Campus Watch reports the following from March 8-14, 2019:
Campus Watch Blog
Campus Radicalism Gives Rise to Ilhan Omar (and Campaign Donor Hatem Bazian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57985/campus-radicalism-gives-rise-to-ilhan-omar
Temple U’s Marc Lamont Hill Still Calling for a ‘Free Palestine from the River to the Sea': https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57983/temple-u-marc-lamont-hill-still-calling-for
Middle East Studies in the News
U. of Notre Dame prof Ebrahim Moosa’s Madrasa Discourses project receives a two-year grant extension from the John Templeton Foundation: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57998/madrasa-discourses-initiative-receives-2-year
Iran’s Mehr News Agency profiles Iranian-American psychotherapist Laleh Bakhtiar, who explains how George Washington U. prof Seyyed Hossein Nasr introduced her to Islam: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57994/an-exploration-into-life-of-american-iranian-who
Daniel Greenfield on how campus anti-Semitism led to Ilhan Omar (incl. UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57982/campus-anti-semitism-comes-to-congress-incl-hatem
How the controversy over Ilhan Omar reflects an ongoing campus debate (incl. Steven Salaita, Muqtedar Khan, Atiya Aftab): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57970/omar-furor-reflects-intensifying-national-debate
On the reaction of Jewish parents to a map with “Palestine” replacing Israel at Autrey Mill Middle School’s (GA) “multicultural night": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57979/jewish-parents-furious-over-map-of-palestine
Gary Fouse mocks SFSU prof Rabab Abdulhadi’s latest claim to victimhood: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57978/rabab-abdulhadi-and-her-flunkies-cry-the-blues
Luther College prof Todd Green to speak about “Islamophobia” at Coe College (Cedar Rapids, Iowa): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57967/local-groups-take-aim-at-islamophobia-incl-todd
Huron University College’s Ingrid Mattson delivers keynote on “Muslim matriarchs” at Western U’s Pluralism and Religious Diversity Week: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57977/speaker-tells-stories-of-muslim-matriarchs-from
On the fourth Annual Arab Exhibition at the U. of Manitoba (incl. Arabic instructor Rawia Azzahrawi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57988/arabic-art-and-history-showcased-at-u-of-m-incl
In Memoriam:
Speros Vryonis Jr., former director of UCLA’s G. E. von Grunebaum Center for Near-Eastern Studies: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57986/acclaimed-greek-american-historian-speros-vryonis
And: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57987/speros-vryonis-greek-american-historian-dead-at-90
On a French court rejecting a request from Tariq Ramadan to drop two rape charges against him:
France 24 with AFP: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57997/french-court-rejects-request-to-drop-rape-charges
Arab News (Saudi Arabia): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58000/french-court-rejects-attempt-by-scholar-tariq
The National (UAE): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57999/french-court-rejects-appeal-to-drop-tariq-ramadan
On Oberlin College switching to a “digital classroom” for Arabic courses:
The Oberlin Review: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57973/arabic-courses-to-be-offered-digitally
The Oberlin Review (editorial): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57974/arabic-transition-offers-opportunity-to-model
Moonlighters
Letter to the editor of the Lantern (Ohio State U.) from the Hindu YUVA Executive Committee rebutting attacks from English prof Pranav Jani: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57972/letter-to-the-editor-attempts-to-politicize
Ziva Dahl on NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies inviting anti-Semitic speakers (incl. Rutgers U’s Jasbir Puar): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57968/nyu-invites-anti-semitic-speakers-to-promote
On a video of Democratic Socialists of America chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” (incl. Temple U’s Marc Lamont Hill): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57965/aoc-democratic-socialists-chant-for-israel
On Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann’s lawsuit against CNN (incl. Reza Aslan): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57996/sandmann-sues-cnn-for-275-million-incl-reza-aslan
Andalou Agency (Turkey) on a panel at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University on the “Arab Spring” and “Trumpism” (incl. Sami Al-Arian, Richard Falk): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57995/arab-spring-trumpism-discussed-at-istanbul-panel
MEMRI translates a TV discussion with the founders of Iran’s New Horizon conference (incl. Norman Finkelstein): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57981/founders-of-iranian-new-horizon-conference-that
On Norman Finkelstein speaking at the U. of Toronto:
The Medium (student newspaper of the University of Toronto Mississauga): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57980/anti-israel-activist-apeaks-at-utm-on-norman
The Varsity (student newspaper for University of Toronto): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/57966/norman-finkelstein-speaks-on-rights
