The Engaged Mind: An Evening with Professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Caspersen School of Graduate Studies Alumni and Student Discussion & Dinner
November 19, 2009
6 – 8:30 p.m.
Founders Room, Mead Hall
$25 Alumni and Guests / Free for Current CSGS Students
RSVP to Alumni Relations (973) 408-3229
COULD AMERICA’S IMAGE BE FIXED?
Since September 11, 2001, many in the Arab and Muslim world have read
President Bush’s “global war on terrorism” to be a code phrase to mean
a war on Islam and on Muslims, compounding America’s negative image. This
is evidenced by all the Gallup and Pew polls taken in the eight post-9/11
years. Such negativism could and should be countered by a visible change
in the language of discourse and the conduct of both official and popular
diplomacy. Americans have offered much and can still offer more that is
highly appreciated.