The Middle East on the U.S. Campus with Sahar Aziz and Peter Beinart (Fares Center International Conference 2024)
The Fares Center International Conference took place on April 18 and 19, 2024 at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
Keynote Panel Title: The Middle East in the US Campus and Implications for Knowledge Production and Freedom of Speech
Friday, April 19, 2024 | 1:15pm – 2:45pm Chaired by Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, The Fletcher School
Sahar Aziz’s scholarship examines the intersection of national security, race, religion, and civil rights with a focus on the adverse impact of national security laws and policies on racial, religious, and ethnic minorities. She is the author of the book The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom and the founding director of the Center for Security, Race and Rights. Professor Aziz is a recipient of the Derrick A. Bell Award from the Association of American Law Schools and was named a Middle Eastern and North African American National Security and Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader by New America in 2020 and a Soros Equality Fellow in 2021.
Peter Beinart is Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He is also Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents, an MSNBC political commentator, a frequent contributor to The New York Times, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He writes the Beinart Notebook newsletter on Substack.Com
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