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The column by Jordana R. Lewis ’02 entitled “Indoctrinating, Not Educating” (Opinion, Nov. 15) accuses me of conducting “indoctrination” and almost “propaganda” in Foreign Cultures 17: “Thought and Change...
Foreign Cultures courses are about “other” people. How are we going to understand them if we do not listen to them? The world is up in arms. Some are convinced that the world of Islam—the major subject of Foreign Cultures 17?...
Foreign Cultures 17 is concerned with many other matters than the troubles around Israel. It describes the recent experiences of countries before and after the break up of the Ottoman Empire. The course goes on to include the Khomeini revolution in Iran, as well as the position of women in...
In “Thought and Change in the Contemporary Middle East,” I am concerned with bringing the turmoil of a region critical for our future to the attention of our students. The account of the ideas and events that have moved these vast populations in their...
The writer is Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and teaches Foreign Cultures 17: “Thought and Change in the Contemporary Middle East.”