Middle East Studies in the News

The Arabic department is discussing ways to address the Nazi background of an Arabic-English dictionary that has been required for Arabic classes at the University for years.
Support for the Palestinian cause is now the default position across the West’s progressive classes, including for many Jews.
Two recent cases from the U.S. throw into sharp relief just how critical institutional autonomy is for academic freedom.
Planned October 20 reading of the anti-Israel book at the Highland Park, N.J. library, is now the subject of a possible watershed lawsuit.
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