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Gaza buried in flour

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Martin Kramer

To believe these authors, each Gazan consumes almost half a ton of flour per day. Continue reading →

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Massad mystery at Harvard

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Martin Kramer

Joseph Massad, the student-abusing extremist who’s left an indelible stain on Columbia, is back from leave to teach this semester. According to Massad, this is to be a banner year for him: in the spring, the University of Chicago Press … Continue reading →

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Why Harvard isn’t Columbia

Posted on March 11, 2005 by Martin Kramer

Today’s Harvard Crimson runs an article on the crisis at Columbia. There isn’t much new there, except at the end, where the reporter asks a Harvard professor of Middle Eastern history, Roger Owen, why Harvard isn’t plagued with a similiar … Continue reading →

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Lawrence of Academia?

Posted on July 17, 2003 by Martin Kramer

Last month, academics who run a discussion log on Middle Eastern studies exchanged ideas on how to justify their Title VI federal subsidy. One of them posted this: The anecdote/argument that I find works best with gov’t officals concerning the … Continue reading →

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Ignatieff’s Empire

Posted on January 5, 2003 by Martin Kramer

Michael Ignatieff has a meandering piece in today’s New York Times Magazine on American empire. In it, he tells us that “leaving the Palestinians to face Israeli tanks and helicopter gunships is a virtual guarantee of unending Islamic wrath against … Continue reading →

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