reports the following from February 22-28, 2019:
We Couldn’t Have Said it Better
"[A]nti-Israel activists in the audience will certainly spread the film’s message while they take courses on the Mideast conflict. It also suggests that academic departments support a deeply one-sided, anti-Israel narrative, which can discourage students who hold a different view from speaking out.”
Debra Glazer, StandWithUs Orange County representative, on UC Irvine hosting a screening of the propaganda film “1948: Creation and Catastrophe,” with a panel moderated by anti-Israel Middle Eastern history professor Mark LeVine; Jewish Journal, February 27, 2019.
Source link: https://jewishjournal.com/news/los_angeles/community/294524/uc-irvine-screens-anti-israel-film/
Campus Watch Blog
U. of San Francisco Prof Stephen Zunes Joins Code Pink ‘Delegation’ to Iran to ‘Challenge’ Trump’s Policies: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57901/u-of-san-francisco-prof-stephen-zunes-joins-code
Catholic Theological Union’s Scott Alexander Teaches About ‘Islamophobia,’ Not Muslim Hostility to Christians: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57893/catholic-theological-union-prof-scott-alexander
U. of Michigan’s Juan Cole Responds to Book Criticism with Name-Calling: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57891/u-of-michigan-juan-cole-responds-to-book
U. of Arkansas Fosters Islamic Proselytizing in Local Public Schools: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57869/u-of-arkansas-fosters-islamic-proselytizing-in
The Hysteria at SFSU Over Israeli Independence Day Continues: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57863/the-hysteria-at-sfsu-over-israeli-independence
Middle East Studies in the News
The New Yorker portrays UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian, and other anti-Israel activists, as victims of the private Israeli intelligence firm Psy-Group: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57898/how-a-private-israeli-intelligence-firm-spied-on
On the Economist’s upbeat take on Islam in Europe and America (incl. Rhodes College prof Yasir Qadhi and the Islamic Seminary of America): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57897/economist-package-offers-an-upbeat-slant-on-islam
UC Irvine hosts a screening of the anti-Israel film 1948: Creation and Catastrophe, with a panel moderated by Middle Eastern history prof Mark LeVine: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57895/uc-irvine-screens-anti-israel-film-incl-rashid
UNC hosts the 16th Annual Duke-UNC Graduate Middle East and Islamic Studies Conference (incl. Cemil Aydin, Anna Bigelow, Banu Gökarıksel): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57894/graduate-students-organize-and-present-at-islamic
Robert Spencer on Catholic Theological Union offering an “Islamophobia” course taught by Scott C. Alexander, who is affiliated with Georgetown U’s ACMCU: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57892/catholic-theological-union-offers-course-on
Muslim feminist Asma Barlas asks why only men have the authority to interpret the Qur’an (incl. Tariq Ramadan, with whom she once debated the matter): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57877/do-men-have-the-exclusive-right-to-interpret
On the Code Pink “delegation,” including U. of San Francisco prof Stephen Zunes, to Iran to oppose Trump’s policies: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57874/group-with-bay-area-ties-in-iran-to-oppose-trump
Bethel High School (CT) aims to add Arabic courses (taught by former Al-Jazeera news director Ali El Moustakim): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57875/bethel-high-school-aims-to-add-arabic-class-incl
In a U. of Arkansas-organized program, Fayetteville High School students interview local Muslims and tell “their stories through art,” including a mosque visit: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57868/arkansas-high-school-students-use-art-to-learn
JW’s Stephen M. Kirby on Juan Cole’s response to his critical book review: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57867/the-university-of-michigan-juan-cole-and
On former Dartmouth MESer Diana Abouali being appointed the new director of Dearborn’s Arab American National Museum:
Press and Guide (MI): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57878/new-director-appointed-for-arab-american-national
AP: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57886/middle-eastern-studies-expert-to-lead-us-arab
Moonlighters
Sycophantic interview with UC Riverside prof Reza Aslan focusing on the digital series he co-produces, Secret Life of Muslims: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57899/shattering-religious-stereotypes-behind
Glowing review of U. of Texas-Austin prof Geraldine Heng’s book, The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57887/the-invention-of-race-in-the-european-middle-ages
Gary Fouse on former academic Steven Salaita’s op-ed about becoming a school bus driver: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57872/steven-salaita-as-ralph-kramden
Temple U. prof Marc Lamont Hill took part in a debate (incl. Douglas Murray) on the “refugee crisis” at the Doha Debates in Qatar: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57896/sheikha-moza-attends-debut-session-of-doha
On Marc Lamont Hill presenting PFLP terrorist Ali Jiddah as a victim of Israeli racism in his new documentary:
Elder of Ziyon: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57871/marc-lamont-hill-new-documentary-features
Israellycool Blog: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57870/marc-lamont-hill-is-still-pimping-for-terrorists
Arutz Sheva (Israel National News): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57876/marc-lamont-hill-anti-israel-documentary-features
