I cringe when I agree with Nicholas Kristof but I agree with him - TopicsExpress



          

I cringe when I agree with Nicholas Kristof but I agree with him here. I can say that modern academic training has developed in such a way (that is even true in the Arab world in Arabic) so that academics are trained and judged and promoted on the extent to which that they can write to one another. Furthermore, academics are encouraged and rewarded if they speak to the government but speaking to the large public in a language that can be mass deciphered is something that is strictly discouraged and even punished. After Sep. 11, I made a conscious decision to focus my energy on speaking Arabic to Arab audiences--as much as I can given my limited outlets. angryarab.blogspot/2014/02/academics-and-public-debate.html
Posted on: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:32:49 +0000

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