Oppression is not a point of view
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Chanakya Sethi | Daily Princetonian | 28 April 2005 The potential appointment of a professor embroiled in the recent controversy over Middle Eastern studies at Columbia University has polarized some members of Princeton’s Jewish community. Last month, Wilson School professor and Center for Jewish Life (CJL) board member Stanley Katz wrote a sharply critical
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Daily Princetonian | 28 April 2005 The following email messages were sent between Stanley Katz, former CJL board president and Wilson School professor; Arlene Pedovitch ’80, interim CJL director; and Henry Farber, current CJL board president and economics professor; regarding comments made by Pedovitch to The Daily Princetonian. Copies of the messages were obtained
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Tamara Traubman | Haaretz | 26 April 2005 Haifa University President Aharon Ben-Ze’ev called on Dr. Ilan Pappe, a staff member who supports the academic boycott on Israeli universities, to tender his resignation. “It is fitting for someone who calls for a boycott of his university to apply the boycott himself,” Ben-Ze’ev said yesterday.
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Scott Jaschik | Inside Higher Ed News | 25 April 2005 A prominent professor of Middle Eastern studies at Columbia University is up for a professorship at Princeton University — and the controversy over his work and his views could follow him. Rashid Khalidi is currently the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and
» Read moreNPIT3 Call for Papers Probably the most widespread form of cultural and linguistic mediation, non-professional interpreting and translation has slowly begun to receive the recognition it deserves within interpreting and translation studies. Pushing the boundaries of many definitions of translation and interpreting, it encompasses a dynamic, under-researched field that is not necessarily subject to the norms and expectations that guide
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Bahia Shehab During the Egyptian revolution, art sublimated violence and translated emotions. Music, theatre, video art, graffiti and cartoons were just a few examples of media of protest that overtook the streets and cyberspace. Strong emotions brought about intense creativity, and in the process artists and laymen alike provided us with exceptional examples of how to express dissidence and solidarity
» Read morePublished on May 21, 2013 Reviving calligraphy and shaping the future of script through her students, Bahia Shehab, Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of the Arts, works on the first ever encyclopedia of the Arabic script.
» Read moreBY Nama Khalil 2 September 2014, Design and Violence From the curators: Using sexual violence to intimidate, crack down on dissent, or brutalize opposition is nothing new. Neither is graffiti—illicit drawings are older than Pompeii. However, such designs have taken on new life of late, paralleling an increased public and political focus on female sexuality. During the wave of disparate yet
» Read more24 March 2014, Louisiana Channel “Graffiti is like flowers. They are beautiful, but they don’t live long.” An interview with Lebanese-Egyptian street-artist Bahia Shehab about the role of art during the Arab spring: “You cannot resist ideas. They can travel into any mind.” “I am a quiet person, I don’t know how to scream”, says Bahia Shehab. “My contribution
» Read morePosted by: Karen Eng September 7, 2012 TED Blog When art historian and scholar of Arabic script Bahia Shehab was asked to create a piece commemorating the centenary of the first exhibition on Islamic art in Europe, little did she know that the Egyptian revolution would ultimately transform her into a street artist and activist with a powerful and subtle voice of protest.
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