One of the most disturbing aspects of the Danish cartoons scandal at Yale University Press is the role of the university administration. When author Jytte Klausen was summoned by John Donatich, director of the press, to hear that it wouldn't publish the cartoons in her book about them, Donatich had company. Also present were the …
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Chas Freeman and 9/11
How important has resentment of Israel been to Al Qaeda's terrorism? Here is one side of the argument, by an American who knows Saudi Arabia well: The heart of the poison is the Israel-Palestinian conundrum. When I was in Saudi Arabia, I was told by Saudi friends that on Saudi TV there were three terrorists …
Georgetown Yankees in Prince Alwaleed’s court
From the archive (2006): How Prince Alwaleed bought a piece of Georgetown U.
Saudi Prince on Academic Shopping Spree
Last month, a newspaper in Exeter, England, carried a news item with this Thousand-and-One-Nights headline: "Rich Prince Shares Wealth with City's University Students." Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal had flown into Exeter to make a gift of one million euros to the local university's Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies. The news item was absolutely …
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