Posted in Darfur, Islam, Middle East studies, Sudan on Aug 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
A review of Mahmoud Mamdani’s “Saviors and Survivors. Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror ”. Part 1
by Anders Hastrup.
A new book by Mahmoud Mamdani has sparked great controversy among scholars and activists working on Darfur. The title is “Saviors and Survivors. Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror”. This is the first in a [...]
Posted in Arab media, EU, Islam, Israel, US on Apr 21st, 2009 6 Comments »
by Sune Haugbolle
The images of EU representatives walking out during Ahmedinejad’s speech in Genève yesterday, amidst the cheers of Arab and other representatives, are haunting. They speak of a chasm in cross-cultural understanding, and that sense will probably remain as a big ugly stain on our collective global consciousness from this event even if the diplomats [...]
Posted in Islam, Middle East studies on Dec 17th, 2008 3 Comments »
By Sune Haugbolle.
As a blogging newbie I’m discovering how entries can be funny, and sometimes not so funny, in the way that they take on a life of their own on the Net. My previous piece about MESA 2008 and why we should put Said on the backburner was read by a lot of people, [...]
