Anouar Majid gives lecture in Morocco to American students; urges them to engage Moroccans in dialogue

On September 20, 2012, Director of the Center for Global Humanities and Associate Provost for Global Initiatives Anouar Majid gave a lecture titled "Fall of the Arab Spring" at the Cross Cultural Center for Learning in Rabat, Morocco to about 60 American students who are doing research in the country.

The lecture, which was also attended by Moroccans, took place in the midst of the recent YouTube controversy (over a movie trailer that mocked Islam’s prophet Muhammad) that captured world attention.

Majid urged the American students to be more than researchers in Morocco, to engage Moroccans as Americans and to contribute to the dialogue between the U.S. and the world of Islam. He asked them to transcend their disciplines and not to be afraid to uphold American values if and when warranted.

 

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