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T HREE LINES OF POETRY plot the trajectory of Arab national consciousness. “Awake, O Arabs, and arise!” begins the famous ode of Ibrahim al-Yaziji, penned in 1868 in Lebanon. 1 George Antonius deployed the line as the epigraph of his influential book of 1938, The Arab Awakening, as the first utterance of a nascent Arab desire for ...
Nov 30, 2016 · -Martin Kramer, a preeminent and prolific scholar of the Middle East, provides expert and singularly clear-sighted insights into this crucial region. Whether writing about the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the West's relations with Islam, or the global struggle against terror, Kramer is at once deeply informed, courageous, and engaging.-
- Martin Kramer
Oct 23, 2008 · Ivory Towers on Sand: the download. On October 23, 2008July 2, 2020 By Martin Kramer. Seven years ago this week, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy published my book Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America. I’m pleased to announce that as of this morning, and for the first time, the entire book is ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Byron and Zion. On April 19, 2024 By Martin Kramer. April 19 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of the English Romantic poet Lord Byron, at the age of 36. Byron was an acclaimed celebrity in his day, hailed for his literary genius and scrutinized for his notorious personal life, which gave rise to endless fascination and speculation.
Martin Kramer, “A U.S. Visa for an Islamic Extremist?”. Policywatch, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, no. 121, June 29, 1994. FOR NEARLY A YEAR, Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi has been seeking an American visa. Ghannouchi, the most prominent Islamist in the West, is the leader of Al-Nahda (The Revival), Tunisia’s major Islamist ...
About Martin Kramer I research and interpret the history and politics of the Middle East, contemporary Islam, and modern Israel. I was the founding president of Shalem College in Jerusalem, Israel’s first liberal arts college, where I continue to teach the modern history of the Middle East.
Oct 3, 2014 · On September 4, 2014 By Martin Kramer. Several hundred Middle East scholars have put out a letter pledging to boycott Israeli institutions of higher education. The organized association of Middle Eastern studies has rejected boycotts in the past, and is likely to do so again if the issue even gets tabled at the next convention.
