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The hypocrisy of Massad

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Martin Kramer

Yesterday, I invited Columbia’s president and trustees to look more closely at Joseph Massad’s book Desiring Arabs, which Harvard University Press provisionally accepted as a proposal and later rejected as a completed manuscript. This is not Massad’s only recent publishing … Continue reading →

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More Massad mystery at Harvard

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Martin Kramer

In August 2006, I wrote a post entitled “Massad mystery at Harvard.” There I asked why, for two years, Joseph Massad described his book Desiring Arabs as “forthcoming from Harvard University Press,” only to announce that it would be published … Continue reading →

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Tenure for Joseph Massad?

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Martin Kramer

There are reports that Columbia University has tenured the rabid Joseph Massad. At least this is what Massad, now in Cairo, has told his friends. I’ve written my response to such a development, but I won’t post it until Columbia … Continue reading →

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Muftis of Morningside Heights

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Martin Kramer

Martin Kramer re-ups an earlier post, on the way Palestinian belief in Jewish “cowardice” sets up Palestinian failure, from 1948 to today. 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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