#  CMES Tunisia 

 



##  Yo-Yo Ma Comes to Tunisia, with a Little Help from CMES 

Yo-Yo Ma ’76 and his Bach Project visited Tunisia in March 2022



 

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       ![Yo-Yo Ma performing at the Cité de la Culture Tunis](/sites/g/files/omnuum9121/files/styles/hwp_28_10__1920x685/public/cmes-tunisia/files/bachproject-slider.jpg?itok=sxX-lDvx) 

 

 



 

 



 

## About CMES Tunisia

The CMES Tunisia Office is the first overseas branch of the [Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/). Established in Tunis in January 2017, the office offers an in-situ base for Harvard students and scholars conducting research on the Maghreb and the Middle East. The office’s mission is to host Harvard students in a site geographically located in the area they are studying, to build and strengthen connections and collaboration opportunities with Tunisian, North African, and Middle Eastern academia, and to facilitate research work for Harvard researchers within the Tunisian research institutions, libraries, and archives.... [**Read more**](/about "About")



 

##  News & Multimedia 

 



  [### Yo-Yo Ma Comes to Tunisia, with a Little Help from CMES

 ](/news/yo-yo-ma-comes-tunisia-little-help-cmes) May 06, 2022 

 

   ![Yo-Yo Ma tours Medina of Tunis with local students](/sites/g/files/omnuum9121/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/cmes-tunisia/files/bachproject-thumb.jpg?itok=qvd6N65f) 

 



 

 

   [### \#After Lockdown, Very Short Stories about Enduring a Global Pandemic

 ](/news/after-lockdown-very-short-stories-about-enduring-global-pandemic) July 02, 2020 

 

   ![After Lockdown Deadline Extended](/sites/g/files/omnuum9121/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/cmes-tunisia/files/cmestn_applicationposter_afterlockdown-200701-sm2.jpg?itok=fvjCUntv) 

 



 

 

   [### Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute Launches Second Annual Crossroads Emerging Leaders Program 

 ](/news/lakshmi-mittal-south-asia-institute-launches-second-annual-crossroads-emerging) March 29, 2018 

 

   ![South Asia Institute Crossroads 2017](/sites/g/files/omnuum9121/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/cmes-tunisia/files/sai-crossroads-2017.jpg?itok=7wSefO9G) 

 



 

 

  

 

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