Campus Watch Weekly Update

Campus Watch reports the following from May 1- May 11, 2020:

Howler of the Month

“This article posits a theorisation of decolonisation in relation to queer as it emerges from the settler-colonial context of Palestine, what I call decolonial queering. The first part provides a new reading of Zionist settler-colonialism, which I define as hetero-conquest. Its novelty lies in refocusing the question of colonialism in native grounded knowledge of queering, while showing the limitations of those existing studies whose frames emanate mainly from American and/or global north contexts of racism and homo-nationalism.”

Walaa Alqaisiya, Fellow of Gender, Conflict, and Sexuality in the Dept. of Gender Studies at the London School of Economics; “Palestine and the Will to Theorise Decolonial Queering"; Middle East Critique, Vol. 29, 2020, Special Issue on Queering the Middle East.

Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19436149.2020.1704505

Campus Watch Research

American Academics Defend Iranian Regime Despite Dismal COVID-19 Response (David Gerstman): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60845/american-academics-defend-iranian-regime-despite

Campus Watch Blog

American Academics Defend Iranian Regime Despite Dismal COVID-9 Response (highlights Gerstman’s article): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60848/american-academics-defend-iranian-regime-despite

Middle East Studies in the News

Analysis of businessman Rami Makhlouf’s role in the Syrian economy (incl. Trinity U.'s David Lesch and Flynt Leverett): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60892/a-hard-lesson-for-rami-makhlouf-in-syria-no-one

Review of French book Qatar Papers (incl. Tariq Ramadan): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60891/qatar-papersreveals-the-scandals-of-the-qatar

Review of Rashid Khalidi’s book, The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60890/the-hundred-years-war-on-palestine-by-rashid

Review of American University Prof Akbar Ahmed’s book, Journey into Europe; islam, Immigration, and Identity: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60844/akbar-ahmed-explores-europe-anew-gives-call-for

Rashid Khalidi reflects on Edward Said’s legacy and influence on academia and public discourse: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60843/the-worldly-exile

Review of Swarthmore College Prof Sa’ed Atshan’s book, Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60842/queer-palestine-and-the-empire-of-critique-by

The Pluralism Project at Harvard University launches new and improved website (incl. Celene Ibrahim): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60823/a-curricular-goldmine-for-teaching-and-learning

What cooperation between Syria’s Assad and Libya’s Haftar means for Turkey (incl. U. of Oklahoma’s Joshua Landis): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60827/what-cooperation-between-syria-assad-and-libya

Hatem Bazian shares list of “Zionist Influencers” on Facebook: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60829/antisemitic-terror-supporter-hatem-bazian-shares

Global anti-Semitism rises as pandemic spreads (incl. UC Berkeley’s Hatem Bazian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60830/global-antisemitism-rises-as-pandemic-spreads

On the concepts of jihad and ijtihad (incl. Duke U.'s Omid Safi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60831/jihad-for-ijtihad-incl-omid-safi

Franklin and Marshall College’s SherAli Tareen writes book on the history of theological and political debates among Muslim scholars in modern South Asia (incl. Princeton U.'s Muhammad Qasim Zaman): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60832/book-on-history-of-deobandi-barelvi-ulama-debates

Princeton U.'s Seyed Hossein Mousavian says Germany designated Hezbollah a terror organization under pressure from Israel: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60834/germany-vulnerable-to-israel-due-to-holocaust-ex

Scholars and activists sign letter in support of Muslim academic Tariq Ramadan, on trial for rape in France: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/60822/france-scholars-activists-call-for-dismissal

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