Word: grahams
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...accounts, fairminded tolerance, that rare species of liberalism, has taken flight from this eminent institution. This is clearly discernable in a recent letter by William A. Graham, the director of the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES), which criticizes The Crimson's repeated coverage of my case as "irresponsible and misleading" ("Afrasiabi News Article Irresponsible and Misleading," Letters...
According to Mr. Graham, "there is not, nor has there ever been, any attempt by any one at the CMES to do anything to Mr. Afrasiabi except to deny him continuing affiliation after he misrepresented his Harvard affiliation in print." This statement is so hypocritically false as to be a perfect subject for the Harvard Lampoon...
First, I challenge Mr. Graham to submit to the media any evidence of my published writings where I have allegedly misrepresented my institutional affiliation. I submit to the readers that there is not one iota of truth about this allegation, and that Mr. Graham is a pathetic liar...
...dare Mr. Graham accuse me of "ongoing harassment" of Reza Alavi when it is this gentleman, i.e., the editor of the Journal of Islamic and Middle East Review, who, along with his work-study student, attached to me their fabricated, phantasmagorical plot of a petty extortionist with the worst Middle East stereotypes. It sounds like the intellectual fascists at CMES are planning their second conspiracy against me with more false accusations...
...Graham writes about the "baselessness" of my charges. I challenge him to state publicly that the CMES and/or Roy Mottahedeh have never had any dealings/ties with the Disinherited Foundation. Also, I invite him to contact professor John Gurney at Oxford University and professor Ervand Abramian at City University in New York to learn that Mr. Roy Mottahedeh has done his best to defame me with other Middle East scholars...