The Finnish Institute in the Middle East carries out research on Middle Eastern languages, cultures and societies, and organises courses, seminars and conferences. The institute aims to promote Finnish academic research on the Middle East and to develop and foster co-operation between universities, research institutes and cultural organizations.

• News
• SOL Choir performs ‘Dreams of Spring’ concerts in Lebanon in May 2013
• The office of the Finnish Institute in the Middle East is moving to Beirut
• Levant Letters 2/2012: Juha Saarinen: Military Orientalism: Observing the East at War “
• Levant Letters 1/2012: Aura Lounasmaa: Women’s NGOs and the rise of political Islam in Morocco