Hypocrisy Exemplified: New York University’s Helga Tawil Souri sounds the alarm over UAE’s denial of visas to two NYU Near Eastern studies scholars for NYU Abu Dhabi. Yet she signed a 2014 letter supporting the boycott of Israeli academe. Depends on whose ox is being gored, no?
Winfield Myers is managing editor of the Middle East Forum and director of its Campus Watch project, which reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North American universities. He has taught world history and other topics at the University of Michigan, the University of Georgia, Tulane, and Xavier University of Louisiana. He was previously managing editor of The American Enterprise magazine and CEO of Democracy Project, Inc., which he co-founded. Mr. Myers has served as senior editor and communications director at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is principal author and editor of a college guide, Choosing the Right College (1998, 2001). He was educated at the University of Georgia, Tulane, and the University of Michigan.
