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Bernard Lewis and Fouad Ajami are two of the most distinguished Orientalists not just in this country but in the world.(The Week ...)(Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa)(Brief article)

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Bernard Lewis and Fouad Ajami are two of the most distinguished Orientalists not just in this country but in the world. True scholars, they think that all is far from well in the Arab and Muslim world, and are not afraid to say so. Together with an eminent council, they have jointly founded the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, otherwise ASMEA. But is there not already the Middle East Studies Association, or MESA, the learned body representing academics in the field? Yes, and that's the trouble. MESA long ago surrendered to the late Edward Said and his line of thinking that the West is to blame for everything that Muslims suffer from. More ...

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