The ecumenical frame w/ Ussama Makdisi

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In this conversation, we discussed Professor Makdisi's scholarship on Modern Arab History, snd Ottoman History. Dr. Ussama Makdisi is a Professor of History and the first holder of the Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair of Arab Studies at Rice University. 

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