About

FENJAN

Founded in 2020, Fenjan is the University of Pennsylvania’s premier journal on the Middle East. Through non-partisan, quarterly issues, Fenjan is dedicated to increasing empathy for and understanding of the Middle East among the Penn Community through written and visual work. Fenjan covers countries commonly recognized as part of the MENA region. We welcome people of every cultural identifier and background.

Meet Our Team

Co-Founders and Editors-in-Chief

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Laila Shadid '23

Zeynep Karadeniz '22

Editors

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Robert Vitalis, 

Professor of Political Science & Former Director of the MEC 

John Ghazvinian, 

Interim Director of the Middle East Center at Penn

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Feride Hatiboglu, 

Lecturer of Turkish Language & Turkish Program Coordinator

C. Brian Rose,

 James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology

Advisory Board

Ali Osman '22, Managing Editor

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Ben Winer '23

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Maryanne Koussa '21

Nadia Mokhallalati '23

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Donya Zarrinnegar '22

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Ece Yildirim '23

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Oliver Stern '23

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Alexander Norris '22

Copy Editors

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Anika Prakash '23

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Marissa Ephron '22

Art and Design Editors

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Eleanor Shemtov '22

 Yasmine Mezoury '23

Layout Editors

Media Editors

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Brittany Shore '23

Abdel Hubbi '23

Iman Syed '23

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Blake Kernen '22

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