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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 [...]

On September 21, 2020, The Asia Society published Dr. Foley’s article about Saudi Arabia’s ties with Asia. The comprehensive piece, which is part of the Society’s “Asia’s New [...]

On July 1, 2020 Dr. Foley spoke to Middle East Institute New Delhi about art and cultural and social transformation in Saudi Arabia. During the talk, he focused on his book, Changing Saudi [...]