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Anouar Majid: Piracy, Terrorism and the Question of Islam
March 11, 2004
Anouar Majid professor, English, University of New England

Dr. Anouar Majid, professor and chair of English at the University of New England, discusses the United States' first major contact with the Muslim World in the Barbary War and the parallels to our own time.

Culture & Identity | History | Politics & Public Affairs
Barbary War | Military & Warfare | Middle Eastern | Muslim
WGBH
Old South Meeting House
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