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By all accounts, the lecture that I gave for the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute on Wednesday night went well. The title of the talk was “Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism, and the Promise of Literature.” Like Joanna’s lecture on the Silk Road, it took place...
Scholarship and Teaching, Travel
Sharjah, which is right next to Dubai, is more conservative than its neighbor. No alcohol is served in the emirate, which was named the cultural capital of the Arab world by UNESCO because of its excellent museums. The American University of Sharjah there was founded...
Scholarship and Teaching, Travel
I’m writing this in a van on the road from Abu Dhabi to Sharjah. We’ve just entered Dubai. The desert surrounds us.I’m traveling with three colleagues from NYU and one from NYU Abu Dhabi. I owe my presence here in part to John McCain.Last year, after...