Presentations on Islam and the Middle East

UNC and Duke faculty frequently appear in the media to discuss contemporary issues and topics related to Islam and the Middle East.

Islam

Faith, Fear & Freedom WRAL documentary on Muslims in North Carolina with commentary by Carl Ernst, Jen’nan Read, and David Schanzer.

 

Faith, Fear, and Freedom Panel Discussion with Imam Abdullah Antepli, Carl Ernst, and David Schanzer.

 

Sahar Amer and Banu Gokariksel discuss the Muslim veil on NPR's The State of Things.

Carl Ernst discusses his book, How to Read the Qur’an, with Frank Stasio on The State of Things.

 

Carolina Weekly report on ReOrienting the Veil conference.

Jen’nan Read on Muslim Identities

Abdeslam Maghraoui, miriam cooke, Ebrahim Moosa and Jen'nan Read are guests on "The Charlie Rose Show" in the first installment of the "Inside Islam" series.

Jen'nan Read and Ebrahim Moosa, discuss aspects of the world's second-largest faith on the Charlie Rose program, "Inside Islam.” 

 

Terrorism

Omid Safi on Separating Islam from Acts of Terror on All Things Considered.

Charles Kurzman discusses the continuing decline in Muslim-American terrorism on State of Belief

Charles Kurzman, “Clash of Hatreds” doesn't represent Muslims.  (print interview)

Charles Kurzman on the conflicting perceptions and realities of terrorism post-9/11.

Charles Kurzman, Diane Rehm Show, “Congressional Hearings on Muslims in the U.S.”

 

Arab Spring

Carl Ernst, Doria El Kerdany, Nadia Yaqub, and Richard Kohn discuss Egypt in Crisis at UNC's ThinkFast Forum.

Carl Ernst and Nadia Yaqub discuss Egypt After the Uprising on WUNC’s Talk of the Town.

Jen’nan Read on Arab Spring and our assumptions about Islam.