Juan Cole speaks Arabic, but there are Americans who are a lot more confident of their proficiency than he is.
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Commander of Arabic
Juan Cole has a "command" of Arabic, but it doesn't always obey.
Juan Cole Jogs My MEMRI
Juan Cole is howling about a threat of legal action from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which objects to claims he made about its press monitoring operation—claims which, according to MEMRI's president Yigal Carmon, are factually untrue. Cole claimed that MEMRI is funded "to the tune of $60 million a year" (an absurd …
Iraq: Another “Expert” Blind Spot
Where are America's Iraq experts? According to one view, the media are hiding them from you. That's the claim of Juan Cole, University of Michigan historian. He's one of the establishment boosters of Middle Eastern studies, and a staunch defender of the Middle East Studies Association against all comers. (He also edits its quarterly journal.) …
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