Kadhim traces history of rebellion in Islam Marwa Farag February 23, 2012 0 Comments Revolution, rebellion and justice in Islam were the central themes of a Wednesday evening lecture by Abbas Kadhim, an expert on Islamic theology. Kadhim is a visiting scholar at Stanford and assistant... Read More »
SUES calls for changes to advising Marwa Farag February 16, 2012 0 Comments Academic advising has been recognized as an important part of undergraduate education at Stanford for over a century and has been delivered poorly for just as long, according to the recent Study of... Read More »
Air campaign set unethical precedent in Iraq, prof says Marwa Farag February 10, 2012 1 Comment Associate Professor of History Priya Satia discussed the British invention of air control as a military surveillance tactic in Iraq during the interwar years. She said British perceptions of the... Read More »
Ghonim analyzes uprisings in Egypt Marwa Farag February 8, 2012 2 Comments Egyptian revolutionary Wael Ghonim spoke Tuesday on the situation in Egypt one year after the uprisings that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak. Read More »
UN representative challenges Middle East peace process Marwa Farag February 7, 2012 8 Comments Richard Falk, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, spoke Monday at Stanford Law School on the “fundamental”... Read More »
Knight Fellow alumni start Egypt project Marwa Farag February 2, 2012 0 Comments At a moment when technology and journalism increasingly intersect, two former Stanford Knight Journalism Fellows have launched #18DaysInEgypt, a collaborative documentary project about the Egyptian... Read More »
Eikenberry assesses U.S. role in Afghanistan Marwa Farag January 31, 2012 0 Comments “We’ve done a lot there. We haven’t done it all well, but we should be proud of what we have done,” former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry M.A. ’94 said during his closing... Read More »
Faculty react to State of the Union address Marwa Farag January 25, 2012 0 Comments “We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by. Or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair... Read More »