Tufts New Initiative for Middle East Peace GIM

NIMEP is a collaborative research group studying the Middle East and North Africa. NIMEP is a non-polemical, student think-tank and outreach initiative devoted to exploring progressive solutions to historic and emerging conflicts in the Middle East.

NIMEP works to foster understanding of the MENA region in the Tufts community through hosting events and bringing experts to campus. NIMEP’S annual research trip provides an opportunity to conduct independent research in the MENA region. Past research trips have been to Egypt, Iraqi Kurdistan, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.