Near East studies

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How a Lebanese immigrant helped pave the way for the study of Islam and Muslim culture in the US

December 5, 2016Education

It wasn’t so long ago when US colleges and universities dismissed Islam as a serious subject of study. A broken arm set off the chain of events that sent Philip Khuri Hitti from Lebanon to Princeton, where he created the first program in Near Eastern Studies in the US.

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