Dr. Foley presented “A Kingdom of Many Colors: Art, Reform, and Saudi Arabia in the Twenty-First Century” to “The 3rd Tsinghua Area Studies Forum—Developing Countries in the Age [...]
On May 23, 2023 Dr. Foley spoke with Dr. Hatem Alzahrani, a leading Saudi poet, about the arts in contemporary Saudi Arabia and Changing Saudi Arabia: Arts, Culture, and Society in the [...]
On March 30, 2023, the Islamic Civilization & Societies Program at Boston College hosted Dr. Foley’s talk entitled “Art’s Mission is Freeing Life: The Creative Class and Social Change in [...]
Today The Palgrave International Handbook on Israel published Dr. Foley’s chapter on cigarettes and national life in Israel. Entitled “A Model Market: Cigarettes and Modern [...]
On February 21, 2023, the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington published Dr. Foley’s piece, “Listen to the artist: U.S. and Saudi Artists Develop Cultural Ties.” In the piece, Foley and [...]
On July 25, 2022, the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington published Dr. Foley’s piece, “The Meccan Modernist: Hatem Alzahrani, Poetry, and a New Saudi Synthesis” In the piece, Foley examines [...]
On July 15, 2022 Dr. Foley spoke with 966 podcast hosts Richard Wilson and Lucien Zeigler about the arts in Saudi Arabia and his recent scholarship on the subject, including a recent project on [...]
On July 19, 2022 Dr. Foley and special guest Saudi DJ Raghad spoke with MTSU’s “On the Record” host Gina Logue about the evolving music scene in Saudi Arabia and Dr. [...]
On July 27, 2021 the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC published “All in the family: How an animated series reflects social change in Saudi Arabia”–Dr. Foley’s [...]
On July 12, 2021, the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington published Dr. Foley’s piece, “The Gulf’s New Sound: Indie Music and Global Change,” about the new talented [...]