Electronic Infitah: The Opening Up of Middle Eastern Media and Societies In the 1970s, the infitah, or opening up, of Egypt’s economy brought great opportunity to some Egyptians and great dislocation to others. Today, the opening up of communications through the adoption of new media across the Middle East likewise offers many opportunities for economic
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MEOC Perspectives Newsletter Issues in PDF format for download: Fall 2009 Spring 2008 Fall 2006

America’s Ongoing Struggle with Religious Pluralism The public discourse in today’s United States, crafted so clearly within a “post-9/11” framework, might lead one to believe that fear of Islam and Muslims is a reaction to the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, DC. This historical amnesia ignores America’s long history of discomfort with religious
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