Middle East studies in the News 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 Recommended Professors Endorsements Solidarity with Apologists Photo Gallery Campus Clubs Reviews of Books about the Middle East Links Mailing List Middle East Forum Mobile Site	Middle East studies in the News from 2007 Articles by Year: 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1999 1998 1997 1985 Articles marked by a icon are recommended by Campus Watch staff. Is Iraq Nearly Rid of al-Qaeda? [on Juan Cole] by Jonathan Schanzer, December 29, 2007 - Jewish Policy Center Blog Islam vs. Free Speech [on libel tourism, incls. "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Jed Babbin, December 28, 2007 - Human Events The Selective Indignation of Israel's Academic Critics [on L. Roland Matory, Middle East studies] by Richard L. Cravatts,, December 27, 2007 - The Jewish Press Language Courses May Get Big Boost [on Utah schools, incls. Arabic] by Tiffany Erickson, December 23, 2007 - Deseret Morning News Muslim Studies too Political: Islamic Scholar [on Tariq Ramadan] by Pauline Tam, December 22, 2007 - The Ottawa Citizen Federal Judge Wrongly Allows Exclusion of Renowned Muslim Scholar [on Tariq Ramadan] by Press Release, December 21, 2007 - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Rights Group to Appeal Judge's Ruling Against Muslim Scholar Barred from Entering US [on Tariq Ramadan] December 21, 2007 - Associated Press Court: State Law Won't Protect Terror Author from Libel Judgment [on Rachel Ehrenfeld, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Michael Gormley, December 21, 2007 - Associated Press Federal Judge Rules Against Tariq Ramadan in Visa-Denial Case by John Gravois, December 21, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education Publishers Beware: NY State Says First Amendment Inapplicable [on Rachel Ehrenfeld, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Bruce Kesler, December 21, 2007 - Democracy Project Blog Scholar's Visa Denial Upheld [on Tariq Ramadan] December 21, 2007 - Insider Higher Education Professor Denied Visa for Donating Money to Palestinian Terror Group [on Tariq Ramadan] by Thomas Zambito, December 21, 2007 - New York Daily News Judge Upholds American Exclusion of Islamic Scholar [on Tariq Ramadan] by Tatyana Gershkovich, December 21, 2007 - New York Sun N.Y. Appeals Court Opens Door to 'Libel Tourism' [on Rachel Ehrenfeld, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Joseph Goldstein, December 21, 2007 - New York Sun Islamic Scholar's Suit for a Visa Is Rejected [on Tariq Ramadan] by Alan Feuer, December 21, 2007 - New York Times Appeals Court Reject's Ehrenfeld's Bid to Block ‘Libel Tourism' [on Rachel Ehrenfeld and Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Jim Milliot, December 21, 2007 - Publishers Weekly Judge Upholds Muslim Scholar's U.S. Entry Ban [on Tariq Ramadan] by Christine Kearney, December 21, 2007 - Reuters Responsible Journalism Will Have its Day in Court [incls. "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press, Khaled bin Mahfouz] by Richard Ackland, December 21, 2007 - The Sydney Morning Herald New Professor, Same Old Anti-Israel Agenda at the Columbia Anthropology Department [on Brian Boyd, refs. Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Jonathan Schwartz, December 19, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog FSM's Second Annual ‘America's Most Dangerous College Courses' [incls. DePaul prof. Aminah Beverly McCloud] by Jason Rantz, December 18, 2007 - Family Security Matters Dhabah Almontaser's Campaign Of Deceit [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by William Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz, December 18, 2007 - Pipe Line News Will Bernard Lewis Explain Himself? by Hugh Fitzgerald, December 17, 2007 - Dhimmi Watch Arabic Class at Western Washington University Opens Doors by Kira Millage, December 17, 2007 - The Bellingham Herald Columbia Still Roiled by Iranian's Visit [incl. Richard Bulliet, Gary Sick, Middle East studies] by Dafna Linzer, December 16, 2007 - The Washington Post Dept Brings Texas Twang to the Arabic Language [on University of Texas at Austin, Mahmoud Al-Batal ] by Joseph Stuart Moss, December 13, 2007 - News from the University of Texas at Austin U-M Press' Folly [on Univ. of Michigan Press & Pluto Press, Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism"] by Robert Sklar, December 13, 2007 - The Detroit Jewish News Making Sense of Osama [on UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies conference, "Jihadi Islam," incl. James Gelvin] by Ajay Singh, December 13, 2007 - UCLA Magazine Taking Sides on Title VI by Stanley Kurtz, December 12, 2007 - National Review Online A Familiar Clash As Faculty Meets [incl. Steven C. Caton] by Maxwell L. Child, Samuel P. Jacobs, December 12, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson Bad Form on Campus [on Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism," Pluto Press, Univ. of Michigan Press] by Eitan Ingall and Sasha Gribov, December 12, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post One on One: Debunking Dastardly Debate [interview with Manfred Gerstenfeld, auth., "Academics Against Israel and the Jews"] by Ruthie Blum, December 12, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post The State Of Middle Eastern Studies [incl. Joseph Massad, Hamid Dabashi, George Saliba, Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Hugh Fitzgerald, December 12, 2007 - The New English Review The Bertrand Russell of Islam [rev. of Ibn Warraq; incl. Tariq Ramadan] by Michael Weiss, December 12, 2007 - The New York Sun Plotting the Future of Islamic Studies by Tariq Ramadan, December 2007 - Academic Matters The Scapegoats of Khartoum and CUNY Faculty Union [on Sharad Karkhanis] by Phil Orenstein, December 11, 2007 - Democracy Project Blog Court of Appeal Reviewing Khalil Gibran Academy Case [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Ryan Thompson, December 11, 2007 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Libel Tourism, Coming Soon to a Town Near You [incls. "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press, Robert O. Collins, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Roger Kimball, December 8, 2007 - Pajamas Media 'Arabic' Principal Fights On [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Kati Cornell, December 7, 2007 - New York Post Academic Freedom or a Culture War? [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Rashid Khalidi, MEALAC] by Alberto Tiburcio, December 7, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) The Real Definition of Academic Freedom [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad] by Jonathan Hollander, December 7, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Foreign Language Classes Increase in Popularity [incl. Arabic] by David Durett, December 6, 2007 - The Ithacan (Ithaca College) Ex-principal of Arabic Khalil Gibran School Loses Round in Court [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Thomas Zambito, December 6, 2007 - The New York Daily News Arabic Principal Loses Return Bid [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Kati Cornell, December 6, 2007 - The New York Post Khalil Gibran Free to Find New Principal [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] December 6, 2007 - The New York Sun Ex-Head of Arabic School Denied Old Job [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Larry Neumeister, December 5, 2007 - Associated Press The International Islamophobia Conference [incl. John Esposito, John Voll, et al.] by Hugh Fitzgerald, December 5, 2007 - Jihad Watch Judge Says NY Arabic School Can Seek New Principal [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] December 5, 2007 - Reuters Federal Judge Rules Against Ex-Khalil Gibran Principal [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Charles Maldonado, December 5, 2007 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Former Human Terrain System Participant Describes Program in Disarray [on Zenia Helbig] by David Glenn, December 5, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Anthropologists Condemn Defense Department Project [quotes Lawrence Rosen, John Borneman] by Sarah Pease-Kerr, December 5, 2007 - The Daily Princetonian Analyze This...: Digging for the Truth about Israeli Archeology [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Calev Ben-David, December 5, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post Against (Archaeological) Interpretation [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by David Hazony, December 4, 2007 - Contentions (Commentary Magazine Blog) "Arabicity" in Our Schools [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Joseph Klein, December 4, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine International Islamophobia Conference to Feature Turkish PM, Esposito, Armstrong, Tariq Ramadan by Robert Spencer, December 4, 2007 - Jihad Watch Students Look Eastward for New Languages [on Arabic lang. instruction at U. of Pennsylvania] by Cecily Wu, December 4, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylvanian Univ. Helps Middlebury Hebrew Summer Program [incl. Vardit Ringvald] by Matthew Brock, December 4, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Interest in Arabic Increasing by Campbell Massie, December 4, 2007 - The Maneater (University of Missouri, Columbia) Arabic Language School Prinicpal Sues Over Firing [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Marianne McCune, December 4, 2007 - WNYC New York Public Radio Neuwirth v. Silverstein: Court Grants Anti-SLAPP Motion in Politically Charged Online Dispute [incl. Joel Beinin] by Sam Bayard, December 3, 2007 - Citizen Media Law Project Secrecy and Anthropology [incl. William Beeman] by Elizabeth Redden, December 3, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed Students Ask Department for Continuation of Arabic Language Course [on San Jose State University] by Leah Bigelow, December 3, 2007 - Spartan Daily (San Jose State University) The Academic Shield [ref. Middle Eastern studies] by Richard L. Cravatts, December 3, 2007 - The Emory Wheel A New House of Worship [on the proposed Center for the Study and Practice of Religion; supported by Middle Eastern studies dept.] by Editorial, December 3, 2007 - The Emory Wheel Middle East Studies Committee Providing Opportunity to Study in Arab Countries by Kelcie Huffstickler, December 3, 2007 - The Herald of Arkansas State University UCSB Receives $1 Million Gift to Establish Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies [on the University of California, Santa Barbara] by Press Release, December 3, 2007 - University of California, Santa Barbara, Public Affairs Answering Anti-Israel Academics [incl. Norman Finkelstein, Middle East studies] by Richard L. Cravatts, December 2, 2007 - Israel Insider Teddy Bears, Parked Cars and Moral Equivalence [on Georgetown profs. John Esposito and John Voll] by John Hinderaker, December 2, 2007 - Power Line Taking a Stand [on Georgetown profs. John Esposito and John Voll] by Mark Steyn, December 2, 2007 - The Corner on National Review Online We Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear [on Georgetown prof. John Esposito] by Mark Steyn, December 2, 2007 - The Corner on National Review Online "Muslim Fags Don't Exist" [on Columbia's Joseph Massad] by Jamie Kirchick, December 2, 2007 - The New Republic Fired Arabic School Founder Blames Mayor Bloomberg for Resignation [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Thomas Zambito, December 1, 2007 - New York Daily News New Forum Shares Mideast Perspective [on the Forum for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at New England College] by Shira Schoenberg, November 30, 2007 - Concord Monitor (New Hampshire) Facts in the Air [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Bari Weiss, November 30, 2007 - Haaretz Middle East Studies Program in the Works [on Loyala University, incls. Behrooz Moazami, Lori Ranner, Adeline Masquelier ] by Jess Burrola, November 30, 2007 - Loyala Maroon (New Orleans) Barrett Continues Conspiracy Theory [on Kevin Barrett] by Lauren Cohen, November 30, 2007 - The Badger Herald (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) Mideast Scholars, Meeting in Montreal, Worry About a Splinter Group and Academic Freedom [incl. Zachary Lockman, Laurie Brand, Amy Newhall] by John Gravois, November 30, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Students Hope to Expand Arabic Language Program [on the University of New Hampshire] by Ryann Mead, November 30, 2007 - The New Hampshire Arabic Skills Essential During Conflict in Middle East, Professor Says [on San Antonio College, Arabic lecturer Saeda Tomnbay] by Jon Coker, November 30, 2007 - The Ranger (San Antonio, TX) Should Schools Teach Chinese, Arabic? [on New Jersey school districts] by Ashley Kindergan, November 30, 2007 - The Record (New Jersey) Boniuk Center Changes Co-sponsorship Policy [incl. Joseph Massad] by Alex Dinur, November 30, 2007 - The Rice Thresher Arabic Cracks the Top Ten Languages Studied by College Students in US by Elizabeth Ann Peer, November 30, 2007 - U. Town: The Columbia Missourian's Higher Education Blog Islam and the Textbooks: A Reply to the Critics (Part Two of Two) by Gilbert T. Sewall, November 29, 2007 - Family Security Matters Hype vs. Reality in Arabic Enrollment Boom [quotes profs. Mahmoud Al-Batal, Karin Ryding, Martha Schulte-Nafeh, Kirk Belnap] by Elizabeth Redden, November 29, 2007 - Insider Higher Education Facts on the Ground? Keep on Digging for Historical Truth [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Jonathan Rosenbaum, November 29, 2007 - Jewish Exponent For University Presses, Distribution Can Bring Profits—and Some Problems [on Univ. of Michigan Press & Pluto Press, Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism"] by Jennifer Howard, November 29, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Representatives From Six Organizations Send Letter To The University Of Michigan Regents Urging Them To End The Pluto Press Distribution Contract [ by Jonathan Schwartz, November 28, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog Islam and the Textbooks: A Reply to the Critics (Part One of Two) by Gilbert T. Sewall, November 28, 2007 - Family Security Matters Regarding the Professorial Chair of Islamic Studies at the University of Leiden by Tariq Ramadan, November 28, 2007 - TariqRamadan.com Who's Really Trembling? [on Middle East studies at Harvard, refs. James Russell, Haleh Esfandiari] by Julia I. Bertelsmann, November 28, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson Group Demands Apology from Almontaser [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] November 28, 2007 - The New York Sun Language Study Serves Much Good [incl. Arabic] by Editorial, November 27, 2007 - Bismarck Tribune (N. Dakota) Current Events Spur Interest in Islamic Studies [incl. Arabic] by Eve Attermann, November 27, 2007 - Inside Vandy (Vanderbilt University) Across the Nation, Foreign Language Study on the Rise [incl. Arabic] by Deepti Arora, November 27, 2007 - The Daily Californian His Book Under Fire, Author Speaks at 'U' [on Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism," University of Michigan Press, Pluto Press] by Andy Kroll, November 27, 2007 - The Michigan Daily Begin the Debate: Nine-Point Guide to Discern Islamist from Non-Islamist Schools [incl. the Saudi Academy in N. Virginia] by M. Zuhdi Jasser, November 26, 2007 - Family Security Matters We Need to Learn Foreign Tongues, or We'll Be Licked [refs. Georgetown Arabic prof. Karin Ryding] by Editorial, November 26, 2007 - Longview Daily News (WA) Campus Battleground [a movie on campus tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian forces; cites Beshara Doumani] November 26, 2007 - Oy Bay! Blog Cole: Some ‘Canary'! [on Juan Cole] by Candace de Russy, November 26, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons Learning in Translation [on Arabic at Blair High School in Montgomery Co., Maryland] by Jon Kesten, November 26, 2007 - Silver Chips Online (Montgomery Blair High School, Maryland) Class 'Clown' [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Chuck Bennett, November 26, 2007 - The New York Post Classes Too Pro-Israel? [on Hanna Diskin of George Washington Univ.] by Eric Fingerhut, November 26, 2007 - Washington Jewish Week New World Order Stimulates New Linguistic Interests [on Arabic classes at Portland State, U. of Oregon, & Oregon State] by Suzanne Pardington, November 25, 2007 - The Oregonian Saudi Islamic School Defends Itself against "Terror High" Label [on the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax County, Va.] November 24, 2007 - Associated Press Islam Talk was Full of Bromides [on Christopher Taylor of Drew University] by Steve Balog, November 24, 2007 - Daily Record (Morris County, NJ) Foreign Language Enrollment Up at U of M, in U.S. [incls. Arabic] by Mike Rose, November 24, 2007 - Minnesota Daily An Arrest on the Border [on Ghazi Falah] by John Gravois, November 24, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Mapping Out the Investigation of Gazi Falah by John Gravois, November 24, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Debbie's Dubious Defiance [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser of Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Editorial, November 24, 2007 - The New York Post University Student Can't Study in Israel [on Drew University] by Michal Lando and Ehud Zion Waldoks, November 22, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post Sharad Karkhanis Stands on the Moral High Ground by Phil Orenstein, November 21, 2007 - Democracy Project The Libel Tourist: Silencing Free Speech [incls. "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Ericka Anderson, November 21, 2007 - Human Events The "Free Speech" Agenda [incl. Lee Bollinger, Middle East studies at Columbia, Norman Finkelstein, et al.] by Alan M. Dershowitz, November 21, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson Arabic, Chinese Gaining Popularity as Language Courses [at Georgia College and State University] by Jennifer Burk, November 21, 2007 - The Macon Telegraph Foreign Language Enrollment Up at U, in US [incl. Arabic at the Univ. of Minnesota] by Mike Rose, November 21, 2007 - The Minnesota Daily An Exchange with Professor Ra'anan Boustan of UCLA by Rachel Neuwirth, November 20, 2007 - MichNews.com NDSU Students Want More Arabic Studies [on Arabic at North Dakota State] November 20, 2007 - The Bismark Tribune Ousted Arabic School Principal Sues City, Says Rights Were Violated [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Kerry Burke and Erin Einhorn, November 20, 2007 - The New York Daily News Hatemonger U? [on Joseph Massad] by Richard Miniter, November 20, 2007 - The New York Post North Dakota State Students Want More Arabic Studies November 19, 2007 - Associated Press Fired Principal of Arabic School Sues City [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Jennifer Medina, November 19, 2007 - City Room (New York Times Blog) The Privilege of Choosing to Starve [incls. Middle East studies, Columbia's MEALAC dept.] by Alberto Tiburcio, November 19, 2007 - Columbia Spectator Academica in the Hot Seat [incl. Joseph Massad, by Judith Apter Klinghoffer, November 19, 2007 - History News Network Publishing Controversy [on University of Michigan Press, Pluto Press, Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism"] by Scott Jaschik, November 19, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed Arabic School Founder Sues NYC Over Resignation [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Christine Kearney, November 19, 2007 - Reuters S.F. Entrepreneur Creates Software for Arabic Language Students [incls. Stanford's Ramzi Salti] by Justin Berton, November 19, 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle Tracking National Trend, Enrollment in Arabic Classes Grows Steadily by Andrea Winter, November 19, 2007 - Student Life (Washington University, St. Louis, MO) Prof Contributes to New Association [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] by Kristina Morris, November 19, 2007 - The Breeze (James Madison University) Brooklyn Arabic School's Founding Principal Sues City [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Mary Frost, November 19, 2007 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Meeting in Canada, Middle East Scholars' Group Worries About Academic Freedom [on the Middle East Studies Association; incl. Laurie Brand, Gershon Shafir, Amy W. Newhall; also the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Bernard Lewis, Fou by John Gravois, November 19, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education The Libel Tourist [incls. "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press] by Stanley Kurtz, November 19, 2007 - The Corner on National Review Online Columbia Faculty Members Line Up Behind President Bollinger [ref. Joseph Massad] by Annie Karni, November 19, 2007 - The New York Sun Ex-Principal of Arabic-language School Sues City [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Cindy Rodriquez, November 19, 2007 - WNYC (New York Public Radio) Ex-Arabic Principal Suing City [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Yoav Gonen, November 17, 2007 - The New York Post The Case of the Closeted Saudi Sheikh, His Relentless Campaign to Silence Free Speech in the West, and The Case that May Finally Bring His Libel Tourism to an End [incls. "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Phyllis Chesler, November 16, 2007 - Chesler Chronicles (Pajamas Media) English Isn't the Only Language [incls. Arabic lang. instruction] November 16, 2007 - News-Record.com (Greensboro, NC) Middle East Studies Group Acquires a New Rival [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami] by John Gravois, November 16, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education The Nadia Abu El Haj Controversy: Larry Cohler-Esses and a Columbia Faculty Member Debate 'Facts on the Ground' by Ralph Harrington, November 16, 2007 - The Greycat Blog Study of Arabic, Chinese Increases by Kevin C. Leu, November 16, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson Boniuk Center Pledges "New Direction" [incl. Ussama Makdisi, Ilan Pappe, Joseph Massad, et al.] by Michael C. Duke, November 16, 2007 - The Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston) A Call for Academic Diversity [incls. Middle Eastern studies, Arabic lang. instruction] by Talia Radcliffe, November 16, 2007 - The Journal (Queen's University, Ontario, Canada) Three Regents Call on Univ. of Michigan to Drop Distribution Deals [on Pluto Press, Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism"] by Andy Kroll, November 16, 2007 - The Michigan Daily (Univ. of Michigan) Muslim Americans Establish Own Schools in US [on the Muslim American Youth Academy, Dearborn, MI] by Mohamed Elshinnawi, November 16, 2007 - Voice of America Professor Resigns Abruptly [on Hanna Diskin of George Washington Univ.] by Jennifer Easton, November 15, 2007 - GW Hatchet US Students Choosing Arabic Language for Studies November 15, 2007 - MonstersandCritics.com Impromptus: How Original, etc [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, MESA] by Jay Nordlinger, November 15, 2007 - National Review Online More Reactions to the Bollinger Controversy by Evan Goldstein, November 15, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Blog Greatest Victory, Even in Defeat [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad] by Paula Stern, November 15, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Academic Freedom Still an Issue [incl. Joseph Massad, Nadia Abu El-Haj, MEALAC] by Tom Faure, November 15, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Protecting Professors [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad] by Editorial, November 15, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Students Taking Arabic, Chinese to Meet Demand [quotes Jane Moore] by Megan Kaldis, November 15, 2007 - The Daily Texan (University of Texas, Austin) Ivory Tower Chills [interview with Juan Cole [incl. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] by Samer Elatrash, November 15, 2007 - The Mirror (Montreal) Arabic Surges in Foreign Language Classes by Justin Pope, November 14, 2007 - Associated Press Columbia's Tenured Thugs [on Lee Bollinger, Middle East studies] by Noah Pollak, November 14, 2007 - Contentions (the blog of Commentary Magazine) More Students, More Languages [discusses Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, et al.] by Elizabeth Redden, November 14, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed Arabic Leads Shift in College Language Studies by Lisa M. Krieger, November 14, 2007 - San Jose Mercury News Enrollments in Foreign-Language Classes Continue to Rise [quotes Karin C. Ryding; incl. Arabic] by Jennifer Howard, November 14, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Professors Clash Over Bollinger [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad, MEALAC] by Tom Faure, November 14, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Columbia University Faculty Dissent From the CU-FAC Statement by Efrat Aharonovich, Kenneth Altman, Elizabeth Anisfeld, et al., November 14, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) House Democrats and Saudi Money [incl. Juan Cole, MESA, Title VI] by Stanley Kurtz, November 14, 2007 - The Corner at NRO Studying Middle East Studies: Editors' Introduction [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, refs. the Middle East Studies Association] by Editorial, Fall 2007 - The Current (Columbia University) Searching for "Facts" on the Ground [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by David Rosen, Fall 2007 - The Current (Columbia University) Ideology over Integrity in Academe [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, refs. Columbia's Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures department] by James R. Russell, Fall 2007 - The Current (Columbia University) Is Truth Attainable? [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Jonathan Rosenbaum, Fall 2007 - The Current (Columbia University) President of Columbia Is Criticized [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad] by Tamar Lewin and Amanda Millner-Fairbanks, November 14, 2007 - The New York Times Impossible to Please [on Lee Bollinger; incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Rashid Khalidi, Lila Abu-Lughod, Qais Al-Awqati, Edward Said, George Saliba, Hamid Dabashi, et al.] by Marty Peretz, November 14, 2007 - The Spine [TNR Blog] Looking to Adopt A Foreign Tongue [on the growth of Middle Eastern lang. instruction at U. of Maryland, incls. prof. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak] by Susan Kinzie, November 14, 2007 - Washington Post Jewish Organizations Unite to Challenge Distribution Arrangement Between Pluto Press and the University of Michigan by Jonathan Schwartz, November 13, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog The French Revolution Returns to Columbia: Heads Will Roll for the Greater Glory of Palestine and Ahmadinejad [incls. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Lila Abu-Lughod, Hamid Dabashi, Rashid Khalidi] by Phyllis Chesler, November 13, 2007 - Chesler Chronicles (Pajamas Media) Survey: More Students Studying Arabic, African, Asian Languages by Lisa M. Krieger, November 13, 2007 - San Jose Mercury News The Battle for Middle East Studies [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] by Thomas Lifson, November 13, 2007 - The American Thinker Bollinger Comes Under Fire [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Hamid Dabashi, Rashid Khalidi] by Evan Goldstein, November 13, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Blog Through the Looking Glass [includes Middle East studies] by Danny Kampf, November 13, 2007 - The Daily Colonial (George Washington University) Profs Petition for Greater Academic Freedom [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Majid Mohammadi] by Jonathan Zebrowski, November 13, 2007 - The Daily Princetonian Islamic and Middle East Studies Department to Expand [incl. Avigdor Levy, Joseph Lumbard, Nader Habibi, et al.] by Matthew Brock, November 13, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Faculty Group: Bollinger Allying With Bush Administration [incl. Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Lila Abu-Lughod, Gil Anidjar, et al.] by Annie Karni, November 13, 2007 - The New York Sun Ajami's Voice [on Fouad Ajami] by Editorial, November 13, 2007 - The New York Sun Language Is Power, both Aesthetic and Ideological [on Arabic language studies] by Rachel Bayefsky, November 13, 2007 - Yale Daily News The University of Michigan-Dearborn's Center for Arab-American Studies Says Jerusalem Is Located In "Palestine" [also, UM-Ann Arbor Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies calls Detroit "The Islamic City"] by Jonathan Schwartz, November 12, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog Was Nadia Abu El-Haj Treated Fairly? by Ralph Harrington, November 12, 2007 - History News Network New Scholars Group Seen as Close to White House [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, refs. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, and Bassam Haddad] by Khody Akhavi, November 12, 2007 - IPS Inter-Press Service News Agency Jersey's Counterterror Farce [on John Esposito] by Steven Emerson and Stephen M. Flatow, November 12, 2007 - The New York Post Bollinger's Backbone [incl. Rashid Khalidi] by Editorial, November 12, 2007 - The New York Sun Faculty Group: Bollinger Allying With Bush Administration [involves Columbia's Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures dept.] by Annie Karni, November 12, 2007 - The New York Sun Columbia University Faculty Action Committee Statement of Concern by Nadia Abu El-Haj, Lila Abu-Lughod, Qais Al-Awqati, et al., November 12, 2007 - The New York Sun BYU Hosts Guest Lecture from Four CIA Analysts [hosted by Brigham Young University's Middle Eastern studies and Arabic departments] by Elizabeth Jenkins, November 11, 2007 - My Portfolio Blog Daniel Hollinger Announces Expansion of Arabic Immersion at Coeus International School [in Washington, D.C.] by Press Release, November 11, 2007 - Newswire ASMEA vs. MESA [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa and the Middle East Studies Association, incls. Bernard Lewis, Fouad Ajami, Juan Cole, As'ad Abu Khalil, John Esposito, and Edward Said] by Nibras Kazimi, November 10, 2007 - Talisman Gate Blog Exclusive: Phil Pochoda Admits People at Pluto Press are "Old Friends," Blows Hole In Executive Board Lie That UM Press Is Not Endorsing Pluto Books by Jonathan Schwartz, November 9, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog The Partisan Battle Over Academic Freedom [on the Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University] November 9, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education BSG Passes Language Resolutions [on Arabic instruction at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, ME] by Travis Dagenais, November 9, 2007 - The Bowdoin Orient (Bowdein College, Brunswick, ME) MSA Marks Second Year of Islam in Conversation Week [incls. Ingrid Mattson, Sherman Jackson, John E. Woods] by Maher Sattar, November 9, 2007 - The Wesleyan Argus Arabic Courses Swell in Enrollment, Popularity [quotes John Darnell, Beatrice Gruendler] by June Torbati, November 9, 2007 - Yale Daily News The "New McCarthyism": Are Left-Wing Academics Being Persecuted? [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad, Rashid Khalidi] by Martin Solomon, November 8, 2007 - Pajamas Media Group Formed to Improve Middle East Scholarship [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa; Bernard Lewis, Mark Clark, Middle East Studies Association, Zachary Lockman] by Annie Karni, November 8, 2007 - The New York Sun No Tenure for Hatred [on Joseph Massad, Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Joel Mowbray, November 8, 2007 - The Washington Times Free Speech for Sharad [on Sharad Karkhanis, Mohammed Yousry] by Phil Orenstein, November 7, 2007 - Democracy Project Blog Where is the Modern Day Huizinga? [on Tariq Ramadan] by Andrew G. Bostom, November 7, 2007 - Family Security Matters Barnard Gives Tenure to Denier of Jewish History [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Gil Ronen, November 6, 2007 - Arutz Sheva (IsraelNationalNews.com) Make Every Word Count: The Ascent of Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj to a Lifetime Position at Barnard by Phyllis Chesler, November 6, 2007 - Chesler Chronicles (Pajamas Media) "Jet Set" Academic to Be Professor of Islam [on Tariq Ramadan] November 6, 2007 - DutchNews.nl Columbia Professor: Muslims Discovered Everything! [on George Saliba] by Elder of Ziyon, November 6, 2007 - Elder of Ziyon Blog Minister Unworried by Appointment of Controversial Tariq Ramadan November 6, 2007 - Netherlands Info Services Students To Propose Arabic Floor [on Arabic "Living-Learning Community" at Georgetown, expansion of Arabic dept.] by Carolyn Arnold, November 6, 2007 - The Hoya (Georgetown University) Colonizing Barnard [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Editorial, November 6, 2007 - The New York Sun Fitzgerald: Syllabus: Islam and Global Forces (Part I) [on U. of Colorado prof. Anita Weiss, refs. John Esposito, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding] by Hugh Fitzgerald, November 5, 2007 - Dhimmi Watch Fitzgerald: Syllabus: Islam and Global Forces (Part 2) [on U. of Colorado prof. Anita Weiss, incls. Edward Said, Roy Mottahedeh] by Hugh Fitzgerald, November 5, 2007 - Dhimmi Watch Nadia Abu El-Haj and 'The New McCarthyism' by Evan Goldstein, November 5, 2007 - Footnoted (Chronicle of Higher Education Blog) CUNY Prof War [on Sharad Karkhanis; incl. Mohammed Yousry] by Dareh Greogorian, November 5, 2007 - New York Post My Opinion: Slander in Schoolbooks [on Middle East studies textbooks] by Andrew Rapp, Winter 2007 - Reform Judaism Magazine Israel Critique on Campus [on Joel Kovel, University of Michigan, Pluto Press] by Michal Lando, November 4, 2007 - Jerusalem Post A Lesson on Muslim View [on Bernard Lewis] by Jonathan Last, November 4, 2007 - The Philadelphia Inquirer Embattled Barnard Anthropologist Is Awarded Tenure [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Alan Finder, November 3, 2007 - New York Times A Tarnished Golden Anniversary [on UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies, incl. Saree Makdisi, James Gelvin, Gabriel Piterberg, et al.] by Rachel Neuwirth, November 3, 2007 - The American Thinker Palestine Mural Unveiled [on Edward Said mural at San Francisco State University, refs. Santa Clara U. prof. Fayeq Oweis] by Devin O'Keefe and Juliet Blalack, November 3, 2007 - The Golden Gate Xpress Online Yet Another Columbia Disgrace [on Nadia Abu El-Haj; also on Juan Cole, Norman Finkelstein by Marty Peretz, November 3, 2007 - The Spine [TNR Blog] A Different View of the Middle East [on Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa; quotes Bernard Lewis, et al., Middle East Studies Association] by Scott Jaschik, November 2, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed Muzzling a Watchdog? [on Sharad Karkhanis; incl. Mohammed Yousry, Susan Rosenberg] by Scott Jaschik, November 2, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed A New Fact on the Ground: Nadia Abu El-Haj Wins Tenure at Barnard College by John Gravois, November 2, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog After Battle, Barnard Professor Given Tenure [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Annie Karni, November 2, 2007 - The New York Sun Anti-Defamation League Director Condemns Recent Books on Israel [incl. Joseph Massad] by Laura Schreiber, November 1, 2007 - Columbia Spectator Greatest Victory, Even in Defeat [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Paula Stern, November 1, 2007 - Paula Says Blog Academic Thesis Gone Wrong [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Paula Sterns, November 1, 2007 - Paula Says [weblog] US writer fights gagging order on al-Qaeda claims [incl. "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Dominic Kennedy, November 1, 2007 - The Times of London The U.S. Blacklisted Me. Let's Talk [by Tariq Ramadan] by Tariq Ramadan, October 31, 2007 - Christian Science Monitor StandWithUs Responds to Renewal of University of Michigan Press/Pluto Press Contract by Jonathan Harris and Robert Seid, October 31, 2007 - StandWithUS Israeli Leftists in Conference on Annihilating Israel [on Oxford Union and London Middle East Institute debates, refs. Norman Finkelstein and Joseph Massad] by Steven Plaut, October 31, 2007 - Steven Plaut's Blog Spooking Middle East Profs on Halloween: The Anti-MESA [on the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa] by Jonathan Schanzer, October 31, 2007 - The Jewish Policy Center Blog Liberty City 7 `Were on Path to Jihad' [incl. Raymond Tanter as expert witness] by Jay Weaver, October 31, 2007 - The Miami Herald Terrorism Suspects Fit Mold, Professor Testifies in Miami Court [on Raymond Tanter] by Vanessa Blum, October 31, 2007 - The South Florida Sun-Sentinel Bollinger and His Faculty, Poor Fella [incl. Joseph Massad, Rashid Khalidi, Hamid Dabashi] by Jamie Kirchick, October 31, 2007 - The Spine [TNR Blog] St. John's High School Rolls out Chinese and Arabic [Toledo, OH] by Kate Oatis, October 31, 2007 - WTOL-TV Too Much Time on Teachings of Islam? [on a history textbook at Houston Elementary in Lodi, CA] by Amanda Dyer, October 30, 2007 - Lodi News-Sentinel Emeritus Professor at CUNY Is Sued for Defamation, Libel [incl. Mohamed Yousry] by Annie Karni, October 30, 2007 - The New York Sun Va. County to Look at Saudi School Texts [on the Islamic Saudi Academy] by Matthew Barakat, October 29, 2007 - Associated Press Bollinger Reaffirms Stance on Ahmadinejad [incl. Richard Bulliet] by Melissa Repko, October 29, 2007 - Columbia Spectator The School of Extreme Hatred [on the Islamic Saudi Academy in VA] by Micah Halpern, October 29, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine Vatican Thinks Theological Discussion with Islam Impossible, Experts Charge [incl. John Esposito] by John L Allen Jr, October 29, 2007 - National Catholic Reporter Editor with a Hatchet: Larry Cohler-Esses [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Paula Stern, October 29, 2007 - Paula Says Blog Judge Holds Hearing on Ban on Muslim Scholar [on Tariq Ramadan] by Christine Kearney, October 29, 2007 - Reuters Patriot Act Faulted in Denial of Visa for Muslim Scholar [on Tariq Ramadan] by John Eligon, October 29, 2007 - The New York Times Fairfax Seeks Islamic Texts Translator [on the Islamic Saudi Academy] by William C. Flook, October 29, 2007 - The Washington Examiner Civil Liberties Group Challenges US Visa Ban for Muslim Intellectual [on Tariq Ramadan] October 26, 2007 - Agence France-Presse Barring Muslim Scholar's Visit Debated [on Tariq Ramadan] by Larry Neumeister, October 26, 2007 - Associated Press IMES Students Send Letter Expressing Grievances to Dean, Administration [on Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at Brandeis] by Alison Channon, October 26, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Profs Protest Tenure Interference [on the Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University, refs. Steven C. Caton, Harvard's Center for Middle East Studies, Norman Finkelstein, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Edward Said] by Lingbo Li, October 26, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson ACLU In Court Today to Challenge U.S. Exclusion of Renowned Muslim Scholar [on Tariq Ramadan] by Press Release, October 25, 2007 - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) NYC Arabic School Stonewalling Citizens' Group [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by The Crime Library, October 25, 2007 - Chuck Hustmyre Islamo-Fascism Week Kicks Off [on Middle Eastern Languages and Studies at Columbia] by Joy Resmovits, October 25, 2007 - Columbia Spectator Institute for Middle East Studies Holds Inaugural Event [on the Institute for Middle East Studies at George Washington Univ.] by Andrew Gross, October 25, 2007 - GW Hatchet A Soft Jihad Grows in Brooklyn [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Aryeh Spero, October 25, 2007 - Human Events Michigan Keeps Link to Controversial Publisher [on Pluto Press, Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism"] by Scott Jaschik, October 25, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed Arabic School Causes Stir in NYC [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Michal Lando, October 25, 2007 - Jerusalem Post Campus Double Standards [on the Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University] October 25, 2007 - New York Sun Varying Teaching Styles, Beliefs Deserve Respect [alludes to Juan Cole, Nadia Abu El-Haj, and Norman Finkelstein] by Tim Bella, October 25, 2007 - The Daily Skiff (Texas Christian University) One on One: Will Israel Survive? [interview with Michael Bard; incl. Middle East studies] by Ruthie Blum, October 25, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post 'U' Press keeps Pluto contract [on Pluto Press, Univ. of Michigan Press, Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism"] by Andy Kroll, October 25, 2007 - The Michigan Daily Student Group Eyes Middle East History, Culture [at The Citidel] by Press Release, October 24, 2007 - Citadel News Service Sometimes You Have to Shout to Be Heard [ref. Middle East studies] by David Warren, October 24, 2007 - The Ottawa Citizen Federal Court to Hear ACLU's Challenge to Exclusion of Swiss Scholar Tariq Ramadan on Thursday by Press Release, October 23, 2007 - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) State Sees Program as Catalyst [on federally funded lang. classes in Ohio, incl. Arabic and Farsi] October 23, 2007 - Associated Press Brooklyn Teacher Joins Lawsuit Targeting Khalil Gibran School [on Sara Springer of Stop the Madrassa Coalition, et al.] by Mary Frost, October 23, 2007 - Brooklyn Daily Eagle Islam and the Textbooks (Part Four of Five) [refs. Joel Beinin, Barbara Petzen, Middle East studies] by Gilbert T. Sewall, October 23, 2007 - Family Security Matters Nadia Abu El Haj and ‘Pure Political Fabrication' by Ralph Harrington, October 23, 2007 - The Greycat Blog Say 'Salaam' to Arabic [on Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown; incl. Judith Tucker, Margaret Nydell, et al.] by Andrew Dwulet, October 23, 2007 - The Hoya (Georgetown University) Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Short on Faculty, Contemporary Courses [incl. Avigdor Levy, Joseph Lumbard, Banu Eligur, Ilan Troen] by Matthew W. Brock, October 23, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Deja Vu at Columbia [on Middle East studies, George Antonius, Norman Finkelstein, et al.] by Hillel Halkin, October 23, 2007 - The New York Sun Juan Cole's Lexicon [on Cole's use of "Zionofascism"] by Noah Pollak, October 22, 2007 - Contentions (the blog of Commentary Magazine) Islam and the Textbooks (Part Three of Five) by Gilbert T. Sewall, October 22, 2007 - Family Security Matters Nadia Abu El Haj in Her Own Words by Paula Stern, October 22, 2007 - Paula Says Blog Student Groups to Stage Opposing Islam Protests [on Islamo Fascism Awareness Week at Penn State, including professors of Middle East studies] by Alyssa Owens, October 22, 2007 - The Daily Collegian (Pennsylvania State University) Say What You Like, Just Don't Say It Here [incl. Tariq Ramadan] by Adam Liptak, October 22, 2007 - The New York Times Islam and the Textbooks (Part Two of Five) by Gilbert T. Sewall, October 19, 2007 - Family Security Matters U.S. Commission Wants Saudi-Funded School Closed Until Textbooks Can Be Reviewed [on The Islamic Saudi Academy in Northern Virginia] by Greg Simmons, October 19, 2007 - Fox News Channel For Tel Aviv Law Professor Neta Ziv, It's All "Academic" (even if it kills Jews and destroys Israel) by Lee Kaplan, October 19, 2007 - Israel-Academia-Monitor.com Unholy Dodge: About that Muslim Letter to the Pope [incl. John Esposito] by Mona Charen, October 19, 2007 - National Review Online Middle Eastern Film Festival Challenges Perceptions [co-sponsored by N.C. State University's Middle Eastern studies program, quotes history prof. Akram Khater] by Hannah Richardson, October 19, 2007 - Technician Online (N.C. State University) Language Barrier [on lack of Arabic and Middle East studies courses at Bowdoin] by Editorial, October 19, 2007 - The Bowdoin Orient (of Bowdoin College) Suit Against Arabic Language School Aims for Lesson Plans [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Erin Einhorn, October 19, 2007 - The New York Daily News Chilling Free Speech [incls. "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz, Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press, Matthew Levitt] by Ilan Weinglass, October 19, 2007 - The Washington Times NY Madrassa Ex-Principal Almontaser's New Tin Foil Hat October 19, 2007 - Yid with Lid Blog Islamic School is First in Region to Become Accredited [on Al-Hamra Academy in New England] October 18, 2007 - Associated Press Ex-Principal Of NYC Arabic School Won't Be Rehired [on Khalil Gibran International Academy and Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser] October 18, 2007 - Associated Press Anything But Straight: Constructing Closets [on Columbia prof. Joseph Massad's "Desiring Arabs"] by Wayne Besen, October 18, 2007 - Falls Church News-Press Islam and the Textbooks (Part One of Five) by Gilbert T. Sewall, October 18, 2007 - Family Security Matters Almontaser's Opportunity [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Editorial, October 18, 2007 - The New York Sun Principal of Arabic School Says She Was Forced Out by Jennifer Medina, October 17, 2007 - City Room (Blog of the New York Times) Debbie Almontaser's Public Statement: Oct. 16 [Transcript] October 17, 2007 - Communities in Support of KGIA (Blog) God in School [incls. Khalil Gibran International Academy, Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, and Ben Gamla Charter School] by Joseph P. Viteritti, October 17, 2007 - Education Week American Libraries Refusing To Remove Banned Book On Jihad Financing (Plus: The WSJ's Fight Against Libel Tourism) [incls. "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Omri Ceren, October 17, 2007 - Mere Rhetoric Former Principal of Arabic-Themed School Wants Her Job Back by Arun Kristian Das, October 17, 2007 - MyFox, from WNYW Fox 5 New York Ex-Arabic School Head Readies Lawsuit Against City by Elizabeth Green, October 17, 2007 - New York Sun Archaeologists Challenge Barnard Professor's Claims [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Marissa Brostoff, October 17, 2007 - The Jewish Daily Forward The Removal of Debbie Almontaser [from Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Azi Paybarah, October 17, 2007 - The New York Observer Back to Intifada High--Not [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Editorial, October 17, 2007 - The New York Post Arabic School Ex-Principal Fights to Get Job Back by Jennifer Medina, October 17, 2007 - The New York Times University of California, Irvine, Students Cancel Middle East Peace Rally [incl. creation of new Middle East and African studies center, Mark LeVine] by Marla Jo Fisher, October 17, 2007 - The Orange County Register Genocide Deniers [on Turkey, the Armenian genocide, and Middle East studies] by Scott Jaschik, October 16, 2007 - Insider Higher Education Almontaser Said To Seek Return to Arab School [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Elizabeth Green, October 16, 2007 - The New York Sun Debbie Almontaser, Founding Principal of Khalil Gibran International Academy, Speaks Out for the First Time by Press Release, October 15, 2007 - Communities in Support of KGIA Fighting Jihad: Money Talks [on "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz, Cambridge University Press, Robert O. Collins] by Laina Farhat-Holzman, October 15, 2007 - Family Security Matters Archeology and the Propaganda War Against Israel [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Richard L. Cravatts, October 15, 2007 - History News Network ‘Racist' Rant Against Bollinger a Non Sequitur [on Hamid Dabashi] by Candace de Russy, October 15, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Dhabah Almontaser Teams Up With CAIR, Alleging "Islamophobia" [refs. Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Beila Rabinowitz and William Mayer, October 15, 2007 - PipeLineNews.org Arabic Language Classes Gain New Popularity [at Union College, Hudson Valley Community College, University of Albany, College of St. Rose] by Mark Parry, October 15, 2007 - The Albany Times Union A Glance at the November Issue of International Studies Perspectives: Criticism vs. Threats to Academic Freedom [refs. Middle East studies] by Jason M. Breslow, October 15, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Queer Theory [on Joseph Massad] by James Kirchick, October 15, 2007 - The New Republic Online Professor at Columbia Attacks Bollinger [on Hamid Dabashi] by Annie Karni, October 15, 2007 - The New York Sun The Failure of Western Universities [incls. Middle East studies, MESA, Saudi funding at Georgetown and Harvard, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, John Esposito, Martin Kramer, Daniel Pipes] by Fjordman, October 14, 2007 - Global Politician King of Morocco Attends Lecture By Duke Professor Ebrahim Moosa October 12, 2007 - Duke University News and Communication Chilling Effect [on "Alms for Jihad," et al.] by Matthew Levitt, October 12, 2007 - The New Republic Online A SLAPP Against Freedom [incl. Robert O. Collins, "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz, Cambridge University Press] by Judith Miller, Autumn 2007 - City Journal Home Court Advantage [on "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz, Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press] by Michael J. Broyde and Deborah E. Lipstadt, October 11, 2007 - New York Times Useful Information [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, Pluto Press, the University of Michigan Press, et al.] by Beshara Doumani, October 11, 2007 - Norman Finkelstein's Blog Kuwait Adventure Awaits Four Arkansas State University Students [with Saudi grant administered by ASU's Middle East Studies Committee] by Sarah Morris, October 11, 2007 - The Herald of Arkansas State University Since 9/11, Twice as Many Take Arabic [quotes Mohammad Khalil, Michael Bonner] by Jessica Vosgerchian, October 11, 2007 - The Michigan Daily (Univ. of Michigan) New Era Is Born [on Middle East studies, incl. Martin Kramer, Edward Said, Rashid Khalidi, et al.] by Michael C. Kotzin, October 11, 2007 - Ynet News Reluctantly Thrust Into Spotlight, Armenia Scholar Becomes Equal Opportunity Offender [on James R. Russell of Harvard] by Gabriel Sanders, October 10, 2007 - The Jewish Daily Forward Pipes: West Must Work to "Modernize" Islam [Daniel Pipes at U. Michigan; quotes Gottfried Hagen] by Andy Kroll, October 9, 2007 - The Michigan Daily (Univ. of Michigan) Nadia Abu El Haj Only Lies About The Jews by Jonathan Schwartz, October 8, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog Why 'Soft' Power in Iran Is Counterproductive by Haleh Esfandiari and Robert S. Litwak, October 8, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Libel Without Borders [on "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Rachel Donadio, October 7, 2007 - New York Times More Bad Genetic Scholarship from Nadia Abu El Haj October 6, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog No Pictures Taken and None Allowed at the Hatem Bazian Lecture [incl. commentary from Hatem Bazian, others] by Ethan Strauss, October 6, 2007 - The Daily Clog (blog from Berkeley's Daily Californian student newspaper) History Professor Earns Grant to Explore Traditional and Contemporary Notions of Islamic Houri [on St. John's University prof. Nerina Rustomji] October 5, 2007 - St. John's University Dangerous Scholarship [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Daniel Byman, October 5, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Egypt Study among New Middle East Programs Offered [at California State University, Fresno] by Kristen Tolleson, October 5, 2007 - The Collegian (Cal. State, Fresno) Arabic Program Faces Struggle [on Ahmed Souaiaia of the U. of Iowa] by Carla Keppler, October 5, 2007 - The Daily Iowan Critics Blast Scholar's Inclusion at New Jersey Homeland Security Confab [on John Esposito, Sami Al-Arian, et al.] by Robert Wiener, October 4, 2007 - New Jersey Jewish News Arabic Dept. Upgrades its Foreign Study Prog. [on Dartmouth College] by Julie Kim, October 4, 2007 - The Dartmouth Online University of Michigan Distributes Anti-Zionist Book [on Joel Kovel's "Overcoming Zionism," Pluto Press] by New York Sun and JN Staff Reports, October 4, 2007 - The Detroit Jewish News Brooklyn Arab School Still Lacking Principal [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Yoav Gonen, October 4, 2007 - The New York Post Suppressed Scholarship [incl. Matthias Kuntzel, Efraim Karsh] by Daniel Johnson, October 4, 2007 - The New York Sun Publishers Concerned Over 'Libel Tourism' [on "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz] October 3, 2007 - Bookseller.com Free to Speak, Free to Read [incls. "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press] by Editorial, October 3, 2007 - Waco Tribune-Herald Student Interest in New Language Course Grows [on the growth of Arabic classes in Connecticut schools] by Andrew Shaw, October 2, 2007 - Greenwich Time (S. Connecticut) Film Claims Censorship At Columbia [on "Indoctrinate U," quotes Hamid Dabashi] by Annie Karnie, October 2, 2007 - New York Sun Bloggers Getting Under Cole's Skin [on U of Michigan's Juan Cole] by Candace de Russy, October 2, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) U.K. Exports Censorious Libel Laws [on "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Stuart Woods, October 2, 2007 - Quill blog (division of Quill and Quire) New Staff Hired at Israel Center [on Stephanie Gerber Wilson at Brandeis] by Rachel Marder, October 2, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Academy Gives Muslim Students Sense of Belonging [on the Muslim Academy of Greater Orlando] by Babita Persaud, October 2, 2007 - The Orlando Sentinel Orientalism . . . or, What's in a name? [on the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Cambridge, the Oriental Institute at the U. of Chicago, et al.] by Mary Beard, October 1, 2007 - A Don's Life (blog at the Times of London) Middle East Center to Open [at George Washington University] by Caroline Coppel, October 1, 2007 - GW Hatchet Converse College Students Learning to Speak Arabic [on teaching Arabic at Converse College] by Sean P Flynn, October 1, 2007 - Spartanburg Herald-Journal Ahmadinejad and "Desiring Arabs" [on Joseph Massad] by Evan Goldstein, October 1, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Blog Baylor to Mark its First-Ever Banned Books Week [incls. "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz] October 1, 2007 - Waco Tribune-Herald Fitzgerald: Esposito, Georgetown, and the DHS [on John Esposito and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding] by Hugh Fitzgerald, September 30, 2007 - Dhimmi Watch No Homosexuals in the Arab World [incl.Joseph Massad, Richard Bulliet] by David Bernstein, September 30, 2007 - The Volokh Conspiracy Blog Purdue Students Want More Arabic by Renetta DuBose, September 30, 2007 - WLFI-TV (Lafayette, IN) Want to Run the Gibran Academy? Apply Now! [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser] by Dana Rubinstein, September 29, 2007 - The Brooklyn Paper Iran is Afraid of the Wrong Internal Enemy [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Laina Farhat-Holzman, September 28, 2007 - Family Security Matters Banned Books to be on Display at Library [on Baylor University, "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Christine Bolanos, September 28, 2007 - The Lariot Online (Baylor University) K-12 Courses on the Middle East: Are They a 'Stealth Curriculum'? September - Education Reporter Review of Nadia Abu El-Haj, "Facts on the Ground" by Jim Davila, September 27, 2007 - PaleoJudaica Blog The Rationale of Richard Bulliet [interview with Richard Bulliet] by Katie Reedy, September 27, 2007 - The BWOG (by the staff of The Blue and White, Columbia U. undergraduate magazine Speech Puts President of Columbia U. Back in the Eye of a Storm [incl. Gil Anidjar, MEALAC] by Robin Wilson, September 27, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Bollinger: ‘Free Speech At Its Best' [quotes Richard Bulliet] by Annie Karni, September 27, 2007 - The New York Sun Inside the Columbia Drama [incl. Rashid Khalidi, Richard Bulliet, Nadia Abu El-Haj, John Esposito, Juan Cole, et al.] by Martin Peretz, September 27, 2007 - The Spine [TNR Blog] Why I Helped Invite Ahmadinejad [to speak at Columbia University] by Richard W. Bulliet, September 26, 2007 - Post Global (at Washingtonpost.com) Ambush Flattens Ahmadinejad [quotes Hamid Dabashi] by David Nason, September 26, 2007 - The Australian NJ's Obscene Invitation [on John Esposito; ref. Tariq Ramadan] by Stephen M. Flatow, September 26, 2007 - The New York Post Backlash Against Bollinger Hits Columbia [quotations from Gary Sick, Mehdi Noorbaksh] by Annie Karni, September 26, 2007 - The New York Sun Columbia Still Reeling Over Visit [incl. quotations from Rashid Khalidi, Gary Sick, Hamid Zanganeh] by Karen W. Arenson, September 26, 2007 - The New York Times Ahmadinejad at Columbia: Sparks Fly [Letter to the Editor; incl. Middle East studies faculty at Columbia U.] by Andrew R. Marks, M.D., September 26, 2007 - The New York Times The Real Conspiracy [on Saudi funding for Middle East studies, incl. Harvard] by Melanie Phillips, September 25, 2007 - Melanie Phillips's Diary Israel Lobby's Pull Pales Next to Evil Saudi Input [refs. Saudi funding for Middle East studies, incl. Alwaleed bin Talal and Harvard] by Youssef Ibrahim, September 25, 2007 - New York Sun And Another Thing... [on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's invitation to Columbia U, refs. Middle Eastern studies, Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Lisa Schiffren, September 25, 2007 - The Corner on National Review Online Middle East is Not Enough [refs. the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies] by Editorial, September 25, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis University) Teaching Moment [on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at Columbia; Middle East studies] by Editorial, September 25, 2007 - The New York Sun Free Speech as Education [on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia U.] by Richard Bulliet, September 24, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Living in Another World [on Emory University's new Middle Eastern studies and Asian studies theme hall] by Salvador Rizzo, September 24, 2007 - The Emory Wheel Demand to Learn Arabic Rising [on Northeastern University] September 24, 2007 - The Northeastern News Don't Be Shocked At Columbia's Invitation To Ahmadinejad [refs. Lisa Anderson, Joseph Massad, and Hamid Dabashi] by Herb Denenberg, September 24, 2007 - The Phildelphia Evening Bulletin Outrageous, If True [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, Alan Segal] by David Bernstein, September 24, 2007 - Volokh Conspiracy Scholarship…or Rubbish? [on CSU Fresno prof. Mary Husain] September 22, 2007 - FresnoZionism.org Immersion Program Trickles Down [at Middlebury College] by Tim Johnson, September 21, 2007 - The Burlington Free Press (Vermont) Bulliet the International Diplomat, and Other Ahmadinejad Tidbits [on Columbia prof. Richard Bulliet] September 21, 2007 - The Bwog (weblog for Columbia undergraduate magazine, The Blue and White) Freedom of Speech or Freedom of Slander? [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Aren M. Maeir, September 21, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Some Professional Observations on the Controversy about Nadia Abu El-Haj's First Book by Alan F. Segal, September 21, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Tenure Battle At Barnard Gains Fresh Urgency [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Carolyn Slutsky, September 21, 2007 - The Jewish Week A Terrorist for Tea [incl. Rashid Khalidi, Nadia Abu El-Haj, Joseph Massad] by John Podhoretz, September 21, 2007 - The New York Post Christmas Hotel Scion: Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj of Barnard College [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, incls. MEALAC, Hamid Dabashi, Rashid Khalidi] by Jerry Gordon, September 20, 2007 - IsraPundit Push to Reinstate Khalil Gibran School's Principal [on Khalil Gibran International Academy and Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser] by Daniel Massey, September 20, 2007 - Newsday Editorial: Advice to Tehran: Keep Releasing U.S. Hostages [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh, et al.] by Editorial, September 20, 2007 - San Antonio Express News Ahmadinejad to Columbia; Summers Cancelled at UCAL; The World is Nuts [incls. Lisa Anderson, Joseph Massad, Norman Finkelstein, Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Marty Peretz, September 20, 2007 - The New Republic Arab School Principal Eyes Suit [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Yoav Gonen, September 20, 2007 - The New York Post "Barnard Faces Criticism over Tenure of Professor" [Letter to the Editor] by Phil Orenstein, September 20, 2007 - The New York Sun Almontaser Will Not Return to Khalil Gibran [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] September 20, 2007 - The New York Sun Iran Frees One Detainee as Another Family Waits in Hope [on Kian Tajbakhsh, Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Neil MacFarquhar, September 20, 2007 - The New York Times NY Arabic School Caught in Controversy [on Khalil Gibran International Academy and Dhabah "Debbie" Altmontaser] by Mona Ghuneim, September 20, 2007 - Voice of America Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies Announced [on Fida Adely] by Press Release, September 19, 2007 - Georgetown University Office of Communications Beep Backs Arabic School, Urges Controversial Principal Be Reinstated [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser] by Rachel Monahan, September 19, 2007 - New York Daily News Iran: Three Americans Still Held Or Missing, Their Fates Uncertain [on Haleh Esfaniari] September 19, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Stop the Madrassa to NYC: Almontaser No, Investigations Yes [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] September 19, 2007 - Stop the Madrassa Coalition On Academic Freedom [on Nadia Abu El-Haj, refs. Joseph Massad and Norman Finkelstein] by Athar Abdul-Quader and Ahmad Diab, September 19, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator On Academic Integrity [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Emily Steinberger, September 19, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator What's in a Name? 'Jihad' vs. 'Hiraba' [incl. Sherman Jackson] by Patrick Poole, September 18, 2007 - American Thinker College Students' Interest in Arabic Language Continues to Grow [on Purdue University] September 18, 2007 - Purdue University News Nadia Abu El Haj - The Thesis is Not Like the Book by Emmet Trueman, September 18, 2007 - Solomonia Blog UW Critics Must Avoid Attacks [on Kevin Barrett] by Mike Hahn, September 18, 2007 - The Badger Herald Professor Contests Abu El-Haj's Claims [on Alan Segal's lecture at Barnard College] by Hayley Negrin, September 18, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) The Trouble with Tenure [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Chris Kulawik, September 18, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) U-M Press to Ship Controversial Book [on Joel Kovel, "Overcoming Zionism," Pluto Press] by Marisa Schultz, September 18, 2007 - The Detroit News Worst Approach to Counter-terrorism Yet [on John Esposito and Georgetown's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding] by Steven Emerson, September 18, 2007 - The Investigate Project on Terrorism Profs Question Center [new Schusterman Center for Israel Studies] by Miranda Neubauer, September 18, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Nadia Abu el Haj and Junk DNA by Jonathan Schwartz, September 17, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog Libel Threat Throws CUNY Prof's Press Freedom into Jeopardy [incls. Cambridge University Press, "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz, Matthew Levitt, Stanley Kurtz] by Tara Sweeney, September 17, 2007 - Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (TheFire.org) No More Tenure [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, MEALAC] by Armin Rosen, September 17, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Department of Defense Grant Fuels New MSU Arabic Program by Tara Thoel, September 17, 2007 - The State News (Michigan State University) The Bad Genetics of Nadia Abu El Haj by Jonathan Schwartz, September 16, 2007 - Anti-Racist Blog El-Haj and the Wall of Silence [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Phil Orenstein, September 16, 2007 - Democracy Project Blog UCSC's Academic Integrity on Sabbatical [incl. Hatem Bazian] by Gil Stein, September 16, 2007 - The Santa Cruz Sentinel Arab Schools Gain Foothold in the Region by Ignazio Messina, September 16, 2007 - The Toledo Blade Held in My Homeland [by Haleh Esfandiari] by Haleh Esfandiari, September 16, 2007 - The Washington Post Iranian-American Caught In Crossfire [on Haleh Esfandiari] September 15, 2007 - CBS Interactive, Inc. In Support of Academic Freedom [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Editorial, September 14, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator (Columbia University) Ignorance of Islam [at Harvard] by Travis Kavulla, September 13, 2007 - National Review Online Opinion: Dangerous Scholarship [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Daniel Byman, September 13, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Hebrew Added to Summer Portfolio [of Middlebury's Summer Language Schools, Middle East studies at Hebrew] by Zamir Ahmed, September 12, 2007 - Middleburycampus.com (The Student Weekly of Middlebury College) Sale of Controversial Book Resume [on "Overcoming Zionism," Joel Kovel, Pluto Press, University of Michigan Press] by Andrew Grossman and Jessica Vosgerchian, September 12, 2007 - The Michigan Daily (Univ. of Michigan) Freed Iranian-American Describes Detention in Tehran [interview with Haleh Esfandiari] by Gwen Ifill, September 12, 2007 - The News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) Controversy over Barnard Professor up for Tenure [on Nadia Abu El-Haj; Laurie Brand] by Deepti Hajela, September 11, 2007 - Associated Press A Book on Hold [incl. Laurie A. Brand, MESA] by Scott Jaschik, September 11, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed Freed Iranian Prisoner Still Unsure Why She Was Held [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Mike Celizic, September 11, 2007 - NBC News Today Discipline Aided Scholar in Iran Prison [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Neil MacFarquhar, September 11, 2007 - The New York Times Left Behind in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh, et al.] by Editorial, September 11, 2007 - The Washington Post Arabic Public School Opens in NYC [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Paige Kollock, September 11, 2007 - Voice of America Alums Question BC Prof's Legitimacy [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Hayley Negrin, September 10, 2007 - Columbia Spectator Islamic Group Honors Religious Left [incl. Ingrid Mattson, Efraim Karsh] by Mark D. Tooley, September 10, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Palestinian Professor's Tenure Bid Causes Controversy [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Jen Chung, September 10, 2007 - Gothamist Scholar Held in Iran Returns to Work in D.C. [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Michele Kelemen, September 10, 2007 - National Public Radio (NPR) Jesus and Mohammad, Version 2.0 [on Middle East studies, Leila Ahmad, et al.] by Raymond Ibrahim, September 10, 2007 - National Review Online Arabic Prof Encourages Tough Questions [on Sawsan Abbadi of Swarthmore] by Ben Rachbach, September 10, 2007 - The Daily Gazette (Swarthmore College) Engel "Disappointed" by Ford Forum for Mearsheimer [incl. Middle East studies at Columbia, Richard Bulliet] by Annie Karni, September 10, 2007 - The New York Sun Ready to Invade? [on Barnett Rubin, Juan Cole] by Eli Lake, September 10, 2007 - The New York Sun Fracas Erupts Over Book on Mideast by a Barnard Professor Seeking Tenure [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Karen W. Arenson, September 10, 2007 - The New York Times Esfandiari Back at Work After Three Months in Iranian Prison by Cindy Saine, September 10, 2007 - Voice of America Freed Iranian-American Credits Hope [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Stephen Manning, September 9, 2007 - Associated Press Letter from America: An Arabic School in New York Reopens Debate over Diversity [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Richard Bernstein, September 9, 2007 - International Herald Tribune Media Descends on Gibran as Arabic School Opens [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Dana Rubinstein, September 8, 2007 - Brooklyn Papers Words of the Prophet [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] September 8, 2007 - The Economist Sense, Nonsense and Strategy in the New Palestinian Political Landscape [incl. Joseph Massad] by Hussein Ibish, September 7, 2007 - American Task Force on Palestine A Barnard Tenure Case Hits the Internet, and Petitions Fly [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by John Gravois, September 7, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education War of Ideas: Jihadism Against Democracy [on Walid Phares' book, refs. Middle East studies, Juan Cole, As'ad Abu Khalil, John Esposito] by Jonathan Schanzer, September 7, 2007 - The Jewish Policy Center Loaded Language [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Yehudit Barsky, September 7, 2007 - The Jewish Week (New York) Anti-Semitism and the Anti-Israel Lobby [incl. Alwaleed bin Talal, Middle East studies] by Jeff Robins, September 7, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal Freed by Iran, Scholar Reunites With Her Family [on Haleh Esfandiari, Shaul Bakhash] by Robin Wright, September 7, 2007 - The Washington Post Wilson Center to Host Press Conference with Dr. Haleh Esfandiari by Sharon McCarter, September 7, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars New York Arabic School Sparks Row [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Ben Gamla Charter School] by Kim Ghattas, September 6, 2007 - BBC News Now Here is a Syllabus [on Rice University professor David Cook's course, "Jihad and the End of the World," refs. MESA] by Robert Spencer, September 6, 2007 - Jihad Watch Cultural, Religious Learning Comes Under Fire [interview with Rabbi Aryeh Spero on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Noah Feldman, September 6, 2007 - National Public Radio (NPR) Iran: Motive In Release Of Iranian-Americans Remains Unclear [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh, et al.] by Golnaz Esfandiari, September 6, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Stop the Madrassa Press Conference - Getting the Word Out! [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] September 6, 2007 - Stop the Madrassa Coalition MESA Protests Cancellation of Mearsheimer-Walt Talk [on the Middle East Studies Association, Juan Cole] by Alex Kafka, September 6, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Blog Reform Draws Fire For Muslim Outreach [incl. Ingrid Mattson; alludes to Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Stewart Ain, September 6, 2007 - The Jewish Week (New York) Learning Arabic Culture [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Editorial, September 6, 2007 - The Philadelphia Inquirer Dr. Haleh Esfandiari Returns to the United States by Sharon McCarter, September 6, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars New York Islamic Academy Faces Monitoring [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] September 6, 2007 - World Net Daily NYC Arab School Opens Amid Firestorm [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Fred Lucas, September 5, 2007 - Cybercast News Service Middle East Tensions Flare Again (in U.S.) [incl. Nadia Abu El-Haj, Middle East Studies Association] by Scott Jaschik, September 5, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed College Students in Islamic Studies: Send us Your Syllabi! [on examining the syllabi of Middle East studies courses, refs. UNC prof. Carl Ernst] by Robert Spencer, September 5, 2007 - Jihad Watch Juan Cole Loses Head [on U of Michigan prof. Juan Cole's book "Napolean's Egypt"] by Martin Kramer, September 5, 2007 - MartinKramer.org Arabic School Opens [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Michael Rundle and Joshua Rhett Miller, September 5, 2007 - Metro New York New Arab Academy Caught in Debate of Religious Pluralism, War on Terror [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by John L. Allen Jr., September 5, 2007 - National Catholic Reporter Odd Lesson on 'Jihad' at Arab Academy [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Andrea Peyser, September 5, 2007 - New York Post Math, Science...and Arabic? [on University of the Pacific, Stockton; Mounir Bennouya] September 5, 2007 - News 10/KXTV Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, CA Hamilton Helps Free American Scholar Held in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Albert Eisele, September 5, 2007 - The Hill Schools Open to Greet a Year Full of Change [incl. Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Elissa Gootman and Jennifer Medina, September 5, 2007 - The New York Times Protest Greets the Opening of a Muslim School in New York [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] September 4, 2007 - ABC News Quiet Start for NYC Arabic School [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Deepti Hajela, September 4, 2007 - Associated Press New York Public School Accused of Radical Islamist Agenda [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Richard Roth, September 4, 2007 - CNN Back to a School with a Difference [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Sinclair Stewart, September 4, 2007 - Globe and Mail First Day at Arabic Academy [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Chuck Bennett, September 4, 2007 - New York Post Group Targets Middle Eastern Textbooks [on Citizens for American Values in Public Education] September 4, 2007 - New York Sun CNN Suggests ‘Prejudice' and ‘Terror' Motivates Opponents of Arabic School in NYC [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Matthew Balan, September 4, 2007 - NewsBusters Group: NY Public School Has Radical Islamist Agenda [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] September 4, 2007 - NewsMax.com Arabic School Opens in New York Amid Controversy [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Edith Honan, September 4, 2007 - Reuters Two Sides to Sanctions [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Hossein Derakhshan, September 4, 2007 - The Guardian Faith Plus Knowledge [on Al-Amal School in Fridley, MN; Arabic language studies] by Lora Pabst, September 4, 2007 - The Minneapolis Star Tribune Freed Scholar Recounts Time In Iranian Prison [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Robin Wright, September 4, 2007 - Washington Post US-Iranian Scholar 'Elated' After Release from Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] September 3, 2007 - Agence France-Presse (AFP) Freed Iranian-American Leaves Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Ali Akbar Dareini, September 3, 2007 - Associated Press Iranian-American Scholar Leaves Iran After Three Months in Jail [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Sonja Pace, September 3, 2007 - Voice of America After Months of Uncertainty and Imprisonment, Dr. Haleh Esfandiari Returns Home by Sharon McCarter, September 3, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars CSU Fresno Will Offer Mideast Studies — With a Slant? [on California State Univesity, Fresno's Middle East Studies Project] September 2, 2007 - FresnoZionism.org Carl Ernst Demonstrates Anew His Commitment to Genuine Academic Inquiry [on U of N. Carolina religious studies prof. Carl Ernst, refs. Campus Watch] by Robert Spencer, September 2, 2007 - Jihad Watch Arabic Public School Divides Brooklyn [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Jennifer Gould Keil, September 2, 2007 - Toronto Star Mideast-Themed Schools Raise Curricular, Church-State Issues [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Ben Gamla Charter School] by Andrew Trotter, August 31, 2007 - Education Week Zeppos Announces Plans at Faculty Assembly [on Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, refs. new program in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies] by Elizabeth Middlebrooks, August 31, 2007 - Inside Vandy (Vanderbilt University's Online Student Community, Nashville, TN) Brandeis Receives Grant to Renew Al-Quds Partnership by David Pepose, August 31, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Ex-Iraqi Interpreter Finds Freedom in R.I. [on Qussay Al-Attabi of Roger Williams University] by Alex Kuffner, August 31, 2007 - The Providence Journal Chartering a New Course [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Ben Gamla Charter School] by Nathaniel Popper, August 31, 2007 - Wall Street Journal Cover CNN's (Aman)Poor Parrot [on CNN program "God's Warriors," refs. Middle East studies, Saudi funding] by Ilana Mercer, August 31, 2007 - World Net Daily New Chinese, Arabic Language Focus in N. Va Public Schools [incl. Arabic classes at Beech Tree Elementary, National Foreign Language Center, U. Maryland] by Nicholas F. Benton, August 30, 2007 - Falls Church News-Press (Va.) Barnard Prof's Critics Launch Web Site [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] August 30, 2007 - Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) Greetings, Students of Carl Ernst [on U of N. Carolina religious studies prof. Carol Ernst] by Robert Spencer, August 30, 2007 - Jihad Watch Crossing The Line [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Ben Gamla Charter School] by Charles C. Haynes, August 30, 2007 - North Country Gazette (NY) Khalil's Hateful Website [on California State University, Stanislaus prof. As'ad Abu Khalil] by Candace de Russy, August 30, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Middle East Center Looks Forward [on Middle Tennesse State University, refs. Allen Hibbard, Ron Messier, Khalid Al-Daoudi, Muhammad Masud, Younes Riyani, Abdul Aziz Said, Robert Satloff] by Sarah Lavery, August 30, 2007 - Sidelines Online (student newspaper for Middle Tennesse State University) Extra Security for NYC Arabic School [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Colleen Long, August 29, 2007 - Associated Press Enrollment Almost Full at New York's 1st Arabic School [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser] August 29, 2007 - Associated Press New York City's Khalil Gibran International Academy: An Incubator for Islamist Radicalization? by Richard Thompson, August 29, 2007 - Family Security Matters NYC School Raises Terror Questions [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Joe Murray, August 29, 2007 - The Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia) City "Arabic" Enrollment Up [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Chuck Bennett, August 29, 2007 - The New York Post Gibran's Legacy [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Rashid Khalidi] by Editorial, August 29, 2007 - The New York Sun Critics Ignored Record of a Muslim Principal [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Samuel G. Freedman, August 29, 2007 - The New York Times Arabic-themed School Blasted for Misappropriating Name [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] August 29, 2007 - WorldNetDaily New York City's School Chancellor Wants an Islamic Public School [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] August 28, 2007 - Catholic News Agency The Friends of Gibran Council Asks the New York City Department of Education To Cease Using Kahlil Gibran's Name for the Khalil Gibran International Academy August 28, 2007 - Friends of Gibran Council $15 Million Donated for New Israel Studies Center by Noah Bein, August 28, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Brave New Schools: Plans to Teach Johnny Islam Challenged [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] August 28, 2007 - WorldNetDaily Israel, AIPAC Won't Parry Walt/Mearshiemer Book [ref. Middle East studies, Saudi money in higher ed.] by Herb Keinon, August 27, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post New York City's Khalil Gibran International Academy An Incubator For Islamist Radicalization—Thomas More Law Center Enters Fray by Press Release, August 27, 2007 - Thomas More Law Center "Parochial Schools" [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Ben Gamla Charter School] by Noah Feldman, August 27, 2007 - WNYC New York Public Radio Universal Faith [on Ben Gamla Charter School, Khalil Gibran International Academy, and the Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn] by Noah Feldman, August 26, 2007 - The New York Times Magazine Barnard Grad Heads Protest against Anti-Semitic Prof. [on Paula Stern, Nadia Abu El-Haj] August 25, 2007 - Arutz Sheva (IsraelNationalNews.com) Standing Firm [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Dana Rubinstein, August 25, 2007 - The Brooklyn Paper A Principal of Principle [on Lexington Universal Academy, Arabic classes] by Robin Roenker, August 25, 2007 - The Lexington Herald-Leader How Not to Suppress a Book [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press] by Bryan Preston, August 24, 2007 - Hot Air Almstaking [on "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press] by John J. Miller, August 24, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Hebrew Charter School Spurs Dispute in Florida [on Ben Gamla Charter School; ref. Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Amy Goodnough, August 24, 2007 - The New York Times Blaine/Arabic Charter School Opens Second Campus [expansion of Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy] by Liala Helal, August 24, 2007 - The St. Paul Pioneer Press Khalil Gibran's Muslim Brotherhood Advisor [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Joe Kaufman, August 23, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine ALA to Libraries: Keep Alms for Jihad, Pulped in the UK [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press] by Andrew Albanese and Jennifer Pinkowski, August 23, 2007 - Library Journal International Center to Offer Arabic Classes [on University of Nevada-Reno] by Geralda Miller, August 23, 2007 - Reno Gazette-Journal Tables Turn On Arab School Critics [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Stop the Madrassa Coalition] by Doug Chandler and Larry Cohler-Esses, August 23, 2007 - The Jewish Week Legal Questions Remain for Freed Scholar in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Nazila Fathi, Neil MacFarquahar, August 23, 2007 - The New York Times Fla. Charter School Stops Hebrew Classes [on Ben Gamla Charter School] by Matt Sedensky, August 23, 2007 - Townhall.com Let Them Go [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh, et al.] by Editorial, August 23, 2007 - Washington Post Hillary Clinton: Statement of Senator Clinton on Release of Haleh Esfandiari from Prison by Hillary Rodham Clinton, August 22, 2007 - All American Patriots Iranian-American Scholar Is Released [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Ali Akbar Dareini, August 22, 2007 - Associated Press Lawyer: Scholar Still Faces Iran Charges [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Ali Akbar Dareini, August 22, 2007 - Associated Press Arabic School Supporters Call for Reinstatement of Founding Principal [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Mary Frost, August 22, 2007 - Brooklyn Daily Eagle Lingering Questions About The Khalil Gibran Academy by Editorial, August 22, 2007 - Jewish Press Iran May Free Another U.S.-Iranian on Bail [on Kian Tajbakhsh and Haleh Esfandiari] August 22, 2007 - Reuters Intifada High [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Stephen Schwartz, August 22, 2007 - TCS Daily Iranian-American Scholar Is Released on Bail by Tehran Government [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Aisha Labi, August 22, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Jailed Academic Is Released on Bail [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Nazila Fathi, Neil MacFarquahar, August 22, 2007 - The New York Times Iran Frees U.S. Scholar From Prison [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Robin Wright, August 22, 2007 - The Washington Post Arab School Stirs Storm in NYC [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Rabbi Levi Brackman, Tali Farkash, and Uri Orbach, August 22, 2007 - Ynetnews.com Open Society Institute Statement on Release of Haleh Esfandiari [also on Kian Tajbakhsh] August 21, 2007 - AScribe Newswire Supporters of NYC Arabic School Want Founding Leader Reinstated [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] August 21, 2007 - Associated Press U.S. Rabbi Defends N.Y. Arab School Despite Charges it Will Be Anti-Israel [on Khalil Gibran Academy] August 21, 2007 - Associated Press Against the Boycott [incl. Middle East studies at Harvard] by Ruth Wisse, August 21, 2007 - Contentions (the blog of Commentary Magazine) The Civic Purposes of Public Schools And The UFT's Support For Khalil Gibran International Academy by Leo Casey, August 21, 2007 - Edwize (web log of the United Federation of Teachers) No Apologies: CUP Authors To Seek U.S. Publishing Deal for Banned Book [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press] August 21, 2007 - Library Journal ALA to Libraries: Keep that Banned CUP Book [on "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz, Cambridge University Press] August 21, 2007 - Library Journal Planned Arabic-Themed NYC Public School Prompts Reactions [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] August 21, 2007 - MyFox New York Who Gave Nadia Abu El Haj Tenure? by Paula Stern, August 21, 2007 - Paula Says Blog Khalil Gibran Mosque Meeting Proves The School Will Be A Madrassah [incls. transcript] by William Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz, August 21, 2007 - PipeLineNews.org Iran to Free U.S. Academic on Bail: Source [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Hossein Jaseb, August 21, 2007 - Reuters Chinese and Arabic Languages Gain Local Popularity [on UW-Madison, quotes Uli Schamiloglu, chair of Center for Middle East Studies] by Karyn Saemann, August 21, 2007 - The Capital Times (Madison, WI) Controversial Arabic Program Just 1 of 70 [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Erin Einhorn, August 21, 2007 - The New York Daily News Rudy's Man in the Middle East [on Martin Kramer] by Jason Horowitz, August 21, 2007 - The New York Observer Rallying Cry: Arab School's Supporters Boost Resigned Principal [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Yoav Gonen, August 21, 2007 - The New York Post At Rally, Arabic School Supporters Demand Principal's Return [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy by Elizabeth Green, August 21, 2007 - The New York Sun Protestors Seek Leader's Return to Arabic School [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy, Danielle Salzberg] by Jennifer Medina, August 21, 2007 - The New York Times Iran Releases U.S. Scholar on Bail [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Robin Wright, August 21, 2007 - The Washington Post The Face of Islam in America [on Ingrid Mattson] by Cathy Lynn Grossman, August 21, 2007 - USA Today Iran Releases Dr. Haleh Esfandiari from Evin Prison by Vicki Bear Dodson, August 21, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Groups Rally For and Against Planned Arabic-Themed Public School in Brooklyn [on Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Danielle Salzberg] August 20, 2007 - Fox 5 New York Group Demands Firing of Arabic School Adviser [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Elizabeth Green, August 20, 2007 - New York Sun Why Is Columbia Cowering? [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Candace de Russy, August 20, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) NY Sun: KGIA Advisory Council "effectively absolved," Rabbi Claims It Never Met [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] August 20, 2007 - Stop the Madrassa Stop The Madrassa Press Release: Three Back-To-School Initiatives [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Pamela Hall, August 20, 2007 - Stop The Madrassa Coalition Newest Battlefield of Middle East Conflict Is Tenure Case at Barnard College [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by John Gravois, August 20, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Defending the Tenure Process [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Evan Goldstein, August 20, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Blog Arab Principal Was a Casualty of Fear [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Danielle Salzberg, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Mona Eltahawy, August 20, 2007 - The New York Daily News Education Department Distances Itself From Khalil Gibran Rally [incl. Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Elizabeth Green, August 20, 2007 - The New York Sun The Libel Tourist Strikes Again [on Khalid Bin Mahfouz, Cambridge U. Press, "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, et al.] by Duncan Currie, August 20, 2007 - The Weekly Standard Does Nadia Abu El Haj Know Hebrew? by Paula Stern, August 19, 2007 - Paula Says Blog Americanization 101 [on Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Richard D. Kahlenberg, August 19, 2007 - The New York Times Tenure Wars and Burned Books: Middle East Meets Ivy League [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] August 18, 2007 - IvyGate Blog Arabic School Missteps [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Editorial, August 18, 2007 - The Brooklyn Paper Cambridge Contacts U.S. Libraries over Alms for Jihad [on Khaled Bin Mahfouz, Cambridge U. Press] August 17, 2007 - American Library Association Arabic School Opening in NYC, But Not Without a Storm of Protest [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Deepti Hajela, August 17, 2007 - Associated Press New York Islamist Day Parade [incl. Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Joe Kaufman and Beila Rabinowitz, August 17, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Grant Nadia Abu El-Haj Tenure [Petition] by Paul Manning, August 17, 2007 - PetitionOnline Politicians Renew Public Pleas for Release of Wilson Director [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Dena Levitz, August 17, 2007 - The Examiner (San Francisco) Jewish Shootout Over Arab School [on Khalil Gibran International Academy and Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser] by Larry Cohler-Esses, August 17, 2007 - The Jewish Week Saudi Intimidation [on "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, Cambridge University Press, Khaled Bin Mahfouz] by Martin Peretz, August 17, 2007 - The Spine [TNR Blog] Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Detention of Iranian-Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Hillary Rodham Clinton, August 16, 2007 - All American Patriots Can They Do That? [on "Alms for Jihad," Khaled Bin Mahfouz, Cambridge U. Press] by D. Stone, August 16, 2007 - American Library Association Censorship: A New Weapon for Terrorism [on "Alms for Jihad," Khaled Bin Mahfouz, Cambridge University Press, Robert O. Collins] by Pam Meister, August 16, 2007 - Family Security Matters OSI Calls on Iran to Release Prisoners on the 100th Day of Their Detention [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Press Release, August 16, 2007 - Open Society Institute Glen Beck: "Salzberg…The New Leader of a Fatally Flawed Institution" [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by CNN, August 16, 2007 - Stop The Madrassa Coalition Principal Not Kosher: Muslim [on Danielle Salzberg, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Chuck Bennett, August 16, 2007 - The New York Post College Enrollment in Arabic Courses Growing Faster Than Other Foreign Languages [on U of Maryland Arabic program, National Security Education Program] by Mohamed Elshinnawi, August 16, 2007 - Voice of America Academia, Seriously [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Lynn B., August 15, 2007 - In Context Blog Pessimistic Views on Academic Freedom [incl. Middle East studies, Lisa Anderson] by Scott Jaschik, August 15, 2007 - Inside Higher Ed The Midrasa Gets A New Principal [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Editorial Board, August 15, 2007 - Jewish Press Islam Prof is 'Zion'-Hearted [on Danielle Salzberg, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Chuck Bennett and John Mazor, August 15, 2007 - New York Post Where Is the ACLU? [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Alicia Colon, August 15, 2007 - New York Sun How New Arabic School Aroused Old Rivalries [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Julie Bosman and Jennifer Medina, August 15, 2007 - New York Times David Meir-Levy: 'Facts on the Ground' - Nadia Abu el-Haj's New Salvo in the Arab Propaganda War Against Israel by David Meir-Levy, August 15, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Alumni Group Seeks to Deny Tenure to Middle Eastern Scholar at Barnard College [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by John Gravois, August 15, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Blog Orthodox Educator to Head Controversial NYC Arabic School [on Khalil Gibran Academy] August 15, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post Seven Scholars with Expertise in the Middle East and Islam Join Univ. of California, Riverside by Press Release, August 15, 2007 - UC Riverside Newsroom Imprisonment of Dr. Haleh Esfandiari Reaches the 100 Day Mark by Sharon McCarter, August 15, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Arabic School Names New Principal [on Danielle Salzberg, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] August 14, 2007 - Associated Press Interim Principal To Head Brooklyn's Controversial Arabic School [on Danielle Salzberg, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Mary Frost, August 14, 2007 - Brooklyn Daily Eagle Stop the Madrass [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., August 14, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Protect the American Media--Whether They Deserve It or Not [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, Cambridge University Press, Robert O. Collins, "Alms for Jihad," et al.] by Andrew C. McCarthy, August 14, 2007 - Human Events Petition, Donor Threats on Prof Puts Spotlight Back on Columbia [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Ben Harris, August 14, 2007 - Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) Almontaser's Resignation Leaves Khalil Gibran's "Intifada-Structure" Intact by William A. Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz, August 14, 2007 - PipeLineNews.org Stop the Madrassa Statement on Danielle Salzberg: Direct Responsibility [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] August 14, 2007 - Stop The Madrassa Coalition Sociologists Discuss the Middle East and Disasters at Annual Meeting [incl. Juan Cole] by Richard Byrne, August 14, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education School Bad Idea Even Before Hebrew-HaHa [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Danielle Salzberg, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Andrea Peyser, August 14, 2007 - The New York Post Debbie in Denial [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Editorial, August 14, 2007 - The New York Post New Principal "Chosen" [on Danielle Salzberg, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran International Academy] by Chuck Bennett, August 14, 2007 - The New York Post Jewish Woman Taking Over at Arabic-Language School [on Danielle Salzberg, Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Elizabeth Green, August 14, 2007 - The New York Sun New Leader Picked to Run Arabic School [on Danielle Salzberg of Khalil Gibran Academy] by Julie Bosman, August 14, 2007 - The New York Times Iran Ends Probe into Two Iranian-Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari & Kian Tajbakhsh] August 13, 2007 - Associated Press Fallout from the Cambridge Libel Settlement [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, Cambridge University Press, "Alms for Jihad," by David Glenn, August 13, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog The Legal Jihad Is Already Underway [on Cambridge U. Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz, "Alms for Jihad," et al.] by Phyllis Chesler, August 13, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Bid to Deny Tenure to Barnard Prof [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] August 13, 2007 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Chancellor Klein Announces Danielle Salzberg as Interim Acting Principal of Khalil Gibran International Academy by Press Release, August 13, 2007 - New York City Department of Education Stop The Madrassa Files Petition with NYC August 12, 2007 [on Khalil Gibran Academy] August 13, 2007 - Stop The Madrassa Coalition Elon Freshmen Ready to Report [incl. expansion of Middle East studies program] by Mike Wilder, August 13, 2007 - The Burlington Times-News (N.C.) Iranian Official Says Inquiry Into U.S. Scholars Has Ended [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Nazila Fathi, August 13, 2007 - The New York Times Cambridge Press Pulps Books after Kendall Win [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, "Alms for Jihad," Kendall Freeman] by Ben Moshinsky, August 13, 2007 - TheLawyer.com Radical Mosque to Feed Proposed NY Arabic School? [on Khalil Gibran Academy, Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser] August 13, 2007 - WorldNetDaily So Sue Me [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge University Press] by Barbara Fister, August 12, 2007 - ACRLog: Association of College & Research Libraries Iran Wraps Up Probe into Detained US-Iranians [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Stuart Williams, August 12, 2007 - Agence France-Presse First Hebrew Charter School in U.S. Criticized Even Before It Opens [on Ben Gamla Charter School] August 12, 2007 - Associated Press The Forbidden Library [on Cambridge U. Press, "Alms for Jihad," Khalid bin Mahfouz] August 12, 2007 - Hot Air Blog Principal Quits, but Arabic-Themed NYC School Still in Works [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] August 11, 2007 - Associated Press Head of City's Arabic School Steps Down Under Pressure [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Julie Bosman, August 11, 2007 - New York Times Intifada in New York [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Richard N. Weltz, August 11, 2007 - The American Thinker Head of Arabic School Drops Out [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Carrie Melago, August 11, 2007 - The New York Daily News Intif-Adios to School Chief [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Chuck Bennett, August 11, 2007 - The New York Post Intifada Grows in Brooklyn? Enough with PC Schools by Letters to the Editor, August 11, 2007 - The New York Post Jihad'Ya Later [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Editorial, August 11, 2007 - The New York Post Head of City's Arabic School Steps Down Under Pressure [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser] by Julie Bosman, August 11, 2007 - The New York Times Principal of Controversial Arab-Themed Brooklyn School Resigns [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Mary Frost, August 10, 2007 - Brooklyn Daily Eagle From the Saudis to Your Children [on Audrey Shabbas, Arab World and Islamic Resources (AWAIR), Middle East Policy Council (MEPC)] August 10, 2007 - California Catholic Daily Under Fire, Arabic-Themed School Principal Resigns [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Julie Bosman, August 10, 2007 - City Room (New York Times Blog) NYC Principal at Center of 'Intifada' T-Shirt Controversy Resigns [on Khalil Gibran Academy] August 10, 2007 - Fox News NYC Arabic School is Short on, Um, Arabic [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Chuck Bennett, August 10, 2007 - New York Post What's Arabic for 'Shut it Down'? [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Editorial, August 10, 2007 - New York Post NY Madrassa and Principal Bound at the Hip [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Candace de Russy, August 10, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Following Principal's Resignation, Calls Increase to Shut School [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Elizabeth Green, August 10, 2007 - The New York Sun Don't Let Them Terrorize Our Freedoms [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, Cambridge U. Press, "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins] by Diana West, August 10, 2007 - Townhall.com Barnard Grad Heads Protest against Anti-Semitic Prof. [on Paula Stern's petition against Nadia Abu El-Haj] August 9, 2007 - Arutz Sheva (IsraelNationalNews.com) Columbia Student Responds to IU Outtake [on "Indoctrinate U" documentary outtake feat. Hamid Dabashi] by Evan Coyne Maloney, August 9, 2007 - Brain Terminal Blog Assemblyman Dov Hikind To Join Protest At NYC Chancellor's Office [on Khalil Gibran Academy] August 9, 2007 - Stop The Madrassa Coalition Randi Rips "Intifada" Principal [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser of Khalil Gibran Academy] by Yoav Gonen, August 9, 2007 - The New York Post Saudi Jihad on Free Speech [re "Alms for Jihad," Cambridge U. Press, Khalid bin Mahfouz] by Editorial, August 8, 2007 - Investor's Business Daily City University Of New York Trustee Blasts Khalil Gibran International Academy by William Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz, August 8, 2007 - PipelineNews.Org "Intifada" Comes to Brooklyn [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Ed Lasky, August 8, 2007 - The American Thinker Are We Losing the Propaganda War in Our Schools? [interview with Richard Thompson of Th. More Law Ctr; incl. Khalil Gibran Academy] by Tom McLaughlin, August 8, 2007 - The Family Security Foundation A Sign Of Things To Come? [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser and Khalil Gibran Academy] by Editorial, August 8, 2007 - The Jewish Press Arab School's Peace Goals [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Chuck Bennett, August 8, 2007 - The New York Post Saudis Sue for Secrecy [on Khalid bin Mahfouz, "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, Cambridge U. Press] by Rachel Ehrenfeld, August 8, 2007 - The New York Post Jasmine and Stars: New Orientalist Narratives [interview with Fatemeh Keshavarz, auth. of "Jasmine and Stars: Reading More than Lolita in Tehran"] by Foaad Khosmood, August 8, 2007 - ZNet A Tree Grows In Brooklyn [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Matt Hadro, August 7, 2007 - Accuracy in Media Arab School Head Under Fire [on Deborah Almontaser of Khalil Gibran Academy] August 7, 2007 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Petition to Deny Nadia Abu El-Haj Tenure at Barnard College by Paula R. Stern, August 7, 2007 - PetitionOnline Brooklyn's Khalil Gibran Madrassah Will Function As Jihad Recruitment Center by William Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz, August 7, 2007 - PipelineNews.Org Joel Klein's Choice [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser & Khalil Gibran Academy] by Editorial, August 7, 2007 - The New York Post Shirting the Issue: "Sorry" Principal First Defends "Intifada" Wear [on Dhaba "Debbie" Almontaser, Khalil Gibran Academy] by Andrea Peyser, August 7, 2007 - The New York Post Arab School Principal Says She Regrets Intifada Remarks [on Deborah "Debbie" Almontaser of Khalil Gibran Academy] by Elizabeth Green, August 7, 2007 - The New York Sun Iran's Ebadi Complains to UN Over Detained US-Iranian [on Haleh Esfandiari] August 6, 2007 - Agence France-Presse (AFP) NYC Officials Accused of Withholding Information on Arab School [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Fred Lucas, August 6, 2007 - Cybercast News Service Profile of Columbia University Professor Hamid Dabashi August 6, 2007 - DiscoverTheNetworks.org Has Islamic Indoctrination Overtaken American Schools? [on Saudi funding, refs. Title VI, Sandra Stotsky, Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies] by Editorial Board, August 6, 2007 - Family Security Matters The Fly in the Bin Mahfouz Ointment [re Cambridge U. Press, "Alms for Jihad," Robert Collins, et al.] by Alyssa A. Lappen, August 6, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Muslims Silence Critics [incl. Cambridge U. Press, "Alms for Jihad," Khalid Bin Mahfouz, Robert Collins] by Robert Spencer, August 6, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine What's Fair and Not Fair in the Middle East Debates? [on Ian Lustick, Norman Finkelstein] by David Slavin; reply by Steven Plaut, August 6, 2007 - History News Network Clash of Cultures [on the state of Middle East studies, Alwaleed Bin Talal, John Esposito] by John J. Miller, August 6, 2007 - Philanthropy Magazine University Denies Barrett a Position [on Kevin Barrett, Univ. of Wisconsin] by Pedro Oliveira, Jr., August 6, 2007 - The Badger Herald (Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) City Principal is "Revolting": Tied to "Intifada NYC" T-shirts [on Dhabah "Debbie" Almontaser of Khalil Gibran Academy] by Chuck Bennett and Jana Winter, August 6, 2007 - The New York Post One Way Multiculturalism [on Mahfouz, Cambridge U. Press, "Alms for Jihad," Robert Collins, et al.] by Mark Steyn, August 6, 2007 - The New York Sun The War Against the West (7) [on Cambridge U. Press, "Alms for Jihad," Khalid Bin Mahfouz] by Melanie Phillips, August 5, 2007 - Melanie Phillips's Diary Baghdad by the Bay [on Ayad al-Qazzaz, et al.] by Jonathan Curiel, August 5, 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle 1st Amendment on Trial: Saudi Billionaire's Lawsuit Leads to Book's Destruction [on "Alms for Jihad," Robert O. Collins, J. Millard Burr, Cambridge U. Press] August 4, 2007 - WorldNetDaily Shelf Life [on Khalid bin Mafouz lawsuit involving Cambridge U Press] by Stanley Kurtz, August 3, 2007 - The Corner on National Review Online How One Wealthy Jihad Supporter Is Using UK Courts to Kill American Free Speech [audio interview with Rachel Ehrenfeld on Khalid bin Mafouz's suit against Cambridge U. Press's title, "Alms for Jihad," et al.] by Bryan Preston, August 2, 2007 - Hot Air Not Much Ado Over 'Alms' Libel Outcome [on Khalid bin Mafouz lawsuit involving Cambridge U Press] by Pam Meister, August 2, 2007 - NewsBusters Saudis Suppressing Study of Terrorism-Financing? [on Khalid bin Mafouz lawsuit involving Cambridge U Press] by Candace de Russy, August 2, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) U.S. Publisher Condemns Cambridge University Press [re Khalid Bin Mahfouz, "Alms for Jihad," Robert Collins, et al.] by Jeffrey A. Stern, August 2, 2007 - Press Release, Bonus Books Hebrew, Arabic Schools Seen Stretching Boundaries [on Khalil Gibran Academy, Ben Gamla Charter School] by Adam Dickter, August 2, 2007 - The Jewish Week (New York) Libel Suit Leads to Destruction of Books [by Cambridge U. Press; Khalid Bin Mahfouz, Robert O. Collins, et al.] by Gary Shapiro, August 2, 2007 - The New York Sun University Press Pays-Out after Book Libels Sheikh August 1, 2007 - Cambridge Evening News (U.K.) Boston University's Terrorist Apologist Coddles Hamas, Too [on August Richard Norton and Harvard's Sara Roy] by Jonathan Schanzer, August 1, 2007 - Jewish Policy Center Blog Academic Terror Apologists -- the Dynamic Op-Ed Duo [on Boston U's Augustus Richard Norton and Harvard's Sara Roy] by Martin "Sol" Soloman, August 1, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Transcript of Pamela Hall on the Glen Beck Show [on Khalil Gibran Academy] August 1, 2007 - Stop The Madrassa Coalition Pamela Hall on the Rodger Hedgecock Show Transcript [on Khalil Gibran Academy] August 1, 2007 - Stop The Madrassa Coalition Cambridge U. Press Seeks to Destroy All Copies of Book on Terrorism to Settle Libel Lawsuit by Saudi Businessman [on Robert O. Collins, et al.] by David Glenn, August 1, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Repression In Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by "The Following Is an Editorial Reflecting the Views of the U.S. Government.", August 1, 2007 - Voice of America Brave New Schools: Islamic Prayers Finally Dropped [at Carver Elementary in San Diego] August 1, 2007 - WorldNetDaily Probe into US-Iranians Still Going: Judiciary [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] July 31, 2007 - Agence France-Presse Ms. Meyer Explains [on Khalil Gibran Academy] July 31, 2007 - Stop The Madrassa Coalition City Could Get School that Teaches Hebrew by Elizabeth Green, July 31, 2007 - The New York Sun Community Group Opposing Arabic-Themed School Files for Information [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Mary Frost, July 30, 2007 - Brooklyn Daily Eagle Confession Time in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Robert McMahon, July 30, 2007 - Council on Foreign Relations BU President Weak on Hezbollah Apologist [on prof. Augustus Richard Norton] by Jonathan Schanzer, July 30, 2007 - Jewish Policy Center Blog B.U. Prof Terrorist Apologist [on Augustus Richard Norton's Hezbollah book] by Candace de Russy, July 30, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Principal Of Khalil Gibran International Academy, Dhabah Almontaser Slammed In Expose by William Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz, July 30, 2007 - PipeLineNews.org Letter from Cambridge U. Press to Khalid Bin Mahfouz re Settlement for "Alms for Jihad" [co-author Robert O. Collins] by Kevin Taylor, July 30, 2007 - Press Intellectual Property Director, Cambridge University Press School to Install Footbaths for Muslims [at Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn] by P.J. Huffstutter, July 30, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: The Post Looks at Islam, and Blinks [refs. John Esposito, Fawaz Gerges, Bernard Lewis and Fouad Ajami] by Eric Rozenman, July 27, 2007 - CAMERA.org Accommodation as an Islamist Political Instrument [incls. Carver Elementary in San Diego] by M. Zuhdi Jasser, July 27, 2007 - Family Security Matters Barnard's Shame and Columbia's Dirty Deal [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Paula R. Stern, July 27, 2007 - Paula Says Blog Joseph Massad and Nadia Abu El Haj at Columbia/Barnard by Emmet Trueman, July 27, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Truth, Lies and Tenure at Barnard [on Nadia Abu El-Haj] by Shulamit Reinharz, July 27, 2007 - The Jewish Advocate Alwaleed's IPO [incl. Prince Alwaleed's $20m gift to Harvard] by Editorial, July 27, 2007 - The New York Sun Jihad on Campus? [on Bradford U. in U.K.; ref. Elie Kedourie] by Daniel Johnson, July 26, 2007 - Contentions (the blog of Commentary Magazine) The War Within the West [on Bradford U. in the U.K.] by Melanie Phillips, July 26, 2007 - Melanie Phillps's Diary Iran Is Escalating Crackdown Against 'Velvet' Revolutionaries [incl. Haleh Esfandiari] by Eli Lake, July 26, 2007 - The New York Sun Akbar Ahmed's 'Noor,' a Paean to Religious Tolerance by Ted Merwin, July 26, 2007 - The Washington Post Some Say Schools Giving Muslims Special Treatment [at George Mason U., U. Michigan-Dearborn, et al.] by Oren Dorell, July 26, 2007 - USA Today Will Taxing Colleges Save Them? [refs. Middle East studies at Georgetown, Harvard, and Columbia] by Michell Langbert, July 25, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine Iran's Thought Criminals [on Kian Tajbakhsh, refs. Haleh Esfandiari] by Ahmed Rashid, July 25, 2007 - Guardian Unlimited U.S., Canadian Citizens Imprisoned in Iran ‘Confess' on Iranian TV [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] July 25, 2007 - Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) Try to Answer Paul Berman [on Tariq Ramadan] by Fred Seigel, July 25, 2007 - Minding the Campus Saudi in the Classroom [on Title VI and Middle East Studies] by Stanley Kurtz, July 25, 2007 - National Review Online Iran: Families Of Detained Students Describe Abuse In Prison [refs. Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Golnaz Esfandiari, July 25, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Iranians Detained In Connection With Arrested U.S. Scholars [refs. Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] July 25, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Why Are We Rewarding Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh, et al.] by Jeff Jacoby, July 25, 2007 - The Boston Globe New Arrests in Case of Iranian-Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Nasser Karimi, July 25, 2007 - Townhall.com In Talks with Iran, U.S. Keeps Human Rights Off the Table [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Janine Zacharia, July 24, 2007 - Bloomberg News Attention Authors: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid...[on Khalid bin Mafouz's lawsuit against Cambridge U. Press; incl. Robert O. Collins] by Deborah E. Lipstadt, July 24, 2007 - History on Trial Blog Iran: Leaders Appear Pleased With Televised 'Confessions' [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Vahid Sepehri, July 24, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty U.S. Declines To Push Iran To Free American Prisoners [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Eli Lake, July 24, 2007 - The New York Sun War of Ideas' Homefront [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., July 24, 2007 - The Washington Times Brandeis President Reinharz Rightly Concerned About Anti-Israel Academics, Yet Brandeis Still Employs & Honors Vicious Critics Of Israel by Morton A. Klein, July 24, 2007 - Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) College Adds Hebrew to Language Immersion Program [at Middlebury College] July 23, 2007 - Burlington Free Press Elon to Offer Middle Eastern Studies [Elon University in N. Carolina] by Brandee Hayhurst, July 23, 2007 - Burlington Times MIT's Jerusalem Contest: A "Veneer" of Neutrality Can't Conceal Bias [incl. Leila Farsakh, Philip Khoury, MESA, et al.] by Gilead Ini, July 23, 2007 - Camera Media Analysis MIT's Jerusalem Contest: A "Veneer" of Neutrality Can't Conceal Bias [incl. Philip Khoury, Martin Kramer] by Gilead Ini, July 23, 2007 - Camera Media Analysis Esfandiari, Iran and the Rest by Judith Apter Klinghoffer, July 23, 2007 - History News Network Bolivian Scholar, Denied Entry to the U.S. for 2 Years, Finally Gets His Visa [also Tariq Ramadan] by Burton Bollag, July 23, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Some in Iraq Criticize TV Broadcast of Iranian-Americans' 'Confession' [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] July 22, 2007 - Associated Press Reader Comment on "Answering the Call of Jihad" [rev. of Augustus Richard Norton, Hezbollah: A Short History; ref. Sara Roy, MES] by Abraham H. Miller, July 22, 2007 - In Focus (pub. of the Jewish Policy Center) Look Who's Holding Hostages Again [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Mark Steyn, July 22, 2007 - The Orange County Register (syndicated column) Want to Understand Islam? Start Here [incl. Vali Nasr, Fawaz Gerges, et al.] by John L. Esposito, July 22, 2007 - The Washington Post Iran Uses Activists for Propaganda [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Scott Peterson, July 20, 2007 - Christian Science Monitor Answering the Call of Jihad [a review of Boston U prof. Augustus Richard Norton's book on Hezbollah] by Jonathan Schanzer, July 20, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post Iran: The Conspiracy that Wasn't [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Amir Taheri, July 20, 2007 - The New York Post Woodrow Wilson Center Dismisses Recently Aired Iranian Video ‘Confessions' as Scripted and Contrived [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Sharon McCarter, July 20, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Daughter of Detained US-Iranian Condemns Tehran TV Broadcast [on Haleh Esfandiari] July 19, 2007 - Agence France-Presse (AFP) How Muslim Communities Counter Radicalism to Be Study Topic [on Duke/Chapel Hill study; incls. profs. Charles Kurzman and Ebrahim Moosa] July 19, 2007 - Duke University News and Communication The 'Crime' of Dialogue: Iran's Disgraceful Detention of Haleh Esfandiari [written by the Wilson Center program director on environmental issues] by Geoff Dabelko, July 19, 2007 - Gristmill Blog Iran Airs Interviews with Two U.S. Detainees [on Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh] by Mike Shuster, July 19, 2007 - NPR.org Iran: Radio Farda -- Outcry Before And After Detainee Broadcast [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] July 19, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Brandeis Sets Fiscal Record Despite School Controversies [refs.Khalil Shikaki of the Crown Center for Middle East Studies] by Rachel L. Axelbank, July 19, 2007 - The Jewish Advocate Iran Suggests That Detainees Were Part of Plot [on Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh by Nazila Fathi, July 19, 2007 - The New York Times The Other Iran Crisis [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Nir Boms, July 19, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal My Mother's Interrogators [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Haleh Bakhash, July 19, 2007 - The Washington Post Iranian TV Airs Video of Jailed American Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Robin Wright, July 19, 2007 - The Washington Post Iran's State-Run Television Shows Footage of 2 Detained Iranian-Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] July 18, 2007 - Associated Press Americans to "Confess" on Iranian TV [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Damien McElroy, July 18, 2007 - The Daily Telegraph (London) Rejecting a Review as One-Sided [on Sara Roy of Harvard] by Karen Winkler, July 17, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education Blog Deja Vu: Esfandiari & Tajbakhsh Confess Prior to Release? by Judith Apter Klinghoffer, July 17, 2007 - History News Network Middlebury College and Brandeis University Establish School of Hebrew by Blair Kloman, July 17, 2007 - Middlebury College Exploiting the Confessional [on Haleh Esfandiari & Kian Tajbakhsh] by Alexander Benard, July 17, 2007 - National Review Online Nobel Women's Initiative Calls for the Release of Haleh Esfandiari by Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, et al., July 17, 2007 - Nobel Women's Initiative Iranian-American Scholars' Forced Confession [on Haleh Esfandiari & Kian Tajbakhsh] by Nasrin Rahimieh, July 17, 2007 - OC and the World: The Orange County Register Blog Hamas Sympathizers Tied To Khalil Gibran International Academy? [on Debbie Almontaser, et al.] by Beila Rabinowitz and William Mayer, July 17, 2007 - PipelineNews.Org Iran: Rights Expert Condemns Broadcast Of American-Iranians [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] July 17, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Let Us Back Inside School--Church [incl. Khalil Gibran Academy] by Jess Wisloski, July 17, 2007 - The New York Daily News Iran Puts Detained Scholars Before TV Cameras [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Nazila Fathi, July 17, 2007 - The New York Times Showing Jailed Americans, Iran TV Cites Confessions [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Robin Wright, July 17, 2007 - The Washington Post Iran Unjustly Parades U.S. Citizens [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh, Ali Shakeri] by Sean McCormack, July 17, 2007 - U.S. Department of State Iran to Air Statements By Detained US-Iranians [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] July 16, 2007 - Agence France-Presse (AFP) Lecture Ends in Censure [on Reuven Firestone at Ain Shams University in Egypt] by Mona El-Nahhas, July 12--17 2007 - Al-Ahram Weekly Iran TV Shows Detained Iranian-Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Nasser Karimi, July 16, 2007 - Associated Press OSI Responds To Staged Television Appearances of Detained Iranian-American Scholars [Open Society Inst. on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] July 16, 2007 - PR Newswire Language comes with Culture -- Arabic Language at Charlsetown [on Boston high school lang. program] by Martin "Sol" Soloman, July 16, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Chilling Iranian Stories [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Nir Boms, July 16, 2007 - The Washington Times Woodrow Wilson Center Responds to Iran's Announcement That it Will Broadcast Apparent Confessions by Haleh Esfandiari by Sharon A. McCarter, July 16, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Speaking Up [on Arabic lang. program for Boston high school students] by Tracy Jan, July 15, 2007 - Boston Globe Head of Arab American Association Linda Sarsour Linked to Hamas - and Khalil Gibran Principal Designate Dhabah Almontaser July 13, 2007 - Militant Islam Monitor Joseph Massad Wants to Eliminate the Jewish State [Columbia U prof. speaks at Madrid conference] by Martin "Sol" Soloman, July 13, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Under Fire from U.S., Iran Reacts by Cracking Down at Home [incl. Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Scott Peterson, July 13, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor Banishing the Ghosts of Iran [on the "New Orientalism"] by Fatameh Keshavarz, July 13, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Public Schools Grapple with Muslim Prayer [on Arabic classes & prayer at Carver Elementary in San Diego] by Randy Dotinga, July 12, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor A World of Talk [Howard Community College offers Arabic classes for teens] by Lisa Tom, July 11, 2007 - Baltimore Sun Keith Ellison's Night Table [incl. Kevin Barrett] by Gabriel Schoenfeld, July 11, 2007 - Contentions (the blog of Commentary Magazine) Rudy Giuliani's New Foreign Policy Team [incl. Martin Kramer] by Ed Lasky, July 11, 2007 - The American Thinker Divide and Conquer [on evangelical support for Israel; MESA] by Ed Lasky, July 11, 2007 - The American Thinker Iran Widens Investigation Of Two Jailed Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari & Kian Tajbakhsh by Robin Wright, July 11, 2007 - The Washington Post US Says 'No Basis' for Iranian Charges Against Detained Americans by David Gollust, July 11, 2007 - Voice of America Iran Says Has New Evidence Against U.S.-Iranian Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari] July 10, 2007 - Agence France-Presse Portrait Photo Sparks Fair Use, Copyright Misuse Battle (Beinin v. Center for the Study of Popular Culture) [on Joel Beinin's lawsuit against David Horowitz] by Matthew Sag, July 10, 2007 - Fairly Used - the Fair Use Blog Jihad in Schools? [on Carver elementary school in San Diego] by Editorial, July 10, 2007 - Investor's Business Daily Iran Expands Investigation of American Prisoners [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Robin Wright, July 10, 2007 - The Washington Post Woodrow Wilson Center Responds to Iran's Announcement That It Has Uncovered New Evidence Against Haleh Esfandiari by Sharon A. McCarter, July 10, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Network of Expatriate Treachery [incl. Gabriel Piterburg, Ella Shahat] by Steven Plaut, July 9, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Sara Roy: 'This One-Sidedness Dissuaded Readers from Reading the Piece to the End' [of Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies] by Martin "Sol" Solomon, July 9, 2007 - Solomonia Blog The New York Times and Iran [incl. Juan Cole] by Ed Lasky, July 9, 2007 - The American Thinker Exploring Islam's 'Death Cult' [quotes Richard Bulliet and Fawaz Gerges, refs. Bernard Lewis] by Michael Hirsh, July 7, 2007 - Newsweek Jihad Amid the Dreaming Spires [on jihadist Islamists at Oxford Univ.] by Alex Lewis, July 7, 2007 - The Spectator Persona Non Grata [refs. Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, July 7, 2007 - The Washington Times More N.C. Schools Should Offer Needed Arabic Courses by Editorial, July 6, 2007 - News-Record.com (Greensboro, NC) Q&A With Juan Cole, Historian and Blogger [U of Michigan] July 6, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education University of Alberta's New Islamic Studies Chair Aims to Bridge the Faiths [on Ibrahim Abu-Rabi] by Meghan Hurley, July 5, 2007 - Edmonton Journal Misleading Lessons In Understanding [on Fawas Gerges of Sarah Lawrence College] by Hugh Fitzgerald, July 5, 2007 - New English Review Informed Comment: Global Affairs [on U of Michigan Juan Cole's new group blog] by Evan Goldstein, July 5, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education Center for Near Eastern Studies Celebrates Golden Anniversary [at UCLA; incl. Khaled Abou Al Fadl, Gabriel Piterberg, Saree Makdisi, et al.] by Press Release, July 3, 2007 - UCLA International Institute The Islamist's War Against Liberalism [on Tariq Ramadan, Paul Berman, Ian Buruma; cites Martin Kramer, Fuad Ajami, Edward Said, et al.] by Lee Smith, July 2, 2007 - Michael J. Totten's Middle East Journal Muslim Prayers in Schools Debated [re praying in Arabic class] by Helen Gao, July 2, 2007 - San Diego Union-Tribune Majid Khadduri and George W. Bush [also ref. Rashid Khalidi, Omid Safi, John Esposito, Edward Said] by Robert Spencer, June 29, 2007 - Jihad Watch Blog Stern Weathers Stern Onslaught in Speech Aftermath [on Jessica Stern] by Abby D. Phillip, June 29, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson Hillary Clinton: Senator Clinton Statement on Continued Detention of Iranian-Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Hillary Rodham Clinton, June 28, 2007 - All American Patriots Release Haleh Esfandiari [statement by Middle East studies professors] June 28, 2007 - New York Review of Books Human Rights Groups Hold Vigil for Detained Iranian-Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Sean Maroney, June 28, 2007 - Voice of America Slyomovics Named Near Eastern Studies Director [UCLA] June 27, 2007 - Center for Near Eastern Studies The Dangers of Government-Sponsored Art [incl. Aminah Beverly McCloud, Omid Safi, "America at a Crossroads"] by David Yerushalmi, June 27, 2007 - The American Thinker Our Family Hostage Crisis [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Shaul Bakhash, June 27, 2007 - The New York Times Hundreds Gather for Vigil in New York Calling for the Immediate Release of Haleh Esfandiari and Other Detained Iranian-Americans by Sharon McCarter, June 27, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars U.S.-Iranian Held in Solitary in Iran: Lawyer [on Haleh Esfandiari] June 26, 2007 - Reuters Iran Nobel Laureate Calls for Release of U.S.-Iranians [on Haleh Esfandiari] June 25, 2007 - Agence France-Presse Ebadi Criticises Iran's Judiciary [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Frances Harrison, June 25, 2007 - BBC Iranian Hostage Crisis [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Kathryn Jean Lopez, June 25, 2007 - National Review Online Brandeis Receives $15 Million for Israel Studies Center by Kristen Erekson, June 25, 2007 - The Jewish Advocate Tipping Off the Enemy [refs. Haleh Esfandiari] by Gabriel Schoenfeld, June 24, 2007 - Los Angeles Times Hard Realities of Soft Power [refs. Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Negar Azimi, June 24, 2007 - New York Times Iran: Detained Students at Risk of Torture [refs. Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Human Rights Watch, June 23, 2007 - Reuters AlertNet Become a Middle East/Islam Expert In Your Spare Time and Earn Big Bucks! by Barry Rubin, June 22, 2007 - Augean Stables Harvard Honors AUB Professor Samir Khalaf [Center for Middle East Studies] by Jim Campbell, June 22, 2007 - Daily Star (Lebanon) Brandeis Gets Grant For Israel Studies by Jacob Berkman, June 22, 2007 - JTA Wire Service War of Ideas--I [on Jessica Stern] by James Taranto, June 22, 2007 - OpinionJournal.com Arabic School Finds Home at Last [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Tanyanika Samuels, June 22, 2007 - The New York Daily News New York Submits to Public School Madrassa: Parents Like Sheep to Slaughter [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Pamela Geller Oshry, June 21, 2007 - Atlas Shrugs Blog Seven Questions: Imprisoned in Iran [interview with Shaul Bakhash, husband of Haleh Esfaniari] June 2007 - Foreign Policy Young, Smart and Studying in Israel [on American MES students at Tel Aviv Univ.] by Carl Hoffman, June 20, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post Human Rights Groups to Hold Vigil in New York Calling for the Immediate Release of Haleh Esfandiariand Other Detained Iranian-Americans [incl. Princeton's Near Eastern studies dept.] June 20, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Detentions Have Iranian-Americans Afraid of Travel to Tehran [refs. Haleh Esfandiari, other Iranian-American academics] June 19, 2007 - Associated Press Arabic, Chinese Language Camps Now at BYU by Brittani Lusk, June 19, 2007 - Daily Herald (Utah) Index on Censorship, English PEN and Article 19 Condemn the Detention of US-Iranian Academics [open letter to Iranian ambassador in London on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] June 19, 2007 - Index for Free Expression Don't Shut the Door on Dialogue with Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by William Burke-White and Adam Kolker, June 19, 2007 - The Philadelphia Inquirer Brandeis to Expand Israel Studies by Nicole Haley, June 18, 2007 - The Daily News Tribune (Waltham, MA) Open Letter to the DePaul Administration Regarding the Denial of Tenure of Professor Norman Finkelstein [ref. Tariq Ramadan] by Mark A. LeVine, June 17, 2007 - History News Network Rashid Khalidi: Gaza blame-thrower [on Columbia's Edward Said Arab studies prof] by Martin Kramer, June 16, 2007 - MartinKramer.org Apologists [on Columbia's Rashid Khalidi] by Marty Peretz, June 16, 2007 - The New Republic New BYU Summer Camps to Teach Foreign Languages [Arabic language camps for high school students] by Neal Chamberlain, June 15, 2007 - BYU News Net Brandeis Gets $15M for Israeli Studies Center June 15, 2007 - MSN Bizjournals.com New Thinking [on Jessica Stern] by James Taranto, June 15, 2007 - OpinionJournal.com Backlash Feared to U.S. Funding in Iran [on Saul Bakhash, Haleh Esfandiari] by Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Guy Dinmore, June 15, 2007 - The Financial Times Islam Academics Wary of Conditional Funding [on Middle East studies in the U.K.] by Anthea Lipsett, June 15, 2007 - The Guardian (U.K.) Double Standard Seen Among Terror Critics [on Jessica Stern] by Heather Robinson, June 15, 2007 - The New York Sun Support the Arab People [ref. MESA, Edward Said, Middle East Studies professors] by Barry Rubin, June 15, 2007 - The Ottawa Citizen Lawyer: Iran Blocking Academic's Release [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Ali Akbar Dareini, June 14, 2007 - Associated Press Iran Censorship "Getting Worse" [on Haleh Esfandiari] June 14, 2007 - BBC Nobel Winner Says Still Denied Access to US-Iranian [on Haleh Esfandiari] June 13, 2007 - Agence France-Presse (AFP) Carver Elementary - San Diego Public School Bows To Sharia June 13, 2007 - PipeLineNews.org Remember Freedom's Cause [incl. Haleh Esfandiari] by Tsotne Bakuria, June 13, 2007 - The Washington Times Iran Set to Finish Probe and To Charge or Free Detainees [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Robin Wright, June 13, 2007 - Washington Post Iran Says Judge to Decide Next Week on U.S.-Iranians [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] June 12, 2007 - Reuters Using Death Threats to Stifle Criticism – of Nadia Abu El Haj [also Hamid Dabashi, Joseph Massad, Joel Beinin] by Emmet Trueman, June 12, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Iran Says Ebadi Can Defend U.S.-Iranian Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari] June 12, 2007 - The Middle East Times Renewed Plea to Free Haleh Esfandiari June 12, 2007 - United Press International (UPI) Official: Iranian-American Scholar Being Held on Spy Charges May Be Freed Soon [on Haleh Esfandiari] by John Moody and Scott Norvell, June 11, 2007 - Fox News Channel MESA Letter Objecting to U.S. Civil Rights Commission's Report "Campus Anti-Semitism" by Zachary Lockman, June 11, 2007 - Middle East Studies Association Brookfield Resident Reconnects with Israel through Univ. of Ilinois at Chicago Job [on Nancy Gebhardt] by Dan Petrella, June 11, 2007 - The Chicago Suburban News Outspoken DePaul Professor Denied Tenure [on Norman Finkelstein] June 11, 2007 - United Press International (UPI) School grants to promote learning Arabic [on Star International Academy in Dearborn, MI] by Mohamed Kadry, June 9, 2007 - Arab American News New York I Hell for Young Osama [incl. Khalil Gibran Academy] by Chris Reiter, June 8, 2007 - Reuters Poll and New Report Show Frustration of Young Muslims in the U.S. [quotes profs. Omid Safi, Muqtedar Khan and Amaney Jamal] by Eric Gorski, June 7, 2007 - Associated Press American Detained in Iran Appeals for State Dept. Help [on Parnaz Azima, Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Robin Wright, June 7, 2007 - The Washington Post Go Ahead, Circle Your Wagons around Finkelstein [also on Joseph Massad, Alan Dershowitz] by David French, June 6, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Iran Judge Says Held U.S.-Iranians Admit "Activities" [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] June 6, 2007 - Reuters House Approves Iran, Darfur Resolutions [incl. Haleh Esfandiari] by Dan Robinson, June 6, 2007 - Voice of America Britain's "Dhimmiversities" [ref. John Esposito] by Melanie Phillips, June 5, 2007 - Melanie Phillips's Diary An International Call To Academics and Professionals To Stand In Solidarity With Our Israeli Academic and Professional Colleagues [SPME petition opposing boycotts against Israeli academics] June 5, 2007 - Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Blair Promises to Improve Teaching of Islamic Studies [in the U.K.] by Stephen Bates and James Meikle, June 5, 2007 - The Guardian (U.K.) Islamic Studies to Be Safeguarded with £1m Funding by Fran Yeoman, June 5, 2007 - The Times of London Did the U.S. Incite Iran's Crackdown? [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Scott Macleod, June 5, 2007 - Time AHA Supports the Middle East Studies Association's Protest of the Detention of Scholars in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Press Release, June 4, 2007 - American Historical Association If, as Reported, HMG Only Wants to Engage With Moderate Muslims, It Needs to Try A Damned Sight Harder [ref. John Esposito] by David Conway, June 4, 2007 - Centre for Social Cohesion A Call for Moral Leadership: Imagining a New Heroism [on the 2007 Pew poll on American Muslims] by Ingrid Mattson, June 4, 2007 - Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relati Why The Pew Study of American Muslims is Dangerously Incomplete [inc. Ingrid Mattson] by M. Zuhdi Jasser, June 4, 2007 - Family Security Matters Boycott Israel Fad Is the Offspring of a Wrongheaded School of Mideast Studies by Tom Teepen, June 4, 2007 - Lufkind Daily News (Syndicated Columnist) An Invitation I Received [from Ian Lustick] by Yisrael Medad, June 4, 2007 - My Right Word Blog Islamic Courses "Can Breed Radicals" [in the U.K.] by Graeme Paton, June 4, 2007 - The Daily Telegraph Veiled Contempt [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, June 4, 2007 - The New Republic There's No Negotiating with Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Kathryn Jean Lopez, June 4, 2007 - Townhall.com Iran Blasts Demand on Detainees [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al] by Nasser Karimi, June 3, 2007 - Associated Press Iran Says Detained US-Iranians Have 'Confessed' [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al] June 3, 2007 - Iran Focus (AFP) Some Lies Of The Endless List of Keyhan Lies Exposed [Haleh Esfandiari's husband rebuts Iranian newspaper] by Shaul Bakhash, June 3, 2007 - Iran Press Service Undermining Jimmy Carter [on Kenneth Stein] by Steve Kramer, June 3, 2007 - Israel Hasbara Committee Iran Rejects US Calls for Release of 4 Iranian-Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] June 3, 2007 - Voice of America Middle East Scholars Protest Iran's Arrest of Wilson Center Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari; quotes Juan Cole] by Burton Bollag, June 1, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education A Growing Demand for the Rare American Imam [quotes Hatem Bazian, Khaled Abu El Fadl, Sherman Jackson] by Neil MacFarquhar, June 1, 2007 - New York Times Statement by the President on Detention of American Citizens by the Iranian Regime [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Press Release, June 1, 2007 - Office of the Press Secretary, The White House U.S. Says Fourth Iranian American Detained in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Arshad Mohammed, June 1, 2007 - Reuters Arabic School in N.Y.C. Creates Stir [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Alexander Marks, June 1, 2007 - The Christian Science Monitor Imprisoned Iranian-American Scholar in Iran's Guantanamo [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Lauren Monsen, June 1, 2007 - The Student Operated Press Wife Appeals for Information on Husband Held in Iran [on Ali Shakeri, Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Robin Wright, June 1, 2007 - The Washington Post Iran Hostage Crisis, Part 2 [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Editorial, June 1, 2007 - The Washington Post Fourth American Held on Espionage Charges [on Haleh Esfandiari] by David R. Sands, June 1, 2007 - The Washington Times Academic Fallout From Middle East [on UCU's vote to boycott Israel; incl. reaction by MESA] by Scott Jaschik, May 31, 2007 - Inside Higher Education Leading Human Rights Groups Urge Iran to Release Held American-Iranians [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] May 31, 2007 - International Herald Tribune (AP) Leading International Educator Group Issues Resolution on Detention of Scholar Haleh Esfandiari by Press Release, May 31, 2007 - NAFSA: Association of International Educators Robert Fulford on the Case Against 'Moderate' Muslim Tariq Ramadan by Robert Fulford, May 31, 2007 - National Post Iran to Academics: Meet Foreigners and You May Be Accused of Spying [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Burton Bollag, May 31, 2007 - News Blog of the Chronicle of Higher Education Khalil Gibran School's New Public Relations Ploy - Call In The Army by William Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz, May 31, 2007 - PipeLineNews.org Leading International Educator Group Issues Resolution on Detention of Scholar Haleh Esfandiari [National Association of International Educators] May 31, 2007 - PR Newswire Ball State to Offer Two Arabic Courses [Muncie, IN] by Jill Blocker, May 31, 2007 - The Ball State Daily News Online Dumbing Down the Debate Over the Arab-Israeli Conflict [ref. Hamid Dabashi, Ali al-Mazrui, Fawaz Gerges, et al.] by Alan Dershowitz, May 31, 2007 - The Huffington Post Blog Supporters Urge Release of Imprisoned Iranian-American Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Lauren Monsen, May 31, 2007 - USINFO, Department of State Tehran Charges 3 with U.S. Ties with Espionage [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Ali Akbar Dareini, May 30, 2007 - Associated Press Iran Spying Chief Warns Academics [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 30, 2007 - BBC The Flat Battery of American Appeasement [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Melanie Phillips, May 30, 2007 - Melanie Phillips' Diary Joint letter with ISIS to Iran regarding Dr. Haleh Esfandiari and Dr. Kian Tajbakhash by Zachary Lockman, May 30, 2007 - Middle East Studies Assoc. and the International Society for Iranian Studie Iran: Concern Grows For Detained Iranian-Americans [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Golnaz Esfandiari, May 30, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 3 Iranian-Americans Charged by Tehran With Espionage [on Haleh Esfandiari et al.] May 30, 2007 - Reuters A Sign of the Times [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, May 30, 2007 - The Denver Post Iranian Regime Threatened By Grandmother [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Thomas Friedman, May 30, 2007 - The New York Times Americans in Iran Accused of Spying [on Haleh Esfandiari et al.] by Robin Wright, May 30, 2007 - The Washington Post 3 Iranian-Americans Charged With Spying [incl. Haleh Esfandiari] by Ali Akbar Dareini, May 29, 2007 - Associated Press Martin Kramer Address on the State of Middle East Studies by Martin Kramer, May 29, 2007 - MartinKramer.org Statement of Concern Regarding Travel to Iran [re Haleh Esfandiari, Kian Tajbakhsh] by Press Release, May 29, 2007 - Middle East Studies Association Iran Announces Charges Against Three U.S.-Iranian Nationals [including Haleh Esfandiari] May 29, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Reports from Tehran Indicate that Haleh Esfandiari Has Been Formally Charged with Espionage and Endangering Iranian Security by Press Release, May 29, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Email Correspondences With Barnard President Shapiro [about Nadia Abu El Haj] by Phil Orenstein, May 28, 2007 - Democracy Project Blog Three Iranian-Americans Detained in Iran [interview w/Shaul Bakhash, H. Esfandiari's husband] by Interviewed by Judy Woodruff, May 28, 2007 - PBS Iraq G.I. Salutes City Arab School [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by David Andreatta, May 28, 2007 - The New York Post Tehran Rejects EU Statement over Human Rights Violation in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 27, 2007 - Deutsche Presse-Agentur Our Tangled Web in Iran [ref. Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, May 27, 2007 - The Boston Herald Apply Pressure, and Wait [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Mark Bowden, May 27, 2007 - The Philadelphia Inquirer Next Step on Iran [ref. Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, May 27, 2007 - The Washington Post Iran Steadfast On Its 'Pawn' [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Ellen Massey, May 25, 2007 - Asia Times (Inter Press Service) A Balancing Act [on Joel Beinin] by Cole Gibas, Spring 2007 - AUC [American University of Cairo] Today Nobel Laureate: Iranian-Americans Political Prisoners [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 25, 2007 - CNN Imprisoned Iranian-American Scholar Haleh Esfandiari Must be Freed by Press Release, May 25, 2007 - Freedom House Iranian Scholar's Family Worries [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Stephen Manning, May 25, 2007 - Houston Chronicle (AP) Escalating Intimidation [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Safa Haeri, May 25, 2007 - Iran Press Service The Wilson Center Held Hostage [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Martin Kramer, May 25, 2007 - MartinKramer.org Iran's Latest Hostage [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, May 25, 2007 - The Baltimore Sun Chemical Society Reinstates Iranian Chemists; Iranian-American Scholar Arrested [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Burton Bollag, May 25, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education My Wife, A Prisoner in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Shaul Bakhash, May 25, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times Students Make the Shift From Traditional to Exotic Languages [on Arabic classes at Choate prep school] by Annabel Clarance, May 25, 2007 - The News: The Student Newspaper of Choate Rosemary Hall (Connecticut) Iranian Democracy Under Seige [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Omid Memarian, May 25, 2007 - The San Francisco Chronicle Meeting an Academic Icon: Hamid Dabashi by Babak Khanade, May 24, 2007 - Payvand's News Human Rights: Capital Offender [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, May 24, 2007 - Seattle Post-Intelligencer Islamic "Democide" in Iran [ref. Haleh Esfandiari] by Amil Imani, May 24, 2007 - The American Thinker The Merits of the Upcoming U.S.-Iran Talks [ref. Haleh Esfandiar] by Jalal Alavi, May 24, 2007 - The Middle East Times Prisoner of Her Desires [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Reuel Marc Gerecht, May 24, 2007 - The New York Times Iran's Latest Hostage [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, May 24, 2007 - The Wall Street Journal (subscription) Dual American-Iranian National Believed Detained in Iran, Sources Say [on Haleh Esfandiari, et al.] by Robin Wright, May 24, 2007 - The Washington Post 'Bad Veils' and Arrested Scholars: Iran's Fear of a Velvet Revolution [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Mehdi Khalaji, May 24, 2007 - Washington Institute of Near East Policy Tel Aviv on the Potomac? American University's Menu of Israel Studies Is Expanding by Richard Greenberg, May 24, 2007 - Washington Jewish Week Another US Scholar 'Held in Iran' [on Kian Tajbakhsh, references Haleh Esfandiari] May 23, 2007 - BBC Iran Detains Two on Accusations of Plotting 'Velvet Revolution' [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Jesse Nunes, May 23, 2007 - Christian Science Monitor Iran Detains Iranian-American Man Working for George Soros' Institute [on Kian Tajbakhsh and Haleh Esfandiari] May 23, 2007 - Fox News (AP) Washington Denies Iran's Accusations Over U.S.-Based Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Golnaz Esfandiari, May 23, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Iran Detains Fourth Iranian American [on Kian Tajbakhsh and Haleh Esfandiari] by Arshad Mohammed, May 23, 2007 - Reuters 'Troubling' Views on Suicide Bombings [quotes U. of Kentucky prof. Ihsan Bagby, CSEB lecturer Farid Senzai] by Matthai Chakko Kuruvila and Amr Emam, May 23, 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle One Woman's Terror in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, May 23, 2007 - The Boston Globe Kansas City Kansas Community College Adds Arabic to Curriculum by Staff Reports, May 23, 2007 - The Chieftain (Bonner Springs, KS) Iran Isolates Jailed U.S. Scholar Charged With Revolution Plot [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Neil MacFarquhar, May 23, 2007 - The New York Times Is Iran Jailing a Ploy to Retain Power? [on Haleh Esfandiari; ref. Juan Cole] by Trudy Rubin, May 23, 2007 - The Philadelphia Inquirer New Iranian Hostage Crisis [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Robin Wright, May 23, 2007 - The Washington Post Academia Sees "Chilling Message" in Iran's Detention of Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari; cites MESA, quotes Zachary Lockman, Juan Cole] by Stephen Kaufman, May 23, 2007 - USINFO, Department of State 4th Iranian-American Citizen Detained in Iran [on Kian Tajbakhsh and Haleh Esfandiari] May 23, 2007 - Voice of America Arrests in Iran Seen as Warning to U.S. [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Gary Thomas, May 23, 2007 - Voice of America A Scholar Detained [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Andy Guess, May 22, 2007 - Inside Higher Education Iranian-American Scholar "No Spy," Hamilton Says [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 22, 2007 - National Public Radio Iran Accuses U.S. Academic with Plotting "Soft Revolution" [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Robert Tait, May 22, 2007 - The Guardian (U.K.) Iran Accuses American of Revolution Plot [on Haleh Esfandiari; ref. Juan Cole, MESA] by Neil MacFarquhar, May 22, 2007 - The New York Times Embassy Row [on Haleh Esfandiari] by James Morrison, May 22, 2007 - The Washington Times Wilson Center Director says Iranian-American Held in Iran is No Spy [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Barry Schweid, May 22, 2007 - Union-Tribune (AP) Letter Regarding Haleh Esfandiari (May 2007) by Ernst Benjamin, May 21, 2007 - American Association of University Professors Iran Charges Iranian-American Academic [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 21, 2007 - Associated Press Haleh Esfandiari Timeline May 21, 2007 - Fox News Platforms of the Enemy [ref. Joseph Massad, Hamid Dabashi, Edward Said, et al.] by John Perazzo, May 21, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Khalil Gibran Jihad School - Indoctrination Not Education by William A. Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz, May 21, 2007 - PipelineNews.Org Iran Charges U.S. Scholar With Trying to Topple Regime [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Robin Wright, May 21, 2007 - The Washington Post The Subjection of Islamic Women [references U. of Texas MES prof. Elizabeth Warnock Fernea] by Christina Hoff Sommers, May 21, 2007 - The Weekly Standard Arabic Public School Will Unite, Not Divide, Us [principal-designate defends Khalil Gibran Academy] by Debbie Almontaser, May 20, 2007 - New York Daily News Maguire and Colleges Team Up for Courses on Middle Eastern Cultures [on Burlington County College and Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, NJ] by Melissa Hays, May 20, 2007 - Phillyburbs.com Imprisoned in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari; ref. Juan Cole, Zachary Lockman, MESA] by Martin Peretz, May 20, 2007 - The Spine (TNR Online) Academics May Boycott Iran Over Scholar's Detainment [on Haleh Esfandiar; ref. Juan Cole, MESA] by Robin Wright, May 20, 2007 - The Washington Post Iran: What Is a Good Reason for a MESA Academic Boycott? by Ami Isseroff, May 20, 2007 - Zionism and Israel News PTAs To Back Arabic School in Boerum Hill — But Parents Say They Feel Dumped On [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Dana Rubinstein, May 19, 2007 - Brooklyn Papers Exclusive! Almontaser Speaks! [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Dana Rubenstein, May 19, 2007 - The Brooklyn Paper Question Period: War of the Worlds [interview with Walid Phares, references MES] May 18, 2007 - Family Security Matters Arabic Study Immersed in Controversy [Arabic classes in Ontario public schools, similar programs in Cincinnati and Dearborn] by Michael Valpy, May 18, 2007 - Globe and Mail Learning Arabic, A Word at a Time [on Talat Okby, Arabic prof. at SUNY Cortland] by Valerie Zehl, May 18, 2007 - Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY) Nobel Laureate Condemns Arrest Of Iranian-American Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 18, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty New Publication Discusses the Mideast [on launch of undergrad. quarterly journal, New Society; Ruth Wisse is faculty sponsor] by Malcom A. Glenn, May 18, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson Iran Denies Nobel Lawyer's Bid to Defend Jailed Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 18, 2007 - Yahoo News (AFP) What's Wrong With Arabic-Language Public School [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Amity Shlaes, May 17, 2007 - Bloomberg Why the Pool of Arabic Speakers is Still a Puddle by Carol Huang, May 17, 2007 - Christian Science Monitor Haleh Esfandiari: Iran's Cultural Prison by Rasool Nafisi, May 17, 2007 - Open Democracy Ex-Princeton Prof Detained in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Andrew Kitchenman, May 17, 2007 - Trenton Times Commentary: They Got the Wrong Woman [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Martin Walker, May 17, 2007 - United Press International Letter to Barnard President Judith Shapiro [on Nadia Abu El Haj] by Phil Orenstein, May 16, 2007 - Democracy Project Blog Nobel Winner Ebadi to Defend US-Iranian Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 16, 2007 - Khaleej Times (AFP) Another Hostage in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Noah Pollak, May 16, 2007 - Michael J. Totten's Middle East Journal Former Professor Detained in Middle East [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Ilya Blanter, May 16, 2007 - The Daily Princetonian Mideast Scholar's Unjust Detention [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Trudy Rubin, May 16, 2007 - The Philadelphia Inquirer Producer Charges PBS with Supressing Film [references DePaul's Aminah McCloud] by Joanne Ostrow, May 15, 2007 - Denver Post US-Iranian Scholar Accused of "Acting Against National Security" [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 15, 2007 - France24 (AFP) Charges Against Renowned Scholar Called "Absurd" [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Omid Memarian, May 15, 2007 - Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) Now, Parents in Boerum Hill Raise Objections to an Arabic School [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Julie Bosman, May 15, 2007 - New York Times Parents Voice Opposition To Arabic School At PTA Meeting [on Khalil Gibran Academy] May 15, 2007 - NY1 DOE Assures Parents, Khalil Gibran "Jihad" School Will Get Increased Security [quotes Daniel Pipes] by Beila Rabinowitz and William Mayer, May 15, 2007 - PipeLineNews.org Al-Arian Subject of New Film [on U. of South Florida's Sami Al-Arian] by Terry McMullen, May 15, 2007 - The Ledger Rice Calls on Iran to Release Jailed US-Iranian Scholar [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 15, 2007 - The Raw Story (AFP) Tehran Both Warns And Reassures U.S. [mentions Haleh Esfandiari] by Robin Wright, May 15, 2007 - The Washington Post Iran Says it is Investigating Academic for 'Security' Crimes [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Ali Akbar Dareini, May 15, 2007 - Union-Tribune (AP) Iran Admits Detaining US Academic [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 14, 2007 - BBC An Ominous Arrest in Iran [on Haleh Efsandiari, references MESA] by Danny Postel, May 14, 2007 - Guardian Unlimited Bakhash Denies Esfandiari Is an Apostate by Judith Apter Klinghoffer, May 14, 2007 - History News Network A Mother Imprisoned [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Sheiler Weller, May 14, 2007 - Huffington Post Arabic School Fails the Test [Stanford's Diane Ravitch on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Diane Ravitch, May 14, 2007 - New York Daily News Nadia Abu El Haj and the Use of Evidence by Anon., May 14, 2007 - PhDiva (the blog of Dorothy King) An Ominous Arrest in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Danny Postel, May 14, 2007 - The Guardian Schools Consider Adding Asian, Arabic Languages [in Janesville, WI] by Frank Schultz, May 14, 2007 - The Janesville Gazette (Wisconsin) Arab School To Face Scrutiny At Emergency Parent Meeting [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Sarah Garland, May 14, 2007 - The New York Sun American Haleh Esfendiyari Sent to Notorious Evin Prison in Tehran May 13, 2007 - Gateway Pundit Mullahs Confirm Scholar Haleh Esfandiari Arrest in Iran May 13, 2007 - Iran Journal Iran: Jailed Iranian-American Scholar Faces Coercion [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 12, 2007 - Human Rights Watch Parents Protest Site for Arabic Language School [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Tanyanika Samuels, May 12, 2007 - New York Daily News Iran's American Prisoner [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 12, 2007 - New York Times Parents Voice Concerns About NYC Arabic School's New Spot [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Associated Press, May 12, 2007 - Newsday Slope Ousts Arabic School; City Caves, Relocates Gibran Academy to Boerum Hill by Dana Rubinstein, May 12, 2007 - The Brooklyn Paper In Gulf, Cheney Pointedly Warns Iran [references Haleh Esfandiari] by Robin Wright, May 12, 2007 - Washington Post Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Dr. Haleh Esfandiari and Parnaz Azima by Hillary Rodham Clinton, May 11, 2007 - All American Patriots Bernard Lewis Credits Bush on Iraq [Princeton MES professor lectures on "Europe and Islam"] by Joseph Puder, May 11, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine Language Push for ROTC Students [Pentagon funds Arabic language program in four universities] by Scott Jaschik, May 11, 2007 - Insider Higher Education Hostage in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Editorial, May 11, 2007 - International Herald Tribune Family Fears for Scholar Jailed in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Ramin Mostaghim and Borzou Daragahi, May 11, 2007 - Los Angeles Times Middle East Studies Association Letter to Ahmadinejad Regarding Haleh Efsandiari May 11, 2007 - Middle East Studies Association Haleh Esfandiari's Plight [George Mason University's Mark N. Katz] by Mark N. Katz, May 11, 2007 - United Press International Wrong Move in Iran [on Haleh Efsandiari] May 11, 2007 - Washington Post Lawmakers Call for Release of U.S. Scholar Held in Iran [on Haleh Efsandiari] by Robin Wright, May 11, 2007 - Washington Post Learning Curves: Arabic-Themed School Finds a New but Temporary Home [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Mary Frost, May 10, 2007 - Brooklyn Daily Eagle Foreign Policy Contributor Imprisoned in Tehran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Christine Y. Chen, May 10, 2007 - Foreign Policy Journal Blog Iran's 'Soft Hostage' Mistake [on Haleh Esfandiari] May 10, 2007 - Los Angeles Times Arabic School Switch [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Tanyanika Samuels, May 10, 2007 - The New York Daily News Arab School Finds a Home [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by David Andreatta and Tatiana Deligiannakis, May 10, 2007 - The New York Post Crowding Outcry May Follow Arabic School to New Site [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Staff Reporter of the NY Sun, May 10, 2007 - The New York Sun Arabic School Finds Temporary Home in Brooklyn [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Julie Bosman, May 10, 2007 - The New York Times U.S. Faults Detention By Iran of Dual Citizens [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Robin Wright, May 10, 2007 - The Washington Post Statement on the Arrest in Tehran of Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Middle East Program May 10, 2007 - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Iranian-American Being Held in Prison [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Anna Johnson, May 9, 2007 - Associated Press Arabic Texts Translated — Thanks to Bennett [BYU receives grant from Library of Congress] by Suzanne Struglinski, May 9, 2007 - Deseret News Mullahs Arrest Haleh Esfandiari, Held at Iran's Notorious Prison May 9, 2007 - Iran Journal Spengler, Spencer, Armstrong, Adonis [on Edward Said, Joseph Massad, MESA, et al.] by Hugh Fitzgerald, May 9, 2007 - Jihad Watch New Site Selected for NYC Arabic Language School [on Khalil Gibran Academy, Daniel Pipes quoted] by Nahal Toosi, May 9, 2007 - Newsday Iran: U.S.-Iranian Scholar Reportedly Sent To Tehran's Evin Prison [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Kaveh Basmenji, May 9, 2007 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty BYU Program Aims to Translate Rare Works of Arabic Scholarship by Thomas Burr, May 9, 2007 - Salt Lake Tribune The Khalil Gibran International Academy by Editorial Board, May 9, 2007 - The Jewish Press Prominent Iranian-American Academic Is Jailed in Tehran [on Haleh Esfandiari of the Woodrow Wilson Center] by Neil MacFarquhar, May 9, 2007 - The New York Times Tehran Jails Iranian American Scholar After Long House Arrest [on Haleh Esfandiari of the Woodrow Wilson Center] by Robin Wright, May 9, 2007 - The Washington Post Middle East Scholar Jailed in Iran [on Haleh Esfandiari] by Barbara Slavin, May 9, 2007 - USA Today Professors' Fights [ref. Tariq Ramadan, Kamal Helbawy] May 8, 2007 - Associated Press PBS Muzzles Moderates [ref. Aminah Beverly McCloud, et al.] by Alyssa A. Lappen, May 8, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Nadia's Future Work [on Nadia Abu El Haj] by Paula Stern, May 8, 2007 - Paula Says Blog Denial of Heritage [rev. of Nadia Abu El Haj, "Facts on the Ground"] by Sondra M. Rubenstein, May 8, 2007 - The American Thinker Brooklyn Arabic School [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Editorial, May 8, 2007 - The New York Sun Lessons from Khalil Gibran [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Gail Robinson, May 7, 2007 - Gotham Gazette IU Wins Grant to Train Future Military Officers in Strategic Languages and Cultures [on Title VI grant to teach Middle Eastern languages, among others] by Press Release, May 7, 2007 - Indian University Moneymakers: Five Questions with David Arnold [pres. Amer. Univ. of Cairo; ref. MES] by Jenalia Moreno, May 7, 2007 - The Houston Chronicle A Master Narrative for Iraq [on Fouad Ajami] by Martin Peretz, May 7, 2007 - The New Republic Students Search for the Words to Go With Their Cultural Pride [incl. Arabic and MES at Drew] by Fernanda Santos, May 7, 2007 - The New York Times Jobs in Mind, Students Look for Classes in Arabic by Julie Masis, May 6, 2007 - The Boston Globe Letter from America [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Richard Bernstein, May 6, 2007 - The International Herald Tribune NYC Arabic School Without a Home, Officials Looking for Space [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Colleen Long, May 5, 2007 - Newsday City Arab School Move Defeated [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by David Andreatta, May 5, 2007 - The New York Post Outrage Erupts Over "Madrassa" in Brooklyn Elementary School [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Mitzi Speranzella, May 4, 2007 - Associated Content Exposing the Hidden War [on Walid Phares and Mideast studies] by Laurence Footer, May 4, 2007 - Family Security Matters "Postmodernizing" Archaeology at Barnard [on Nadia Abu El Haj] by Candace de Russy, May 4, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Plan for Arabic School in Brooklyn Spurs Protests [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Julie Bosman, May 4, 2007 - The New York Times PBS Refuses to Air Film on Islam [on "Islam vs. Islamists"] by Deroy Murdock, May 4, 2007 - The Union Leader (Manchester, NH) Tyranny in Universities [cites Pipes at UC-Irvine] by Mark Jenkins, May 4, 2007 - TheTrumpet.com Islamic Scholars Receive Carnegie Grants [on UC Berkeley's Saba Mahmood and Charles Hirschkind] by Robert Sanders, May 4, 2007 - UC Berkeley News Controversial Lecturer Challenges Lawmaker At State Capitol [on Kevin Barrett] May 3, 2007 - Channel 3000 WISTV.com Dead White Men [on Columbia, Edward Said, Joseph Massad, Nadia Abu El Haj, James Russell, et al.] by Emmet Trueman, May 3, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Student Activist Icon Returns to Ann Arbor [Tom Hayden, Juan Cole] by Arikia Millikan, May 3, 2007 - The Michigan Daily Arab Alums to Form Group [ref. MES at Yale, Middle Eastern students] by Judy Wang, May 3, 2007 - Yale Daily News Campus Model Arab League Earns Honors [on UC Santa Barbara, Juan Campo] by Nayely Castrellon, May 2, 2007 - Daily Nexus (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) U.S. Scholar Sprachman to Visit Tehran Book Fair [on Paul Sprachman of Rutgers] May 2, 2007 - MehrNews.com Majority of Oxford Union Students Say Pro-Israel Lobby Stifling Debate [ref. Martin Indyk, Norman Finkelstein May 2, 2007 - YnetNews.com The Worst of the Worst [statements of support for Ward Churchill from Mideast studies professors and others] May 1, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine Is There a Muslim Lobby in the US? [comments by Fawaz Gerges] by Alexander Gainem, May 1, 2007 - The Journal of Turkish Weekly Madrassa Plan Is a Monstrosity [on Khalil Gibran school in NYC] by Alicia Colon, May 1, 2007 - The New York Sun Unlikely Ties Connect Iran and Portland, Oregon [incl. re-establishing a professorship in Persian within Portland State's MES center] by Steve Holgate, May 1, 2007 - USINFO, Department of State AT Labeled "Ultra-Right Wing" by Prof. [Amer. Thinker rebuts Kenyon College Religious Studies Prof. Vernon Schubel] by Thomas Lifson and Henry P. Wickham, Jr, April 30, 2007 - The American Thinker After 56 Columns, A Few Concluding Words [references anti-Israel bias in Mideast studies at Columbia and Boston College] by Andrew Buttaro, April 30, 2007 - The Heights Celebrating Survival at 59 [on Israel, ref. Middle East studies] by Suzanne Fields, April 30, 2007 - Townhall.com Yale University Strengthens Contemporary Middle East Studies [Yale U. press release, ref. Ellen Lust-Okar, Abbas Amant] by Dorie Baker, April 30, 2007 - Yale University Office of Public Affairs Arabic Classes a Hit with Kalona Students [Iowa elementary school teaches Arabic] by Associated Press, April 27, 2007 - Des Moines Register The Real Jimmy Carter [Dershowitz on Harvard and the Zayed Foundation) by Alan Dershowitz, April 27, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine 200 Million Minority [on Tariq Ramadan] by Raymond Ibrahim, April 27, 2007 - National Review Online Pipes Comments on Middle East by David Pepose, April 27, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Pipes and Finkelstein: Was that Really so Bad? by Editorial, April 27, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Internationalization Effort Begins to Take Shape [incl. MES, Arabic] by Michael Skocpol, April 26, 2007 - Brown Daily Herald Martyrdom Childhood Education...Courtesy of Harvard University [on Barbara Petzen, Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies Outreach efforts, Picture Balata] by Martin "Sol" Solomon, April 26, 2007 - Solomonia Blog Univ. to Step Up Middle East Studies [at Yale, ref. Juan Cole] by Kanya Balakrishna, April 26, 2007 - Yale Daily News Show Goes on Despite Sick Lecturer [Jonathan Schanzer's lecture at U Penn] by Julie Cohn, April 25, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylanian Frustrated with Middle East Studies Program, Longtime Prof. Leaves Brown [on William Beeman] by Franklin Kanin, April 24, 2007 - Brown Daily Herald Pipes Lectures to Calm Crowd by Claire Moses, April 24, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) A Failure to Communicate [on responses to the demand for teaching Arabic] by Burton Bollag, April 23, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education Daniel Pipes at Brandeis by Daniel in Brookline, April 23, 2007 - Daniel in Brookline Blog The Finkelstein Affair [also ref. Ian Lustick] by Steven Plaut, April 23, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine PBS in Islamist Wonderland [ref. Omid Safi, Aminah McCloud] by Alex Alexiev, April 23, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Trade Center Custodian Shares Story [ref. Kevin Barrett] by Carl Jaeger, April 23, 2007 - The Badger Herald (Univ. of Wisconsin) Khalidi: Constraints on Palestine Fueled Conflict [discusses Princeton's past interest in Khalidi] by Isia Jasiewicz, April 23, 2007 - The Daily Princetonian Students Don't Have to Face Hostility Alone [on anti-Zionist bias, references Middle East studies] by Alon Shalev, April 20, 2007 - J: The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California A Picture of Palestine [sponsored by Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies; on Picture Balata] by Rimal A. Kacem, April 20, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson Pro-Khomeini Professor at Berkeley [Hamid Algar at UC Berkeley] April 18, 2007 - Frontpage Magazine The Khalil Gibran School - Government Funded Da'wa [also, Rashid Khalidi] by Beila Rabinowitz and William A. Mayer, April 18, 2007 - PipelineNews.Org Students Denounce Israeli Wall [incl. Noha Radwan of MEALAC] by Christine Ortiz, April 18, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator Civil Rights on Campus [on U.S. Commission on Civil Rights campaign against anti-Semitism; ref. MES, Rashid Khalidi] by Editorial, April 18, 2007 - The New York Sun PBS Silences Filmmaker on Radical Islam [how Aminah Beverly McCloud of DePaul helped silence filmmaker Martyn Burke] by Susan MacAllen, April 17, 2007 - Family Security Matters Maybe It's Because I'm a Londonister That I Remain Unmoved by Today's Tacky Good News in the Times [references Georgetown's John Esposito] by David Conway, April 17, 2007 - The Centre for Social Cohesion Arabic Program Stretches Thin As Demand Rises [at Northwestern Univ.] by Julie French, April 17, 2007 - The Daily Northwestern Frank Gaffney vs. PBS [ref. Aminah Beverly McCloud, Tariq Ramadan] by Sonny Bunch, April 17, 2007 - The Weekly Standard Proposed NYC Public School Causes Stir [on Khalil Gibran Academy] by Nahal Toosi, April 16, 2007 - Associated Press The Islamist Charm Offensive [on Tariq Ramadan] by Douglas Farah, April 16, 2007 - DouglasFarah.com (blog) Top Islam Scholar to Lecture at MTSU [Esposito to Midd. Tenn. State; MES at MTSU] by Staff Reports, April 16, 2007 - The Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, TN) Civility Replaces Andover Strife [on Shai Feldman and Mohammed Samhouri of Brandeis] by Kristin Erekson, April 16, 2007 - The Jewish Advocate (Boston) Fighting for the Soul of Islam [on Richard Bulliet, MES, et al.] by Jay Tolson, April 16, 2007 - U.S. News & World Report My Disrupted Talk at UCLA by Daniel Pipes, April 13, 2007 - Daniel Pipes' Weblog Symposium: One Islam? [interview with Timothy Furnish, et al.] by Jamie Glazov, April 13, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Khalil Gibran School - A Jihad Grows in Brooklyn [on proposed Middle Eastern-themed school] by Beila Rabinowitz and William A. Mayer, April 13, 2007 - PipelineNews.Org Students Protest L.O.G.I.C. Panel Event by Carolyn McGough, April 13, 2007 - The Daily Bruin (UCLA) Jack Kay Gives $1.5 Million to Israel Studies Program [University of Maryland] by Neil Tickner, April 13, 2007 - The Florida Jewish News Banned from U.S., but Speaking from Afar [on Tariq Ramadan] by Ji-Hye Park, April 13, 2007 - The Hoya (Georgetown University) Anti-Semitism Lives Among Academics [references Joseph Massad, Univ. California, Irvine] by Irwin Mansdorf, April 13, 2007 - The Jewish Week (New York) Arlington Schools to Teach Chinese, Arabic Languages [public schools receive grant from U. of Maryland]] by Natasha Altamirano, April 13, 2007 - The Washington Times US Commission on Civil Rights Public Education Campaign to End Campus Anti-Semitism [singles out Middle East studies departments] by Gerald A. Reynolds, Abigail Thernstrom, et al., April 13, 2007 - U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Area Studies Field Planned [incl. Modern Middle East Studies at Yale] by Kanya Balakrishna, April 13, 2007 - Yale Daily News Scholar Talks Equality [on Azizah al-Hibri] by Zachary Abrahamson, April 13, 2007 - Yale Daily News Middle Eastern Studies Program to Be Offered [at Bridgewater State College] by Amy Sofia Kapoutsos, April 12, 2007 - The Comment (Bridgewater State College) Unethical Sponsorship [on sponsorship of Norman Finkelstein by MES at U. Massachusetts] by Greg Collins, April 12, 2007 - The Daily Collegian (Univ. of Massachusetts) WSU to Offer Arabic Language Class [Washington St. Univ.] by Biswaranjan Das, April 12, 2007 - The Daily Evergreen (Washington St. Univ.) Patriot Act Shuts Up Dissent [on Tariq Ramadan] by Editorial, April 12, 2007 - The Georgetown Voice The Human Spirit: A Burka at Bacon Academy [on MES at Bacon Academy, CT] by Barbara Sofer, April 12, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post A Bitter Spat Over Ideas, Israel and Tenure [on Norman Finkelstein and Alan Dershowitz] by Patricia Cohen, April 12, 2007 - The New York Times District Wants to Provide Options [San Diego public school offers Arabic classes] by Helen Gao, April 12, 2007 - Union-Tribune Zachary Lockman's Letter of Support for Norman Finkelstein [president of MESA to president of DePaul Univ.] by Zachary Lockman, April 11, 2007 - Blog of Peter N. Kirstein The Film PBS Does Not Want You to See [on DePaul's Aminah McCloud] by Alex Alexiev, April 11, 2007 - Family Security Matters Complex Issues Explored on Film (on Bassam Haddad) by Jennifer Gottesfeld, April 11, 2007 - The Daily Bruin (UCLA) Filmmaker Questions America's Terror Policy [on Bassam Haddad, Lillian Farhat] by Michelle McGuinness, April 11, 2007 - The Signal (The College of New Jersey, Trenton) Divisive Scholar Draws Parallels Between Islam and Democracy [Tariq Ramadan lectures at Georgetown via satellite] by Pamela Constable, April 11, 2007 - The Washington Post Legality of Arabic Class Questioned [complaints about "religious indoctrination" in San Diego public school] by Helen Gao, April 11, 2007 - Union-Tribune Producer: PBS Dropped 'Islam vs. Islamists' on Political Grounds (reference to World Islamic Studies at DePaul) by Dennis Wagner, April 10, 2007 - The Arizona Republic Silencing Muslim Moderates (reference to World Islamic Studies at DePaul) by Doug MacEachern, April 10, 2007 - The Arizona Republic MSU Gets $45,000 Grant to Boost Teaching of Arabic April 9, 2007 - Lansing State Journal Education Department Needs an Official 'With Clout' to Oversee Foreign-Language Study, Report Says [on Title VI] by Sierra Millman, April 6, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education California's Anti-Israel College [on Diablo Valley College and Amer Araim] by Lee Kaplan, April 6, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Middle Eastern Studies by Bobby Guerette, Beth Kowitt, Anna Karass, Steve Kolowich, Anne Riley, April 6, 2007 - The Bowdoin Orient Thursday Night Orientalism [on Richard Bulliet, Paul Braken] by Armin Rosen, April 6, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator Speaker: Professor Counters Carter Book Claims [on Kenneth Stein] by Sarah Powell, April 6, 2007 - The Emory Wheel College Democrats Hold Rally for Peace, Protest War in Iraq [incl. prof. of MES Charles Kennedy] by Molly Nevola, April 5, 2007 - Old Gold Black (Wake Forest University) Students Receive Middle East Study Grants [Saudi-funded grants at Arkansas State] by Kelcie Huffstickler, April 5, 2007 - The Herald of Arkansas State University California Campuses Gain a Reputation as Hotbeds of Anti-Israel Rhetoric by Daniel Treiman, April 5, 2007 - The Jewish Daily Forward Bernard Lewis: All That Glitters Is Not Gold by Hugh Fitzgerald, April 2007 - The New English Review Lebanon War Coverage Dissected at Conference (on UCLA) by Kevin Matthews, April 5, 2007 - UCLA International Institute News Accuracy in Covering Israel-Lebanon Conflict Questioned (on UCLA "Covering Lebanon" conference) by Alexa Vaughn, April 4, 2007 - Daily Bruin Emory Organizes Series on Middle East [on Kenneth Stein, Jimmy Carter, MES at Emory] by Susan McMillan, April 3, 2007 - The Emory Wheel Title Bout [on Title VI] by Stanley Kurtz, April 2, 2007 - National Review Online Uncovering the Truth about Nadia Abu El-Haj of Barnard College: Statement from the Va'ad ha-Emet (Truth Committee)* by Candace de Russy, March 30, 2007 - Phi Beta Cons (NRO) Oriental Institute Reappoints Director [on Gil Stein, U. of Chicago] by Peter Kauffman, March 30, 2007 - The Chicago Maroon In Every Generation, They Rise Up [on MES, Norman Finkelstein] by Jonathan Tobin, March 29, 2007 - The Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) Education Dept. Should Have High-Ranking Official to Oversee Foreign-Language Study, Report Says [on Title VI] by Sierra Millman, March 28, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education New Approach to International Education; Accountability and Vindication, a posted comment by Martin Kramer [on Title VI] by Scott Jaschik, Martin Kramer, March 28, 2007 - Inside Higher Education Students Who Grade Themselves [on Title VI and MESA] by Stanley Kurtz, March 27, 2007 - NRO's Corner Blog A Long Way to Go: A "Predestined" Media [defends Sami al-Arian] by John Esposito, March 27, 2007 - On Faith (Washington Post-sponsored blog) Speaking Title VI Truth to Power by Martin Kramer, March 26, 2007 - MartinKramer.org New Translation Prompts Debate on Islamic Verse [with quotes from Khaled Abou El Fadl, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Ingrid Mattson] by Neil MacFarquhar, March 25, 2007 - The New York Times Critic of Hussein Grapples With Horrors of Post-Invasion Iraq [on Kanan Makiya of Brandeis] by Edward Wong, March 24, 2007 - The New York Times War of Words [on Juan Cole, Norman Finkelstein, Jimmy Carter, et al.] by Sierra Millman, March 23, 2007 - The Chronicle of Higher Education The Spinelessness of Leeds university [on Matthias Küntzel] by Melanie Phillips, March 23, 2007 - The Jewish Journal Assimilation Studies, Part II [discusses Edward Said, MES] by Stanley Kurtz, March 22, 2007 - National Review Online Europeanisation, not Islamisation [discusses Tariq Ramadan, inter alia] by Bassam Tibi, March 22, 2007 - Signandsight.com Sept. 11 Survivor Shares Story, Criticizes Barrett [on Kevin Barrett] by Bridget Roby, March 21, 2007 - The Badger Herald (Univ. of Wisconsin) Waging Peace: MESA Discusses Academic Boycott Of Israel March 2007 - Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Complex Thought and the Middle East [on Rashid Khalidi, Joseph Massad] by Marc Arkovitz, March 19, 2007 - The Columbia Spectator In Providence, March Draws 80 Protesters [on Elliot Colla, dir. of MES at Brown U.] by Timothy C. Barmann, March 19, 2007 - The Providence Journal Leeds U. Cancels Anti-Semitism Event [on Matthias Kuntzel] by Jonny Paul, March 17, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post The Kuntzel Case [on Matthias Kuntzel's canceled talk at the U. of Leeds, UK] by Daniel Johnson, March 15, 2007 - Contentions [the blog of Commentary Magazine] Southwestern Legal Foundation Files Lawsuit against UCLA Administrators on Behalf of History Lecturer Being Discriminated Against for Perceived Pro-Israel Bias [on Orna Kenan of UCLA] by Press Release, March 15, 2007 - Southwestern Legal Foundation The Blogosphere's Foreign Informant [on Joshua Landis] by Michael Young, March 15, 2007 - The Daily Star [Beirut, Lebanon] Freedom of Speech Row as Talk on Islamic Extremists Is Banned [on Matthias Kuntzel at the U. of Leeds, UK] by John Steele, March 15, 2007 - The Daily Telegraph Boston: Islamic Group Sues Scholar for Libeling Muslims [on Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, John Esposito of Georgetown] by Matt Rand, March 15, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post Deconstructing the Real Trouble With Israel Advocacy [on teaching MES in secondary schools] by Alan H. Luxenberg, March 15, 2007 - The Jewish Exponent University Is Accused of Censoring Anti-Semitic Islam Lecture [on Matthias Kuntzel at the Univ. of Leeds, UK] by Sean O'Neill, March 15, 2007 - The Times of London Mideast Studies Popular in U.S. Due to Region's Importance [interview with former US Ambassador to Kuwait Edward Gnehm, now at George Washington U.] by Eman Al-Awadhi, March 14, 2007 - Kuwait News Agency Are Neo-cons History [on Bernard Lewis] by Jacob Weisberg, March 14, 2007 - The Financial Times Microscoping the Mideast: $1.5 m Gift Creates Israel Study Chair at U. Maryland by Richard Greenberg, March 14, 2007 - Washington Jewish Week Alliance of Civilizations Project Inspired by Mevlana [Turkish embassy presents awards to John Esposito, Seyyed Hossein Nasr] by Ali H. Aslan and Sezai Kalayci, March 14, 2007 - Zaman Scenes from a Cop Riot [on Raymond Tanter's lecture at U. Michigan] by Catherine Wilkerson, March 13, 2007 - Counterpunch Tarik Ramadan brièvement interpellé à l'aéroport de Roissy by Jean Chichizola, March 13, 2007 - Le Figaro Intellectual Leader [on Bernard Lewis] by Clifford D. May, March 13, 2007 - News & Notes (from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies) "Moderate" Muslim Tariq Ramadan Was Detained, Charged, and Ordered to Stand Trial in France after Insulting a Police Officer by Jean-Charles Brisard, March 13, 2007 - Terror Finance Blog Crown Center Adds Three Couses to IMES [new Middle East studies courses at Brandeis] by Anya Bergman, March 13, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) In Response to Timothy Furnish's "Anti-Semitism in Islam: Israel Didn't Start the Fire"; Response by Timothy Furnish by David H. Slavin, Timothy Furnish, March 12, 2007 - History News Network Behind Burqa, Student Gets An Education In Bigotry [at Bacon Academy] by Tracy Gordon Fox, March 12, 2007 - The Hartford Courant Tariq Ramadan: Do You Trust This Man? [interview with Ramadan] by Deborah Orr, March 11, 2007 - The Independent (London) East Is East [review of Robert Irwin, Dangerous Knowledge] by Christopher Hitchens, March 2007 - The Atlantic Crown Center to Invite Political Speakers [on Brandeis] by David Pepose, March 9, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Islam and the West--Karen Armstrong [interview with Karen Armstrong; discusses MES in US universities] by Omayma Abdel-Latif, March 8, 2007 - East-West Dialogue Blog Interview with Mark LeVine [prof. of MES, UC Irvine] March 8, 2007 - Ikhwanweb A Study in Comfort [on Muslims becoming chaplains, taking MES courses] by Vanessa E. Jones, March 7, 2007 - The Boston Globe School Panel Calls for Middle East Studies Next Year by Luther Turmelle, March 7, 2007 - The New Haven Register New Brooklyn School To Offer Middle East Studies by Sarah Garland, March 7, 2007 - The New York Sun New Israel Studies Chair at Maryland Next Piece in Unique Integrated Middle East Program [press release] by Neil Tickner, March 5, 2007 - Ascribe: The Public Interest Newswire Is Tariq Ramadan Lying? by Daniel Pipes, March 5, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine Natakalum Al-Arabi (We Speak Arabic) {on Arabic classes at Saint Xavier University and Moraine Valley Community College near Chicago] by Lauren FitzPatrick, March 4, 2007 - The Daily Southtown (Tinley Park, IL) How Barack Obama Learned to Love Israel [incl. Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said] by Ali Abunimah, March 4, 2007 - The Electronic Intifada On the Use and Misuse of Anthropology [on Stanley Kurtz & MES] by Ted Swedenburg and an anonymous MES scholar, March 3, 2007 - Al Miskin (blog of the MIddle East Research and Information Project) Crown Center Fellow Under Fire for Paper [on Khalil Shikaki] by Aaron Laufer, March 2, 2007 - The Brandeis Hoot Jewish Organizations Want to Bring Israel Studies to U.S. Campuses by Haviv Rettig, March 2, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post Sinking Between Disciplines [on MES at Brown Univ.] by Don Trella, March 1, 2007 - Brown Daily Herald Enough Said [review of Robert Irwin, Dangerous Knowledge] by Martin Kramer, March 2007 - Commentary Middle East Scholar, Now at Penn, Dissects Islam's Nuts and Bolts [on Robert Morrison] by Ryan Teitman, March 1, 2007 - The Jewish Exponent Emory Should Host the Middle East Debate [on Jimmy Carter's views of the Middle East] by Editorial, February 27, 2007 - The Emory Wheel Film's View of Islam Stirs Anger on Campuses by Karen Arenson, February 26, 2007 - The New York Times Brandeis U. Under "Friendly Fire" [on MES at Brandeis] by Dror Zeevi, February 26, 2007 - YnetNews.com Paradigms: Politically Correct Pradigm vs. Honor-Shame Jihad by Richard Landes, February 25, 2007 - Augean Stables The Propogandist [on Tariq Ramadan] by Hugh Fitzgerald, February 25, 2007 - The Iconoclast (blog of the New English Review) Slighting Holocaust Aids Israel's Enemies [on Jimmy Carter's book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid] by Deborah Lipstadt, February 25, 2007 - The Sacramento Bee U.S. Government Illegally Censoring Speech at Border, Groups Tell Court [ACLU press release on Tariq Ramadan] February 23, 2007 - American Civil Liberties Union ACLU Asks Federal Court to Strike Down U.S. Terrorism Policy [on Tariq Ramadan] by Larry Neumeister, February 23, 2007 - Associated Press Ramadan's Exclusion [on Tariq Ramadan] by Daniel Johnson, February 23, 2007 - Contentions [the blog of Commentary Magazine] Walid Phares: Iraq Withdrawal a Catastrophe [interview with Phares; covers MES] by Phil Brennan, February 23, 2007 - NewsMax.com Potential Move Brings Potential Conflict [quotes Penn. prof. Ahmed Rushdie] by Madeleine Kronovet, February 23, 2007 - The Daily Pennsylvanian Stein Rejects Carter on Israel [on Kenneth Stein and Jimmy Carter] by Amy Kaufman, March 1, 2007 - The Jewish Review (Portland, Ore.) With Friends Like These [on Georgetown's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and its director, John Esposito] by David Conway, February 22, 2007 - Civitas Blog Conspiracy Theorists to Meet [on Kevin Barrett] by Luci Scott, February 22, 2007 - The Arizona Republic Stanford Delays Screening of Anti-Semitic Turkish Film by Haviv Rettig, February 22, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post U.S. and Pakistani Scholars Renew Collaboration [on MES scholars in U.S. and Pakistan] February 21, 2007 - News Blaze Brandeis's Jewish Problem by Caroline B. Glick, February 21, 2007 - The Jewish Press The Ivory Tower of Babel [on growing interest in the study of Arabic] by Kate Benner, February 19, 2007 - The Daily Princetonian What the West Can Learn from Islam [Tariq Ramadan defends himself again] by Tariq Ramadan, February 16, 2007 - Chronicle of Higher Education Brandeis Seen as Avoiding Controversial Speakers [on Norman Finkelstein, Carter, et al.] by Rebecca Spence, February 16, 2007 - The Jewish Daily Forward Dangerous Knowledge in Academe [on Robert Irwin, "Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents"] by Youssef Ibrahim, February 16, 2007 - The New York Sun Arabic Program Offers New Resources [growth of Arabic program at Swarthmore] by Claudia Seixas, February 15, 2007 - The Phoenix (Swarthmore College) An Unreasonable Request [on Omar al-Dewachi] by The Crimson Staff, February 14, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson Odd Goings-on at Brandeis [on controversy preceding lecture by Daniel Pipes] by David Bernstein, February 14, 2007 - The Volokh Conspiracy Blog Scholar Activism by Asaf Romirowsky, February 14, 2007 - The Washington Times Students Hand Barrett Passing Grade [on Kevin Barrett] by Tom Schalmo, February 13, 2007 - The Badger Herald (Univ. of Wisconsin) University of South Carolina Law School Hiring Controversial Professor [on Wadie Said] by Jack Kuenzie, February 13, 2007 - WISTV, Columbia, South Carolina Stop Telling Foreign Scholars to Stay Home [on Tariq Ramadan] by Jonathan Knight, February 12, 2007 - Inside Higher Education Middle East Minor in Early Planning Stages [at Oklahoma State University] by Elizabeth Nichols, February 12, 2007 - The Daily O'Collegian Middle Eastern Studies Classes Struggle for Students [at Washington College, Chestertown, MD] by Leah Ganse, February 9, 2007 - The Elm Interdisciplinary Programs Can Stuggle in Departmental System [on Middle East Studies at Brown Univ.] by Michael Skocpol, February 8, 2007 - Brown Daily Herald Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence [incl. Rashid Khalidi] by Lee Green, February 6, 2007 - CAMERA Iraqi Student Denied Reentry [on Omar al-Dewachi, Harvard grad student] by Aditi Balakrishna, February 6, 2007 - The Harvard Crimson Carter Event Upsets Reinharz [also on Daniel Pipes] by Rachel Marder and Lital Shair, February 6, 2007 - The Justice (Brandeis Univ.) Orientalism Revisited [review of Robert Irwin, Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents] by Lawrence Rosen, January/February 2007 - Boston Review MESA & Academic Freedom [email to MESA members from MESA Exec. Dir. Amy W. Newhall of U. Arizona] by Sara L. Palmer, February 5, 2007 - MESA Membership Email List Silencing Critics not Way to Middle East Peace by Joel Beinin, February 4, 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle MTSU Seminar Helps Educators Teach about the Middle East [Middle East studies at Middle Tennessee State University] by Colleen Creamer, February 4, 2007 - The Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, TN) Sympathy for the Devil at Brandeis [on Natana DeLong-Bas] by Thomas Ryan, February 1, 2007 - FrontPage Magazine From Middle East to Middle Georgia [on new Arabic classes at Georgia College & State University] by Jennifer Burk, February 1, 2007 - The Macon Telegraph Turks Investigate U Prof [on Taner Akçam of the University of Minnesota] by Kathryn Nelson, January 31, 2007 - The Minnesota Daily (student newspaper of the U. of Minn.) Lewis Should Tell Us Where He Was Wrong, and Why by Hugh Fitzgerald, January 30, 2007 - Dhimmi Watch Bulldozer Archaeology? [incl. rev. of Nadia Abu El Haj, "Facts on the Ground"] by Ralph Harrington, January 30, 2007 - Greycat.org Alternate 9/11 Theory Draws Crowd [on Kevin Barrett] by Lisa Allmendinger, January 29, 2007 - The Ann Arbor News Center for Middle Eastern Studies Rejects Partisan Groups [on MES at the Univ. of Texas] by Jessica Sondgeroth, January 26, 2007 - The Daily Texan Increase Opportunities to Study Middle Eastern and Central Asian Affairs [at the University of Iowa] by Editorial, January 24, 2007 - The Daily Iowan [University of Iowa] The Government Did It, Speakers to Argue [on Kevin Barrett] by Lisa Haidostian, January 24, 2007 - The Michigan Daily Akron Professor Back in Classroom after Being Jailed in Israel [on Ghazi Falah] January 22, 2007 - Associated Press The Problem with Hating Religion [review of Robert Irwin, Dangerous Knowledge] by John Wilson, January 22, 2007 - Christianity Today Professor Criticizes Detention in Israel [on Ghazi Falah] by Carol Biliczky, January 22, 2007 - The Akron Beacon-Journal An Interview with Michael Oren by Sam Ser, January 18, 2007 - The Jerusalem Post Bernard Lewis and What He Ignores by Hugh Fitzgerald, January 17, 2007 - Dhimmi Watch Al-Muhajiroun in the US: Part Two [mentions Kamran Bokhari, Middle East studies scholar at the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy] by Adrian Morgan, January 15, 2007 - Family Security Matters Islam Awareness Week Begins With Fireside Tonight [on Omid Safi's visit to Northwestern] by Emily Glazer, January 15, 2007 - The Daily Northwestern Former Aide Criticizes Carter over Mideast Book [on Kenneth Stein] by Rebecca Trounson, January 13, 2007 - Los Angeles Times An Idea that Goes Way Back [review of Michael B. Oren, "Power, Faith, and Fantasy"] by Jonathan S. Tobin, January 11, 2007 - The Jewish Exponent Let Americans Learn Arabic [on teaching Arabic] by John McWhorter, January 11, 2007 - The New York Sun Presidential Libraries [on Middle East studies at Columbia, Juan Cole, more] by Martin Peretz, January 10, 2007 - The Spine (TNR Online) Glimpses [on Ingrid Mattson] January--February 2007 - University of Chicago Magazine Getting to Know Dr. Yvonne Haddad [interview with Yvonne Haddad of Georgetown Univ.] by Christina Asquith, January 7, 2007 - Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Brandeis' Self-Hate [on Natana DeLong-Bas] by Stephen Schwartz, January 5, 2007 - The New York Post Tackling Terror: The Priority for Penn State Activists [on problems in Middle East studies at Penn State and elsewhere] by Jan L. Apple, January 4, 2007 - The Jewish Exponent Middle East Conspiracy Theories [on Natana DeLong-Bas, others] by Steven Stalinsky, January 4, 2007 - The New York Sun Kevin Barrett Responds [letter to the editor of The American Thinker] by Kevin Barrett, January 3, 2007 - The American Thinker Why an Academic Boycott of Israel Is Necessary [by Lawrence Davidson] by Lawrence Davidson, January 3, 2007 - The Electronic Intifada A Conspiracy of Ignorance [on Kevin Barrett, 9/11 conspiracy theories] by David J. Rusin, January 2, 2007 - The American Thinker
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