On February 26, 2017, the National newspaper in the United Arab Emirates cited Dr. Foley at length about Saudi Arabia's King Salman and his trip to visit Malaysia. The article also discussed [...]
On December 15, 2016 Dr. Foley lectured on the role of culture and history in Sino-Saudi ties to students and faculty at the Department of Arabic Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University [...]
On November 18, 2016 Dr. Foley spoke on the intersection of smoking, Islam, modernization, and politics in modern Saudi Arabia to the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association [...]
Dr. Foley delivered a paper, "When Oil is Not Enough: Sino-Saudi Ties and Vision 2030" to a conference at Shanghai International Studies University in Shanghai, China. The conference, entitled [...]
Dr. Foley delivered a paper, "How Big Tobacco Used Islam and Modernity to Conquer Saudi Arabia" to a conference at Maltepe University (Istanbul, Turkey). The conference, entitled "American [...]
Dr. Foley presented "When Dissonance Becomes Unexpected Harmony: How Artists Are Re-Imagining Saudi Arabia's Culture and Society" to the University of Tokyo's Centre of Middle East Studies in [...]
Dr. Foley contributed to "Reimaging the Politics of the Gulf Monarchies of the Twenty-First Century," a panel held at the annual meeting of the Japan Association for Middle East Studies (JAMES) [...]
Sociology of Islam published Dr. Foley's article on Saudi-Chinese ties in the twenty-first century: "Seek Knowledge Even if it Takes You To China (Via Washington): Saudi Arabia and China in the [...]
Dr. Foley wrote a dispatch for Culturunners on the opening of "Symbolic Cities" a solo show at the Smithsonian's Freer/Sackler gallery by Ahmed Mater, one of Saudi Arabia's and the Middle East's [...]
On March 22, Dr. Foley discussed the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium with WSMV-TV (NBC) in Nashville, TN. During the itnerview, he touched on the aims of ISIS and why Beligum's capital [...]