction of unwanted masculinities in relation to home and displacement through audio-focused analysis an

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/masculinities-and-infrastructural-violence-cairo - 2026-04-25

Lisa Strömbom has coauthored with Bahar Rumelili the article "Agonistic recognition as a remedy for identity backlash: Lessons from Israel and Turkey" which is now available online (open access) in Third World Quarterly. The article is part of a forthcoming Special Issue on agonistic peace, edited by Lisa Strömbom and Isabel Bramsen.  Abstract While an extensive part of the conflict transformation

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/agonistic-recognition-turkey-and-israel-palestine - 2026-04-25

Together with Sayed Fakhreddin Afzali (Shiraz University), Ali Khanamani (Yazd University) and Ehsan Kamali Maskooni (Islamic Azad University), CMES deputy director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Quantitative assessment of environmental sensitivity to desertification using the modified MEDALUS model in a semiarid area", available online in the journal Sustainability. Abstract Iran i

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/desertification-iran - 2026-04-25

Together with Mohamed Galal Eltarabily (Port Said University), Nasr M. Abdou (Fayoum University), Mustafa El-Rawy (Minia University) and Tarek Selim (Port Said University), CMES deputy director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "A Comparative Analysis of Root Growth Modules in HYDRUS for SWC of Rice under Deficit Drip Irrigation", available online in the journal Water. Abstract Root dis

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/soil-water-content-and-root-water-uptake-egypt - 2026-04-25