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a map with 3D shadowing. The countries of the Middle East are in an orange hue whereas the other countries are black, and the ocean is blue. Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Iraq, and Jordan are a paler shade.

Humanities

How scholars in the Middle Eastern languages and cultures department understand a complex region

Chair Christine Philliou, who studies the Ottoman Empire, discusses how languages new and ancient, history, religion, sociology and more can shed light on the Middle East.

Masses of shipping containers are stacked beneath towering cranes at the busy port in Long Beach, Califonia.

Business & economics

Berkeley Haas economist unravels chaotic U.S. trade, tariff policies