Tag Archives: Bernard Lewis

Me and My MESA

Martin Kramer attends MESA. Why does he bother? Continue reading

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Six (make that seven) greatest stories ever told about the Middle East

Martin Kramer names the six most influential books on the Middle East. Continue reading

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A scholar’s library at Shalem College

Distinguished historian of Islam Bernard Lewis has provided the fledgling Shalem College with the core of its library. Continue reading

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Apologize to Bernard Lewis

Bernard Lewis puts the Crusades in historical perspective. Why do some distort his views? Continue reading

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Orhan Pamuk and Bernard Lewis

There’s a great deal of indignation in Europe and America over the possible prosecution of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, for words he spoke in an interview to a Swiss newspaper back in February. “Thirty thousand Kurds and a million Armenians … Continue reading

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