Campus Watch in the Media from 2007



Home About Campus Watch About Us Setting The Record Straight CW positions on speakers and tenure Internships & Employment Financial Support Who's who at Campus Watch Middle East studies in the News Moonlighting: Non- Specialists in the News Campus Watch in the Media Campus Watch Research Weblog Survey of Institutions Keep Us Informed Resources Forthcoming Events Recommended Professors Endorsements Photo Gallery Campus Clubs Reviews of Books about the Middle East Links Mailing List Middle East Forum		Campus Watch in the Media from 2007 Articles by Year: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Articles marked by a icon are recommended by Campus Watch staff. 'Palestinian' 'Moderate' Sari Nusseibeh Shows His True Colors December 25, 2007 - Israel Matzav Blog Campus Watch Singles Out Political Scientist for Criticism [on Muqtedar Khan] December 21, 2007 - History News Network Iran's Nuclear Program a Figment of Imagination? [on William O. Beeman] by Candace de Russy, December 18, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Demonizing: Never Should Be Heard a Discouraging Word [on Univ. of Minnesota prof. William O. Beeman] December 14, 2007 - Neo-Neocon Blog Saudis Give Big to U.S. Colleges [incl. John Esposito, Roy Mottahedeh] by Julia Duin, December 10, 2007 - The Washington Times Freedom or Fealty? [incl. Hamid Dabashi, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad, et al.] by Armin Rosen, December 7, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) The Academy Fails Again [on Muqtedar Khan, Asaf Romirowsky, University of Delaware] by Lori Lowenthal Marcus, December 2, 2007 - The American Thinker John Esposito Blames the Christians by Robert Spencer, November 28, 2007 - Dhimmi Watch The British Inquisition Goes Global [incl. Asaf Romirowsky, Muqtedar Khan] by Daniel Mandel, November 28, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine John Esposito Blames the Christians by Winfield Myers, November 28, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine When Fair Isn't Balanced [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, Paula Stern] by Rosalind Morris, November 28, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) DeVore to Monitor Controversial Lecture [by Daniel Pipes; quotes Juan Cole] by Chris Caesar, November 28, 2007 - The Daily Pilot (Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, CA) Juan Cole and the Eyes of the Canary by Ralph Harrington, November 28, 2007 - The Greycat Blog Criticism Is Not The Same As Censorship [on UC Santa Cruz "City on a Hill Press" article] by Jonathan Schwartz, November 26, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog Israël, l'antisémitisme et l'ex-président James Carter [quotes Rashid Khalidi] by Mariano Aguirre, September 2007 - Le Monde diplomatique Said's Marvelous Mural [on the Edward Said mural at San Francisco State University] by Candace de Russy, November 19, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons Mideast Civil War: MESA vs. ASMEA [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami] by Scott MacLeod, November 19, 2007 - The Middle East (Time magazine blog) Campus Watch: Darfur for Dummies (Care of UCLA's Sondra Hale) by Martin "Sol" Soloman, November 17, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Winfield Myers: MESA Turns Down Campus Watch Ad by Martin "Sol" Soloman, November 17, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Silencing Debate on the Middle East [incls. Joseph Massad, Edmund Burke III] by Marc Abizeid, November 15, 2007 - City On a Hill Press (UC Santa Cruz) Are Two States Still Viable? [on the Oxford Union debate, refs. Norman Finkelstein] by Seth Anziska, November 14, 2007 - Haaretz Cinnamon Stillwell: UCLA's Politicized Middle East Studies Professors by Martin "Sol" Soloman, November 14, 2007 - Solomonia Blog ASMEA to the Rescue? [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] by Candace de Russy, November 13, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons The New McCarthyism [refs. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Norman Finkelstein, Beshara Doumani, Khalil Gibran International Academy, MESA] by Larry Cohler-Esses, November 12, 2007 - The Nation MESA Turns Down Campus Watch Ad November 11, 2007 - History News Network That Mural Again [on the Edward Said mural at San Francisco State University] by Ralph Harrington, November 9, 2007 - The Greycat Blog Controversy Surrounds Speakers at Middle East Panel [on Muqtedar Khan, Asaf Romirowsky] by Alison Militano, November 9, 2007 - The Review (University of Delaware) Lobby Group Pressure Hinders Academic Freedom [on the Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University] by Sarah Berman, November 6, 2007 - The Gazette (University of Western Ontario) Nadia Abu El Haj Versus Written History and the Scientific Method - I by Ami Isseroff, November 6, 2007 - ZioNation Blog Barnard Tenures Scholar Opposed by Massive Campaign [on Nadia Abu El-Haj; ref. Juan Cole, Norman Finkelstein] by Scott Jaschik, November 5, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed Of McCarthyism and Academic Freedom [incls. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Norman Finkelstein, Dhabah "Debbie" Altmontaser, Daniel Pipes] by Ami Isseroff, November 3, 2007 - ZioNation Blog Abu El-Haj Reportedly Granted Tenure by Hayley Negrin, November 2, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Barnard Confirms Abu El-Haj Will Be Granted Tenure by Haley Negrin, November 2, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) IDF on Résumé Ousts Speaker From Panel [on Muqtedar Khan, Asaf Romirowsky, Univ. of Delaware] by Bryan Schwartzman, November 1, 2007 - The Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) Post-Oslo Divisions Pale Before Foes' Hate [incl. Asaf Romirowsky, Muqtedar Khan, Univ. of Delaware] by Editorial, November 1, 2007 - The Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) Israeli Booted [on Muqtedar Khan, Asaf Romirowsky, University of Delaware] by Scott Jaschik, October 31, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed Prof.'s Essay Alleges Threat to Academic Freedom [on Elliot Colla, "The Study of the Middle East and Islam: Challenges after 9-11" conference at Brown University] by Matthew Varley, October 31, 2007 - The Brown Daily Herald Student Groups' Disinviting Israeli Ex-Soldier from Panel [on Muqtedar Khan, Asaf Romirowsky, Univ. of Delaware] by Eugene Volokh, October 31, 2007 - The Volokh Conspiracy Heralds of the Second Secular Coming: AKA as Fools at the Midnight Hour [on Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, refs. Edward Said] by Phyllis Chesler, October 30, 2007 - Intellectual Conservative Israeli Veteran Disinvited from Panel [on Muqtedar Khan, Asaf Romirowsky, University of Delaware] October 30, 2007 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) Professor Kicked Off Panel For Military Record [on Muqtedar Khan, Asaf Romirowsky] by Bradley Vasoli, October 30, 2007 - The Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia) The Culture War Descends on Columbia [on Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, refs. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad, Edward Said, Middle East studies] by Esther Kaplan, October 26, 2007 - The Nation Intellectual Terrorism [incl. Rashid Khalidi, Norman Finkelstein, Edward Said, Pluto Press] by Ghada Karmi, October 25, 2007 - The Guardian (U.K.) Flinging Dirt in Archeology Dispute [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Larry Cohler-Esses, October 25, 2007 - The Jewish Week Ad Hoc propter hoc [on the Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University] October 24, 2007 - ACTA Online (the American Council of Trustees and Alumni) Better Expertise Now in Hand [on George Washington University's Marc Lynch] by Matthew Yglesias, October 24, 2007 - Matthew Yglesias Blog at Atlantic.com Professors Not Beyond Reproach [on The Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University] by Candace de Russy, October 24, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) A Call to Defend Academic Freedom [on Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University, Juan Cole, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Steve Caton, Middle East studies] by Scott Jaschik, October 23, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed El Haj and the "Pure Political Fabrication" [on Nadia Abu El Haj] by Paula Stern, October 22, 2007 - Paula Says Blog Sifting and Winnowing: The Uses and Abuses of Academic Freedom [incl. a critique of Middle East studies] by Robert J. Lieber, October 2007 - International Studies Perspectives Critics of Pro-Israel Lobby Gather [quotes Daniel Pipes, refs. Norman Finkelstein] by Ben Harris, October 16, 2007 - Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) Rudy's Right Hands [refs. Daniel Pipes, and Martin Kramer] October 14, 2007 - Newsweek No Tenure for Massad [on Joseph Massad] by Armin Rosen, October 12, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Alms Update [on "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge U. Press] by Stanley Kurtz, October 12, 2007 - The Corner at NRO Another Columbia Controversy [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Marty Peretz, October 9, 2007 - The Spine [TNR Blog] Campus Watch Ensures that Academia is Held Accountable [letter to the editor] by Cinnamon Stillwell, October 4, 2007 - The Michigan Daily Esposito Props Up (Another) Islamic Extremist [on John Esposito] by Candace de Russy, October 3, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Campus Watch: John Esposito Shills for (another) Radical Islamist, Esam Omeish by Martin "Sol" Soloman, October 3, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Education: Speech Impediment [incls. Khalil Gibran International Academy, National Middle East Language Resource Center] by Lorraine Ali, October 1, 2007 - Newsweek The Hamas PR Machine in America [ref. Sara Roy, Augustus Richard Norton, Shibley Telhami, Virginia Tilley, Rashid Khalidi] by Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen, Fall 2007 - In Focus (pub. of the Jewish Policy Center) Historians in the News: Campus Watch Fights Accusations It Tries to Blacklist Scholars [on National Lawyers Guild president Marjorie Cohn's assertions against Campus Watch] September 24, 2007 - History News Network More Profiles in Appeasement [on Augustus Richard Norton, Sara Roy, and William O. Beeman] by Candace de Russy, September 24, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Nastiness in the Ivory Tower [incl. Richard Falk, Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Matthew Mundy, September 20, 2007 - Los Angeles City Beat Academic Freedom And Middle East Studies [on "The Study of the Middle East and Islam: Challenges after 9-11," at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, May 3, 2007] by Elliott Colla, September-October 2007 - Academe The Workshop [on "The Study of the Middle East and Islam: Challenges after 9-11," at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, May 3, 2007] by Elliott Colla, September-October 2007 - Academe Freedom and Justice for Some, Division for the Most Part [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Hina Ahmed, September 11, 2007 - Pipe Dream (SUNY Binghamton) IsraelLobby Censors Academic Honesty [incl. Norman Finkelstein] by Kyle Szarzynski, September 11, 2007 - The Badger Herald (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) Cinnamon Stillwell: Cal State Fresno's Middle East Studies Project Raises Red Flags [incls. Sasan Fayazmanesh, Sameh El Kharbawy, Mary Husain] by Martin "Sol" Soloman, September 8, 2007 - Solomonia Blog ‘Libel Tourism' [on "Alms for Jihad," Peter O. Collins, Cambridge University Press, Khaled bin Mahfouz] by Candace de Russy, September 6, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Arab School Battle Continues [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Larry Cohler-Esses, September 6, 2007 - The Jewish Week (New York) Legal Jihad Update: Hezbollah to Sue Israel for 2006 War [refs. Libel Tourism article, "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz, Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press] by Bryan Preston, August 29, 2007 - Hot Air Cinnamon Stillwell: Libel Tourism: Where Terrorism and Censorship Meet [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, Robert O. Collins, "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press] by Martin "Sol" Soloman, August 29, 2007 - Solomonia Blog In New York, a Word Starts a Fire [on Dhaba "Debbie Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Robin Shulman, August 24, 2007 - The Washington Post Academic Activism in Berkeley [on UC Berkeley's Hatem Bazian and the University of San Francisco's Stephen Zunes] August 23, 2007 - Pajamas Media Cinnamon Stillwell: Academic Activism on Display in Berkeley: Bazian, Zunes, and "Friends of Sabeel" [incls. UC Berkeley, University of San Francisco] by Martin "Sol" Soloman, August 23, 2007 - Solomonia Blog William O. Beeman, Augustus Richard Norton, Sara Roy: CampusWatch Singles Out 3 More Middle East Scholars for Criticism August 21, 2007 - History News Network Richard Landes on Winfield Myers: Professors Who Don't Like Negative Feedback [on Lisa Anderson, Middle East studies, et al.] by Richard Landes, August 20, 2007 - Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) Cinnamon Stillwell: Appeasement Finds a Home in the Academy [on William O. Beeman, Augustus Richard Norton, Sara Roy] by Martin "Sol" Soloman, August 19, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Winfield Myers: Shedding Light on the Professoriate [on Lisa Anderson, Arzoo Osanloo, Joel Beinin, Kathryn Babayan, Middle East Studies Association, et al.] by Martin "Sol" Soloman, August 19, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Professors Who Don't Like Negative Feedback [on Lisa Anderson, Middle East studies, et al.] by Richard Landes, August 18, 2007 - Augean Stables Blog Appeasement in Middle East Studies [on "Appeasement Finds a Home in the Academy'] by Donald Douglas, August 18, 2007 - Burkean Reflections Blog Sunlight Disinfecting Hiring [on scrutiny of Middle East studies] by Candace de Russy, August 16, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) A "teaching moment" at the University of Maryland [also "Shedding Light on the Professoriate," Campus Watch Research] by Paul Mirengoff, August 16, 2007 - Power Line Blog Pop Quiz [on Hamid Dabashi/"Indoctrinate U" blog post] by Ed Driscoll, August 14, 2007 - EdDriscoll.com Are We Losing the Propaganda War? Textbooks and Universities (Part Two of Two) by Tom McLaughlin, August 13, 2007 - Family Security Matters Group Profile: miriam cooke by KC Johnson, August 6, 2007 - Durham-in-Wonderland Blog Did the Events of 9/11 Change the Field of Middle East Studies? by Seteney Shami and Marcial Godoy-Anativia, August 2007 - International Journal of Middle East From the Mouths of Vipers [on "Campus Watch and California's Middle East Academic Radicals" article] by Candace de Russy, August 1, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Koran Abuse Draws Hate-Crime Charge [at Pace University] by Audrey Hudson, July 31, 2007 - The Washington Times Theocrats and Academics [on William Beeman/Iran blog post] July 27, 2007 - Pajamas Media Play Stirs Discussion on Mideast Conflict [incls. Campus Watch Associate Fellow of the Middle East Forum, Asaf Romirowsky] by Edward Marshall, July 24, 2007 - The Journal (Martinsburg, WV) Academic Radicals [on "Campus Watch and California's Middle East Academic Radicals" article] by Donald Douglas, July 22, 2007 - Burkean Reflections Blog Apologia for Hamas at Harvard [on Middle East studies prof. Sara Roy] by Daniel Mandel, July 16, 2007 - History News Network '7 Pious Myths About Islam' [on Timothy Furnish article] by Candace de Russy, July 11, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Cinnamon Stillwell: Sara Roy: The Harvard Professor Who Cried Censorship by Martin "Sol" Soloman, July 11, 2007 - Solomonia Blog 'You sounded like Daniel Pipes!' No Job for You! [on Timothy Furnish article] by Martin Solomon, June 29, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Academics Connected To Pro-AQ UCLA Paper Lying About It, Giving Quotes To the NYT [on Hatem Bazian] by Omri Ceren, June 4, 2007 - Mere Rhetoric Threats? Proof Please [on Nadia Abu El Haj] by Martin "Sol" Solomon, May 30, 2007 - Solomonia Blog The Muslim Students' Association Associates with All the Wrong Folks [references Campus Watch and Daniel Pipes] by Luke Sheahan, May 28, 2007 - Family Security Matters Portrait of a Palestinian-Activist Professor [on Hatem Bazian] by Candace de Russy, May 15, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) End Of the Week "We're Losing College Campuses" Roundup [on UC Berkeley's Hatem Bazian] by Omri Ceren, May 11, 2007 - Mere Rhetoric Professor McCloud and PBS [on Aminah McCloud of DePaul] by Candace de Russy, May 10, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Brown: No Pretense of Objectivity at Mid East-Islam Conference by Candace de Russy, May 1, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Arab Studies Head's Contract not Renewed [on Mary Ann Fay] by Jimm Phillips and Kyra Smerkanich, April 30, 2007 - The Eagle Online (American University) Brown University Outrage: Anti-Israel Academics Organize Conference To Attack Pro-Israel Critics, Shut Out Pro-Israel Speakers and Students [ref. Daniel Pipes, Martin Kramer, Juan Cole, Elliott Colla, et al.] by Omri Ceren, April 24, 2007 - Mere Rhetoric Blog Anti-Jihad Caucus [also on Campus Watch] by Editorial, April 12, 2007 - Investor's Business Daily High School Burqa Masquerade Mimics Higher Ed by Candace de Russy, March 28, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Pro-Israel Forum at Bryn Mawr [on Norman Finkelstein] by Candace de Russy, March 23, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Barnard Professor's Anti-Jewish Aggression [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Candace de Russy, March 21, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Steppin' It Up: The New SDS [on Joseph Massad, et al.] by Doug Viehmeyer, March 21, 2007 - ZNET Post-Carter Showdown at Brandeis Over Speakers by Larry Cohler-Esses, February 23, 2007 - The Jewish Week (New York) Brandeis Donors Exact Revenge for Carter Visit by Larry Cohler-Esses, February 16, 2007 - The Jewish Week (New York) Academic Repression in the First Person: The Attack on Higher Education and the Necessity of Critical Pedagogy by Henry Giroux, February 2007 - CUNY Graduate Center Advocate Strategies on Academic Freedom [on "Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibility after 9/11: A Handbook for Scholars and Teachers, by Laura Bier, Ilana Feldman, et al.] by Scott Jaschik, January 15, 2007 - Inside Higher Education Radical Departure [on Daniel Pipes] by Sadanand Dhume, January 2007 - Philadelphia Magazine Headhunters at Harvard May Put a Woman in Charge [recalls Amy Gutmann's phot with student dressed as suicide bomber] by Alan Finder, January 8, 2007 - The New York Times Prof Rallies to Osama's Defense [on Natana DeLong Bas] by Candace de Russy, January 4, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO)
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