Title: MENASG Session Sponsorship and Paper CompetitionAuthor: Dr. Amy Mills 08/29/2006 Middle East and North Africa Specialty Group of the AAG (MENASG) panel sponsorship and paper competition The Middle East and North Africa Specialty Group of the AAG (MENASG) welcomes…
read moreDear Dr. Beck, Thank you for your kind letter. As an introduction, I am already a member of SPME… Below is the text of the letter sent to as many colleagues as I could manage from my computer (in blue…
read moreSPME Chat Feedback Will Publish Chat Feedback from SPME Contributing Members Only. To become a contributing member, go to spme.org/join.html On loyalty oaths… I signed a loyalty oath in Florida years and years ago and it’s mandatory as far as…
read moreThis Fall many of us will face lots of anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism as we head back to campus. The events of the summer in Lebanon and Gaza may possibily give fuel to lots of negativity towards Israel, perhaps Jews and…
read moreYes, it’s a very good idea. Dr. Raphael Marcus (retired)McGill UniversityMontreal, Canada
read moreIn the news section of this issue of SPME Faculty Forum, there is a story from Inside Higher Education on new employees of some public universities and state agencies in Ohio having to sign a loyalty oath stating that they…
read moreSPME would like to know what you think will be the results of the UN Security Council cease fire resolution. Israel, Lebanon and Hizbollah have all said they would comply and yet as of this writing the intensity of the…
read moreDear Editor, Your report on health conditions in Gaza (“Gaza crisis continues to worsen as all eyes turn to Lebanon”) cites only Palestinian, NGO, and UN sources; your correspondent did not consult a single Israeli source. This in itself would…
read moreTo the editor, Today’s paper (Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 2006) includes an Associated Press map with the heading “Displaced by Fighting in Lebanon”. The map and accompanying story, however, shows only Lebanese displaced. No mention is made of the Israelis…
read moreWhen Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of Hezbollah held his press conference to declare his new victory over his enemy, Israel, he was triggering -probably without knowing- a new era in the history of Lebanon and the region. “We will…
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