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Mideast studies in a “sorry state”

Posted on January 3, 2005 by Martin Kramer

Over the break, Gilles Kepel, the French Arabist, published a Tocquevillian opinion piece on Middle Eastern studies in America, in the Financial Times. Kepel, who recently traversed America on a book tour, stakes out a position between the rival camps … Continue reading →

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He ain’t heavy, he’s my Muslim Brother

Posted on October 7, 2004 by Martin Kramer

Martin Kramer delivered these remarks on September 24, on a panel entitled “Islam, Islamism, and U.S. Foreign Policy.” He shared the podium with the French Arabist Gilles Kepel, author of a new book, The War for Muslim Minds. The event … Continue reading →

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