Bernard Lewis thought Iran's regime would fall. But who would push it?
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Bernard Lewis: remade in America
Fifty years ago, Bernard Lewis came to America. That changed them both.
Golda Meir’s filtration system
Could Bernard Lewis have prevented the Yom Kippur war?
Bernard Lewis and world leaders
Bernard Lewis met the mighty. Did he influence them?
Semites, antisemites, and Bernard Lewis
Was Bernard Lewis a victim of Arab antisemitism?
The clash of civilizations: whose idea?
Bernard Lewis coined "the clash of civilizations." But just what did he mean?
What would Bernard Lewis say?
Bernard Lewis passed away two years ago. No one has filled the stage vacated by Lewis, and I explain why.
Bernard Lewis, between memory and legacy
If Bernard Lewis remains useful to the next generation, his legacy will live.
If Fouad Ajami had eulogized Bernard Lewis
What if Fouad Ajami had eulogized Bernard Lewis?
Empire versus nationalism
Between the world wars in the Middle East, imperialism reached its apogee.
Europe defeats Islam
Egypt occupied, the Ottoman Empire defeated. Islam scrapes bottom.
Appreciating Bernard Lewis
Former students of Bernard Lewis come together in Washington to remember and appreciate.
The Conflicted Legacy of Bernard Lewis: A Clash of Interpretations
Bernard Lewis was admired, reviled, and above all, misunderstood.
Bernard Lewis rests among the greats
Bernard Lewis rests with Hebrew's greats.
Bernard Lewis, 1916-2018
Bernard Lewis has passed away. He was preeminent.
MESA, Bernard Lewis, MLK, and antisemitism (social media round-up)
A few of Martin Kramer's pointers from spring 2018, on MESA, Bernard Lewis, antisemitism, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Jewish ban (Arab version)
Muslim ban? What about the Jewish ban? Bernard Lewis remembers.
Bernard Lewis: master historian
An entire syllabus could be based on the works of Bernard Lewis.
Bernard Lewis and the return of Islam
Bernard Lewis has reached 100. He's still a guide to the present moment.
Me and My MESA
Martin Kramer attends MESA. Why does he bother?
Six (make that seven) greatest stories ever told about the Middle East
Martin Kramer names the seven most influential books on the Middle East.
A scholar’s library at Shalem College
Distinguished historian of Islam Bernard Lewis has provided the fledgling Shalem College with the core of its library.
Apologize to Bernard Lewis
Bernard Lewis puts the Crusades in historical perspective. Why do some distort his views?
Orhan Pamuk and Bernard Lewis
There's a great deal of indignation in Europe and America over the possible prosecution of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, for words he spoke in an interview to a Swiss newspaper back in February. "Thirty thousand Kurds and a million Armenians were killed in these lands and no one dares to speak out on this but …
Bad Mamdani
Saturday I caught the end of an Ann Arbor lecture by Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia's Herbert Lehman Professor of Government. (It was carried by BookTV.) Mamdani is the author of a book, Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, which is a recitation of the usual shibboleths. He's another extremist, a 1970s-vintage Marxist, who'd taught in Uganda and South …
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