Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Nerd News: Meet Professor Bernard Lewis

A giant in the field of Middle Eastern studies.  He is the antidote to the execrable Edward Said.  See also some nice remarks by Fouad Ajami.

2 comments:

Rajesh said...

He admires Islam as one of the world’s great religions.
Even then you think he is a giant?

Mad Minerva said...

Compared to others in his field? Absolutely. ;-)