Middle East Studies Association

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• 5/5/19
  

  Denying Omar Barghouti Admittance to the U.S. Is a Free Speech Issue

  by Zachary Lockman

  A response to A.J. Caschetta from the chair of the North America wing of the Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom.

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• 5/5/19
  

  Why the Middle East Studies Association Should Not Defend Omar Barghouti

  by A.J. Caschetta

  MESA portrays Barghouti as a dissident who has been unfairly treated but Barghouti is much more than an outspoken activist whose opinions conflict with U.S. policy.

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• 10/21/18
  

  Why the Middle East Studies Association Raised Concerns About the Publication of Stolen Iraqi Documents

  by Laurie A. Brand

  It’s not because the Association has an allegedly anti-West bias.

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• 10/8/18
  

  Why Is the Middle East Studies Association Trying to Stop the Online Publication of Islamic State Documents?

  by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi

  The group’s stated reasons make no sense.

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• 10-9-16
  

  The Middle East Studies Establishment Goes Full Warrior

  by Daniel Pipes

  After we challenged a state university’s ties with a radical institution in the West Bank lauded by Hamas as a “greenhouse for martyrs” the Middle East Studies Association attacked us.

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• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  11-21-14
  

  Middle East Studies Association Fights a Rising Tide of Critics

  Nathan J. Brown, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University who will be completing a two-year term as Mesa’s president, argued this week in an email that the planned panel discussion was "about the Salaita case, not about Israel."