Campus Watch reports the following from August 19-24, 2019:
We Couldn’t Have Said it Better
“Then, in 1978, the entire field of Middle Eastern Studies was revolutionized by the late professor of English comparative literature at Columbia University, Edward Said, with the publication of his book, ‘Orientalism.’ The treatise was that no one could speak with any degree of scholarship and authenticity about the Middle East unless he or she was a native of the region (i.e., an Arab or a Muslim). . . . A cannon of almost biblical proportion developed. Edward Said was the grand master, and his disciples include (among many others) Rashid Khalidi, Hamid Dabashi, and Joseph Massad at Columbia, and Hatem Bazian, the founder of Students for Justice in Palestine, which has known links to terrorist organizations.”
Sarah N. Stern, founder and president of the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), in the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), August 21, 2019.
Link: https://www.jns.org/opinion/even-more-dangerous-than-the-proposed-california-curriculum/
Campus Watch Research
Middle East Scholars Blame Trump for an Iran Policy 40 Years in the Making (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59202/middle-east-scholars-blame-trump-for-an-iran
Campus Watch Blog
Government Funding for Radical Middle East Studies Academics Threatens K-12 Education: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59220/government-funding-for-radical-middle-east
Middle East Scholars Blame Trump for an Iran Policy 40 Years in the Making (highlighting A.J. Caschetta’s article): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59204/middle-east-scholars-blame-trump-for-an-iran
Qatar Foundation International’s Nefarious Influence on K-12 and Higher Education in America: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59201/qatar-foundation-international-nefarious
Middle East Studies in the News
Jerold Auerbach debunks the myth of the Palestinians as Canaanites (incl. Columbia U’s Rashid Khalidi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59225/palestinian-canaanites-incl-rashid-khalidi
EMET’s Sarah Stern on the perils of Title VI funding for radical Middle East studies profs (incl. Bernard Lewis; Columbia’s Rashid Khalidi, Hamid Dabashi, and Joseph Massad; and UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59214/even-more-dangerous-than-the-proposed-california
Thomas More Law Center investigative report on a “well-orchestrated Islamic propaganda campaign aimed at teachers” in MI school districts and beyond: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59230/tmlc-uncovers-tax-payer-funded-islamic-propaganda
On Israel barring Reps. Tlaib and Omar from a planned visit (quotes CSU Stanislaus prof As’ad AbuKhalil on BDS):
(Shmuley Boteach): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59211/israel-was-justified-in-barring-omar-and-tlaib
Jewish Journal (Karys Rhea and Keren Toledano): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59212/what-the-media-wont-tell-us-about-tlaib-and-omar
Articles that include Swarthmore prof Sa’ed Atshan:
On the Palestinian Authority banning an LGBTQ group from organizing: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59213/palestinian-police-vow-crackdown-on-lgbtq-events
The latest on a lawsuit by two teachers, who claim they were fired by a Main Line Quaker school for inviting Atshan to speak: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59208/fired-friends-central-teachers-can-pursue-some
On the Middle East Studies Association writing to the Egyptian government asking them to lift probationary restrictions for Walid Khalil el-Sayed Salem, a U. of Washington Ph.D. student arrested in May 2018 while conducting research for a dissertation on the Egyptian judiciary:
Inside Higher Ed: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59209/phd-student-prevented-from-leaving-egypt-on-walid
The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59210/call-to-release-phd-student-in-egypt-on-walid
On the proposed ethnic-studies high school curriculum for California high schools that was scrapped due to outcry over anti-Israel bias:
J: The Jewish News of Northern California (interview with CA Governor Gavin Newsom): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59227/in-face-to-face-with-gov-newsom-strong-support
Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59228/governor-gavin-newsom-draft-ethnic-studies
Moonlighters
Israellycool Blog on Temple U. prof Marc Lamont Hill’s trip to Israel: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59229/antisemite-terrorist-supporter-marc-lamont-hill
Columbia Journalism School grad sings the praises of journalism prof Ari Goldman’s “Covering Religion” course: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/59226/teaching-israel-palestine-at-columbia-on-ari
