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Antisemitism crisis on campus? 85% of political scientists say no.
Plus, a rich new weekly roundup of scholarship on the Middle East. As regular readers know, Shibley Telhami and I have for several years been tracking the views of Middle East academic experts about threats to academic freedom, antisemitism, and other critical campus issues. Today, Bright Line Watch released its
State and Regime Violence
I'm thrilled to announce the publication of POMEPS Studies 55: State and Regime Violence. Based on a POMEPS workshop jointly organized with Toby Dodge at LSE's Middle East Centre last fall, and edited and introduced by me, this collection brings together a diverse, top-notch group of
Israel is still killing Gaza.
Why does nobody seems to notice anymore? For the last two months, Israel has maintained a complete blockade preventing food, medicine, and other humanitarian assistance from reaching the remnants of Gaza. Food and supplies stockpiled during the brief ceasefire have mostly run out, warns the World Food Programme, and little
Islamic Media in Egypt
Book review essays and podcasts about new publications on the Middle East are a regular feature of Abu Aardvark's MENA Academy. Two longtime areas of my research focus are Islamist movements and Arab media. Especially before the 2011 Arab uprisings, I published regularly about the transformative effects of