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August 23, 2021

Campus Watch reports the following from August 3 - August 23, 2021:

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Confusion, Blame-Shifting, and Inaccuracy: Academia Reacts to the Fall of Afghanistan (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62582/academia-reacts-to-the-fall-of-afghanistan

The Palestinian Solidarity Statement I’d Like to See (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62586/palestinian-solidarity-statement-id-like-to-see

Middle East Studies in the News

How anti-Zionism permeates ethnic studies at UCLA (incl. Loubna Qutami): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62553/it-ethnic-studies-in-universities-that-need

On anti-Israel incitement in Univ. of North Carolina classrooms:

The Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62588/unc-violates-government-agreement-by-promoting

The Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62589/more-anti-israel-hatred-infests-the-university

The Algemeiner: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62590/after-pushback-university-of-north-carolina

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On March 15, 2026, two weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran’s regime, Alireza Doostdar, an associate professor of Islamic Studies in the Divinity School, told his followers on X that he was reading Yahya Sinwar’s prison novel The Thorn and the Carnation for his course “Liberatory Violence” and found it “remarkable how good it is as sociological commentary.”
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The Great Satan Comes to Hyde Park
UChicago’s Former Middle East Center Director Teaches Sinwar and Roots for Tehran’s Missiles
October 21, 2026
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Gregg Roman
On Friday, September 18, 2026, Michigan State University’s Muslim Studies Program marked its 20th anniversary at the MSU International Center. The honoree was Mohammed Ayoob, a distinguished professor emeritus of international relations and the program’s founding coordinator.
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9/11 Wasn’t About Islam, Says the Professor Michigan State Just Honored
‘The Reality Was Far More Complex and Was Primarily Related to the Widespread Opposition to American Policy in the Middle East’
September 21, 2026
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Gregg Roman
“Lawdan Bazargan, you are absolutely finished,” Saeidi says in a Persian-language post on X last month, verified as accurate by The Post. “I am coming after you with an army … Lawdan, we will do something to you that will be recorded in history.” Image: Old Main at the University of Arkansas.
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Former University of Arkansas Professor Shirin Saiedi Vows to Go After Critics ‘With an Army’
Pro-Iran Professor Blames the End of Her Career in the U.S. on Lawdan Bazargan
September 6, 2026
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Benjamin Weinthal