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 and social change, along with the uncertainties that Read More →
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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 traditions that feel “foreign” to the majority culture during particular periods in the country’s development. Read More →
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