Campus Watch Weekly Update

Campus Watch reports the following from March 13 - March 27:

Campus Watch Research:

Georgetown panel miraculously criticizes the ‘golden age’ myth of Muslim empire (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64267/georgetown-panel-miraculously-criticizes

Middle East Studies in the News

Since MESA endorsed BDS, its membership has declined: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64276/the-flight-from-mesa

Middle East Studies is still plagued by problems of standards, politicization, and funding: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64258/to-boycott-or-not-to-boycott

Jewish-Americans and Iranian-Americans gathered at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles in solidarity with the women of Iran (incl. Mohammad Jafar Mahallati): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64250/iranian-americans-and-jews-have-natural-allyship

Republican senators wrote letter to education dept. accusing the Biden administration of allowing “taxpayer-funded antisemitism” on college campuses: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/64249/republicans-demand-answers-from-education-dept-on

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