ScholarForum: Freedom of Expression/Middle East

This issue of ScholarForum, the journal of the Open Society Scholarship Programs, contains contributions from grantees past and present on issues related to freedom of expression, the Middle East, and a variety of scholarly research.

Topics include curtailed rights for LGBTQI populations in the Caucasus and thoughts on the ever-changing social and political landscapes in the Middle East and North Africa.

The Academic Showcase section gives a taste of the diversity of research undertaken by our grantees and alumni, from maritime security in Indonesia, to an analysis of religion and gender in the Alexiad.